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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 24, 2004
A few headlines we’d like to see in future issues of the
“Noose” --
Light rail express line extended from CJ
to Crescent City; Medford link repaired
Peace at last! Factions, nations, religions
worldwide come to terms with each other
Mars Colony celebrates first decade;
Earth visitors offered discount trips
Solar-powered vehicles top sales;
gasoline-fueled cars on way out
Countries working out own problems
without interference from other nations
Luna City reaches 340,000 population;
Moon now one of most-popular resorts
I.V. Airport adds fourth runway due to
increased international visitors to valley
Heart disease among ailments erased
by miracle drug made from sea water
End of pollution heralded with parades,
celebrations planned for complete year
Hunger no longer a problem as scientists
create nutritious food from sand, rubbish
U.S. residents mark 50 years cooperation
among religions in peaceful co-existence
Flat-tax approved for U.S. taxpayers
Mental illness wiped out
Crime eradicated
Newspaper editor wins
$22 million in Oregon Lottery
Newspaper editor retires (finally)
Retirement
Open House
for
Myrna Hooey
Sunday, April 4
2 to 4 p.m.
Illinois Valley
Senior Center
520 E. River Street
( Editor’s Note: Views
and commentary expressed
in letters to the editor are
strictly those of the letter-
writers.
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Typed, double-spaced
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consideration. Hand-written
letters that are double-
spaced and highly legible
also can be considered for
publication.
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accepted as letters.)
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Your Daddy loves you
From Ron Clinton
Cave Junction
If anyone sees my
daughter, Gwendlyn,
please tell her that her
daddy loves her and misses
her a lot. Thank you.
Not presumptuous
From Jim Gandee
Cave Junction
In reply to the letter,
“Marriage and Taxes,” by
Laurraine Rakes.
She states in her letter
about gay or lesbian mar-
riage that, “It’s not about
the Bible, it never has
been.” I take great excep-
tion to that statement.
Allow me to quote
Genesis 2:24 “Therefore
shall a man leave his father
and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and
they shall become one
flesh.” God did not say a
man and his husband, or a
woman and her wife.
God also said in Le-
viticus 18:22, “Thou shall
not lie with mankind, as
with womankind: it is
abomination.” Romans
1:26-27 states, “For this
cause God gave them up
unto vile affections: for
even their women did
change the natural use into
that which is against na-
ture: and likewise also the
men, leaving the natural
use of the woman, turned
their lust toward one an-
other; men with men work-
ing that which is unseemly,
and receiving in them-
selves that recompense of
their error which was
meet.”
Am I being judgmental
or condemning? No. I am
merely quoting the Word
of God. In John 5:22, Jesus
said, “For the Father
judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment
unto the son.”
I am not so presumptu-
ous as to try to take Jesus’
job.
pleased that she does not
blame the CRT for prob-
lems in Illinois Valley. Yet
she persists in blaming the
Siskiyou Project, which
has hundreds of members
who are our neighbors.
Jody is right when she
says that we need forest
products, but she doesn’t
mention that there is a re-
gional and global market
glut of lumber. More than
enough trees are being
logged to meet market de-
mand. More logging is not
the answer.
To blame the Siskiyou
Project for the irresponsi-
ble logging practices of
previous generations only
perpetuates conflict, some-
thing that we do not need.
What we need are solu-
tions
Let’s stop casting
blame on the citizens of
the valley and find real
solutions. Let’s do this by
working together, not
against each other.
Groups like Lomakatsi
Restoration Project, For-
estry Action Committee
and Josephine County’s
fire protection plan offer
solutions. The Siskiyou
Project works with these
groups to help improve our
valley’s quality of life.
Once we stop pointing
fingers and get busy doing
the work that needs to be
done, we will all find our
beautiful valley an even
better place to live.
ICICLE VIEW - It gets mighty cold at Oregon Caves Na-
tional Monument during the winter, when there are no
tours. This inside-out view shows icicles that result
during freezing weather. (National Park Service photo)
Supports Raffenburg
From Scott Calhoun
Grants Pass
Two of the candidates
for county office have let
their mutual animosity in-
terfere with the public ser-
vice they were supposed to
be performing for the last
several years.
Their childish and re-
lentless focus on knifing
each other has ruined the
professionalism of our
county’s Board of Com-
missioners, provoked
wasteful discord between
county departments, and
squandered much of the
trust our citizens have in
local government.
If these two really
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The best way to keep children at home
is to make the home atmosphere pleasant
-- and let the air out of the tires.
- Dorothy Parker -
Stop pointing fingers
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INTRODUCING:
Thursday, March 25 - Open Mic
with an all new host - Fred Epping
Dinner Special:
Country-fried steak with smashed red potatoes & gravy
$6.95
UBA
All voices welcome
& Scrabble Competition
Friday, March 26 - ‘3-D Blues’ Band
Dinner Special:
‘Local caught’ Fish & Chips with coleslaw
$7.95
Saturday, March 27 - Wally Aiken & Friends
Dinner Special:
Chicken Budapest nestled in fettuccini with
mushrooms & green onions
$7.95
Sunday, March 28
Dinner Special:
Mexican pork chops with beans, rice, corn and tomatoes
$6.95