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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Page 5 CJ’s Rocky and Sara make progress (Editor’s Note: The following update on Cave Junction residents Rocky and Sara Jones is provided by Chris Duncan Leppert, corresponding secretary of Illinois Valley High School Alumni and Friends. The couple were injured in a Valentine’s Day traffic acci- dent near Grants Pass.) TAKILMA ROAD ROLL-OVER - Illinois Valley emergency personnel responded to the 6000 block of Takilma Road on Sunday, April 18 at 1:16 p.m. The initial report was that a vehicle had rolled at least twice, and struck an embankment. The driver, iden- tified as Ryan Jantz of Takilma Road was taken to Three River Community Hospital in Grants Pass by American Medical Response. I.V firefighters and a Josephine County Sheriff’s Office deputy also responded. Empty bottles mean fuller coffers “You booze, you lose” doesn’t apply to funding from the Oregon Liquor Cont ro l Co mmi ssio n (OLCC). Du rin g Feb rua r y, OLCC allocated $454,837 in liquor revenue to Jose- phine, Douglas, Jackson and Lane counties and their 37 incorporated cit- ies. January’s total was $479,477. Disbursements: Josephine County, pop. 78,350 - $18,003. Cave Junction, $958; Grants Pass, $16,511. Douglas County, pop. 101,800 - $23,391. Can- yonville, $951; Drain, $715; Elkton, $101; Glen- dale, $580; Myrtle Creek, $2,348; Oakland, $634; Reedsport, $2,854; Riddle, $688; Roseburg, $13,818; Sutherlin, $4,926; Winston, $3,333; Yon- calla, $729. Jackson County, pop. 189,100 - $43,451. Ash- land, $13,785; Butte Falls, $297; Central Point, $9,952; Eagle Point, $4,473; Gold Hill, $722; Jacksonville, $1,599; Med- ford, $45,936; Phoenix, $3,043; Rogue River, $1,282; Shady Cove, $1,714; Talent, $3,846. Lane County, pop. 329,400 - $75,689. Coburg, $708; Cottage Grove, $6,012; Creswell, $2,692; Dunes City, $884; Eugene, $97,101; Flor- ence, $5,249; Junction City, $3,286; Lowell, $601; Oakridge, $2,483; Springfield, $36,921; Ve- neta, $2,348; Westfir, $223. Statewide, the agency distributed $8.62 million in February, including $4.6 million to the general fund. Oregon’s 239 incorporated LOW CARB DIETERS! ‘Steak & Fish are 0 carbs!’ Open 5 to 9 p.m. - Restaurant parking in rear 126 S. Redwood Hwy., CJ 592-4222 or 592-2892 cities received $1.6 mil- lion. The 36 counties net- ted $813,757 and the city revenue-sharing account, $1.1 million. January’s statewide allocation was $9.17 million. OLCC revenue is de- rived from the sale of dis- tilled spirits in 239 liquor stores, taxes on malt bever- ages and wine, license fees, and fines for liquor law violations. The money is distributed by popula- tion, with counties receiv- ing 10 percent; cities, 20 percent; state general fund, 56 percent; and the city revenue sharing account, 14 percent. The distribution rate for cities is 67-cents per capita, based on a popula- tion of 2.4 million; coun- ties get 23-cents per capita based on a population of 3.54 million. Half the taxes on wine and malt beverages, $464,224, went to the state Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services for drug and alcohol pro- grams. The remaining half was poured into the gen- eral revenue hopper. The Oregon Wine Ad- visory Board received $14,134 from a special 2- cent per gallon tax on wine for research and promo- tion. OLCC collects privi- lege taxes of $2.60 for a 31-gallon barrel of malt beverage, 67-cents a gallon for table wine, and 77- cents a gallon for dessert wine. Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. -Edward De Bono - As of April 6, appoint- ment doctors are still pleased with Sara’s pro- gress. Bones are knitting. The wire basket that was helping to hold the bones together was removed, but the pins are still in the foot. New cast. Pins were to come out on Tuesday, April 20 at a Portland hospital for a sur- gical procedure to scrape off "whatever that is" (Sara talking) causing a problem on her right shin bone. She will also have a CAT scan. She still tires easily of course, but is sleeping and eating well. All her "care- takers" are poking food at her. At this moment she is with sister Adelaide in Cave Junction. She has been to the office (Valley Bookkeeping) briefly and will go again this week for a bit. Then back to Alice's in GP; and Tresa and Greg will be down to get her to return to Portland for the doctor session on the 20th. Rocky has had some good news. He's relearning to swallow. Slowly, but the process is working. He walks without the walker, but uses it for stability in- surance most of the time. is open Saturdays: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hours: Mondays - Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information phone (800) 922-1025 And the U.S. Coast Guard just honored him with the annual Coast Guard Auxil- iarist Award for the district which covers parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The presentation was made at Laurel Hill Rehab. Center. And Sara assures us that we will have an alumni office for this year's July 4th Reunion Week. For those of you who may not know, Sara has donated our alumni office for more than 20 years. And we are so grateful. After this reunion, how- ever, we must find other "digs." If anyone can pro- vide input on that subject, their help would be appre- ciated.