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.