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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 12, 2004 Page 20 O’Brien fire damage set at $60,000 Family friends say everything was lost; fund at Home Valley By SHANE WELSH Staff Writer “The fire was so big that people were calling in from all over the valley to report the glow,” said Di- vision Chief Joe Feldhaus regarding an O’Brien home that burned Satur- day, May 8. Damage to the build- ing and its contents was estimated at $60,000. It took four tenders supply- ing more than 20,000 gal- lons of water to fire en- gines to extinguish the blaze. Illinois Valley Fire District firefighters from all I.V. fire stations re- sponded to the fire re- ported just before 11 p.m. at a residence at 1500 Lone Mountain Road. According to Jerry Schaeffer, fire marshal, the two-story cabin, owned by Mark Crutchfield, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The owner was not present at the time of the fire. Schaeffer said the ef- forts were mainly to con- trol the blaze to protect surrounding structures and land. He reported that there were numerous small pops and explosions from am- munition in the residence. The cause is under investigation. (Editor’s Note: An account to assist those made homeless by the fire has been set up at Home Valley Bank in CJ under the name, Blair Family Fund.) Knowing when to spread your manure an important issue for ODA A good local weather forecast can tell you when to take an umbrella, when to wear sunscreen, and now perhaps when to spread manure. At least, that’s the hope of the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (ODA) as it begins deploying 10 auto- mated weather stations throughout parts of west- ern Oregon. A $44,000 water qual- ity grant from the U.S. En- MAY 14 64 oz. 2%, 1%, Skim That’s where ODA meteorologist Jim Little comes in. He has helped put together a demonstra- tion project that utilizes all sorts of weather data to help establish the manure spreading index. The data can tell a specific farmer in a specific location whether or not conditions are OK for application of animal waste. It can also tell farm- ers when conditions might be better. - 16 “Under this system, operators won’t have to look at a lot of meteoro- logical mumbo-jumbo, but simply go to our website to find out when is a good time to spread manure,” said Little. The 10 weather sta- tions should all be up and operating sometime this summer. They are located up and down the Wil- lamette Valley and along the Oregon Coast. TH Selected 8.5 - 15 oz. Keebler Umpqua Cookies Milk $ $ 1.38 1.68 Each Selected 16 oz. TILLAMOOK Single Roll SPECIAL VALUE Sour Cream $ 1.28 Each PAPER TOWELS F ¢ O 2 R Save up to 30¢ ea! 98 Save up to 38¢ on 2! SALAD 12 pack, 12 oz. Can MGD or LITE Fridge Pack Each Save up to $1.30 ea! Save up to 60¢ ea! BEER SHRIMP 6.98 2.98 $ Plus Dep. $ lb. Each Save up to $2.20 ea! Save up to $3.80 lb.! • No Dealers Please PRICES GOOD THROUGH 39525/0515.4f OR email 39526/0515.4f Don’t drink and drive! cepted and encouraged management practice, con- fined animal feeding op- erations (CAFOs) apply manure to pastures and crop fields. Application of animal waste should take place when weather conditions are optimum. A rainy day could wash that waste into a nearby stream or river. Any help the weatherman can give to a CAFO opera- tor would be welcome. TH Internet tax ban looks successful Internet Tax Non- Discrimination Act (S. 150), legislation extending the ban on multiple and discriminatory taxation on Internet access and online sales, was recently passed in the Senate. The legislation bans three types of taxes that single out the Internet. They include taxes on Internet access, double taxation (for example, by two or more states) of a product or service bought over the Internet, and dis- criminatory taxes that treat Internet purchases differ- ently from other types of sales. The Internet Tax Non- discrimination Act extends the original Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998, au- thored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Chris Cox (R-Calif.). The mora- torium created by that leg- islation, and extended in 2001, expired last Novem- ber. The Senate approved an amendment written by Sen. John McCain (R- Ariz.) to the underlying Allen-Wyden legislation, renewing and refining the original law and extending its protections for the next four years. “The Senate has pre- served the Internet as a thriving conduit of com- merce and communication for all Americans,” said Wyden. “This vote has protected consumers from a host of new Internet taxes on everything from web access to e-mail,” he said. vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) is helping ODA and the dairy indus- try ultimately establish something called “a ma- nure spreading index.” “We’re very excited about this,” said Jim Krahn of the Oregon Dairy Farm- ers Association. “It’s not the total answer, but it gives us one more tool to make good decisions about manure application.” As a generally ac- FRI. SAT. SUN. May 14 May 15 May 16