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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Annexation
of site near
Selma OK’d
Dennis Kucinich and supporter Libby Goines at
Blue Moon Café. (Photo by Shane Welsh)
Presidential candidate
Kucinich decries war
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
“War is not inevitable.
“We are in Iraq be-
cause we have leaders that
believe that war is inevita-
ble,” said Democratic
presidential candidate
Dennis Kucinich during a
speech at Blue Moon Café
on Friday, May 14 in
Downtown Cave Junction.
More than 100 people
packed into the café just
before noon to hear the
Ohio congressman present
his speech, “Freedom and
Democracy.”
Kucinich outlined his
campaign, stressing his
desire to make the Democ-
ratic party understand what
he feels Oregonians want
in a Democratic candidate.
“I decided to run so
that people who vote for
me will have a way to send
a me s s a ge t o t h e
(Democratic) party about
what they hope the party
will stand for,” he said.
“The only way Democrats
are going to win in No-
vember is to give people a
clea r ch oic e,” sa id
Kucinich.
Those who attended
asked questions and ex-
pressed concerns about
health care, his campaign,
and the war in Iraq.
“I challenged the war
from the beginning,” he
said. “I’m not buying the
war, no matter who’s sell-
ing it,” he said. “We need
to have this party take a
strong stand on the issue of
peace. If we don’t do that,
there are tendencies of
some people within the
party to keep us in Iraq.”
Although the current
race shows presidential
candidate John Kerry
clearly in the lead over
Kucinich, he wanted his
supporters to know that he
is still running strong for
the primary election.
“My candidacy under-
stands that the direction of
nomination was decided in
Iowa and New Hamp-
shire,” he said. “I’m here
in Oregon campaigning
because I see that your
votes make a difference.
“The Democratic party
has the ability to win this
election if it reaches out to
people (such as those) who
voted for Ralph Nader, to
the people who are green
(and other parties)…we
need to reach out to them
and bring them in,” he
said.
His one-hour presenta-
tion was met with over-
whelming applause and
support from the crowd.
“I think it is important
that his views be heard and
represented,” said Orville
Camp, Selma resident. “I
think the congressman is
really a leader as far as any
of the candidates are con-
cerned,” he said.
There was also a silent
auction all day at Blue
Moon to benefit the
Kucinich campaign.
One problem in society is that the cars
of tomorrow are being driven on the highways
of yesterday by the people of today.
- Anonymous -
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
New residential prop-
erty conditionally was
voted 5-0 into Illinois Val-
ley Fire District (IVFD)
coverage area by district
directors during a meeting
Thursday night, May 13 in
Cave Junction City Hall.
The property owners,
Robert and Marianne Par-
sons, of Selma, made an
official request in writing
to the district in April to
include their property. It’s
located at 14105 Hay’s
Hill Road (old Redwood
Hwy.).
The property runs ad-
jacent to other properties
already designated within
the fire district boundary.
Chief Harry Rich said,
“We beat Grants Pass Ru-
ral/Metro to that response
area anyway, so I recom-
mend adding the prop-
erty.”
Jerry Schaeffer, fire
marshal, noted that the
property is within five
miles of the nearest station,
and that there are proper-
ties the district covers on
Thompson Creek in Selma
that are much farther away
than the pending annexed
property.
The board approved
the annexation with the
stipulation that the district
ensures the property own-
ers are within the district’s
fire protection tax rules so
that IVFD benefits from
those taxes.
UO Honors Sullivan
Lark Song Sullivan, of
Cave Junction, attained the
dean’s list at University of
Oregon in Eugene by earn-
ing a grade-point average
of no less than 3.75 while
carrying at least 12 units
during the semester.
Sullivan, a graduate of
Illinois Valley High
School, is a senior major-
ing in Spanish.
You may think that
seatbelts are
uncomfortable. But
have you ever tried
a stretcher?
Irene Guerrero-Acevedo and husband ‘Kiki.’ (Photo by Shane Welsh)
New Farmer’s Insurance open in CJ
Irene Guerrero-Acevedo owner and agent of office on Lister Street
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
There’s
a new
Farmer’s Insurance office
in Cave Junction for Illi-
nois Valley, with owner
and agent Irene Guerrero-
Acevedo “working to rep-
resent the community’s
insurance interests.”
The new office is at
103 N. Redwood Hwy./
Suite A behind Century 21
Harris & Taylor, next to
Ted Crocker LTC. It is
open Mondays to Fridays,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a
professional agent avail-
able “to answer even the
most demanding insurance
needs.”
Guerrero-Acevedo, has
been in Cave Junction for
more than 16 years, re-
cently marrying Efrain
“Kiki” Acevedo, who has
been very supportive of
her new business venture.
Many know him for his
work at Carlos Mexican
Restaurante.
She is no stranger to
the importance of having
the proper insurance
should the need arise.
“In 1993, my children
and I were involved in a
auto accident,” she said. “I
remember the first thing I
wondered was if we had
paid our insurance pre-
mium. Thank goodness we
had, or we would have
been in a lot of trouble,”
she said.
“I have worked more
than nine years in Cave
Junction helping people
understand the importance
of their insurance deci-
sions,” she said. “People
who live here know me as
‘the insurance girl.’ I want
them to know I that I am
now a Farmer’s Insurance
representative who will do
my best to present them
with coverage that will
meet their needs.
“Our customers can
expect 100 percent satis-
faction.
“If our premium rates
don’t meet a customer’s
needs, then I will be sure
to send them where they
can get that coverage,”
said Guerrero-Acevedo.
Guerrero-Acevedo’s
agency can help provide
coverage for commercial
and personal needs includ-
ing auto, fire, home, boat,
motorcycle, and a range of
other premium insurance
packages.
Phone 592-3404 for an
appointment.