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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 11, 2004
COMMUNITY FIRE PLAN - Continuing public
meetings for the Illinois Valley Community Fire Plan
will be held by I.V. Fire District on Wednesdays,
from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the following locations: Aug.
11, IVFD Fire Station 4, 5465 Holland Loop; Aug.
18, county building, 102 S. Redwood Hwy. in Down-
town CJ. Volunteer Firefighter De Spellman, fire pre-
vention coordinator, is leading meetings.
AFRICAN CHOIR - A musical ministry will be
performed by “First Love,” a group from Uganda, at
Takilma Bible Church, 10343 Takilma Road, at 7
p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12. The group has performed
in several countries.
BREAST SUPPORT - A community walk to
help raise awareness about breastfeeding will be held
Friday, Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. at the corner of Sixth and
G streets in Grants Pass.
POOL LUAU - Cave Junction Pool Committee
will host a benefit Hawaiian-style luau and silent auc-
tion Saturday, Aug. 14 from 7-9 p.m. The ticket price
includes dinner featuring Hawaiian kabob, rice pilaf,
fruit, green salad, punch and dessert. Tickets are
available at the pool, Dillion’s Nursery, Bi-Rite Auto
Parts and CJ City Hall.
QUILT SHOW - I.V. Kwilters will have a quilt
show during Blackberry Festival on Saturday and
Sunday, Aug. 14-15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
county building, 102 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junc-
tion. There will be a raffle drawing. Phone 592-2933
for entry forms or more information.
PRESERVATION CLASS - A class, “Food
Preservation 101,” will be offered in the Josephine
County Auditorium on Friday, Aug. 27 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Instruction with Sharon Johnson will include
basic information about freezing, dehydration, pres-
sure canning, and water bath canning. There is a fee.
Contact the Josephine County OSU Extension office
at (541) 474-6613 to register.
I.V. LIONS HORSESHOES - The 2004 I.V. Li-
ons Club Labor Day Festival will feature a horseshoe
tournament on Saturday, Sept. 4 at Jubilee Park. Cash
prizes will be awarded. There is an entry fee. Phone
596-2719 to sign up or for more information.
PHONY INSURANCE - Before buying insur-
ance, consumers should “stop, call and confirm,” ac-
cording to the Oregon Dept. of Consumer & Business
Services. Fake policies with low prices are being
pushed by unscrupulous organizations. Before com-
mitting to any “too-good-to-be-true” policy, consum-
ers should phone (888) 877-4894.
NOTEPAD - Mike Pagnotta, Illinois Valley
High School football standpoint who graduated this
year, was selected to play on the East Team in the
2004 East/West Oregon Shrine All-Star football game
held Saturday, Aug. 7 in Baker City … A business
sign in Grants Pass reads, Gas For Less/U-Haul …
Military recruiters now have signs on their offices
that read, “Career Center” … Did you hear about the
guy who was so dumb he thought that Taco Bell was
the Mexican telephone company?
LAST WORDS - Live in such a way that you
would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town
gossip. (Will Rogers)
Phone for an appointment NOW!
(800) 753-2940
For a Free Hearing Test
More than 30 years experience
Grants Pass
Hearing Center
IN CAVE JUNCTION
DATE: Monday, August 16
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Select Market
OTHER HOURS BY
APPOINTMENT
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hunger strike protests, by
dropping me off at death’s
door (emergency room
door to a hospital).
These same officials
remain hidden behind a
public relations stone wall
of silence when it comes to
investigating why my
Internet
website
(www.arkenterprises.com)
was recently shut down
while traced to the same
government/media, mind
control/disinfo rmati on
Internet operation named
in a federal complaint
made with the FBI’s Med-
ford office Nov. 2, 1997.
The sheriff’s office
possesses a false report
officially filed and as-
signed case number 04-
7529 in response to
charges made by a woman.
I have openly ac-
knowledged and encour-
aged Sheriff Dave Daniel
to do his job, to investigate
the false report and act on
it, letting all stand under
the same light of truth.
However, that light of
truth is dimmed, if not
damn near extinguished in
JoCo, because government
officials refused to follow
the law and perform their
sworn duty.
People of Josephine
County should ask their
elected officials why they
refuse to act when real
crimes are committed, yet
stack our county jail with
plea-bargain victims.
Resource retort
By Gregory D. Anderson
Cave Junction
I tried to understand
Linda Vogel’s commen-
tary in the Aug. 4 issue of
“I.V. News,” but I was
flummoxed.
Then I realized that I
am handicapped because
when I graduated from
college, a class in
“Liberalspeak” was not
available; it was not taught
at that time.
I missed out on Ebo-
nics as well. Realizing that
there may be others educa-
tionally handicapped like
myself, I made an attempt
to interpret this piece.
First, Vogel lives on
39 acres with her family
and 9,999 other groups.
Actually, “tens of thou-
sands” of other groups,
including people who
overrate their own impor-
tance. I take that to mean
that some people actually
think they are better than
lizards and slugs.
Second, “resource ex-
traction” has occurred on
not only her property, but
land nearby as well. Now,
I had a tooth extraction a
short time ago, so I figure
that resource extraction has
to be bad news as well.
Logging has also oc-
curred in the area, only
benefitting the human spe-
cies except for one shapely
lass, the “absentee model,”
who couldn’t make it.
But Vogel doesn’t
want any logging to occur
on her 39 acres. In fact she
doesn’t want any done on
other people’s property
either; or “the concept of
cooperative co-evolution
with other species” would
be ruined. I think I agree
because that certainly
sounds awful.
Finally, if the people
who don’t belong there
(“nonresidents”) get out,
the religious ones can re-
main on this “sacred
space” and get some rest
and relaxation so they can
study quietly.
Whew, that was more
difficult than I thought it
would be.
NEW PICNIC PAVILION - The city of Cave Junction has installed a new picnic pavil-
ion that is handicapped-accessible in Jubilee Park. The pavilion replaced an old
building that had been used for many years by Illinois Valley Lions Club. Because
the tables are 3 inches ‘too tall for comfort,’ they will be changed. The city used a
grant for the project under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Shane Welsh photo)
New tours
coming at
Ore. Caves
Lantern tours and tours
especially for children are
in the works at Oregon
Caves National Monu-
ment, 22 miles east of
Downtown Cave Junction.
They’re included in a
finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) relating to
an Environmental Assess-
ment (EA) of special cave
tours at the monument.
The document was signed
by Jonathan Jarvis, Na-
tional Park Service Pacific
West regional director.
The EA considered
alternatives including the
basic public tours, lantern
tours, off-trail caving, and
special tours for families
with small children.
The finding allows
the addition of lantern,
children’s and special topic
tours. But it defers off-trail
tours until completion of
the monument’s cave man-
agement plan that is antici-
pated later this year or
early 2005.
Changes to the basic
tour and the new interpre-
tive tours were proposed as
part of the monument’s
General Management Plan
completed in 1998.
The EA for the special
cave tours was originally
released for comment June
24, 2002. Tours covered
by the finding may begin
immediately, as staffing
and funding permits.
A complete copy of
the FONSI is available at
http://www.nps.gov/orca/
pphtml/documents.html, or
write to Oregon Caves Na-
tional Monument, 19000
Caves Hwy., Cave Junc-
tion, OR 97523 or phone
(541) 592-2100.
‘Experience the Difference’