Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 18, 2004
FIRE PLAN MEET - The last in a series of pub-
lic meetings for the Illinois Valley Community Fire
Plan will be held by I.V. Fire District on Wednesday,
Aug. 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the county building,
102 S. Redwood Hwy. in Downtown CJ. Volunteer
Firefighter De Spellman, fire prevention coordinator,
will lead the meeting.
SELMA BARBECUE - An All-American picnic
barbecue will be held Saturday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. at
the Selma Community & Education Center. Corn-on-
the-cob, baked beans, salads, barbecue chicken, Tay-
lor Dogs, gardenburgers and desserts will be the
menu. For reservations phone 415-1000 or 597-2410.
BROOKINGS ART FEST - The 11th annual
Brookings Harbor Festival of the Arts will be held
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 21
and 22 on the Boardwalk at the Port of Brookings
Harbor. Admission and parking is free.
IVHS NEWS - Practices for football, volleyball,
boys and girls soccer, cross country and cheerleading
will begin on Monday, Aug. 23. Paperwork and fees
can be cleared through the office beginning Thursday
the 19th. Sports physicals also are necessary. Also,
enrollment packets will be available as of Aug. 23.
And arena scheduling, if not completed at the end of
the last school year, must be accomplished during the
week of Aug. 23-27. No final schedules will be avail-
able before Sept. 1. For more info, phone 592-2116.
FRIENDS VOLUNTEERS - Illinois Valley
Friends of the Library needs volunteers to help unload
books from a truck for its book sale on Friday, Sept.
10 and help loading the truck Saturday, Sept. 11 after
the sale. Baked goods and clean-up volunteers also
are being sought for its bake sale. Volunteers can sign
up at the Illinois Valley Branch Library or contact
Deb Murphy at 592-2866.
DEFAZIO TOWN MEET - State Rep. Peter De-
fazio will hold a town hall meeting at Anne Basker
Auditorium, 604 N.W. Sixth St., Monday, Aug. 23
from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in Grants Pass to discuss is-
sues before Congress and to obtain public input.
NOTEPAD - Cave Junction population is 1,421
as of July 2004 census … At the luau, held by the CJ
Pool Committee at the pool on Saturday, Aug. 14,
Councilman Tony Paulson was among those demon-
strating the Shamu splash. He also served as master of
ceremonies for the fund-raiser … Funny factory
warnings. On a sleep aid: Warning, may cause
drowsiness. On a Superman costume: Warning, wear-
ing this costume doesn’t enable you to fly.
LAST WORDS - From the moment I picked up
your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with
laughter. Some day I intend reading it. (Groucho
Marx)
New Micro Loan Funding
Available Now!!
QS?? 592-4440
First Round of Apps Due:
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004
Got Ideas? Need Funds?
*We want to help!
*Everyone encouraged to
apply: start-up, existing,
home-based or other
business enterprise.
Applications at I.V. Library,
Selma Video, O’Brien Market,
Family Coalition, CRT office.
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turing the Iraqi people any
better than how he was
doing it except that well,
perhaps it’s a little less
heartless because after all,
they’re not our people.
Of course, we have
sent a thousand of our own
sons and daughters to their
deaths and maimed count-
less others (countless only
because for some reason
they don’t seem to count or
be counted) to do this kill-
ing and torturing of the
Iraqi people. And it is also
common knowledge that
we still haven’t caught up
with the people really re-
sponsible for 9-11, despite
having killed thousands
who look similar.
And to the religious
people who support this
warmongering president
because he is a “good
Christian” I ask, is this
what Jesus would do?
Somehow I never got the
impression that Jesus
preached about anything
but love, peace and com-
passion.
Is it possible that I, an
atheist who has never read
the Bible, might know Je-
sus better than our deeply
religious president? Or did
Jesus have a mean streak
I’m unaware of?
There is a great contra-
diction here and I urge
Christians to consider this.
Is not unjustified war the
greatest sin a leader could
commit?
The Iraqi civilians are
humans like us, families
like ours, people simply
trying to live their lives.
We had better pray we are
not made to pay for the
atrocities of our govern-
ment as they have for
theirs, and now for the
atrocities committed by
someone not even con-
nected to their govern-
ment.
Photo by Shane Welsh
RCC class set
for hospitality
industry work
An RCC certification
course with Kevin Marr,
instructor and owner of
Motel Del Rogue, will
teach leadership and man-
agement in the hospitality
industry.
The class will be held
Mondays and Wednesdays,
Sept. 27 to Nov. 15 from 6
to 9 p.m. at RCC’s Small
Business Development
Center Conference Room
at 214 S.W. Fourth St. in
Grants Pass.
Upon completion of
the 45-hour course, RCC
will proctor a test which
will be sent to the Ameri-
can Hotel and Lodging
Association (AH&LA).
Participants who receive a
score of 69 percent or
higher will be eligible for
certification by AH&LA.
There is a tuition and
service fee. Phone the
Small Business Develop-
ment Center at (541) 956-
7494 for more information.
Subscriptions available.
Phone 592-2541
American Legion Auxiliary
Glenn Morrison Unit 70
Illinois Valley Lions
Club Labor Day Festival is
upon us once again, and
American Legion Glenn
Morrison Post 70 and Aux-
iliary will host bingo in
Jubilee Park.
Both need volunteers
for the three days we are at
the pavilion. Hazel Smith
is chairman for sign-ups.
Her number is 597-2407.
Even if you have just a
couple hours on the 4th,
5th or 6th, it would be a
wonderful help to the post
and auxiliary.
Membership is doing
well; we’d like to get those
dues paid so we can reach
our goal. Michele Colbert
(592-3704), is membership
chairman.
Candidates for Junior
Poppy Princess 2004-2005
are needed. All junior
members can write an es-
say on, “What the Memo-
rial Poppy Means to You,”
in 200 words or less. The
essay needs to be turned in
by the next meeting to
Tina Haemmerlein, Poppy
chairman.
Executive Committee
meeting will be on Thurs-
day, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. at
the post. Next auxiliary
meeting will be on
Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7
p.m. with potluck starting
at 6 p.m.
District 4 meeting will
be in Klamath Falls on
Oct. 30, and Unit 70 will
host the next one on Jan.
22, 2005.
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TAYLOR’S VANDAL-
IZED - Unknown van-
dals (except to God
and each other) struck
Ta ylor’ s
Sa us age
Country
Store
in
Downtown Cave Junc-
tion on Sunday, Aug.
15. Josephine County
Sheriff’s Office depu-
ties responded to a
3:30 a.m. alarm. The
culprits
apparently
used three cans of
spray paint to place
yellow,
pink,
and
green scribbles on
windows, deck rail-
ings, and sides of the
building. The glass in
the two side doors
was shattered. Exte-
rior damage was esti-
mated at $500 to
$3,000 by Taylor’s. Al-
though dismayed by
this senseless act, the
family is continuing
business as usual.