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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Let’s proceed to some favorite expressions and
how using an inappropriate word changes the mean-
ing. For most of us, the improper word will appear in
the first example; the normal expression follows in
parentheses.
*Don’t be stupid. (Don’t be silly).
*I’ll be right above. (I’ll be right over).
*I’ll call you elevated.. (I’ll call you up).
*That’s moderately cold. (That’s cool.)
*That’s very sugary. (That’s very sweet).
*He drives like an insane person. (He drives like a
maniac).
*She drinks like a cold-blooded aquatic verte-
brate. (She drinks like a fish).
*He eats like a young swine. (He eats like a pig).
Enough of those. Wanted to tell you that I’ve been
sleeping like a baby. I cry all night and wet the bed.
I can tell that I’m getting old. The other day I
walked by a cemetery, and two guys with shovels
came out and started chasing me.
I told my doctor that I broke my left leg in two
places. He told me to quit going to those places.
Here’s my favorite reporter joke:
A cub reporter named Bob (strangely enough) is
assigned one Saturday morning to cover a ship
launching. His editor stresses that the deadline for the
story to be phoned in is 9:30 a.m.; and that because
it’s Saturday, it will be the lead story on page 1.
Bob leaves the office. At 9 a.m. the editor starts
worrying. At 9:20 he becomes frantic. Once it’s 9:45,
still without a call from the reporter, he is apoplectic.
Finally at 10:15 the cub phones.
“Where the %&*# have you been?” shouts the
editor, “and where is the story?” “Well,” says the re-
porter, “they haven’t launched the ship yet.” “And
why not?” asks his boss. “Well, there’s a bunch of
pickets protesting the launch,” replies Bob.
“Why, that’s a better story than the launching,”
says the editor. “Talk to those pickets and find out
what’s going on; why they’re protesting.”
“I can’t,” says Bob, “they’re fighting with the po-
lice.”
He hoped and prayed there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he
realized there was a contradiction involved here and
merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams -
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Raffenburg ‘positive’
From Scott Calhoun
Grants Pass
In her Sept. 22 letter to
the editor, “Backs Brock,”
Elaine Wood hopes that
we “look beyond” bro-
chures and other literature
provided by Jim Raffen-
burg in his campaign to
bring positive change to
Josephine County govern-
ment.
If we were to do this,
we would remain ignorant
of the severe financial cri-
sis facing the county and
of the specific solutions
Jim Raffenburg is propos-
ing. Ignorant of the fiscally
irresponsible policies
promulgated by Commis-
sioner Brock.
Ignorant of Brock’s
failure to plan for and ad-
just spending in light of the
impending 2006 loss of
federal “safety net” money
(despite his knowledge of
that loss for the past five
years). Ignorant of Brock’s
lack of planning for intelli-
gent growth.
Ignorant of Brock’s
desire to cut back manage-
ment vacations only to a
still ridiculous 7.5 weeks
per year after one year of
service.
Ignorant of Brock’s
failure to set aside a single
dollar of reserve funds de-
spite his eight years in of-
fice. And ignorant of
Brock’s poor oversight of
the Mental Health Dept.,
which allowed its head to
set up a private non-profit
competitor using county
government funds and
other resources (now under
investigation by the district
attorney).
Fellow citizens need to
know that ignorance of
these and other matters
would certainly serve the
purposes of Brock and his
personal supporters, but
not those of the rest of us.
We need to focus on
Jim Raffenburg’s cam-
paign and become in-
formed and involved.
We should vote to
clean up the mess in the
courthouse and send Brock
permanently back to Cali-
fornia.
‘City sanctioned?’
From Steve Lyons
Cave Junction
I read in “Police Blot-
ter” (Sept. 8, “Illinois Val-
ley News”) that, “At a
transient camp in Jubilee
Park, around 1 a.m., a
highly intoxicated man
suffered injury in an alter-
cation over drugs and
money. He was advised to
settle in for the night and
keep the noise down.”
Is the city sanctioning
this camp? Is it on city
(park) property?
If not, whose property
is it? It seems that the saf-
est time to visit the park is
the week when Illinois
Valley Lions Club has its
annual Labor Day Festival.
This is my personal
opinion and observation. It
is not expressed as my
opinion of any organiza-
tion I may belong to. Also,
there is no intent to accuse
anyone.
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Herbicide use
From Kari Aranzubia
Cave Junction
I would like to share
m y appreciation to
“Illinois Valley News” and
staff writer Michelle
Binker for the article,
“Herbicide used to control
foliage in rights-of-way” in
last week’s issue.
I appreciate “I.V.
News” bringing awareness
to our community of the
Garlon-4 spraying being
performed by Trees Inc. in
the valley.
Although I found the
article to be informative,
left out is emotion, opin-
ion, inconclusive studies,
and retracted or unknown
statements. I am compelled
to share the left-out mat-
ters of Garlon-4 that go
beyond the limits of a
newspaper article.
Garlon-4 is the brand
name for the herbicide tri-
clopyr containing bu-
toxyethyl ester. Laboratory
tests show that triclopyr is
damaging to kidneys and
has caused a variety of
reproductive problems. It
also has caused an increase
in the incidence of breast
cancer, and an increase in
a type of genetic damage
known as dominant lethal
mutations.
The most common
breakdown product of tri-
clopyr in mammals, soil
and water is 3, 5, 6-
trichloro-2-p yridonol
(TCP). The most signifi-
cant concern identified
with TCP is that it may be
extremely hazardous to
children.
In 1999, Environ-
mental Protection Agency
(EPA) researchers found
(through lab studies) that
fetus, infant and child ex-
posure to TCP inhibits
neurons (nervous system
cells) from undergoing
normal growth and devel-
opment.
According to EPA,
triclopyr is “very mobile in
soil. Triclopyr molecules
are not strongly held by
soil or sediment particles.”
EPA “believes this chemi-
cal has the potential to
leach to ground water.”
There has been only
“limited monitoring for
triclopyr in ground water,”
but studies have found tri-
clopyr contamination in
wells in two states.
People should become
informed about this chemi-
cal and its consequences.
Trees Inc. is not going to
fully inform you. They will
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