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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 13, 2004
CANDIDATES FORUM - The four candidates
seeking two seats on the Josephine County Board of
Commissioners will show their stuff during a public
forum in CJ on Wednesday, Oct. 20 from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at Lorna Byrne Middle School. There also will
be opportunities for citizens to submit questions to the
candidates: Jim Brock, Dwight Ellis, Jim Raffenburg
and Cherryl Walker. See the ad in this issue for details
about the forum, sponsored by “Illinois Valley News”
and coordinated by Dave Toler.
SOCIAL STUFF - JoCo commissioners, during
their Wednesday morning, Oct. 13 meeting in Grass
Pants, were to consider several community items.
They include a grant agreement with Family Friends
for the Family Sense Program using a $17,526 state
grant. Also, commissioners were to consider using
$39,500 from the state Dept. of Human Services for a
program by AIDS Support and Prevention for HIV
prevention, intervention and support services.
IRAQ VIEW - “News from Iraq” is the theme for
a free talk during an All-Congregations Evening Ser-
vice on Sunday, Oct. 17 at Takilma Bible Church,
10343 Takilma Road. The speaker at 6 p.m. will be
Janet Johnston. She’s a former valley resident and Ev-
ergreen Elementary School teacher, who’s been a
missionary in Iraq for the past 10 years.
RECYCLEMANIA - Set for Saturday, Oct. 23
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Illinois Valley Visitor Center,
the Fall Recycle Roundup will be an opportunity to
recycle many items: cans, newspaper, magazines,
phone books, catalogs, cardboard, paper bags, mixed
paper, tin cans, aluminum foil, and plastics numbers
1-7 (opening smaller than base). Due to handling dif-
ficulties, no glass will be accepted. More than 4.3 tons
of material were collected during the spring event.
NOTEPAD - Free, clean clothing will be avail-
able on Saturday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
Takilma Bible Church, 10343 Takilma Road …
“Crime Prevention for Seniors” is the topic for a
talk on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the
Washington Outpatient Center in GP, operated by As-
ante Health System … Designating the maximum
load on the Sucker Creek Bridge on Holland Loop at
milepost 1.5 was among agenda items for JoCo com-
missioners on Wednesday morning, Oct. 13 in GP …
Salmon viewing via a hike is set for Saturday, Oct.
30, leaving from the I.V. Visitor Center. For more
info phone Siskiyou Project at 592-4459 … Two boll
weevils grew up in the Deep South. One went to Hol-
lywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed
behind and never amounted to much. The second one,
naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.
LAST WORDS - Fulfilling our lives on Earth is
not a 100-yard dash. It’s a marathon.
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or reducing needed ser-
vices at 11 of its sites.
One said that at least
572,000 veterans do not
know that they are owed
disability pensions for a
variety of major injuries.
No one has let them know.
They believe that there
needs to be an improved
national support system for
National Guard and Re-
serve soldiers’ families,
who are fending for them-
selves, while their loved
ones go to battle without
needed body armor.
The U.S. Army pro-
vides support and service
to the families of active-
duty troops. The National
Guard does not get the
same support because it is
supposed to be deployed in
the U.S., where its mem-
bers hold jobs to support
their families.
And the reason they’re
called the National Guard
is because they are sup-
posed to be guarding our
country, here at home.
Maybe Bill Reid is not
concerned with all this. Or
worse, he won’t acknowl-
edge what is happening in
a country we are occupy-
ing, and we aren’t allowed
to see our beloved young
people coming home in
body bags.
This Bush guy was
AWOL during his time to
serve in a war that was
wrong, as were Wolfowitz,
Cheney, Rumsfield and
Ashcroft.
Bush has spent almost
40 percent of the time he
was supposed to be presi-
dent in Crawford, Texas.
Maybe we should call that
AWOL too.
I, for one, am in favor
of sending him back to
Crawford permanently.
‘Rogue government’
From Crystal Griffin
Cave Junction
It can be said that
America is the greatest
power in the world. We
used to be the greatest
country as well.
People around the
world emulate our culture.
Many take great risks
crossing our borders look-
ing for a better life. We
have so much. Maybe we
aren’t the smartest people
in the world, but we do
have a big heart.
Are you aware that in
Cuba and Kuwait the gov-
ernment gives its people
free health care? Yet in
America we can’t even get
the truth.
I watched an Oprah
Winfrey show during
which a 30-year-old Iraqi
journalist was featured.
She stated that in Iraq
women are afraid to go
outside because of the lack
of security.
They have electricity
two hours, then off for
four, then on for two. All
the women own machine
guns to protect themselves.
They can buy over-the-
counter tranquilizers, and
many are addicted to them
to dull the fear and pain.
She said that they want the
U.S. occupiers to go home
and let them heal.
Because of the way the
present administration
treats John Kerry, a deco-
rated war veteran, I won-
der if this indicates how
our young men and women
in the military can expect
to be treated; questioning
his service, his medals, his
compassion for our young
people in the military.
Our young men and
women are in Iraq. The
insurgents know exactly
where they are. They are
crossing the borders to kill
our brothers, husbands,
sons and friends.
People need to wake
up. They need to listen to
the experts in the govern-
ment telling us that this
administration has led us
astray. We need to read the
books telling us this gov-
ernment has tripled our
national debt that our
grandchildren will pay.
This administration is
a rogue government.
They are not fiscally
conservative, except when
it comes to spending our
money and stealing from
Social Security. They con-
tinue to give tax breaks to
companies that outsource
jobs, but tax those that op-
erate in America.
People should vote on
Nov. 2, and I think that a
vote for John Kerry is a
vote for America.
‘Hijacking
catastrophe’
From Catherine Austin
Cave Junction
I appreciate the hun-
dreds of people in Illinois
valley who have contrib-
uted so generously of their
time and money.
The showings of
“Hijacking Catastrophe”
have been well received by
those who have seen it.
Approximately 130 people
saw it Oct. 2 in the Selma
Center.
To borrow a phrase
from our president, it has
been “a catastrophic suc-
cess.” There are about 70
authorized copies of the
documentary circulating in
our valley, and the Varsity
in Ashland and Southgate
Cinema in Grants Pass
plan to show it soon.
Libby Goines also
plans to show it; phone
592-6484 for information.
There may be showings in
the Takilma Community
Bldg;
or
visit
www.hijackingcatastrophe.
org to learn more.
“It is certain in any
case that power combined
with ignorance is the worst
enemy justice can
have.” (James Baldwin).
“War doesn’t decide
who is right, just who is
left.” (Unknown).
It occurs to me that the
human recognition of all
human beings as wonder-
ful gifts is being replaced
by a monumental effort to
dehumanize all of human-
ity by a contingency of
Americans busy being
“good Germans.”
I cannot overstate the
grave and dire predicament
that we face at this point
on a global scale. I have
taken to the streets and
asked Bush supporters why
they support him, and the
responses are often terrify-
ing to me.
There is a lot of hatred,
fear, intolerance, bigotry,
religious superiority and
zealousness.
The intolerance in-
cludes a willingness to
give up our constitutional
rights to fight terrorism.
A Bush supporter even
went so far as to mail me
an anonymous (cowardly)
letter to attack me for
questioning Bush on my
car. He wrote that he saw
my car on the freeway.
He then illegally used
access via DMV, law en-
forcement or car dealer-
ship, to obtain DMV re-
cords to get all my per-
sonal info. And less than
two days later I received a
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*Commissioners need to have a financial and managerial
background. I have both the background and the backbone.
*Public Safety: family wage jobs; planned growth; improved senior/
disabled services; protecting taxpayers dollars; and adjusting the
excessive salaries, vacation, managerial/staff ratios.
*On water resources, I would save Savage Rapids Dam and
complete Elk Creek Dam.
“Hard working, consistency, ethics… it is my pleasure to support
my friend Dwight Ellis.”
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