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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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This is a difficult column to write because I’ve
had so many experiences since Tuesday the 4th that I
want to inflict ... I mean share ... with you, but there’s
only so much space available this week. So here goes
with but one area of happenings.
Jan and I flew from Medford (MFR) to Portland
(PDX) the 4th, and then to San Diego (SAN), which
we reached early that evening. Our mission: Assist
our daughter, Vicki Kaplan, with preparing a used
bedroom set for the May arrival of the second child
she and husband Matt, and daughter Natalie, 2, are
expecting. (“I’m going to be a big sister!”)
After escaping relatively unscathed and unscarred
from the security check at MFR and getting aboard
our Horizon Air flight to PDX, I found myself next to
a coughing machine. Actually, it was a somewhat eld-
erly woman, who said that she was at the end of a
cold. It sounded as though she was near the end. She
didn’t cough long. Only for the hour-plus flight.
Making our Alaska Airlines connection for the
slightly more than two-hour trip from PDX to SAN, I
ended up next to one of the world’s oldest men. He
was a pleasant-enough guy, but hard of hearing, and
a bit disconcerted by most everything around him,
after being brought aboard in a wheelchair. We talked
some, loudly, and I opened his bag of potato chips.
For him. He dropped his oatmeal-raisin cookie, and
we never found it. It apparently rolled outside.
At one point during the flight, a man from a cou-
ple of rows ahead of me arose to open the overhead
storage compartment above me. As he raised his arms
to retrieve something from his carry-on bag, a wave
of pungent aroma emanated. I don’t want to say that
he had B.O., but first my eyes watered; then I passed
out. When I came to, he had gone back to his seat
with whatever he took from his bag. My guess is that
it probably wasn’t deodorant.
People dress any way they want for air travel,
which is their right and fine with me. But I reserve the
right to comment. One guy wore a French Canuck hat,
safari jacket with 75 pockets, leather trousers and
lace-up hiking boots that reached to his knees. An-
other passenger had a Mohawk haircut with the hair
dyed green, sea shell earrings, and wore a yellow
neckerchief with a fur jacket plus a denim skirt and
high-top black-and-white tennis shoes. And you
should have seen the girl he was with.
We were blessed in both directions, as we made
all our flights and connections, despite flying with
standby status, courtesy of son Michael, who works
for Alaska Airlines. We enjoyed the chips and cook-
ies, plus the free beverages; especially because snack-
ing in the air negates all the calories.
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CJ Station 1
permit OK’d
Illinois Valley Fire Dis-
trict can proceed with build-
ing a “much-needed” new
fire station in Cave Junction.
A request for a condi-
tional-use permit was ap-
proved 5-0 by the Cave
Junction City Council dur-
ing its meeting in city hall
Monday night, Jan. 10.
Approximately 15 vol-
unteer firefighters attended
the meeting with Chief
Harry Rich, who addressed
the council.
The council OK’d the
request that construction on
Caves Hwy., adjacent to the
existing station, be allowed
to proceed while the district
completes the application
process changing zoning
from residential to public.
On Dec. 13 the council
approved waiving $1,800
worth of application and
zone clearance fees.
Rich said that work by
Batzer Co., of Medford, will
begin as soon as possible.
Razing the 53-year-old
“unsafe” existing Station 1
is to be accomplished soon.
Pomeroy Park
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Schaeffer said that if all the
homes were equipped with
fire-extinguishing sprin-
klers, it would alleviate
roadway access require-
ments posed by the state.
Issues of ingress and
egress; who will be respon-
sible for cleaning up litter
should the public use the
subdivision for access; and
lots encroaching on a flood
plain are to be addressed
Jan. 24.
In connection with con-
cerns, the council asked
Elton Frank to provide a
copy of the codes, covenants
and restrictions for the pro-
posed project. They would
address responsibility for
riverside clean-up.
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Community Bible trip
From Ruth Raymond
Cave Junction
Thank you to the
“Illinois Valley News” for
the article on Dec. 22 about
the group from Cave Junc-
tion traveling to Baja Cali-
fornia to build a house for a
Mexican national family.
It was stated that most
of the group were “middle-
aged” members of Commu-
nity Bible Church. Some of
us, including myself, were
more than a little past
“middle age.” Two teen-
agers and an 8-year-old
were part of those on the
trip.
In your article you men-
tioned our contractor, Dave
Gilmore, his wife and trip
coordinator Diane, Wayne
& Phyliss Saffer, Pat Alli-
son and Tom Rogers. In
fairness to the others who
made the trip, I would like
to add the following:
Barbara Elmendorf and
grandson Elijah Dillon, Ted
Roberts, Sherie Quate, Stan
Arnold, Terry Chambers (a
contractor friend of Tom’s
from Arizona), David Saf-
fer, Steve & Maryanne
McMahan, teen-aged son,
Sam, and Johnny, 8.
They attend River Val-
ley Community Church in
Grants Pass and were wel-
comed to this group. They
were a big asset.
The family for whom
the house was built kept
praising the Lord for us
coming. But we were the
ones blessed by the Lord.
House #10 will be built
in October 2005, and I am
looking forward to being a
part of the group going. It is
a life- and priority-changing
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am using much of what I
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home-based business to
opening my office in CJ.
Our SOWAC instructor,
David Tally, is quite knowl-
edgeable and will be avail-
able to consult with us indi-
vidually for several months.
This will allow me to apply
what I learned and be able to
check in to make sure my
business plan stays on track.
IVCRT and SOWAC
also have business loans
available to help beginning
and small businesses with
funds to get going or ex-
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The best part of the
training is that it was right
here in Cave Junction: no
coming home from Grants
Pass after a long day of
work and evening learning.
I highly recommend
that those with a small busi-
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starting a business, contact
Bill Moore at IVCRT at
592-4440, and ask that this
course again be offered in
our valley.
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It was a 10-week, 30-
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Grants Pass. By offering it
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The program involved
helping us decide whether
entrepreneurship is right for
us; evaluation of our busi-
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goals, as well as start-up
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which helped us set market-
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We were even schooled
on proper business book-
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road map to creating a suc-
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