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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 13, 2005
County and its two cities
gain OLCC liquor money
Oregon Liquor Control
Commission (OLCC) distrib-
uted $473,130 in February
liquor revenue to Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine and Lane
counties and their 37 incorpo-
rated cities.
Josephine County, with a
population of 78,600, re-
ceived $18,556. The cities of
Cave Junction and Grants
Pass received $1,000 and
$17,657 respectively.
Jackson County received
$45,140, with the largest
amount, $48,075, going to the
city of Medford.
The agency distributed
$8.9 million statewide during
February. The state general
fund received $4.7 million.
Oregon’s 239 incorporated
cities received $1.7 million.
The 36 counties netted
$845,801; and the city reve-
nue-sharing account, $1.2
million. Last month’s revenue
share was $7.9 million.
OLCC revenue is derived
from the sale of distilled spir-
its in 241 liquor stores; taxes
on malt beverages and wine,
license fees; and fines for liq-
uor law violations. Money is
distributed based on popula-
tion, with counties receiving
10 percent; cities, 20 percent;
state general fund, 56 percent;
and city revenue sharing ac-
count, 14 percent.
The distribution rate for
cities was 69-cents per person
on a population of 2.4 million;
counties got 24-cents per cap-
ita on a 3.58 million popula-
tion. Half the taxes on wine
and malt beverages,
$433,002, went to the state
Office of Mental Health and
Addiction Services for drug
and alcohol programs. The
remaining half was returned
to general revenue.
The Oregon Wine Board
received $13,133 from a spe-
cial 2-cent per gallon tax
on wine for research and pro-
motion.
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ART WALK 2005 got under way Friday, April 8 in Downtown Cave Junction and will
be held on second Fridays through December. The first program this year included
(top left) Joy Hiler, of Grants Pass, with beaded jewelry at Jefferson State Financial
Group; (top right) Cat Mair, of Newport, with her dolls at BeBe’s Art For Everyone;
(center left) Linda Stevenson, with her artwork at Digital Dreams Help Center;
(center right) Heidi Rousseau, with her ceramic works; and (bottom) ‘Angel Art’ by
Lotus Wilkerson, viewed by Kay Ekwall. A new feature was a Poetry Slam, spon-
sored by The Shining Stars at Blue Moon Café. Reading poetry were (in red sweater)
Sarah Spring; (in purple top) Myana Dhenin; (below Spring) Sarah Austin; (wearing
cap) Mikhail Thomas; (wearing blue jacket) Jesh Hubbard; and Breyln Dhenin. The
participants were from Illinois Valley High School, Lorna Byrne Middle School, and
Evergreen Elementary School. Winners received gift certificates from The Shining
Stars for The Book Exchange. The two winning poems are on page 11.
State mental hospital due for revamping
A San Francisco archi-
tectural firm with experi-
ence designing psychiatric
hospitals has been awarded
a contract to prepare a
phase-one master plan for
Oregon State Hospital, said
Oregon Dept. of Human
Services (DHS) officials.
The contract with KMD
Architects has been signed.
The $120,000 contract
was authorized in Novem-
ber by the legislative Emer-
gency Board at the request
of Sen. Peter Courtney, of
Salem. Gov. Kulongoski has
proposed another $350,000
in his recommended 2005-
07 budget to continue state
hospital planning.
The state hospital in
Salem has approximately
You've got to be
original, because if
you're like someone
else, what do they need
you for?
- Bernadette Peters -
750 patients on a 144-acre
campus where the newest
building was constructed in
1955. Up to 25 percent of
the hospital’s 1.2 million
square feet of space is unus-
able owing to age and dete-
rioration. The hospital typi-
cally treats more patients
than its budgeted capacity.
A majority are forensic
patients committed by the
state Psychiatric Security
Review Board.
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