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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 20, 2005
It began with a soft, infrequent chirp in the vicinity of 3
a.m. The beasts stirred uneasily, especially the two dogs.
As the chirping became louder and more frequent, the man
of the house wondered aloud in colorful language why his
wife’s hairy puffball Pomeranian was suddenly sitting on his
head as though he and the critter were magnetized.
Shortly thereafter, the man grunted with mixed pain and
surprise when their mixed-breed 45-pounder bounded onto
the bed, landing on certain anatomy, and began a deter-
mined attempt to burrow between the man and wife.
Meanwhile, the two cats were staring wide-eyed in the
darkness, as only cats can accomplish, as though some
unknown evil were lurking in the hallway. When the man
could stand it no longer, he managed to disengage the
trembling Pomeranian from his head; free himself from the
clutches of the bigger canine, who was trembling a bit less
than his little brother; and stumble into the hallway, not with-
out stubbing his left big toe on a chair, resulting in more
colorful language.
In the hall, he found what he expected: a smoke alarm
letting everyone within range know that its battery was ex-
piring or was about to, and that it was hungry for another.
As usual, the man had not laid in a supply of replacement
batteries, and was forced to remove the dead or dying bat-
tery to halt that gosh-awful, animal-startling chirping noise.
Of curse, er … of course … he first had to use his sleep-
fuzzed brain to figure out how to open the little door to re-
move the battery.
Once that was accomplished, the chirping stopped, and
the man turned to head for bed. Instead, the dang alarm
began another series of chirps, apparently to let everyone
know that the former battery was missing and that another
had not been installed.
It was not a peaceful night after that, but the man and
his wife, plus their four wild companions, survived. Came
the dawn, the man headed for a store; bought a battery;
cleverly figured out again how to open the little door; and
installed the replacement.
Two nights later the same incident occurred. The ani-
mals again invaded the bed. As the man still had neglected
to buy an extra battery, the alarm in a room off the hallway
chirped contentedly, thereby reminding the man to always
buy a spare. Until the next time.
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‘Prayer of the Week:
From a bicycle seat’
From T.C. Carnaby
Cave Junction
Wouldn’t it be nice if the
creative housing land develop-
ers would gift to the commu-
nity of Illinois Valley a bicycle
and hiking path along the edge
of our beautiful flowing river?
They have the keys to
unlock the gates on developing
properties and put in a path of
permanence for generations to
participate in communion to
the river. The path should start
at “Forks” Park, cross the river
and follow sparkling waters
and wildlife, through Cave
Junction and Kerby, and end at
Eight Dollar Bridge.
A return path could link
up and parallel Hwy. 199, cross
Sauer’s Flat, past the corn
stand and venture into Kerby
and continue on a path that
could easily replace the defunct
Kerby Ditch.
All property easements
should already be grand-
fathered here, and the gravity
flowing slope of the old ditch
would be filled in and create an
inviting surface. As it mean-
ders through trees and golf
course, watch out for, “Fore!”
The ditch ends above “Forks”
creating a full loop of travel.
The future is right now,
giving us a glimpse that there
will be community housing
developments from Cave Junc-
tion to Kerby. A solid area
occupied by homes. All would
and should have great access to
an inviting riding and hiking
path along a changing river and
open spaces.
Visitors could park their
vehicles at “Forks” with a park
host and feel secure about them
while they ride or walk the
loop paths. Visitors may even
contribute to our valley com-
munity, partaking of meals,
lodging or its art community
while resting tired feet or bicy-
cle seat.
Some of those little
pointed seats can really get
you, you know? How about a
glass of wine? Ah, body and
soul.
None of us really own the
land we live on and own. It
belongs to the Creator. We are
merely stewards to care for its
welfare.
When we go, we give up
our hold on that trust, and the
next steward falls into place.
Why not set it up so that we
can offer the river’s beauty
with a tranquil breath-taking
path of journey through this
place we call home for the
generations to come?
Lock it in place now. God
will smile.
Iraq War killing;
Biscuit logging ‘lie’
From Sue Norman-Jones
Cave Junction
I appreciate Catherine
Austin’s letter (Death penalty,
April 6, “Illinois Valley
News”), as I always have won-
dered how people who de-
scribe themselves as Christian
find it OK in their hearts to kill
innocent people in the Iraq
War.
Carpet bombing seems so
against the commandment,
“Thou shalt not kill.” What part
is so hard to understand:
“Thou?”
To train young men and
women in the military to kill
seems so against what Jesus
taught. A nation that thrives on
war seems very anti-Christian
to me. Yet we, as a nation,
have the nerve to call ourselves
Christian.
When Christ said, “Love
one another,” I don’t think he
meant to only love white, blue-
eyed people.
Our media never have
actually told us how many in-
nocent Iraq and Afghanistan
people were killed. Why is
that?
The death penalty is OK?
Abortion is not? Very confus-
ing.
Regarding the Biscuit
Fire: Without the environment,
we aren’t. That 2002 wildfire
was so big that I remember
wanting to grab my shovel and
build a fire line around it, like
we did in Takilma in 1987.
I was not allowed to do
that because I had no training.
The fire was allowed to burn
for two weeks before we
fought it because it is “natural”
to have forest fires.
A recent visit to the
burned area opened my eyes.
There are huge patches of
beautiful green trees that sur-
vived. Wow. A miracle. Sixty
percent survived.
I believe that if these trees
survived a huge forest fire, we
shouldn’t cut them down. It
feels like the lie is that the log-
ging companies went to harvest
the burnt trees, when in fact
they want to cut the precious
trees that survived.
It’s like raping a burn vic-
tim. We need to protect the
ones left. We need to keep it a
Roadless Area, untouched by
the destructive hands of man.
Since the invention of the
chainsaw, our forests have
disappeared at an alarming
rate. We need to protect what is
left.
The Native Americans call
man two-legged, and they call
trees one-legged. Trees are our
equal. We are not better than
them.
but the infection came through
the feed.
Death Tax, most people were
unaware of this tax, as most of
us don’t have “estates.”
But death comes to us all,
and now under this new name,
many people think they are
against this tax.
Your inheritance can be
up to $650,000 before the tax
would apply. Still think this
issue would affect you?
The inheritance, estate,
death taxes are all the same
animal and serve the important
function of redistributing vast
sums of money to the public
for libraries, schools, hospitals,
roads, parks, etc. Let’s keep it.
Real estate tax
From Sue Lily
Cave Junction
The estate tax has sur-
vived a very long time, quietly
redistributing money through-
out our society, guaranteeing
that it doesn’t accumulate into
private hands as it once did
during the feudal lords and
serfs.
It also protected wealth
from passing from the hands of
them who grew it into pockets
of the indolent, who would
waste it on foolishness. Until
the neocons renamed it the
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Horse owners caution
From (Name withheld)
Cave Junction
I recently lost a healthy
horse to a neurological disease.
Because there was no au-
topsy, the exact cause is unde-
termined, but the veterinarian
supposes there was contamina-
tion of grain. Perhaps others
can be spared the grief I have
experienced -- keep grain con-
tainers covered and remove
any uneaten grain, because
birds, as well as rodents, are a
danger.
I gave West Nile shots,
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