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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Possible pathways
From Sue Lily
Cave Junction
Two letters in the “Illinois
Valley News” have identified
how nice it would be to have a
system of foot paths and mini-
parks around the valley.
It is a pretty good idea;
one that needs lots of input. It
is a great asset to a commu-
nity’s quality of life to direct
the walking citizenry on off-
road, nonmotorized paths, al-
lowing safe corridors of access
for children to schools, library,
pool, parks, and other loca-
tions.
I’d love to see “Forks”
State Park connected to Cave
Junction by a footbridge. We
could devise a path from Lake
Selmac through Kerby to the
Illinois River to “Forks” Park
and on to Rough and Ready
Park to O’Brien.
There are lots of hoops
from here to there: private
property issues, public agency
red tape, trust issues.
Where is this path? How
do we pay for it? What about
liability issues, and questions
about non-motorized vehicles,
horses, horse-drawn vehicles,
motorized wheelchairs, bikes,
leashed dogs, and whether it
would be paved or not.
I’m noticing golf carts and
motorized scooters in town
lately. It is dangerous for them
to be on the same road as auto-
mobiles, and their needs should
also be addressed. There are
bike lanes already, a foot path
in Takilma, and a horse trail
system plan that circumscribes
the valley at present.
Creating a system of paths
is an idea that deserves an at-
tempt, especially before we add
hundreds of new private prop-
erty owners everywhere, mak-
ing it even more complicated.
It would seem the purview of
the IVCDO/Josephine County
to umbrella this idea, perhaps
beginning with a grand kickoff
meeting addressed by a repre-
sentative of the successful
Jackson County Bike Path
group.
With gasoline prices ris-
ing, these alternatives need to
be incorporated into our future.
chiropractic care.
He joins us in the valley
with his wife, Esther Keys,
who is a licensed massage
therapist, specializing in “deep
tissue.” She had a very success-
ful Portland area practice, and I
recommend her as an effective
healer in her own right.
This is a wonderful and
energetic husband-wife team
who, I’m sure, will add to the
quality of life, health and well-
being here.
‘A better world’
From Susanne
Kindi-Fahrnkopf
Cave Junction
This is in response to
some recent letters to the edi-
tor. Many misunderstandings
are from incomplete communi-
cations and over-reaction to
perceived meanings.
When one writer ex-
presses an opinion that old-
growth trees in our national
forests and roadless areas
should not be cut for any rea-
son -- and another writer count-
ers that we all use paper in our
daily lives and that our homes
are built of wood -- both are
correct.
The first writer is correct
in believing that the world no
longer can afford to cut old-
growth trees for wood and pa-
per products. This is not sus-
tainable, and our forests have
diminished at an astonishing
pace since white settlers first
set foot on this beautiful conti-
nent.
He also is correct in assert-
ing that we now are facing a
global crisis of deforestation,
affecting all our supplies of
building materials, wood prod-
ucts, clean air and water.
The second writer is cor-
rect in stating that it is hypo-
critical to say those things
when we all use paper and
wood products in our daily
lives. Don’t we all enjoy the
blessings of these fruits of
Mother Earth, and realize that
many people do not have the
availability that we enjoy lo-
cally?
Both writers are correct,
but the answers lie in the solu-
tions to these problems caused
by human overpopulation.
Some solutions will help
us create sustainable processes
for meeting those needs: paper
made from recycled paper,
kenaf, hemp and scrap wood.
Alternative building materials
such as small-diameter logs
from thinning projects, ply-
wood made from wood chips,
rocks, recycled material, straw
bale adobe houses, and so on.
Similarly it is our chal-
lenge to build sustainable en-
ergy and agriculture systems.
We may find solutions in cars
which are energy-efficient,
alternative fuels, wind and
solar power, and better mass
transit systems.
We may find solutions to
the destruction of our oceans in
organic farming practices and
fish conservation areas.
All these and many more
solutions lie in the willingness
of our leaders and scientists to
develop the products and proc-
esses which will allow the ordi-
nary person to reduce their
negative effect on the natural
world.
When that happens, it will
be easier to employ good op-
tions for living. It is not con-
structive to dig in our heels be
polarized in our beliefs, and
refuse to find common ground.
It would be better to love
and respect each other, and
start building a better world.
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Sometimes even desiccated … er, dedicated edi-
tors-in-chief resort to an easy way out, as with this par-
ticular column.
Thanks to daughter Vicki in Carlsbad, Calif., who
sent me an item titled, “Things You Should Know (??),”
I am yappy … er, happy to use portions for this week’s
offering. (However, the parenthetical comments are
mine.)
*Money isn’t made of paper, it’s made of cotton.
(But don’t try to make underwear out of it.)
*The Declaration of Independence was written on
hemp paper. (But don’t try to smoke it.)
*The dot over the letter “I” is called a “tittle.” (This
amazing fact might serve contestants well on
“Jeopardy.” Or maybe not.)
*A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne
will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom
of the glass to the top. (For those who are easily enter-
tained. Also, if you plan to do this in a fancy restaurant,
let me know and I’ll come take a photo.)
*According to urban legend, Susan Lucci is the
daughter of Phyllis Diller. (Which prompts me to say
that beauty is only skin deep.)
*The 1996 Webster’s Dictionary has 315 misspelled
entries. (More than the “Noose.”)
*On average, 12 newborns will be given to the
wrong parents daily. (That could explain a lot about my
home life.)
*Orcas, so-called killer whales, kill sharks by torpe-
doing into their stomachs from below, causing them to
explode. (Ouch!)
*Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland
because he doesn’t wear pants. (As a kid I always won-
dered about that. Also, how come Goofy and Pluto are
both dogs, but one acts human, and the other doesn’t?)
*There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos. (And
not a whole lot of winners.)
*The phrase, “rule of thumb” is derived from an old
English law, which stated that a wife couldn’t be beaten
with anything wider than your thumb. (I am flabber-
gasted by this.)
*Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before
they go into space because passing wind in a space
suit damages it. (Plus they’re in really close quarters:
“Houston, we have a real problem!”)
And a final item, quoting George Carlin: “Boy, I feel
a lot safer now that Martha Stewart is behind bars. O.J.
Simpson and Kobe Byrant are still walking around;
Osama Bin Laden too. But they take the one woman in
America willing to cook, clean and work in the yard,
and haul her fanny off to jail.”
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Cave Junction OR 97523
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to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a
meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful
individual responsibility.
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Chiropractic change
From Jim Minervini, Chiro-
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Cave Junction
It has been a pleasure to
serve the valley during the past
five years. The support and
patronage are appreciated.
I have decided to retire
from chiropractic. For the past
year or so, my wife and I have
been looking for the right re-
placement, and have found that
in person of Ross Keys, Chiro-
practic Doctor.
We wanted to leave the
valley in great chiropractic
hands with someone who
would give clients fair and just
appraisal and treatment of their
conditions, while always re-
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