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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 6, 2005
BLUE MOON SHINE - Leonard Cirino, an Ore-
gon publisher, and author of more than a dozen books of
poetry, will be at Blue Moon Café in Downtown CJ
Tuesday, July 12 beginning at 7 p.m. for a poetry-
reading and book-signing. His work includes “The Wil-
derness of Self,” nominated for the National Book
Award. After Cirino as featured reader, there will be an
open mic period.
GET A WEATHER EYE - A free “Summer
Weather Spotter” training class will be taught Tuesday,
July 12 at Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co. in Cave
Junction by Ryan Sandler from the National Weather
Service (NWS). There will be no-host dining from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m., with the two-hour class beginning at 6:30.
Many topics will be covered, including when a weather
spotter should phone NWS, the basics of thunderstorm
development, and a review of NWS summer weather
warnings. Sandler can be contacted in Medford at 776-
4303; or phone Cheryl & Harry Johnson in O’Brien at
596-2104.
YOUTHFUL SUMMER - Siskiyou Field Institute
offers a Summer Explorers Club for students going into
second- to fifth-grades, and a Summer Science Club for
students entering sixth- to eighth-grades. The explorers
group will meet Tuesdays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. July
12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 at Lorna Byrne Middle School.
It’s free for Evergreen Elementary School students, but
enrollment is limited. The science club will meet at
LBMS (free for LBMS students) Wednesdays from
12:30 to 3:30 p.m. July 13, 20, 27 and Aug. 3. Phone
592-3777 to sign up or for more information.
TRAVEL WELL - Josephine County Public Health
Dept. offers the Travel Well Program, which includes
administration of medications and vaccines that have
been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control
for travelers to receive prior to going to specific regions.
The program also includes information on how to avoid
injury and illness abroad; what items should be included
in a travel medical kit, and tips on traveling with chil-
dren. Travelers should phone at least six weeks prior to
their trip, as some vaccines require a booster. For ap-
pointments or further information phone 474-5325.
NOTEPAD - Shop Smart Food Warehouse, Se-
lect Market, and Selmac Auto are appreciated by the
Illinois Valley High School Class of 1995. Classmates
came to Reunion 2005 last weekend and discovered that
funds they thought were set aside had been spent. The
three businesses stepped forward to help supply the fix-
ings for the class reunion at “Forks” State Park …
“Mudsong,” the second book of poems by international
prize-winning poet Michael Spring, of O’Brien, is avail-
able at Blue Moon Café in Downtown CJ … Bitter-
sweet: “Best of Show” in the CJ Lions car show June 25
went to Roseburg resident Chuck Mathis and the 1960
T-Bird that was his wife’s. They won the top prize at the
show three years running with his ’49 Mercury, and she
told him that next year they’d bring her car. She died in
March in a traffic accident. So Mathis finished her car,
and brought it to CJ for her ... A telephone hotline with
state Sen. Jason Atkinson office, started by the JoCo
Board of Commissioners, has been canceled until further
notice … George McKeever, who lived in Illinois Val-
ley in the late 1980s and early ’90s, has earned the desig-
nation, Project Management Professional from the Pro-
ject Management Institute, of Newtown Square, Pa. He
now lives in Grants Pass, and is a graduate of Oregon
Institute of Technology at Klamath Falls … U.S. Rep.
Peter DeFazio, (D-Springfield) has joined 206 of his
colleagues in a letter to President Bush asking that he
immediately address the $1 billion shortfall in veterans
health-care funding identified last week by the admini-
stration ... Did you hear about the U.S. Marine colonel
being driven to a meeting in a big city? His car got be-
hind a timid man, who kept hesitating on a freeway ac-
cess ramp. After fuming for several minutes, the colonel
yelled at the window, “Hey buddy, the sign says ‘Yield,’
not ‘Surrender’.”
LAST WORDS - I am not the editor of a newspa-
per and shall always try to do right and be good so
that God will not make me one. (Mark Twain)
Pain - Stress - Injuries
Deep massage - CranioSacral Therapy
Monday - Friday by appointment
Senior Discounts - Gift Certificates
Swimmers
needed at
CJ Pool
The annual grand open-
ing of the Cave Junction
Swimming Pool made a
huge splash with 225 attend-
ing Saturday, June 25.
Thanks to the generos-
ity of donations, the city of
Cave Junction has given the
go-ahead for the pool to
offer children’s swim les-
sons. There will be two ses-
sions offered this summer.
Session 1 will begin
Tuesday, July 19. Session 2
will begin Aug. 9.
Classes will be held
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Offered are beginner les-
sons, ages 3-6; intermediate
lessons, ages 7-9; and ad-
vanced lessons, 9 and older.
Limited space is available.
Cave Junction Pool still
wants to offer an adult water
aerobics class.
“We would like to offer
a mid-day class from noon
to 1 p.m., and an evening
class from 5:30 to 6:30,”
said Cynthia Hobbins, pool
manager. “We have a long
interest list, but we need
those who would like the
class to come and commit.
“The aerobics class,”
she said, “would run Mon-
days, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days for eight weeks.
“For the older child
who might be interested in
being a future lifeguard, we
would like to try a Jr. Master
Swimmer Program. This
program will strengthen
competitive swim strokes,
and teach some life guard-
ing skills.
“This class will be of-
fered to ages 11 and older
with good swimming abil-
ity. It will be held Mondays
through Thursdays in the
evenings for two weeks if
there is enough interest.”
Phone 592-3990 or
come by for more informa-
tion Mondays through Fri-
day from 1 to 5 p.m.
Siskiyou Project
An easy-to-moderate hike
to Star Flat to view the carnivo-
rous Darlingtonia or pitcher
plant will be held Saturday, July
9. Hikers should meet at 10
a.m. at Selma Select Market.
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Josephine
County Commissioners will con-
duct informal meetings with pub-
lic officials, county department
heads and employees, and other
citizens, every legal day, Monday
through Friday, with the excep-
tion of Wednesday, between the
hours of 9:00 A.M. and 12:00
P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.,
in Room 154 of the Josephine
County Courthouse. On Wednes-
days, the office hours are from
8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:00
P.M. to 5:00 P.M. A daily sched-
ule of all prearranged meetings
will be posted each morning
beginning at 8:00 A.M. from the
Executive Secretary of the Board
of Commissioners. The purpose
of these meetings will be to
gather information, discuss is-
sues, and deliberate toward deci-
sions concerning matters of pub-
lic policy and concern. All inter-
ested persons may attend said
meetings except those desig-
nated as “Executive Sessions.” In
addition, notice of advisory board
and commission meetings are
also posted in the Commission-
ers Office.
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dents of Josephine County
within the resources given
me. We can sit down to-
gether and work on these
issues in a professional man-
ner, or throw barbs at each
other through the press.
“The decision is yours,”
the sheriff concluded.
department, but I wouldn’t
expect them to stay on very
long if you treat them the
same as you do our office.
“Whether you renew
your contract or not does not
matter to me. I pledge to
continue to provide the best
service possible to all resi-
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city is growing by leaps and
bounds.
“It’s time you provide
24/7 police protection,
whether it’s through our of-
fice or by forming your own
department. You will have
far greater control over your
officers if you have your own
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Workshop on
hypertufa set
July 14, 16 by
Extension
NOW OPEN
“Revised Edition”
Two public hypertufa
workshops are offered by
the Josephine County Mas-
ter Gardener Association,
said Oregon State Univer-
sity Extension Service.
Hypertufa is a light-
weight cement-based prod-
uct. Attendees will make a
small project to take home,
and learn the basics of mix-
ing and working with hyper-
tufa material.
Students are encouraged
to bring a mold for their
project, such as small bird-
bath or stepping stone.
There is a $5 fee for the
class and is limited to the
first 25 paid participants per
class. The first class will be
held Thursday, July 14 from
9 to 11 a.m.
A repeat of the class
will be held Saturday, July
16 from 9 to 11 a.m..
The class will be held
at the Extension Audito-
rium, 215 Ringuette St.,
Grants Pass. Phone 476-
6613 to register.
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IVCDO Meeting Schedule
Making Things Happen!
July, 2005
DONE and DATED this
22nd day of Jan. 1997.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
Jim Riddle, Chair
Dwight F. Ellis, Vice Chair
Jim Raffenburg, Commis-
sioner
Approved:
Steven Campbell
Josephine County
Legal Counsel
the valley approximately 20
hours per week.
In conclusion, the sher-
iff told the council that he is
available by telephone at
474-5117. He said that if
citizens have concerns about
not being contacted or other
areas regarding law enforce-
ment, they can phone him.
He stressed that he
wished the council had con-
tacted him about their con-
cerns before airing them
during a council meeting
without him being present.
Dyer said she thought
that he was notified of the
meeting, but Daniel said that
he was not, and that he
doesn’t know the schedule
for council meetings.
Council members indi-
cated that they would strive
to keep Daniel better ad-
vised of their meetings. He
said that he will have the
city deputy present at coun-
cil meetings, and that the
deputy will present a report
of his activities.
Meanwhile, the council
plans to continue looking for
options for law enforce-
ment. Daniel approved their
approach, noting that with
the tremendous population
growth in the city, the coun-
cil needs to take steps, pos-
sibly leading to a city police
department.
In the meantime, the
council and sheriff made it
clear that they want to have
open communication.
during the June 27 council
meeting “weren’t personal”
about the sheriff.
Ehrman added that
“good things about the sher-
iff’s office” were stated dur-
ing the meeting, and opined
that the report was not an
appropriate representation.
After discussion, clarifi-
cations and explanations
regarding the contract and
patrol coverage and re-
sponses, the sheriff, accom-
panied by Sue Watkins, the
sheriff’s office business
manager, said they’d revise
the contract and then have to
let legal counsel review it.
“We’ll try to expedite it
for the July 11 council meet-
ing,” said Watkins.
The sheriff explained
that the city deputy works
approximately 40 hours per
week in the city. He noted
that if a deputy elsewhere in
the valley needs assistance,
the city officer will respond.
Additionally, he said,
the city officer has require-
ments for training, court
time, prisoner transport if he
makes an arrest, and writing
reports -- to name some of
his duties -- and those take
away from the time he can
spend patrolling.
The sheriff reiterated his
comments from a June 22
“News” story that he will do
his best with limited staffing
to be sure that Illinois Val-
ley has an officer, besides
the city deputy, on duty in
In addition, a number of
critical comments were
made about response time,
follow-up, citizen contact
and other areas of law en-
forcement by Josephine
County Sheriff’s Office.
Through discussion, it
was determined that appre-
hension expressed by the
council June 27 about only
receiving 20 hours per week
did not relate to the city dep-
uty. Instead, the sheriff
noted, the comment he
made to a reporter for a
Grants Pass newspaper, was
in connection with the re-
tirement of Lt. Lee Harmon.
He was devoting at least 20
hours per week in city lim-
its, in addition to the city
deputy’s time. Harmon, who
was commander of the I.V.
Substation in Cave Junction,
retired June 30.
During the workshop,
beginning with a comment
by Councilman Russell Ehr-
man, and backed by Coun-
cilman Rita Dyer, the city
officials disputed the
“Illinois Valley News” re-
port of the council meeting.
They indicated that the re-
port was not an accurate
portrayal of the session.
“I read that story, and
said, ‘Did I attend that meet-
ing?’ ” said Dyer.
Ehrman, in challenging
the report, said to Daniel,
“With all due respect (to the
‘I.V. News’),” comments
Day
Date
Meeting
Time
Location
Wed
7/6
Workshop Meeting
7:00-9:00 PM
County Bldg
Tues
7/12
Executive Comm
5:30-6:30 PM
IVCDO
Wed
7/13
Operational Oversight &
Projects & Programs
5:30-6:30 PM
IVCDO
Tues
7/19
Board Meeting
7:00-9:00 PM
FRC
Mon
7/18
Community Relations
5:30-6:30 PM
IVCDO