Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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We have a cute newcomer at our house. He has four legs --
ending in what look like paws that resemble catcher’s mitts --
two piercing khaki-colored eyes, a black coat, and the attitude
of a jungle beast. He probably weighs close to 3 pounds now,
nearly double his weight from approximately two weeks ago
when we brought him home.
We thought and thought, trying to develop an appropriate
name for the playful little guy. After watching him to see just
what kind of critter he was, we chose “Tar Baby Sponge Bob,”
but that fell by the wayside with “Flint Eastwood” taking prece-
dence. That’s the name that fits his personality.
He has pretty much taken over the house, and has no trou-
ble (almost) with 16-pound “Bubba” the mostly Siamese cat
with the tiny voice. In fact, we acquired “Flint” as a playmate for
“Bubba” because the latter’s chubby mother, “Maui,” is about
as much fun as a double hernia. She will not play, preferring to
hiss and growl whenever “Bubba” tries to get her involved in
one of those odd cat games that seem to involve paw-batting
and running through the house like a herd of yaks.
Our greenish-eyed baby climbs like a mountain goat, taking
on everything of any height in the house. He leaps, digs in with
his baby claws, and makes his way to the top. The furniture will
never be the same. He also enjoys making his way to the ga-
rage through the cat tunnel we had installed from the living
room. In fact, the garage, with all those boxes, nooks and cran-
nies is often a favorite place. And he enjoys pouncing.
We have found that little “Flint” has no fear, taking on
“Bubba” in those feline festivities mentioned earlier. He also
has sharp kitten teeth and claws, which he’s busy learning how
to apply to his “owners” and, with a certain reserve, “Bubba.”
As for me, I’ll be wearing long-sleeved shirts for a while. My
hands exhibit a number of playful scratches too, but I’ll not be
donning gloves. It’s too difficult to type that way.
Anyway, “Flint” will eat anything: albacore, ham, beans,
beef, peanut butter and crackers: Put it in front of him, and he’ll
go for the gusto. He also likes expensive cat food. The other
night, Jan was feeding him some tuna on our bed (where else?),
and big “Bubba” leaped up for a look-see. He could not figure
out why his little buddy was eating something other than cat
food. It was an interesting situation, as “Bubba” even tried
some of the fish, but found it not to his liking. He kept staring at
“Flint,” as if to say, “Why are you eating that? It’s not cat food!”
“Flint” is a smart omnivore, adapting himself to us (or is it
the other way around?) quickly. And he’s gregarious.
So now we are a three-cat, two-dog, 20-or-so goldfish fam-
ily. Also, we have had our daughter and two granddaughters
visiting from San Diego, so we have had our hands and hearts
full. Yep -- it’s been a busy two weeks with newcomers left and
right. Unfortunately, the three from San Diego are going home
soon, and we’ll miss them.
But we’ll still have the poor man’s menagerie.
MANSFIELD R. CLEARY
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Brotherly love
From Doug Blair
Cave Junction
A fund for Don Lovejoy
has been established at
Ho me Valley Bank
branches in Cave Junction
and Grants Pass by Darlene
Varney and I.
Don lost everything he
owned, with the exception
of his pickup truck, which is
used to conduct his yard
work. The explosion of his
motor home propane tank
was the cause of the loss.
The amount contributed
is not the issue. It is to show
compassion and brotherly
love for those in our com-
munity who suffer accidents
or other misfortune.
A few ‘bad apples’
From Vicki Kaplan
Carlsbad, Calif.
I’m visiting in Illinois
Valley, and have noticed the
friendliness of people I’ve
met here. They are pleasant,
and that’s what makes your
valley and town so attractive.
I’ve also noticed situa-
tions that spoil that image. It
seems that a handful of peo-
ple are determined to spoil
everything for everyone else.
Two examples are the
break-ins, including the one
at the CJ Swimming Pool,
and the trash situation at
Jubilee Park. Obviously,
there are some people out
there who lack ethics, and
don’t give a darn about the
rest of the valley.
Maybe it would be good
to let the trash-tossers know
that it’s a public park, and
that others will use it and
not want to wade through
the rubbish left behind.
As for the burglaries
and break-ins I read about in
this newspaper, those people
should be ashamed. And
they should be fully prose-
cuted when located.
Real estate terms
From Randy Beaver
Cave Junction
I am selling my home,
and am using a valley real
estate agent.
When I got together
with the agent to complete
the papers, I told her several
times that I wanted 60 days
after the house sold to finish
vacating the premises.
She never once men-
tioned that in the real estate
world, the term “sold”
means “entering into es-
crow,” and that “closing”
means the house has actu-
ally “sold.”
This agent knew exactly
what I meant. However, she
never told me that what I
really wanted was 60 days
after “closing.”
Escrow will close Aug.
15, and the person buying
the house has the option to
back out of escrow anytime
until that date. Why any
seller would want to put
himself in this position is
beyond me.
As it stands now, I need
to put money into a rental
before the house “closes.”
And if he changes his mind,
my home will be vacant,
and I will have spent rental
money unnecessarily.
I have never sold a
house before, and I feel that
this agent took advantage of
the situation in order to
make a quick sale. I’m writ-
ing in the hopes that this
type of practice will stop.
All real estate agents
need to explain the terminol-
ogy to the seller and the
buyer, and to make sure that
each party is aware of all
their options.
It’s not only “buyer be-
ware.” With this type of
practice, it’s also “seller
beware.”
Biscuit logging
From Justin Rohde
Cave Junction
I live in Illinois Valley,
where the forest service has
been pushing what I believe
is the largest timber sale in
modern history, the Biscuit
taxpayer-subsidized forest
give-away.
I can tell you that in my
estimation the majority of
people who live here do not
appreciate that the forest
service and multinational
logging companies have
destroyed parts of the trail-
head to Baby Foot Lake
leading into the Kalmiopsis
Wilderness, or that they
have begun logging the Na-
tional Wild and Scenic Illi-
nois River Canyon area,
including near the Illinois
River trail leading into the
Kalmiopsis Wilderness.
The logging is by John
West, of Silver Creek Tim-
ber Co. I feel that he de-
mands the public pay him
for letting us use our na-
tional forests. The forest
service has rewarded him by
closing vast areas of Illinois
Valley to the public.
Only logging compa-
nies and miners are allowed
to access the entire Eight
Dollar Mountain Road and
Baby Foot Lake area, and I
believe that they will soon
close the entire Illinois
River Road to the public so
that West can earn money
without the public opposing
the sale.
Illinois River at heavy tax-
payer expense.
The McGuire logging
sale is located entirely in an
old-growth reserve that was
to be shielded from cutting
for sensitive species under
the Northwest Forest Plan. It
also logs the 3,529-acre Six
Mile Creek roadless area --
an uninventoried roadless
forest near giant Kalmiopsis
wildlands.
Ronnie Chittim lives on
a small private residence
within the Siskiyou National
Forest along the Illinois
River. “I both live and make
my living along this beauti-
ful river,” said Chittim.
“Tourists come from all
over the United States to
stay in my cabin and enjoy
the peace, quiet and beauty
of Nature.
“When people ask me
where to go on trails around
here, I’ll have to tell them to
walk until they see the
stumps and slash piles down
the road,” continued Chit-
tim. “This logging would
trash a historic place, and
increase fire risk for people
like me. I’m concerned that
the scenic part of this river is
shrinking because of devas-
tation from logging.”
Said Greg Walter, a
local historian and tourism
advocate: “This harmful
logging is not about real
jobs, fire safety or the eco-
nomic future of our commu-
nity. They may close one of
our most-used tourism areas
during peak travel season --
it makes no sense at all.”
Some 95 percent of the
more than 20,000 official
public comments on the
Biscuit logging project
urged the forest service to
take a conservative ap-
proach. The forest service
has disregarded those com-
ments, favoring to log in
sensitive old-growth re-
serves and roadless forests.
The McGuire sale is a
testament to how out of
touch the forest service lead-
ership is with common
sense, our economic future
‘How to stop theft’
From S.D. Freeman
Cave Junction
Any time you are
forced to sign any contract,
it is rendered null and void
and is without force and
effect.
The following informa-
tion can be used by most
people who drive a motor
car. Only those who are
hauling goods or people for
hire cannot use it. First, two
definitions:
“Permit, a license or
grant of authority to do a
thing …” (Black’s Law Dic-
tionary, Fifth Edition, 1979,
page 1026).
“Streets and highways.
A permit to use street is a
mere license revocable at
pleasure. The privilege of
using the streets and high-
ways by the operation
thereon of motor carriers for
hire can be acquired only be
permission or license from
the state or its political sub-
divisions” (Black’s 5th Ed.
P. 830).
“This Constitution, and
the Laws of the United
States which shall be made
in Pursuance hereof … shall
be the supreme Law of the
Land and the judges in
every State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.” (U.S.
Constitution, Article VI,
paragraph 2).
“Article I, Section 10.
No State shall … pass any
… law impairing the obliga-
tion of contracts.” (National
U.S. Constitution.)
Any time a person buys
a car, the dealer will not let
you drive it off the lot unless
you have a driver’s license
and the car is registered and
licensed. The registration
and licenses are contracts.
(Continued on page 3)
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More on logging
From Rolf Skar, campaign
director, Siskiyou Project
Cave Junction
Three years after dry
lighting strikes started the
Biscuit Fire in Southwestern
Oregon’s Siskiyou Wild
Rivers area, the Siskiyou
National Forest has begun
logging forests in the Wild
and Scenic Illinois River
canyon.
It’s disappointing to see
that with millions of taxpay-
ers dollars and three years to
work with, the forest service
is still getting it all wrong.
Instead of working together
on real fire safety and creat-
ing restoration jobs, we’re
watching them log along the
fish-rich Wild and Scenic
and the values of most Ore-
gonians. I wish we had
some progress to celebrate
on this anniversary, but the
forest service has given us
nothing but controversial
logging and politics as
usual.
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