Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 27, 2005
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Ye olde editore is a wee bit weary after a lovely, loving
and uplifting (see below) two-week visit by our daughter,
Vicki, and two granddaughters, one of whom was only 8
weeks old when they arrived from Carlsbad in San Diego
County.
In fact, although I
hesitate to admit it,
because of my per-
ceived fantastic phy-
sique and macho
attitude, the tendons
in my forearms are a
trifle sore from lots
of lifting and carry-
ing the youngsters.
It’s tough getting
older, and that has
become quite clear because of the muscular aches and pains
that have made themselves known.
You’ve heard of tennis elbow? I have baby elbow.
And in the interests of comfort (my own), Natalie, who’ll
turn 3 next month, and the aforementioned infant, Ella Valen-
tina, offer their favorite expressions to spare me any more
strenuous typing than absolutely necessary.
I don’t want to! (Natalie)
I don’t want to!! (Natalie)
I don’t want to!!! (Natalie)
Waaaaaa! (Ella) Translation: I’m cranky and hun-
gry; bring on the mommy milk!
I really need to hold the kitty! (Natalie)
I really need some peanut butterscotch
chips! (Natalie)
I really need a juicie! (Natalie) (Translation:
Get me a drink of apple juice with mandatory straw).
WaaaWaaa!! (Ella) Translation: I’m tired and
cranky, plus hungry; bring on the mommy milk!
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MANSFIELD R. CLEARY
Special lawman district
suggested to CJ Council
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commentary, including state-
ments made as fact, are strictly
those of the letter-writers.)
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‘Someone got involved’
From Peggy Norman
Cave Junction
I’m a little miffed after
reading the “Get involved”
letter to the editor from Jen-
nifer Berubee, and “Police
Blotter” regarding the
pickup truck burning on
Caves Avenue June 26.
I live next door to
where the truck burnt. I
don’t know what was hap-
pening on Berubee’s street
at 3 that morning, but most
everybody here was all nes-
tled in their beds asleep.
One man, who was
awake, saw the fire and used
his garden hose to try to put
it out. He also made a 911
call, to which volunteer fire-
fighters (my husband being
one) responded, and fin-
ished putting out the fire.
The sheriff’s office also
was called, and was on-
scene by the time the fire
was extinguished. By my
count that’s at least five vol-
unteer firefighters, one offi-
cer and a Good Samaritan.
The truth is: If not for a
quick-thinking neighbor and
volunteer firefighters, the
truck would have burnt to
the ground, but the fire was
held to the inside of the cab.
One thing I’ve learned
in life is to get all the facts
straight before accusing.
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From Jack Nolan
Kerby
The U.S. Postal Service
ought to consider resurrect-
ing the Pony Express. It sure
would improve mail service
between Selma, Cave Junc-
tion and O’Brien.
The postal service in
Illinois Valley is lousy.
There needs to be a big
shake-up.
I don’t think that a lot of
the local people know that if
you mail a letter at any one
of these post offices to go to
another I.V. town, that it
goes to Medford, and God
knows where else. Also, if
you put mail in the outside
box it is picked up by the
mail carrier and carted to
Medford, even if it is ad-
dressed to that post office.
It’s going on a long
round-trip, more than 100
miles, and in some cases,
many hundreds of miles and
many days before it gets to
the recipients.
Several years ago, on
our way to a job in Gold
Beach at 6 a.m., I used the
outside deposit box to mail a
proposal to an O’Brien cus-
tomer, thinking he would
get it that day. Ten days
later he called me, wanting
to know about the proposal,
so I hand-delivered another
copy the same day, and
guess what?
The original proposal
was delivered to him that
same morning. It had the
postmarks of Medford,
Eugene, Salem, Portland
and two others that couldn’t
be read.
Just recently a customer
mailed us a check from the
Cave Junction Post Office
on June 26. We received it
on July 8, 11 days after it
was posted.
We have been wonder-
ing why it takes so long to
get paid after we send our
bills. But no wonder. If it
takes 11 days for the cus-
tomer to get the bill, and
another 11 days for the
check to get to Kerby, that is
more than three weeks.
Let’s write or phone the
regional office in Seattle.
Why can’t the three post
offices sort the mail for the
valley destinations, like they
used to do, instead of send-
ing it all over the state?
I think the mail that
originates in the valley and
has a valley destination
should stay in the valley.
‘Chile pepper’ popper
From William Reid
Cave Junction
What a neat article on
O’Brien resident Tony
Armida and his utilization of
old satellite dishes for grow-
ing vegetables.
I would imagine that the
dishes make the ultimate
raised bed. Among the items
that were being grown were
“Jalepeno peppers,”
“Anahem chili peppers,” and
“bell peppers.” Sad to say,
there are no such “peppers.”
The misunderstanding
began when Columbus first
encountered the fiery vari-
ties of chiles and called
them “peppers,” thinking
that they were related to
pepper, which is the order
Piperaceae, genus Piper, of
Oriental origin.
Chiles, botanically
speaking, are capsicums, a
genus of the order Solana-
ceae. In Mexico alone, there
are an estimated 61 classi-
fied varieties of chiles. Most
often in Mexican cooking
the red chiles are used dried,
while the green chiles are
used fresh.
The exception to this is
the ripe red bell and the sweet,
heart-shaped red pimiento,
which are almost always used
fresh, never dried.
So now we know, there
are chiles, and there are pep-
pers: But there is no such
thing as a chile pepper.
A special district for law
enforcement throughout Illi-
nois Valley was suggested
during the Cave Junction
City Council meeting Mon-
day night, July 25.
Meeting in city hall, the
council, during the citizen
comment portion, heard
from Jim Frick, a real estate
broker and longtime com-
munity supporter. He and
major city developer Larry
Osborne said that such dis-
tricts work well elsewhere.
Frick said that holding
elections for funding such
entities can be expensive,
but that the results are worth
it. He estimated that eight to
10 officers could be funded
with a taxing district.
He and Osborne also
have touched on the idea of
combining law enforcement
with fire protection, as is
done successfully by the city
of Grants Pass. Frick said
that Chief Harry Rich of
I.V. Fire District should be
contacted for his input.
The city currently con-
tracts with Josephine
County Sheriff’s Office for
40 hours per week of law
enforcement in city limits.
Sheriff Dave Daniel has
suggested that the city find a
way for 24/7 coverage be-
cause of population growth.
In another matter, the
council voted 3-1 to allow
certain improvements to W.
River Street in connection
with the Too Far South sub-
division development.
Councilman Rita Dyer
voted “no,” and Councilman
Dan Fiske was absent.
The council devoted
approximately half of the
60-minute meeting to the
matter. Details of the ap-
proved plan are available at
city hall.
In connection with the
approval, Osborne chided
the council, calling its action
“a mistake.” He indicated
that the council perhaps was
too lenient with the request
by Wiegand Engineers, of
Grants Pass, and that prob-
lems could result from
heavy rainfall.
Councilman Russell
Ehrman, who lives on the
street, said later in the meet-
ing that he “could have
made a mistake” voting for
approval. But he stressed
that public safety is para-
mount, and that the OK’d
plan addresses that issue.
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*A page 14 caption in
the July 20 issue could have
been interpreted that Bob
Kerivan, of Bridgeview
Vineyards Winery, owns a
new vineyard in O’Brien.
In fact, the vineyard is
owned by Reggie Boltz. The
manager is Victor Putnam,
and Mona Putnam is serving
as “cook.”
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