Page 9 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Blackberry Family Barbecue Walden bargaining chip noted for health policies DEBORAH DAWSON (Photo by ‘I.V. News’) Featured artist Dawson favors flowers, wildland Floral painting and wil- derness are among favorite subjects for Deborah Ann Dawson, featured artist at Sterling Savings Bank in Cave Junction for August and September. Dawson’s “visual po- etry” display is through her membership in Illinois Val- ley Fine Artists Inc. She also is a member of the Crescent City Art Association. In 2002 Dawson, who lives in O’Brien, opened the Center For Artfull Being at Creative Space above Blue Moon Café in CJ. She and her husband, Robert McCarver, moved to O’Brien that year. Her studio/gallery is also a space for teaching classes in watercolors, draw- ing, and holding her healing workshop, “Painting from Within.” Dawson was born in Medford, and lived in nearby Phoenix from the fourth-grade. “The Rogue Valley was very pastoral,” she said, “and my childhood was spent catching frogs, wading in creeks, collecting bugs and drawing. “These activities were going to be the visual fodder for future works,” she said. She was an honor roll student at Medford High School, and attended what’s now Southern Oregon Uni- versity (SOU) in Ashland under a scholarship. She majored in art, but also en- joyed anthropology, sociol- ogy, communications and creative writing. In 1978 she received the AAUW award for Out- standing Senior in the SOU Art Dept. It was the first time a woman had won the award. Dawson said that the teachers who affected her the most are Betty La Duke, Bob Alston and Clifford Sowell. She also lists as major influences w a t e r c o l o ri s t Z o l t an Szabo; and Nita Leland, author of “Creative Artist.” Dawson describes her work as “visual poetry.” She adds, “When a subject in Nature has caught my attention on an emotional level, I want to express it in strong images with great design, intense color, and hopefully, an unusual per- spective.” During winters, Daw- son teaches drawing and watercolors to elementary schoolchildren in Jose- phine and Jackson coun- ties. As one of many artists involved in the program, she said she enjoys helping promote the arts. She has shown in S.W. Oregon in juried and open shows, and has been a ju- ror and judge. Painting and selling only original work makes her work collecti- ble, she said. She recently placed sec- ond in the professional cate- gory with her work, “Lone Mountain Manzanita,” in the AAUW show at Grants Pass Museum of Art. “My art is the kind of work that is easy and inspi- rational to live with,” said Dawson, “and that makes me feel good about my career as an artist.” Her works are in nu- merous private collections in Oregon and California. To visit her studio, phone Dawson at 596- 2023 for an appointment. Or visit Creative Space during Art Walk. Employers often priced out of providing health in- surance for their workers would be able to band to- gether through nationwide associations to bargain for better health insurance rates under bipartisan legislation overwhelmingly approved last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. “Large corporations and unions know of being big enough to bargain for better rates,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, co-chairman of the Bipartisan House Rural Health Care Coalition. “It’s time that small businesses had the same opportunity through their nationwide associations to get a fair deal on health in- surance,” he said. The Small Business Health Fairness Act (HR 525) passed the House 263- 165. The measure provides protections for consumers by prohibiting discrimina- tion in coverage. It ensures that all em- ployers who are members of the association sponsoring a health plan be eligible for coverage and guarantees enrollment of individuals regardless of their health status. The measure also re- quires that an association be in existence for at least three years for substantial pur- poses other than providing health insurance coverage before it can offer plans. “As a small employer for more than 19 years, I’ve seen firsthand the ever- escalating cost of health insurance,” said Wyden. “Small businesses are seeing huge rate increases every year,” he said, “and more and more of them are saying they just can’t afford to provide coverage. That’s part of the reason more than 45 million Americans are now uninsured. “This effort is designed to give them another chance to acquire affordable cover- age,” said Walden, who, with his wife, has owned radio stations in the Colum- bia Gorge since 1986. The measure has earned the support of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the Ore- gon Farm Bureau, the Ore- gon Restaurant Association, the U.S. Chamber of Com- merce, and the National As- sociation of Women Busi- ness Owners, among others. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. Walden represents the 2nd District of Oregon, which includes 20 counties in the southern, central and eastern regions of the state. He is a Deputy Whip in the House leadership struc- ture and a member of the House Committee on En- ergy and Commerce as well as the Committee on Re- sources. St. Patrick Catholic Church 407 W. River St. Saturday, August 13 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free Parking Internet Access - Repairs - Accessories 139 S. Caves Ave. Suite F (inside Caves Mall) 592-4117 Mention this ad and pay just $10 for your first month of service! (Regular $15/Monthly) We have public computers available! Stop by and use our surf stations to check out the ‘net or bring down your laptop and hook up to our high-speed connections! www.ValleySurf.Net Linda Sallman 128 S. Redwood Hwy. Cave Junction OR 97523 541-592-4541 Across from Select Market on Redwood Hwy. 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