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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Padgett new
budget head
PAGES AND PASTRIES - A book and bake sale,
sponsored by Illinois Valley Friends of the Library, will
be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-24 at the county
building in Cave Junction. The event will run Friday
from 6-8 p.m. for Friends members. (Memberships will
be available at the door.) The public sale will be held
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
IVHS OPEN HOUSE - An open house at Illinois
Valley High School will be held Monday, Sept. 26 from 6
to 8 p.m. Parents will be able to meet their children’s
teachers and get acquainted with the school. “Parents will
be walking in their students’ shoes by attending all their
classes, with bells and everything,” said IVHS.
‘AWESOME FATHERS!’ - There will be an
“Awesome Fathers” program to assist “Daddies” begin-
ning Tuesday, Sept. 27, running for 10 weeks in Cave
Junction. The classes are co-sponsored by Siskiyou
Community Health Center and Commission for Children
& Families. See the ad elsewhere in this issue.
PLANS ’N’ PROGRESS - A Selma town hall
meeting, featuring JoCo Planning Director Michael
Snider, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27. The presentation
will begin at 7 p.m. in Selma Community Center. The
general theme is, “The Planning Process & How It Af-
fects Quality of Life.” There will be a question-and-
answer period as part of the program, co-sponsored by
Selma Neighborhood Association and Illinois Valley
Community Development Organization.
‘HELPING CHILDREN’ - A program designed
for parents of children who have been exposed to domes-
tic violence is offered by Illinois Valley Safe House Alli-
ance. “Helping Children Who Have Been Exposed to
Batterers” will begin Tuesday, Oct. 11 and run once
weekly for 16 weeks from 1 to 3 p.m. at I.V. Family Re-
source Center on E. River Street in Cave Junction. For
more information or to sign up, phone “Kerry,” the child,
teen & family advocate, at 592-4147; or “Grace,” the
women’s advocate, at 592-2515.
I.V. LIONS DEN - Roseburg resident Peter Quast is
this year’s Labor Day winner of the Illinois Valley Lions
Club Harley Davidson FXDWG DynaGlide motorcycle
valued at $18,500. The club has been raffling motorcycles
for nearly a decade as its main fund-raiser for its various
community services. The nonprofit organization uses the
funds to provide eyeglasses and hearing aids to those in
need. The club also maintains and loans hospital equip-
ment at no charge to families and individuals; and it pro-
vides scholarships for qualifying high school seniors. For
the 2006 raffle, I.V. Lions have opted to sell only 300
tickets at $100 each. This will eliminate the costly ex-
penses of travel and the booth fees involved in showing
the cycle at fairs throughout the state, the club said.
LEGION LOGS - Winner of its wood raffle during
the Labor Day period is Donnie Davel, who recently
moved here from Alabama, said Glenn Morrison Ameri-
can Legion Post 70. Davel, living with “Aunt Joyce &
Uncle Bill” in Kerby, said that the wood is the first prize
he’s ever won. He gave it to his aunt.
JOB JUICE - “Preparing a Resume” is the title of a
free Job Council employment search workshop set in
Cave Junction Thursday, Sept. 29. It’s part of a series at
Illinois Valley Family Resource Center on E. River Street,
in cooperation with I.V. Family Coalition. Workshops run
Thursdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. After the 29th, workshops
will be Oct. 13, “Interview Techniques & The Five Essen-
tial Ingredients to a Successful Interview,” and Oct. 27,
“Communications & Conflict Resolution.” There is no
child-care, and limited workshop seating. To sign up,
phone 592-6139; or 476-1877, Ext. 305.
NOTEPAD - Bill Baker, of Cave Junction, scored
a hole-in-one at Laurel Pines Golf Course in CJ Monday,
Sept. 12. Baker achieved the rare feat on the par 3 eighth
hole ... Model T vehicles were in evidence last Friday
night at Junction Inn as a group from around the country
continued its tour of Oregon … A breakfast will be
served Saturday, Sept. 24 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Selma
Community Center ... Gotta’ love it when the govern-
ment talks about “revenue sharing.” Isn’t that what a
mugger does? ... The minimum wage in Oregon is
scheduled to rise from $7.25 per hour to $7.50 beginning
Jan. 1. Agricultural producers are worried, saying that it
puts them in an increasingly uncompetitive position.
They point out that Idaho’s minimum wage is $5.15 and
California’s $6.75, and that those rates do not automati-
cally increase ... Humorous headlines: *Two sisters
reunited after 18 years in checkout line *Statistics show
that teen pregnancy drops significantly after age 25
*Fisherman arrested for using wife as shark bait
*Specialist: ‘Electric chair can be extremely painful’
*Plane too close to ground, crash probe told.
LAST WORDS - Even a happy life cannot be with-
out a measure of darkness, and the word happy would
lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is
far better to take things as they come along with patience
and equanimity (Carl Jung).
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During its general discus-
sion meeting Thursday, Sept.
15 the Josephine County
Board of Commissioners con-
sidered appointment of a new
budget director.
The board subsequently
announced appointment of
Rosemary Padgett, Jose-
phine County chief financial
officer, as the new Josephine
County budget director.
“We’d like to acknowl-
edge the dedication and
commitment that John Har-
elson, treasurer, has pro-
vided the county during the
length of time he has served
as budget officer,” said the
board. “His efforts are very
much appreciated.
“The board has the ut-
most confidence that Rose-
mary will successfully per-
form the duties of this posi-
tion.”
Save a buck,
ride the bus
says RCC
With gasoline prices
soaring, the opportunity to
save money and avoid park-
ing problems by riding a bus
to college classes is an in-
creasingly attractive notion,
said Rogue Community
College.
Regular scheduled bus
service in Jackson and Jose-
phine counties is available
free to RCC students with a
current student I.D. card.
Buses are wheelchair
accessible, and equipped
with bike racks. Bus sched-
ules are available at RCC.
Regularly scheduled
service to and from Illinois
Valley is offered.
Route 50 buses leave
the Junction Inn in Cave
Junction at 7 a.m., 1 p.m.
and 6 p.m. arriving at col-
lege 45 minutes later. Route
buses bound for Cave Junc-
tion leave RCC at 12:15 and
5:15 p.m.
More information is
available by phoning Jose-
phine Community Transit at
(541) 474-5452.
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Health & Cooking Class
Every Monday evening in October at 6:30 p.m.
at the Seventh-day Adventist Church,
265 Old Stage Road in Cave Junction.
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Diabetes Reversal
Weight Reduction
Hope for Heart Problems
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Sample tasty dishes at every class
See food prep demos
Learn easy health tips
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Water situation
From Tonia J. Elk
Cave Junction
I was brought up under
the rule that you pay for
what you use.
I understand that costs
increase a reasonable
amount due to inflation. I
pay more for water than I
use each month. The city
wants to add 12 percent on
top of the $50 a month.
I already pay for water
that I don’t use. The water
system had to be upgraded.
New homes are being
constructed at double or
triple the cost that we paid
25 or more years ago. The
newcomers are bringing big
money from the sale of their
out-of-state homes.
A percentage of people
in Cave Junction are of low
income or retired. They can-
not move to county land for
free water.
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paying for what you use?
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