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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Flu clinics, eligibility listed by health unit
Selling licenses makes a lot of money, and
sometimes I think it’s getting out of hand; not to
mention out of wallet. Some agencies have a license
on licenses.
On a trip to San Diego a year or so ago, we de-
cided to visit our compadres south of the border in
Baja California. In line on our return trip to cross the
U.S.-Mexico border at San Ysidro I couldn’t help but
notice the licenses around the necks of the vendors
going car to car selling piñatas and colorful ceramic
pigs. It was a shock to see them (the licenses).
We are required to have business licenses (city
and state), dog licenses, driver licenses, motor vehi-
cle licenses and marriage licenses. And that’s just
the tip of the sliceberg; I mean, iceberg. Where will it
end? Who’s next? Cats? Students? Vagrants?
Vagrants: Now there’s an idea. We’re not talking
about people, some homeless, who are trying to
make it, and just need some assistance until they
get caught up. We’re talking about some other
types. Call them what you will, there are some out
there who panhandle, drink in public to the point of
intoxication, do other things in public and generally
seem disconnected from regular society except to
use their Oregon public assistance credit cards.
Why aren’t they licensed? They’d have to complete
a form to be street legal:
*What is your name? What is your street name?
Who is your favorite sheriff’s officer?
*Are you a (choose one) vagabond, beggar,
tramp, bum, transient, wanderer, street person, or
“other.” Why did you leave Grants Pass?
*Do you intend to limit your business to (A) park-
ing lots, (B) storefronts, (C) street curbs, (D) public
parks, (E) the middle of the road, (F) empty houses,
(G) unlocked cars. (Choose all that apply; this will be
reflected on the total cost of your license).
*Other than an Oregon Trail Card and monthly
checks from one agency or another, what are your
sources of income? (List only the legal ones, which
do not include asking people for “spare change”).
*What is your favorite fortified beer?
*How many cigarettes a day do you smoke? Is
your medical card current?
*Will you be operating during daylight hours,
night hours, or a combination?
*Would you help clean the city streets, chop
weeds, and keep the park clear of trash to offset the
license fee?
*If fortified beer was not available here, would
you move to another area where it’s available?
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‘Crime spree’
From Justin Rohde
Cave Junction
Rep. Peter DeFazio de-
serves thanks for asking for
an independent investigation
into the admitted illegal log-
ging at Babyfoot Lake Bo-
tanical Area.
Sadly, there is more to
this story than meets the
eye. To keep this travesty
from continuing, all Biscuit
sales should stop, along with
old-growth timber sales like
Home Page.
What is clear is that
Illinois Valley Ranger Dis-
trict is on a crime spree.
First John West, of Silver
Creek Timber Co., illegally
logs inside a protected wil-
derness area, operations sus-
pended. Then comes Baby-
foot Lake Botanical logging
by the same John West; no
explanation.
The ranger district then
resurrects a notoriously con-
tentious Home Page old-
growth timber sale and bull-
dozes what some say is an
illegal road through the
Grayback old-growth re-
serve for a few private citi-
zens. I think the public is
getting screwed.
What’s worse is the fact
that trails in the district are
worse then ever, and some
are in serious danger of be-
ing overgrown and lost for-
ever. I recently discovered
that the popular Sucker
Creek Trail is overgrown;
the sign destroyed by shot-
gun blasts.
The trails crew has been
let go in exchange for tim-
ber planners, and no trail
maintenance is being
planned despite an enor-
mous backlog, all because
the district no longer cares
about the quality of life, bo-
tanical areas or the recrea-
tion that brings millions to
our community every year.
We deserve better than
this, and we should act now
to save our forests.
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists,
unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
- Kurt Vonnegut -
Two flu clinics for per-
sons eligible to receive shots
prior to Oct. 24 will be held
by Josephine County Public
Health Dept.
Four other clinics, in-
cluding one in Cave Junc-
tion, will be held on or after
Oct. 24.
To be eligible prior to
A doozy ...
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“Snow is so hard to pre-
dict,” he said, ruefully. “The
only thing we can say is that
there’s a better chance of
snow after Jan. 1.”
In his annual forecast,
avail able online at
ocs.oregonstate.edu/
index.html, Taylor gives
ample room to his
“competitors.” The
“Country Farmers Alma-
nac,” for example, predicts
snow flurries as early as
December and “true winter
weather” in February with
severe snowstorms.
“Harris Almanac” of-
fers a forecast generally
cooler and slightly drier than
Taylor predicts. And the
“Old Farmers Almanac”
predicts a comparatively
warm, wet winter -- some-
what in line with Taylor.
“Now we wait and see
what happens,” Taylor said.
Oct. 24, inoculants must be
in one of the following
groups:
*65 or older.
*Resident of a nursing
home or other chronic-care
facility.
*Anyone with chronic
lung or heart conditions, in-
cluding asthma.
*Anyone who had re-
quired, regular medical fol-
low-up or hospitalization
during the previous year
because of chronic meta-
bolic diseases.
*Anyone with any con-
dition that can compromise
respiratory function.
*Children 2-18 on long-
term aspirin therapy.
*Women who will be
pregnant during flu season.
*Children 6 to 23
months old.
*Health-care personnel
in direct patient care.
*Household contacts
and out-of-home care-givers
to children less than 6
months old.
The CJ clinic in the Jo-
sephine County Bldg. will
be held Thursday, Oct. 27
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The clinics in Grants
Pass at the health office, 715
N.W. Dimmick St., all will
be held from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. The dates:
Monday, Oct. 17; Fri-
day, Oct. 21; Monday, Oct.
24; Tuesday, Oct. 25; Fri-
day, Oct. 28.
Inoculants must bring
insurance information
Don’t miss the biggest arts celebration of the year – all in downtown Grants Pass.
50 artists and 10 bands
perform in one weekend,
all free to the public!
Musical
Performances
Artists
Needed!
Call today.
Street Painting
Performances
presented by The City of Grants Pass
Bluegrass,
Rock & Folk
Siskiyou Summit, Billy Rock,
B Wishes Band, Cascade Strings...
Saturday & Sunday, October 8th & 9th
downtown Grants Pass on “H” Street
between 5th and 6th Streets
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Amazing pastel
art on the street
National and regional street
painters create huge drawings.
10 bands playing barbershop to bluegrass, funk to folk,
rock to classical and more all day.
Plus, 50 professional and student street painters
creating huge pastel drawings on “H” St.
Blues, Funk
& Jazz
Lytning, Rogue Power Company,
Mambo Rico, Butch Martin,
Funktional Fusion, State of Jefferson
Salsa & more
Want to be street painter yourself?
For $5, we’ll provide the pastels and the street,
you provide the inspiration.
Art Along the Rogue will unveil a
new piece of permanent art for
the Grants Pass community at
5 p.m. Saturday, October 8th.
Students &
professionals
Student groups from regional
schools will show their talents.
Cash prizes
awarded to artists
For more information call 800.547.5927
or visit www.artalongtherogue.com
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