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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Land-use
review set
by county
Evergreen Students of the Month with new auditorium stage curtain
There’s a new stage curtain at Evergreen Elementary School thanks to several years of
candy sales by fifth-grade students. The project to replace the old curtain was begun by
Linda Woolfolk, a fifth-grade teacher who retired in 2003. The new drapery made a good
backdrop for Evergreen’s September Students of the Month. (Top photo, front from left)
kindergarteners Savannah Atkins and Calila Cromwell, and first-graders Matthew Kend-
all, Ivan Thomas and Jadyn Sheets, and (rear from left) Alia Parker, Holly Renckens and
Avery Neville. (Bottom photo, front from left) third-graders Logan Miller, Erika Anderson
and Aldon Moore, and fourth-grader Keyanna Augustadt, and (rear from left) fourth-
graders Carina Cromwell and Kylee Dice, and fifth-graders Bruce Arnett and Katy
Jaynes. (Not shown) fifth-grader Kayla Young. The students were selected based on citi-
zenship, attendance and meeting classroom goals. (Photos by ‘Illinois Valley News’)
Janet Bell appointed to lead county’s
Commission for Children and Families
Appointment of Janet
Bell to the directorship posi-
tion of Commission for
Children and Families is
announced by the Josephine
County Board of Commis-
sioners.
Bell will fill the position
vacated by Sara McDonald
in June.
The Commission for
Children and Families man-
ages and plans for the use of
state dollars for Infant and
Toddler Care, Youth Invest-
ment, Family Preservation
and other state directed
strategies.
The commission also
plans and works with the
local commission and other
community partners in plan-
ning and addressing com-
munity needs as they relate
to children and families.
The commission re-
cently was awarded con-
tinuation of Drug Free Com-
munities funding through
the federal Dept. of Justice.
Bell has been working
with the commission in the
position of department spe-
cialist since 1998. She has
an associate of arts degree
from Rogue Community
College, and has extensive
training regarding commis-
sion issues.
Bell has vast knowledge
and experience regarding
CCF funding, program con-
tracts, data collection and
state requirements, said
county Commissioner
Dwight Ellis.
“The citizens of Jose-
phine County are extremely
fortunate that Janet Bell has
accepted the director posi-
tion,” he said. “She is the
natural and unanimous
choice of the board of com-
missioners, having served
seven outstanding years as
office manager, including
four months as interim di-
rector.
“More importantly,
Janet’s heart is clearly into
helping our own local chil-
dren and families and we
can now rest assured the
commission is in good
hands,” he said.
Under the county’s re
organization, the commis-
sion is under the umbrella of
the Community Justice
Dept.
The commission phone
number is 474-5234.
Amendments to the
Josephine County compre-
hensive plan and land-use
regulations will be consid-
ered by county commission-
ers Wednesday, Oct. 19.
The public meeting,
during which public com-
ment will be received, will
be held in Anne Basker
Auditorium adjacent to the
county courthouse in Grants
Pass beginning at 9 a.m.
These amendments will
implement changes in the
county’s rules for mineral
and aggregate mining, de-
velopment setbacks from
rivers and streams and the
development of new dwell-
ings within areas of critical
deer habitat, said Michael
Snider, county planning
department director.
The proposed legisla-
tive actions are to:
*Amend the county’s
comprehensive plan, Goals
and Policies, at Goal 7 –
Preserve Valuable Limited
Resources, Unique Natural
Areas and Historic Features.
Also, amend Goal 10 –
Depict a Land Use Pattern
to Guide Future Uses, to
Implement the Desires of
the County and to Meet the
Requirements of the State of
Oregon (these amendments
revise the description for the
Mineral and Aggregate Re-
source Zone and add a new
description for the limited
Development Zone).
*Amend the county
Rural Land Development
Code at Article 11.030 –
Definitions; Article 66.1 –
Mineral & Aggregate Re-
source Zone; Article
42.030– Initiation of Site
Plan Review; Article 69.2–
Deer Overlay; Article 72-
Height, Setbacks & Acces-
sory Structures; and Article
91-Development Standards
for Mineral & Aggregate
Operations.
All the foregoing
amendments, said Snider,
are included in the county’s
periodic review agreement
with the Oregon Dept. of
Land Conservation and De-
velopment (DLCD) for up-
dating its land-use program.
These matters were covered
in a prior decision by the
country that has been re-
manded by DLCD to the
county for further action.
The proposed amend-
ments can be downloaded
at: co.josephine.or.us (select
in
this
order:
“Departments,” “Planning,”
“Aggregate, Riparian &
Wildlife Amendments”).
For inquiries or com-
ments, visit the planning
office at 510 N.W. Fourth
St., Grants Pass; phone
474-5421;
or
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