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Page 3 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Green trees cut by company in Biscuit salvage sale SAFE HOUSE CELEBRATION - A complete turkey dinner at PJ’s Restaurant Friday, Oct. 21 to high- light Domestic Violence Awareness Month during Octo- ber and to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance, will be held. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., preceded by a 30-minute social time with beer and wine available. Tickets are available at the Illinois Valley Family Coalition office on E. River Street. Raffle tickets are available at the I.V. Chamber of Commerce office in the Visitor Center; buyers don’t have to attend the dinner to win. The alliance is a grass-roots organization formed to provide safety and resources to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence. From serving 27 women dur- ing 2002, the organization last year served more than 600. “Our hope,” said Executive Director Christine Mal- lette, “is to provide a healthy, nurturing facility to care for survivors well into the future.” FREE CLOTHING - Clothing will be given away free Saturday, Oct. 22 at Takilma Bible Church, 10343 Takilma Road. Clean, good apparel will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CONFLICT COMMS - A free Job Council em- ployment search workshop, “Communications & Conflict Resolution,” will be presented Oct. 27. It’s part of a series at I.V. Family Resource Center on E. River Street, in co- operation with I.V. Family Coalition. Workshops run Thursdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The final workshop, “He Said! She Said! Gender Communications,” will be held Nov. 10. Child-care is not available; and seating is lim- ited. To sign up, phone 592-6139; or 476-1877, Ext. 305. BEES ’N’ BUGS - A workshop on raising bees in back-yards will be given by Jackson County Extension in Central Point Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. Phone 776-7371 or use http://extension.orst.edu/sorec/ mg. Another workshop, “Managing Insects & Diseases in Home Orchards,” will be held Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Josephine County Extension auditorium in GP. Phone 476-6613 to register. RIPARIAN PLANTING - Friday, Oct. 28 is set for a free workshop on riparian tree-planting in the Jose- phine County Extension auditorium in GP. Phone 776- 7371, Ext. 207 for details or to register. I.V. ‘LOVE & LOGIC’ - “Love & Logic” classes, to give parents the tools to enable their children to be responsible and allow time together to become more ple- sant, will be given at Evergreen Elementary School. The instructor will be Jody Conrad, Evergreen counselor. The class will be presented on all four Mondays during November beginning the 7th. Classes will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m.; dinner and child-care will be provided. Space is limited. To register phone 592-3136. NOTEPAD - “The Black Phoenix,” Jenny Peters’ 1973 Ford F-100, is a cooperative vehicle. CJ resident Peters, after rolling the pickup April 11 near O’Brien, had it restored in time for the CJ Lions Club car show in June. Last week she drove it to Eugene and back, and, “It was as good as new.” But the beast waited until getting back to CJ before the fuel pump died. Couldn’t have picked a better place, as Peters works at Oregon Caves Chevron ... “Taking Control of Death Care Costs & Issues” is the topic for a free workshop set for Monday, Nov. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lovejoy Hospice building in Grants Pass. Conversations with funeral ser- vice practitioners will be included. RSVP to 474-1193 ... Pacific Power is selling detailed die-cast models of a Ford F-150 and three linemen with five bucks from each sale going to help pay heating costs for those who can’t afford them. Oct. 31 is the deadline to order. Phone (888) 434-8697 or use pacificpower.net to see the model … Basketball registration for the Boys & Girls Club pro- gram will be conducted during November at Evergreen Elementary School. Watch for more information in the “Noose” … Funny quotes: *A wise man who stands firm is a statesman; a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe (Adlai Stevenson) *Blessed is he who ex- pects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. (Ben Franklin) *I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch. (George Burns) *The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. (Lyndon Johnson) LAST WORDS - The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (Eleanor Roosevelt) (Continued from page 2) of-living including fuel, food, taxes and insurance. But targeting the sen- iors, who don’t have any- thing, and are just hanging on by the skin of their teeth -- if they’re lucky, they have a place to live and their one meal a day -- is mind- boggling, utterly mad. Imagine yourself as a senior, too old to go out and find a job to help out, trying to live on bare necessities: and then along come the commissioners and they take away your one good meal a day. That’s wrong. It’s right for the board to come to grips with very real financial challenges and protect the interests of the citizens. But it must be done the right way, and that is not to start with elderly seniors. Let’s take a realistic look at what is going on in Jose- phine County. The revenue loss to next year’s budget will have a dramatic effect on county government. We have only scratched the surface; thousands of citizens will be wondering what’s going to happen, and it will be too late if they don’t wake up now. Read it in the ‘News,’ your community forum. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has placed CLR tim- ber Holdings of Brookings in breach of its timber sale con- tract for the Wafer Fire Sal- vage Timber Sale following an incident in which employ- ees cut more than 60 live, green trees in two harvest units. The timber purchaser notified the forest service of the incident Tuesday, Oct. 11. Trees ranged in size from less than 12 inches in diameter to a few that were more than 30 inches in diameter, reported USFS. The agency has notified the timber company, part of South Coast Lumber Co., that it is immediately suspending its operations on the Wafer Fire Salvage Timber Sale. As part of the Biscuit Fire Sal- vage Timber Sales, and under the terms of the sale contract, only designated dead trees are to be harvested. Live, green trees are to be protected from cutting in the sale area. USFS said that it has initiated a law enforcement investigation. “The forest service is treating this matter seriously,” said Scott Conroy, supervisor American Legion Auxiliary, Glenn Morrison Unit 70 Two national awards have been won by the unit, it was announced last week during an Executive Commit- tee meeting in Klamath Falls. Tina Haemmerlein won the award for “Best Overall Poppy Program” in the West- ern Division. It is the third consecutive year for the unit to receive the national-level award. Also, Shannon Hill won “Best Poppy Poster” recogni- tion in the class five category for the Western Division. District 4 is in fourth place in membership state- wide, but the Glenn Morrison Auxiliary is in first place in the district. During the September meeting the charter was draped in memory of 12-year member Melva McDonald Nichols, who died Aug. 17. The next auxiliary meet- ing will be held Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. with a pot- luck at 6 in the American Le- gion Post 70 Hall on Caves Hwy. It also is noted that Octo- ber is “Education & Scholar- ship Month for the auxiliary. “The education of all of America’s children is essential for the future of our nation,” said the auxiliary. “We should thank our teachers and other school workers for their devo- tion to the children of Illinois Valley.” I.V. Garden Club The Fall Plant Sale was success. The Friday, Oct. 21 meeting will be a “Perennial Party,” to which members and guests can exchange with others. The leader will be Donnelle Kemmer. The horiculture show- and-tell table theme is, “Fall Bounty Centerpieces.” The club meets on third Fridays at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Cave Junction. Coffee time begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by a meeting at 1 p.m. For more information phone 592-3239 or 592-4257. Said the club, “Fall is here, so it’s time to winterize gardens by clearing the corn and veggie stalks outplanting a cover crop for green manure to be plowed under come spring. “Annual flowers that have stopped blooming should be pulled up, as should any other dead plants, and be ready to cover tender annuals. “Mums and pansies will be able to stand the cool nights, and will bloom for some time.” for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. “The forest service will continue to be vigilant in administering this and other Biscuit Fire salvage sales and will investigate thoroughly how this occurred at the Wafer Fire salvage area,” he said. Under terms of the con- tract, the maximum penalty for cutting undesignated and live trees is $200 per tree, which could amount to at least $12,000. The company also can be required to pay for any replanting or restora- tion of the area. The trees are on the ground where cut. The Wafer Sale is in the Chetco Ranger District. It is located in late successional reserve, as designated under the Northwest Forest Plan. The size of the sale is 63 acres and salvage volume is 688 thousand board feet. Former IVFD aide charges include forgery Elizabeth A. “Beth” Beards, former administrative secretary for Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD), has been charged with identity theft, first-degree forgery, computer crime, falsifying business re- cords, and two counts of first- degree theft. She was arrested at her rural Cave Junction home Thursday, Oct. 13. Beards, 45, was released from Jose- phine County Jail the same day due to lack of capacity. She had worked for IVFD 6 1/2 years, and resigned May 4. At the time, Chief Harry Rich said that she quit due to health reasons. The complaint basically accuses her of writing three IVFD checks totaling $2,989 under false pretenses. Beards, in statements during investigation by Jose- phine County Sheriff’s Of- fice, indicated that she was under stress, and that she felt that she was under attack be- cause of her accusations of harassment against the chief. The district is in good financial shape, the IVFD Board of Directors was told Thursday night, Oct. 13 by Richard Brewster, a Medford CPA hired as auditor. He said that safeguards, that were not in place earlier this year, have been installed to prevent misappropriation of funds. “There is more oversight now,” said Brewster. Visitors? Are they coming to the hat workshop October 22? Call or email for information or a visit. Joyce & Harry Abrams 592-6078 llamuz@forestedgefarm.com Don’t Miss The Bus. Back-To-School Savings on the Smart Choice In High-Speed Internet. Frontier High-Speed Internet. Speed, Security and Value, All In One. NEW LOWER PRICE: $29.99 per month for 3 months makes it a great value with Frontier Choices Enhanced Feature Package. 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