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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Fire season conclusion
advised Oct. 26 by ODF
A FLU CLINIC in the Jo-
sephine County Bldg. in
Cave Junction attracted
numerous persons seek-
ing inoculations. It ap-
peared that more people
showed up than were
anticipated, and county
health department work-
ers used up the available
vaccine on-hand. An-
other flu clinic will be
held in Cave Junction
this month. Watch the
‘Noose’ for details.
(Photo by ‘I.V. News’)
Action unit
in county
needs aide
Applications from vol-
unteers to fill one vacancy
as an alternate on the Com-
munity Action Advisory
Board (CAAB) are being
accepted by the Josephine
County Board of Commis-
sioners.
The purpose of CAAB
is to advise the Community
Action Programs on ways to
mobilize human and finan-
cial resources at the local,
state and federal levels to
benefit disadvantaged per-
sons and maximize their
opportunity for self-
sufficiency.
It also works to mini-
mize the causes and condi-
tions of poverty; to cooper-
ate with other persons and
organizations interested in
community betterment; and
to advocate for institutional
change to reduce issues per-
taining to poverty.
CAAB is composed of
no less than nine members
with one-third each repre-
senting county elected offi-
cials; the interests of the
low-income areas served;
Fire season for 2005,
which included the major
Deer Creek Fire in Selma,
ended Wednesday morning,
Oct. 26 on forestland pro-
tected by the Oregon Dept.
of Forestry (ODF).
The closure applies to
state, county, private and
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment forestland in Josephine
and Jackson counties.
Open and barrel burning
are allowed as of Oct. 26,
but residents are required to
follow local burning regula-
tions. The Illinois Valley
Fire District information line
is 592-2121.
During the 2005 season
there were 176 human-
caused fires that burned
3,247 acres of grass, brush
and timber, said ODF. The
10-year average is 175 fires
and 464 acres.
ODF said that there
were 12 lightning-caused
fires that burned 1,726 acres
of wildland vegetation. The
10-year average is 59, and
4,232 acres.
More than 96 percent of
fires on land protected by
ODF’s S.W. District were
controlled at 10 acres or
less.
Equipment use caused
more fires (67) than any
other category such as those
listing lightning, smokers
and juvenile people.
“Equipment,” said
ODF, includes power lines,
vehicles, farm machinery,
logging apparatus, brush
cutters and mowers. Fire
caused by use of equipment
burned 3,133 acres of wild-
land vegetation.
The S.W. District’s
largest blazes were the Deer
Creek Fire (1,548 acres),
and the Wasson Fire in
Jackson County (1,510
acres). The district also
managed a portion of the
14,908-acre Blossom Com-
plex in the Rogue River
Wilderness.
ODF said that it bene-
fited from a state-contracted
retardant bomber stationed
at the Medford Air Tanker
Base from July 7 through
Sept. 20.
The bomber, and others,
dropped 99 loads of retar-
dant on 16 district fires; re-
tardant drops were credited
with stopping the spread of
11 of these fires.
Nearly 275,000 gallons
of retardent were used on
fires within the district.
More information is
available from ODF’s Grants
Pass office at 474-3152.
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because knowledge belongs to humanity,
and is the torch that illuminates the world.
- Louis Pasteur -
and officials or members of
business, industry, labor,
religious, welfare, education
or other major groups of
interest in the community.
The vacancy is for a
Low Income Representa-
tive.
The applicant must have
low income (live below the
poverty level), reside in a
low-income neighborhood,
or provide services to low-
income persons.
Applications are avail-
able in the Commissioners
Office at the Josephine
County Courthouse, Room
154, Grants Pass.
The deadline to submit
an application is Tuesday,
Nov. 1.
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