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Page 3 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 22, 2006 GOT MEDICARE? - Understanding Medicare pre- scription drug coverage benefits is the topic for a free workshop for senior citizens in Medford Thursday, March 23. The information session at Reston Hotel, 2250 Biddle Road (enter via the grocery store), will run from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and will be followed by counseling and info booths until noon. Second District Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) is the sponsor. WALDEN VISIT - The critical “county payments” law and the Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act will be discussed by Second District Rep. Greg Wal- den (R-Ore.) in Grants Pass Thursday, March 23 from noon to 1 p.m. Walden, a member of Hood River Rotary Club, will join Gateway Rotary Club for its luncheon meeting at Wild River Publick House, 533 N.E. F St. The legislator, chief sponsor of the two bills, will pro- vide an update on current activities in Congress and take questions from the audience. ELDER-CARE & WORK - For those faced with balancing the care of an elderly family member with their work schedule, special training is available. It will be pro- vided Thursday, April 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rogue Valley Manor in Medford. The sponsor is Rogue Valley Council of Governments. A $15 fee will cover breakfast, lunch and the training. Phone 664-6676, Ext. 303 to sign up. STROKE NOTE - Melissa England, a former val- ley resident and graduate of Illinois Valley High School, now lives in Minnesota and is working for the American Stroke Association’s (ASA) Train to End Stroke pro- gram. It’s a program in which participants are trained to walk or run a full or half marathon while raising funds for ASA. She is asking for prayers and encouragement, and donations for those able to provide such, as she’ll run in a full marathon in San Diego June 4. Donations made out to ASA can be sent to her at 7201 Walker St. #420 in St. Louis Park, MN 55426. Her Website address: teamtc.kintera.org/sandiego06/miaengland. PARENTAL ‘LOVE & LOGIC’ - Whether look- ing for answers or wanting to improve parenting skills, a “Becoming a Love & Logic Parent” program could help. It’s offered to parents and grandparents with children of all ages Monday evenings from April 10 through May 15. Monday, April 3 is the deadline to register with Coalition For Kids at 479-1929. The program is designed to help parents and grandparents raise respectful, responsible chil- dren, said the coalition. LBMS MOM/DAD UPDATE - Spring conferences for parents to meet with teachers at Lorna Byrne Middle School will be held Thursday and Friday, April 13-14. Parents should phone 592-2163, to schedule appoint- ments, when report cards will be available. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Conferences will be held the 13th from 8 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m., and 6 to 8 p.m.; and on the 14th from 8 a.m. to noon. NOTEPAD - “Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun” will be taught for parents of children up to 6 years old by Grants Pass Family YMCA Monday evenings from April 10 through May 15. Child-care is available. To register phone 474-0001 … Oregon ag officials were to honor a number of persons and organizations during a gathering in Silverton Thursday, March 23, including Dalton Straus, of Central Point, for his contributions to agriculture through his longtime involvement in the cat- tle industry and various ag organizations … How to pre- vent identity theft and financial fraud will be discussed during a free program Wednesday, March 29 in Grants Pass. Sponsored by the Oregon Law Center, it will be presented from 1 to 2 p.m. at Asante’s Washington Out- patient Center, 1505 N.W. Washington Blvd. Registra- tion to 955-5547 is requested … Goofy laws: *In Kan- sas it’s illegal to shoot rabbits from a motorboat. *It’s unlawful to let dandelions grow in the city limits of Pueblo, Colo. *If you lie down and fall asleep in North Dakota with your shoes on, you are breaking the law. *In California it’s a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle unless the target is a whale. *You can’t legally tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp in Atlanta. LAST WORDS - Through its expensive, noneffec- tive and falsely benevolent programs, our government has provided many with the mistaken notion that the people are entitled to such handouts, and that it is gov- ernment’s role to assume the responsibilities that the people themselves should. (Rene Ardot) (Continued from page 2) energy, building materials, etc. that are not only plentiful, but affordable to everyone. Then they could stop worry- ing about “the very last old- growth” that every timber sale seems to contain. During the interim, in this real world, and in certain cases, salvage logging and sustainable thinning make sense. On O&C forestland, for instance, there has been a net timber gain of 33 percent after harvesting for decades. On the other hand, I don’t want to see any of our forestland defiled or clear-cut, including the proposed Takilma sales. There really can be a balance. Shop Smart, shoppers noted for fund-raising From Laurie Prouty Cave Junction I appreciate all the gro- cery shoppers who gener- ously gave to the Illinois Val- ley High School senior stu- dents who bagged groceries for two weekends to benefit their all-night, safe-and-sober graduation party. The fund- raiser was very successful, and every penny is appreci- ated. I also appreciate Shop Smart Food Warehouse and its employees for allowing the fund-raiser. During one of the weekends, there were also students from the Interna- tional Club seeking dona- tions, and Girl Scouts selling cookies. Shop Smart has been gracious to allow all these fund-raisers. It is a sad situation that our schools, sport events and extracurricular activities all have to resort to asking for donations at the market. It is lucky that we live in a com- munity that understands and reaches in their pockets to help our kids. This is a wonderful way to give directly to the students and their individual projects. There are so few organized activities for our youth in Cave Junction that we as a community need to help fund the existing programs to keep them alive and functioning. Our kids deserve all the support they can get. Perspective provided on Biblical aspects From John Bazen Cave Junction Are we ready for Christ’s return today? Yes, most can be rela- tively certain of life to be ours tomorrow, but no man is able to guarantee this for you or me, right? Yet most know, or have heard, that no man knows the time but the Fa- ther. Once we die, it’s too late, to reconcile ourselves with our maker, as His Word is known. There has been a great interest in “end of time,” in fact many books cover this. The end time should not be the top item, rather the Ten Commandments should be, for much of Christianity obeys only nine of the 10. They use not the day God sanctified, made holy, as a sign for us to acknowledge Him, as our God, our Maker, and the Creator of all in the Universe. Does anyone think Jesus knew which day this was and still is, or that Adam, Abra- ham and the Disciples knew that the seventh day from Fri- day sunset to Saturday sunset was that day? So why did man, and man only, change this day, as well as the times a day is measured? From the sunset to sunset, to midnight to mid- night, and from the seventh day to the first day of the week? Genesis 1:5 and 8 speak of the times the day begins and ends, and it’s not midnight. Daniel 7:25, “And he shall speak great words at the most high, and shall wear out the saints of the most high, and to think to change times and laws ...” This took place centuries ago, by men just as God prophesied. Yet many break the fourth without knowledge of the truth. All who believe in Christ should want to follow His example, and many do on the nine, but break one, thus break them all. Revelation 6:17. “For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” All those who take Rev. 19:10 to heart and live it. ‘Catch and release’ from jail must stop From Gil Gilbertson Grants Pass After 30 years of law enforcement experience, I believe we should stop the “catch and release” of crimi- nals from our jail. Currently we are the only county in the state that limits the number of prisoners in- carcerated. We are filling only 120 beds of our 252-bed jail and releasing up to 75 felons each month. The sher- iff has set a ratio of one dep- uty to five inmates. But, how did the sheriff determine this number of deputies required to operate our jail? A member of the National Sheriff Association Board recently told me, “There is no magic formula.” Deputy and inmate safety is extremely important, and safety factors were included in our modern jail design -- with pods separating the number of inmates into smaller, more manageable groups; security features such as cameras, electronically controlled doors; and con- trolled movement of person- nel. With proper supervision, protocols, training, and prac- ticed emergency drills, crisis encounters are minimized, if not eliminated. Sheriff Jack Crabtree of Yamhill County has two fewer corrections deputies, yet continually fills his older, less-efficient 250-bed jail capacity. Why can’t we do better with our state-of-the-art facility? Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 169.042- 169.046 au- thorizes only the county court or the county commissioners to determine if a “cap” is nec- essary. 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