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Page 2 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Forthwith and herewith some random, disordered thoughts from the feverish brow of your editor, based on his recent airline flights to mostly sunny Southern Cali- fornia on secret missions for an entity that cannot be revealed at this time or I will be the victim of spontane- ous combustion. Something like that. Most airlines are still announcing “preboarding.” How is it possible to get in (not “on”) an airplane before you get on? By the way, if you got “on” an airplane, you probably would be blown off as the thing taxied. Also, it amuses me to hear the pilots announce that you’re free to get up and move about the cabin. How? The aisle is like 2.5 feet wide, and there’s a beverage cart at one end or the other. How much moving about is possible? Is there part of the aircraft I don’t know about, like a bowling alley or dance hall? Should I try to open the main cabin door and see what happens? There are so many people now with those hands- free cell phones that at airports one would think he was surrounded by crowds of folks talking to themselves. Can’t get used to it; it looks weird. And those cell phone users! Typical conversations: “Hi. Yeah. Fine. So how’s it going? We just landed. What’s up? OK. Great. OK. See you.” Or there are the radical folks, who speak loudly: “Hey, Jim, did you get the money? Great!! OK, so you got the money!! OK, you can sign my name. You have my authorization. It’s a done deal. Great!!! OK.” Or, “OK, so we’re not going to Atlanta? What about Seattle? OK, sounds good. Terrific. That’s great! Yeah, we just landed. Great. See you soon!” And so on, ad infinitum. Some of the pilots are mostly silent, which I appreci- ate. But there are some who want to tell you about every mountain, lake and landmark below, most of which you can’t see because you’re on the wrong side of the air- plane. I know, this sounds so picky, but sometimes we get that way. Sorry. I’ll be much better next week. OK. See ya’! Great!! (Editor’s Note: Views and commentary, includ- ing statements made as fact, are strictly those of the letter-writers.) * * * Typed, double-spaced letters written solely to this newspaper are considered for publication. Hand- written letters that are double-spaced and legible also can be considered. ‘Thank you’ submis- sions are not accepted as letters. * * * Toler abilities, fairness reasons for her support From Cilicia Philemon Cave Junction I am writing in support of Dave Toler for county commissioner, as I have known him for many years, and have always been im- pressed with his abilities and his fairness. He is concerned about his community, and he is always working hard to make improvements. He is very knowledgeable and competent. I am quite pleased to finally have a candidate to vote for that I believe in. Candidate Fasching ‘will handle business’ From Ken LeGaux Selma Linda Sallman 128 S. Redwood Hwy. Cave Junction OR 97523 541-592-4541 Across from Select Market on Redwood Hwy. Open Mondays - Fridays, 9 to 5 Auto - Home - Life - Commercial G OING O UT O F B USINESS Every thing mus t Go! Sofas, aul U-H ave U-S Dining Sets, Mattresses 100’s of 1-of-a-kind items priced to move. Hurry in... Major Liquidation! Everything must go! 891 NE ‘D’ Street Grants Pass up t o % f 0 8 o f , Loss a in! Your G Our 474-1127 Illinois Valley News An Independent Weekly Newspaper Co-owned and published by Robert R. (Bob) and Jan Rodriguez - Bob Rodriguez, Editor El Jefe Entered as second class matter June 11, 1937 at Post Office as Official Newspaper for Josephine County and Josephine County Three Rivers School District, published at 321 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction, OR 97523 Periodicals postage paid at Cave Junction, OR 97523 Post Office Box 1370 USPS 258-820 Telephone (541) 592-2541, FAX (541) 592-4330 Email: newsroom1@frontiernet.net or newsdesk@illinois-valley-news.com Volume 69, No. 6 Staff: Michelle Binker, Becky Loudon, Bryan Harley, Tabitha Jackson, Zina Booth. Member: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association During a recent forum with the sheriff candidates, Brian Anderson should have known of the excessive cost to taxpayers due to exces- sive overtime by the depu- ties. I feel that there is poor service as undersheriff, and that the lack of coverage in the county is unacceptable. Gilbertson boasts of years of experience, but has only 16 years in Iowa when he quit and went to work for Dyn Corp. He says he was a chief of police, but was working in Bosnia being paid $100,000+/- per year tax free. Who cares about Bosnia experience? We are talking about the USA. And what admin- istrative experience does he have? County business is a huge business. Don Fasching is the candidate to support for sheriff. A sheriff that will take care of business. He has law enforcement experience, administration experience and a squeaky-clean back- ground. Check him out. Join the LeGauxs, Millers and friends on the Fasching Boat. We don’t have much time, and he is the best can- didate since Bill Brandt was sheriff. “Economic gain for who? Jobs, jobs, jobs’ From Guenter Ambron Cave Junction What is DeFazio up to opposing HR 4200 “Forest Emergency Recovery and Think you might be pregnant? DEADLINES: News, Classified & Display Ads, Announcements & Letters 5 P.M. THURSDAY (Classified ads & uncomplicated display ads can be accepted until Noon, Friday with an additional charge.) POLICY ON LETTERS: ‘Illinois Valley News’ welcomes letters to the editor provided they are of general interest, in good taste, legible and not libelous. All letters must be signed, using complete name, and contain the writer’s address and telephone number. The latter need not be published, but will be used to verify authenticity. The ‘News’ reserves the right to edit letters. Generally, one letter per person per month at publishers’ discretion. Letters are used at the discretion of the publishers. Unpublished letters are neither acknowledged nor returned. A prepaid charge may be levied if a letter is inordinately long in the publishers’ opinion. POLICY ON “HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE,” DISPLAY & CLASSIFIED ADS & NOTICES: All submissions must be hand delivered, faxed or e-mailed to us for publica- tion. Submissions must be resubmitted weekly if the item is to run more than one week. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year in Josephine County - $20.80 One year in Jackson and Douglas counties - $24.40 One year in all other Oregon counties and out-of-state - $36 POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to P.O. Box 1370, Cave Junction, OR 97523 You have questions … we can help find the answers. Pregnancy Center 592-6058 www.pregnancycenteriv.org Research Act” -- a response to Jennifer Gaskill’s (Springfield) letter to editor 4/12/06 titled, “DeFazio chided for ‘no’ vote.” The article cites the loss of 14,000 timber-related jobs. I dare to imagine how much more wild land timber corporate lumber company giants would feel the need to fall in order to maintain this many employees. On just the other track perhaps we can support having two cars for every family in China, of course made in America with all inexhaustible American resources. Currently I believe the overland U.S. fire-fighting industry is about 3.5 billion a year. With enough back- burning perhaps we can at least double this amount posthaste. Jobs, jobs, jobs, more and more spending. I work as a carpenter here in Illinois Valley. I have family and friends who are and have worked in the “Timber Industry.” I say “have” because many of them were injured, layed off (moving from place to place), or just couldn’t see themselves staying with a trade that is unsustainable in its current condition with such contradictive valued employers (not to cast a shadow on companies that are working on ethically sensible and sustainable methods.) It is on the leaders of the timber industry itself, the lobbyists, the system, and the politicians that buy in. Very little vision is em- ployed except in maximiz- ing profits. And who gets it? Not you and I, those of us who do the grunt and trade work to earn the billions so the average shareholder can maintain at least a 15,000- square-foot home for their 1.5 children. And I’d like to add how many of our timber workers get good living wages, com- pensation, insurance, bene- fits and enjoy long-term local employment. I know some have done well, but my impression is that the majority have been really squeezed. Of course, don’t bite the hand that feeds us, but what are we really being fed? DeFazio has good rea- son to vote “no” on HR 4200. Just on the basis of economics alone. Rep. Wal- den worked real hard to lis- ten to a lot of people in drafting the legislation, but the end result is deafening and a virtual free-for-all for industrial giants, not to men- tion the tax burden it will levy on the people. Anyway, I’d like to hear from more timber and lum- ber workers. People of Oregon ‘fortunate with DeFazio’ From Crystal Griffin Cave Junction I am writing about the letter dated April 12 from Jennifer Gaskill from Springfield about Peter De- Fazio and the salvage log- ging bill that Greg Walden has sponsored. We are fortunate to have DeFazio looking out for the people of Oregon. He is not against salvage logging, but is for protec- tions against violations we have seen by the timber in- dustry. Our representative has kept in touch with his constituents. At www.defazio.house.gov, you can find out exactly what he is doing for the peo- ple of Oregon. Gaskill says in her last paragraph that Oregon has lost 14,000 timber-related jobs since Peter DeFazio has been in office, but that is misleading. The timber in- dustry should take a closer look at its own logging prac- tices in regard to the decline in access to Oregon’s valu- able resource. I am talking about the timber companies that are from out of the area. The policies of Rough & Ready Lumber Co. took into ac- count preservation for the future with careful long- range planning. I saved a copy of the “Daily Triplicate” in Cres- cent City dated Sept. 18, 2002. A front-page article reads, “July 14th, A Califor- nia Department of Forestry helicopter crew spots the Sour Biscuit Fire in a re- mote and roadless section of forest. About 100 acres is burning and the crew asks Oregon officials if they should attempt to extinguish the blaze. Oregon fire offi- cials deny the request, say- ing they don’t believe the helicopter can have an im- pact.” I’ll leave that for the readers to ponder. Oh, and a P.S., DeFazio voted against going to war with Iraq. Cessa Vichi called asset for county library From Mara Carnes Cave Junction After reading George Long’s scathing letter (Continued on page 3) ILLINOIS VALLEY VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT FAIR , “Volunteers are one of America’s most valuable assets” Saturday, April 29th, 10 to 2 in the County Bldg. 102 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction Door Prizes at each agency’s booth Learn about the variety of volunteer opportunities available Meet representatives of I.V. community organizations Participating Organizations Simply Legal ~ Siskiyou Field Institute Rogue Community College ~ I.V. Arts Council BLM ~ Oregon Caves National Monument Rogue River State Parks ~ Kerbyville Museum C.J. Chamber of Commerce ~ I.V. Family Coalition Selma Community & Education Center ~ S.M.A.R.T. Sponsored by The Illinois Valley Family Coalition
