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Page 15 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Campaign planning for library district topic of June 26 meeting in CJ branch An open meeting with library supporters “to review campaign plans to build sup- port for a real library in Jose- phine County,” and consider how to possibly contribute to the community initiative will be held Monday, June 26. The public meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Illi- nois Valley Branch Library on Palmer Street off Hwy. 199 in Downtown Cave Junction. Due to a lack of available funding, the county has re- duced operating hours county- wide. The I.V. Branch now is open Mondays and Tuesdays from noon to 5 p.m.; Wednes- days from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The gathering June 26 will be led by Cessa Vichi, director of the county library Get the lead out per DEQ Some $17,600 in penal- ties have been levied against the Medford Rifle and Pistol Club Inc. by Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The fines are for haz- ardous waste violations re- lated to mismanagement of large accumulations of lead waste debris at the club’s facility in Central Point, according to DEQ. The club has until June 21 to appeal. The penalties stem from a Jan. 19 DEQ hazardous waste inspection of the gun club’s facility. DEQ inspectors discov- ered several large outdoor piles of sand and bullet de- bris, remnants of the club’s cleanup of its indoor shoot- ing gallery bullet traps. Sev- eral of the piles were as high as 3 feet and as long as 12 feet. Overall, the piles con- tained approximately 17 tons of lead-contaminated debris, said DEQ. DEQ noted that the club was aware of the dangers of lead poisoning, and even had posted articles on its bulletin board. The club had obtained a bid on how to properly dispose of the lead- containing waste. When receiving infor- mation on the cost, how- ever, the club decided it was too expensive, so it decided to handle the waste on its own, according to DEQ haz- ardous waste officials work- ing on the case. By choosing to dispose of the waste on its grounds instead of at a permitted hazardous waste facility, the club exhibited a “reckless lack of regard” for the threat the waste posed to ground- water, wildlife and other elements in the environ- ment, DEQ officials said. Being ready for disasters important Oregon is taking steps to plan and prepare for a devas- tating earthquake and tsu- nami, and the state wants citizens to do the same. Oregon state agencies recently joined federal, re- gional, state and local part- ners to test emergency plans with an earthquake and tsu- nami exercise, Pacific Peril, at Camp Rilea near Warren- ton on the Oregon coast. “The West Coast is at risk for a massive earthquake and tsunami wave,” said Rose Gentry, Emergency Opera- tions manager for the Oregon Dept. of Transportation and one of the exercise partici- pants. “This exercise will allow emergency managers and planners at all levels to work together on strengthening our planning, preparation and response,” she said. Pacific Peril participants were the U.S. Dept. of Trans- portation, the Dept. of Home- land Security/FEMA, the Dept. of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Navy Third Fleet, the Center for Asymmetric War- fare, the British Columbia Provincial Emergency Pro- gram, the states of Washing- ton, Oregon, California and Alaska, utilities, the American Red Cross, country and city governments, and other emer- gency response agencies. The exercise tested these agencies’ abilities to work together to coordinate re- sponse, recovery and repair efforts in a large-scale natural disaster. The exercise was one of many planning and prepared- ness initiatives that will occur throughout the Pacific North- west this spring. These efforts serve as “a great opportunity to promote personal emer- gency preparedness and en- courage Oregonians” to: *Get a kit of emergency supplies. *Make a plan for what they will do in an emergency. *Be informed about what might happen. For more information, visit one of these Websites: www.oregongeology.com, www.ready.gov, and www.prepare.org. system, with Whitney Lard, Bill and Carolyn Kohn, Joe Momyer, Susan Cohen, and Bill Peterson. “At the meeting we’ll explain what will be happen- ing each month between now and November, how we’ll organize to get the work done and how people can contrib- ute,” said Vichi. She listed examples of ways people can help: *Provide leadership for the new library district by offering to serve on the li- brary board of directors. *Offer to allow district supporters to list you as a supporter of the Library Dis- trict Project. *Participate on the com- munications team to help get the word out. *Join the group of “responders” who will be organizing to get answers to citizen questions quickly and accurately during the cam- paign. *Work on fund-raising projects to raise the money that will be needed for adver- tisements, signs, brochures and media coverage. *Serve on the Speakers Bureau, giving talks to com- munity groups. *Participate in a voters registration drive, and the get- out-the-vote effort. Help on the Community Voice Team that will be lis- tening to voters and providing insight to the communications team. *Contribute graphic art support for campaign materi- als. “If your talent is Website management or content de- velopment, those also would be helpful,” said Vichi. “Or,” she added, “if you’d simply like to fill in wherever a need arises, that would be great also.” For more information contact Vichi at 592-3291, or Lard at 218-5656. Efficient Service, with a Personal Touch Eden Advanced Pest Technologies has been preventing and solving pest problems in the Northwest since 1986. Emphasizing extensive Mark Atwood training and research to ensure customer Eden Inspector satisfaction, Eden has become the leader in proactive pest management. 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