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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Bob’s Corner
What with summer school classes getting under way
at Illinois Valley High and other locales, an ancient
memory plopped out of the dusty, cobwebby areas of
my brain. I recall the one and only time I was forced to
attend summer school. And it was my own fault.
What happened was that I was an overconfident 17-
year-old high school graduate who thought he could
handle classes at University of San Diego the same as
those at dear ol’ St. Augustine High. So I was taking 15
1/2 units and working four to six hours weekdays after
my classes; same as in high school. But I discovered
that college courses, especially at USD, required more
intense study. Lots of it.
So my first university semester ended in disaster. I
was summarily dismissed from the roster, all because I
was given F grades in algebra, and biology lecture and
lab. My D in logic was mercifully not mentioned. How-
ever, I earned an A in English, and a B in health, neither
of which were enough to sway the cold-hearted dis-
missal committee.
Therefore, to continue college classes the semester
after summer, I had to make up the failed classes during
summer school. This I accomplished at Southwestern
Community College in Chula Vista in San Diego County.
It is not a regimen I would recommend. Especially be-
cause I continued working, pretty much full time, starting
at 6:30 a.m., and making it to my first class at 2:30 p.m.
Handling the algebra and biology work in a com-
pressed time frame was not easy. I suppose I could
have not worked so much. But I needed cash for gas for
my car, plus (for me) Jack in the Box burgers and fries,
and heart of lettuce salads with fishwiches at Oscar’s
Drive-In. Not to mention scads of black coffee.
I managed to pass (squeak by) the math and bio
classes, what with all that black coffee buoying me.
When it came time to take another full load of study, I
opted to stay at Southwestern, where the tuition was
much cheaper; everyone was much friendlier; and I only
lived a few blocks away. Of course, this was when the
college shared the buildings with Chula Vista High until
Southwestern got its own campus out Otay Lakes Road.
I did take some classes at the new campus, some of
them after Jan and I were wed lo those many years ago.
She had graduated from Chula Vista High, and was tak-
ing college courses at the shared campus. Strangely
enough, I met her in a hallway outside the sociology
class we both were taking.
As I was fairly social anyway, things worked out after
it became clear that I was a pretty nice guy with mostly
good intentions. These days I still need cash for gas,
and black coffee (except now it’s all decaf), while the
burgers and fried fish are but memories. And that’s my
fault too.
But I remain social, for the most part.
The Illinois Valley Youth Soccer Club Board of
directors would like to thank all of our Sponsors:
LV. News
TC Computers
Dr. Joe’s Pet Hospital
Cavenet
Cave Junction Family Medicine
David Anderson Excavating
Shop Smart
South Kalmiopsis Exotics
Eye Care Group
Steve Lyons and Becky Newsted of C21 Harris & Taylor
Pizza Pit
Precision Glass
Thank you to all of the coaches Nicole, Annette, Amy,
Molly, Sally, Dennis, Mike, Chani, Hans, Mamie, Will,
Tina, and Jean Paul. Ref J.D. and Azlan, McNally-
Field Painting. Thank you to Illinois Valley Real Estate.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or
condition, there are still untapped possibilities
within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
- Dale Turner -
Illinois Valley News
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A ‘mother in pain’
tells of son’s beating
From Catherine
Kuhn-Taylor
Cave Junction
Friday, June 9 at approxi-
mately 5 a.m., my son was
walking
across
the bridge south of Cave
Junction on 199 headed to
Cave Junction to spend
the weekend with me.
He was attacked from
behind by three guys,
knocked to the ground,
beaten, robbed and left for
dead. As of Tuesday, June 12
my son was hospitalized with
no definite date of release
b e c a u s e th e d o c t o rs
have been unable to get the
swelling down in his face.
I was called (not
visited) by a deputy from the
sheriff’s office who stated
that he was unable
to do anything because my
son was unable to identify the
attackers.
These attackers assault
their victims from behind,
leaving the victims unable
to identify them. There are
three of them, one big man
and two medium-sized
men, all with horrible body
odor, and there have been
prior attacks in this same area
with descriptions given that
matched my son’s description
of his attackers.
These guys came out
from under the bridge when
they attacked my son because
they were not behind my son
when he started to cross the
bridge.
There has been enough
information given to law en-
forcement for them to know
these guys run in threes; they
are probably homeless; and
obviously living in the
“Forks” Park area due to the
fact that the attacks have all
happened in the same area.
But they say they can’t help
me.
Before my son slipped
into unconsciousness he
counted seven vehicles pass
by while he was being beaten:
Not one of the drivers
stopped to help him.
I can understand being
afraid to stop and get out of
your vehicle because of not
knowing if there are guns
involved, etc. But it’s amaz-
ing what honking a horn or
the flashing of headlights will
do even if you are to afraid to
stop and get out of your vehi-
cle.
If anyone has any infor-
mation about these attackers
or saw anything Friday,
June 9 at approximately 5
a.m., on the bridge south of
Cave Junction, they can con-
tact me at 592-3303. Their
identity will be kept confiden-
tial.
Guard to Afghanistan
‘unconscionable act’
From Kaly McRogan
Illinois Valley
You printed an article on
page 13 of the June 7 edition
of “Illinois Valley News”
headed “41st Brigade sent to
East.”
The article was printed in
the right-hand column, adja-
cent to photos of children
playing and a man juggling in
Jubilee Park. I nearly passed
it up until I realized that the
article was not referring to
eastern Oregon, but to the
Middle East.
It seems that Gov. Ku-
longoski has seen fit to send
1,000 members of the Oregon
National Guard to Afghani-
stan to “train” the Afghan
army. Thank you for printing
the article; otherwise I may
not have known.
However, this is a local
issue that affects us all. To
hide such an article on page
13 (continued on page 18)
under a cloaked banner seems
a minor act of deception in
itself. Here is the text of my
letter to Kulongoski:
“I see that you have sent
1,000 of our National Guard
to Afghanistan for the pur-
pose of ‘training’ the Afghan
army.
“In my view this is an
unconscionable act given the
lies and deception surround-
ing the reasons for the war in
Afghanistan and the situation
we find ourselves in after 15
years of continuing war in
Iraq.
“By now you must be
aware that we sent troops to
Afghanistan during the Rus-
sian invasion of that country
to help ‘train’ the Muja-
hadeen, producing such unsa-
vory characters as Osama, a
family member of George
Bush senior’s business part-
ners, the Bin Laden group.
“Your support of these
failing, debilitating war(s) and
the so-called ‘War on Terror’
should have been on the front
page, above the fold. I had to
discover it on page 13 in a
small local newspaper.
“You have placed good
people in harm’s way for
nothing. Sleep well.”
A praise report from
tumor good news
From Rasha Smith
Cave Junction
The Lord continues to
show me His faithfulness on a
daily basis. Last week I re-
ceived the results of my spi-
nal MRI. They proved to be
negative. Praise God.
Furthermore, I will not
have to go to UCSF in San
Francisco. (Again, praise
God). The local Tumor Board
has taken my case and dis-
cussed what measurers to
take for treatment.
Although the tumor was
completely removed, they
have determined that radia-
tion will be beneficial. I know
that I first said erroneously
that this particular tumor
doesn’t react to radiation,
when in fact, it doesn’t react
to chemotherapy.
My treatment began
Monday, June 19. The treat-
ments will be five days a
week for five weeks. Thank
the Lord that my treatments
will take place in Grants Pass
and not Medford.
I appreciate the love and
concern, and every blessing
the community has bestowed
on me. God’s provision has
been truly amazing.
Couples will enjoy
Topless bar, she feels
From Marlee Evans
Cave Junction
I am a woman. I am a
heterosexual woman. I am a
wife and a mother. And I am
not opposed to Larry Goynes
opening a topless bar.
As a matter of fact, I
would love to have a topless
bar in this area. People keep
mentioning “the fathers” as
the only people who would
be patrons of this new estab-
lishment. Fathers aren’t the
only ones who would go
there. It would provide enter-
tainment for couples too.
My husband and I would
love to be able to go some-
where local to see exotic en-
tertainment; and so far the
only entertainment in this
town for adults is watching
whoever’s decided to beat
whoever else up at a certain
bar known for its brawls, its
drunks, and its late-night
drug-dealing. But I don’t
hear anyone complaining
about that business.
It’s a business that’s
keeping all the “drunks”
around. There are drunks all
over town. We all know the
stores that sell alcohol, yet no
one is complaining about
those businesses.
Goynes wants to sell beer
and wine at higher prices.
Does anyone think that the
“drunks” from any of the
other establishments are go-
ing to run over to Sugars, and
pay a higher price for alcohol
that they’re already getting
somewhere else? Nobody
complains about a rowdy
bunch of intoxicated football
fans. They can act just as any
other drinkers when a good
game is on. But no one com-
plains about that. That’s ac-
ceptable. It’s normal.
Everyone freaked out
when Midnight Oasis was
rumored to be coming into
town. People all over town
were complaining, and saying
what a tragedy it would be to
have an adult novelty store in
our precious family oriented
community. I’m sure people
back then were complaining
(Continued on page 3)
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You can get competent representation right here in the Illinois Valley.
I support our community by spending my commission here.
References available on request. I’ll do more for you
than anyone else. Ask me how.
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Steve Lyons
541-592-3181
541-287-0290
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phone 592-4103
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