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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Haven’t been getting the best rest, what with Bubba
Big Foot honoring me each evening with his royal 16-
pound feline presence. On my chest. While I’m sleeping.
At least twice nightly. Using his six-toed, catcher’s mitt
paws, he pats my face and demands to be touched, no
quarter given. He especially likes to be scratched behind
his ginormous ears. Or he’ll curl up on whichever of my
hips is available. And take a nice bath. Hard to sleep
with all that licking, slurping and accompanying move-
ments going on.
I know that I should be thrilled at the privilege he’s
bestowing. If it’s not Bubba, it’s Charlie, the black-and-
white whirlwind. He likes to walk on us. Especially at
night while we’re snoozing. Sometimes he’ll playfully bite
us. Jan says it’s a sign of his affection. Yeah, well how
would he like it if I bit him? (Just kidding).
Charlie often is stalked by Mama Maui, she who
birthed Bubba. Maui doesn’t tolerate much, especially
smaller black-and-white cats with a smart Alec attitude.
So those two often end up in so-called Mexican stand-
offs, usually with appropriate sound effects. (Cat
sounds, not gunfire).
Meanwhile, sweet Flint Eastwood, the all-black kitty
with lovely green eyes, maintains a gentle watch on all
the happenings. He does enjoy periodically playing with
Charlie. But sometimes I can’t tell if they’re playing or
trying to disembowel each other. With appropriate
sound effects. Bubba sometimes plays hide-and-seek
with Charlie. Or maybe it’s hide-and-kill.
Anyway, all of them except Maui are well-known for
jumping off objects and landing like a 50-pound sack of
cement. How they can make that much noise on their
furry little cat feet is intriguing. Especially in the after-
midnight hours. Especially when it also involves what
sounds like a relay race to the death up and down the
hall and around our bed. With appropriate sound effects.
Little Rocky the Pomeranian stays out of the way.
He’s not feeling
well these days.
We keep finding
little piles of food
he couldn’t keep
down. And he has
stiff legs. As for
Bingo, the 50-
pound Australian
shepherd/terrier/
blue healer/
whatever, well, he
‘Charlie’ and ‘Bubba’
often gets involved
in the relay races.
He enjoys a few gruff grunts and a bit of chasing, for
which he gets yelled at. He’s not supposed to chase
cats in the house.
Actually, he’s not supposed to chase cats outside
either, but he is a dog with natural tendencies. Mostly he
gets along, but occasionally has to show his authority.
(Yeah, right -- authority over cats. Ha!)
One of these days, when los gatos are really tired or
decide to hang out in another room, we’ll get a full, unin-
terrupted night’s sleep. With appropriate sound effects.
MY TRUTH
At my age and experience (65), I’d like to say to all age-
appropriate women in this valley that I believe profoundly in
Love, Fidelity and Truth-Telling, and that for the past 25 years I
have held faithfully to those anchors.
No woman can say that I broke my vows, even by subtle deed or
whispered word. More importantly, I never allowed another to
think that they could break through (you know the type).
No man can say that I ever spoke a demeaning word, dark re-
marks, or showed lack of respect for my mate.
This is my truth. I walk it, talk it, I live it. So if these values
mean as much to you as they do to me, I’d love to talk. My bio
goes like this: artist, vegan, no bad habits (porno, hard drugs),
very fit, kind of a Buddhist on steroids, can talk on most sub-
jects, passionate, and told I dress out pretty well. You can find
me in Selma carving wood or e-mail me at
A.Sculptor@hotmail.com
By:
DON CANADAY
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Neighbor’s dogs have
him barking back
From William Schneider
Cave Junction
Some folks around;
decent, I thought. Seem to
not really care that I beg for
the peace of the home that I
bought, destroyed by the
dogs over there.
Some folks try, and
some folks don’t, to keep
peace in the summer night.
A barking dog going on and
on, and the whole world
knows it ain’t right.
People’s dogs are theirs
and theirs alone, both its
poop and voice. I don’t
want to share their dog with
them, but some leave me no
choice.
If they force me to
share their dog, then I’ll
share some of mine, the
noise, the crap, and all of
that, and I’ll share it every
time.
I’ve got their number,
and I’ll call any day or
night. The whole world
knows that a barking dog
going on and on ain’t right.
Wasn’t Oregon Lottery
listed as a solution?
From Carol Ramos
Cave Junction
I could be wrong, but it
seems to me that when the
Oregon Lottery began years
back, it was touted as a pana-
cea for our financial ills.
But now we find coun-
ties throughout Oregon
gasping for money like fish
out of water because of the
lack of O&C safety net
money. And that’s thanks,
of course, to our dear
friends, the unreasoning,
radical tree protectors.
Anyway, I thought that
the lottery was going to help
us with funding to make
things better. What hap-
pened?
He says global warming
is real; needs attention
From Bob Kreizel
New York City
In response to “Global
warming needs debunk-
ing,” (Jan. 14, “Illinois Val-
ley News”): There is no
real debate about the facts of
global warming in the scien-
tific community.
It is widely agreed upon
among the world’s leading
institutions, including the
recent report last week by
the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change of the
United Nations, that humans
are indeed playing an active
role in significantly adding
to global warming by intro-
ducing greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere.
The most important
single one of which is burn-
ing fossil fuel (coal and oil
and natural gas), which re-
leases carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere.
The Oregon Petition by
OISM was deceptive and
included what appeared to
be a reprint of a scientific
paper and a cover letter
from a former president
of NAS. A blunt statement
issued by NAS made it clear
that it had nothing to do
with the petition and further
stated that “even given the
considerable uncertainties in
our knowledge of the rele-
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One year in Josephine County - $22.80
One year in Jackson and Douglas counties - $26.40
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
Francis Longstreet
& family deeply thank the
emergency crew members
who are our heroes from
Jan. 21, 2007. We are
eternally grateful for your
immediate, caring response.
Take your Valentine to...
An article in the Jan. 31
issue regarding a possible
countywide tax levy con-
tained an omission.
The article stated that
one levy option “would cost
between $2.25 per $1,000 of
assessed property value.” It
should have stated that the
levy option “would cost
between $2.25 and $2.50 of
assessed property value.”
* * *
An article in the Jan. 24
issue incorrectly identified
John Miller, of Illinois Val-
ley Development, which is
working on the Willow Sub-
division. The individual
quoted in the article actually
is John Chmelir, of the same
company.
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 4 p.m. to close
2 Prime Rib Dinners
or
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O&C fund plan gains nods
U.S. Reps. Peter De-
Fazio (D-Springfield) and
Greg Walden (R-Hood
River) enlisted 94 fellow
members of Congress to
join them in a letter to lead-
ers in the House and on the
Appropriations Committee
urging them to include lan-
guage to reauthorize and
fund a one-year extension of
the county payments pro-
gram in the Emergency Sup-
plemental Bill.
The county payments
program, also known as the
Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self Determina-
tion Act of 2000, expired
last year and must be reau-
thorized to continue.
Last year, the county
payments program provided
nearly $280 million for
Oregon counties for services
like schools, roads and law
enforcement.
Counties receiving
funding under the program,
such as Josephine County,
have a high proportion of
federally owned lands. Prior
to the enactment of the
county payments program,
they had received a percent-
age of receipts from timber
harvests, which fluctuated
year to year.
However, harvest levels
decreased precipitously dur-
ing the late 1990s due to
changes in federal forest pol-
icy. In 2000, Congress
passed the Secure Rural
Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act to
help stabilize these payments
to ensure proper funding for
vital county services.
DeFazio and Walden
also have introduced HR 17,
a bill that would reauthorize
the county payments pro-
gram for an additional seven
years.
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consequences of global
warming and how they can
take an active role in reduc-
ing greenhouse gases, they
should visit nasonline.org or
noaa.gov or watch the movie,
“An Inconvenient Truth.”
We are the problem, and we
need to be the solution.
vant phenomena, green-
house warming poses a po-
tential threat sufficient to
merit prompt responses.”
Investigations into the
qualifications of the 17,000
signers showed that less
than 1 percent had identified
themselves as physicists,
geophysicists, climatolo-
gists, or meteorologists. The
petition also had funding by
Exxon Mobil.
I suggest that if people
want to learn more about the
Annual meet
schedule gets
approval by
state House
Annual legislative ses-
sions have been approved
46-11 by the Oregon
House.
SCR 1 establishes a
schedule for the 2007 ses-
sion, and provides for a spe-
cial session during February
2008.
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