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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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This was the week that I was going to reveal the se-
cret of the meaning of life; how to remain in excellent
health while eating anything you want without exercising
or experiencing stress; and how to retire at age 26 with
$15 million in a tax-free account. Instead, I have chosen
to entertain (hopefully) with the following.
Jan ordered some Christian music, and we subse-
quently received this message:
Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD
Baby shelves with sterilized, contamination-free gloves
and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and
polished them to make sure that they were in the best
possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle, and a
hush fell over the crowd as he put your CDs into the
finest gold-lined box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterward, and
the whole party marched down the street to the post of-
fice, where the entire town of Portland waved “Bon Voy-
age!” to your package, on its way to you, in our private
CD Baby jet on this day.
I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD
Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as
“Customer of the Year.” We’re all exhausted, but can’t
wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!
* * *
With that off my mind, it’s about time to start shaking
the tambourine to highlight the fact that 2007 marks the
70th anniversary of “Illinois Valley News” in its present
format. Therefore and thusly, we are planning a mixer
for Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce members and
guests on March 2; and during May we’ll have another
something of a celebratory nature. (Don’t try to pin me
down on exactly what, yet.)
Jan and I have been running the “Noose” only since
February 1986. We’re trying to figure out why issue
number 52 will fall in mid-March, when the paper’s first
bound-volume issue is dated Thursday, May 13, 1937.
Anyone with ideas or explanations can send them to us,
and likely we’ll do something nice in return. (Don’t try to
pin me down on exactly what, yet.)
The first issue, with four pages, when Cave Junction
was called Cave City, contains a number of interesting
congratulatory ads, including some from Grants Pass
and Medford businesses. One from Medford-Crescent
City Truck Lines notes “steamer connections at Cres-
cent City for San Francisco and Los Angeles.” There are
several greetings from I.V. food vendors: Illinois Valley
Grocery, Illinois Valley Meat Co., and Schumacher’s
Grocery, all in Cave City; plus Keith’s Meat Market in the
Holland community, and Lew Hammer’s Store in Selma.
Restaurants advertising included Log Cabin Lunch
in Kerby, The Spanish Castle (Good Food, Good Drinks,
Booths for Ladies), Kerby Confectionary, and Owl Café.
And George W. Rowley bought an ad for his Cave City
Drug Store. Many other businesses also are listed. That
first issue in the bound volumes apparently was used by
the owners for their bookkeeping because each ad has
the price marked in pencil. They’re all $1 and $2 ads.
The page 1 headlines include: J.H. Pomeroy Im-
proving Twohy Ranch, Governor to Pass Through Illi-
nois Valley, and New Owners at Orange & Black Camp
Ground. The “best yet” Kerby flower show was lauded.
And there’s a story about what was coming at Cave City
Theater: “Tarzan Escapes” featuring Johnny Weissmul-
ler and Maurine O’Sullivan, “Valley of Wanted Men,” and
“One in a Million” starring Sonja Heinie, “internationally
known skater, supported by a good cast of players in-
cluding Adolph Menjou.”
So that’s enough background this week. We’ll be
telling you more in coming issues. (Don’t try to pin me
down on exactly what, yet.)
First office at I.V. Medical Center
Monday - Friday by appointment
Pain - Stress - Injuries
Deep massage
CranioSacral Therapy
Senior Discounts
Gift Certificates
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Drugs from Canada
needed to survive
From Wallace Hardie
Selma
This letter is for general
public information. My wife
and I have for several years
purchased some of our more
expensive drugs from Can-
ada: Drugs that we simply
could not afford if pur-
chased in America.
They are drugs that
without question are vital to
the existence of life. Drugs
that my government by law
would not allow Americans
to buy from Canada.
One could be any other
nationality in the world, and
there would be absolutely
no problem. Those same
drugs bought here in Amer-
ica by Americans cost 40 to
60 percent more. Recently
the time came to place an-
other order.
When dialing the num-
ber for the pharmacy in
Canada, we were informed
that the number could no
longer be reached from our
area code. This is the latest
attempt of my government
to keep Americans from
purchasing the very same
drugs sold to Canada by
American pharmacies.
They are drugs from
drug manufacturers that con-
tributed millions to our presi-
dent’s political well-being --
to keep Americans from
purchasing drugs that were
sold (by the drug companies)
for substantial profits.
That profit was not
enough; they want a profit
three to four times that
amount, and my president
does his best to conform to
their wants. I recently con-
tacted my congressional
representative to inquire if
there is anything we as sen-
ior citizens can do to get
life-saving drugs at a price
we can afford.
His answer was, “Yes,
vote for an administration
that cares for its citizens.” In
the meantime we will con-
tinue to circumvent a law
meant to punish Americans
for the political gain of our
president. There are still
ways to purchase drugs
from Canada, and we will
continue to break President
Bush’s law in order to sur-
vive.
But this is a hell-of-a-
way to survive. It is very
difficult for me to believe
that Americans must resort
to under-handed methods in
order to stay alive.
This is not the United
States of America that so
many of us fought for, bled
for and have died for.
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in O’Brien by Cheryl
& Harry Johnson.
*Fri.,
Feb. 2: 47-24
*Sat., Feb. 3: 56-33
*Sun., Feb. 4: 56-31
*Mon., Feb. 5: 59-36
*Tue., Feb. 6: 63-38
*Wed., Feb. 7: 51-36 0.79
*Thurs., Feb. 8: 42-36 0.71
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in Cave Junction at
Mountain Wind Farm.
*Fri.,
Feb. 2: 53-22
*Sat., Feb. 3: 59-30
*Sun., Feb. 4: 64-28 0.01
*Mon., Feb. 5: 60-32
*Tue., Feb. 6: 68-46
*Wed., Feb. 7: 50-35 0.88
*Thurs., Feb. 8: 43-36 0.66
‘Us’ vs. ‘them’ mentality
said worsening in area
From Heather Goodell
Cave Junction
Grants Pass residents
are embarrassed after a local
couple appeared on the
show, “Trading Spouses.”
They should be. I be-
lieve that the woman’s atti-
tudes represent a fair cross-
section in this community.
For several years, I
have listened to Southern
Oregon
blame
“Californians” for our over-
development woes, and at
the same time for being
tree-huggers who hinder
development and employ-
ment, which is a contradic-
tion in itself.
The people of Grants
Pass are worried that Amer-
ica will see us as prejudiced
against race and sexual ori-
entation. Yet it’s OK to bash
“Californians?” What’s the
difference?
The “us” vs. “them”
mentality is festering in
Southern Oregon.
A tongue-in-cheek
view of some folks
From Stephen L. Cochran
Paso Robles, Calif.
My wife and I recently
came through your lovely
valley, and spent a few days
walking about Cave Junc-
tion and taking in other
sights. Some of them are
along your main street.
We had seen your
newspaper because friends
in the area had mailed us a
few back issues. While in
town we bought some cur-
rent issues. Some of what
goes on, noted in your
“Police Blotter,” is a bit
hard to swallow, but we
know that you’re only re-
porting the news.
This may sound harsh
and overly sarcastic, but we
think, being a retired psy-
chologist and a counselor
respectively, that your com-
munity could be a showcase
for unusual people. Espe-
cially those wandering up
and down your main street.
Just a little note to
maybe get the ball rolling.
erty Services Director
Brandes.
“It would have been
half our budget for the
whole year,” Brandes said.
“There’s no way we could
have internally funded it.”
Traffic closures will
occur during construction,
Brandes said, and signs an-
nouncing the closures will
be placed once a firm sched-
ule is established.
It’s anticipated that
effects on driving patterns
will be minimal, as a traffic
study by the county deter-
mined that an average of
250 cars pass through that
section of Holland Loop,
DeJanvier said.
Most major work on the
project should be completed
by the end of the year, at
which point the road will
once again be fully open to
through-traffic.
“We’re conscious of the
burden it puts on the people
out there,” Brandes said.
Temporary road clo-
sures will be necessary due
to budgetary constraints,
Brandes said. A detour route
would have added another
$1 million to the project,
and any cost overages for
the project have to be paid
by the county. Such a detour
also would have required
the county to acquire more
temporary construction
easements from surrounding
property owners.
Easements for four sur-
rounding properties already
have been obtained by the
county and approved by the
board of commissioners on
Jan. 10. Those easements
cost under $25,000, and
were paid by OTIA funds.
The Lower Sucker
Creek Bridge is also in need
of permanent replacement.
However, such a project
won’t happen until at least
2010, Brandes said.
OTIA funds aren’t ex-
pected to be released until
2009, and the county will
have to provide a 10 percent
match for the work, which
will cost around $3 million.
A detour will be neces-
sary for the Lower Sucker
Creek Bridge replacement,
DeJanvier said, because that
portion of road is widely
used by the public, as well
as by school buses and
emergency vehicles.
Weight restrictions on
that bridge were imple-
mented approximately two
years ago due to structural
issues. Epoxy was used as
part of temporary repair
work to solidify the struc-
ture.
“It was more of a tem-
porary fix until we could get
the funding to replace it,”
DeJanvier said.
The county is in the
process of arranging inter-
governmental agreements to
start the Lower Sucker
Creek Bridge project,
Brandes said, but the state
will handle such issues as
right-of-way and easement
acquisitions.
An authorized concessionaire of the National Park.
Seeking Local Artists
The Oregon Caves Outfitters is seeking appropriate art
for consignment sales in the Chateau Gift Gallery at the
Oregon Caves National Monument. Areas of special in-
terest include but are not limited to: glasswork, bas-
ketry, woodwork, metalwork, and sculpture.
A jury process will be used to select artwork. Jury forms
are available at the I.V. Visitor Center.
Call 592-3400 or 592-4440 for more information or to
have a jury form mailed to you.
A photo caption in the
issue of Feb. 7 incorrectly
identified Dusty Culver as
Chris Culver. Dusty Culver
is actually the Illinois Valley
High School wrestler who
took first place in the 103-
pound category against Hid-
den Valley on Feb. 1.
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Saturday, March 3
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Wednesday, Feb. 14
Increasing clouds w/
prospect of rain
High--51, Low--38.
Thursday, Feb. 15
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Friday, Feb. 16
Smattering of clouds,
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Smidgen of rain then
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