Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Farms decline
during 2006
PLANT PROBERS - New spring and summer
hours for the Master Gardeners Plant Clinic are 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The clinic helps
identify plant or garden problems. Phone 476-6613 or
visit 215 Ringuette St. in Grants Pass to have plant or
gardening questions answered.
CRAFT SHOW COMING - A craft show at Illi-
nois Valley Senior Center will be held Friday, April 13
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday the 14th until 3 p.m.
The snack bar will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with
hamburgers and Taylor Dogs. There also will be a bake
sale of homemade goods, and many tables of crafts.
CAR SHOW ROLLIN’ - Cave Junction Lions
Club is sponsoring the ninth annual Classic & Antique
Car Show in Jubilee Park, set for Friday and Saturday,
June 29 and 30. The popular event will coincide with the
annual Reunionmania event of IVHS Alumni & Friends.
The reunion will continue to Sunday, July 1. The club is
seeking trophy sponsors. Phone Darrell Allen, club vice
president and awards chairman, at 592-6391. “Illinois
Valley News” is sponsoring the Best Paint Trophy.
PHONE SCAM? - Word is going around that no
one should use area codes 809, 284 or 876 as, according
to as yet undocumented information, it could result in a
charge of $24,100 per minute. Although possibly an ur-
ban legend or someone’s idea of a joke, the warning is
that someone will phone and leave a message to make a
call because of a family emergency or some other con-
trived scheme. Could be true. Best advice is to not re-
spond to phone calls from people you don’t know.
NOTEPAD - Sara Hertel will “retire” from heading
the kitchen at I.V. Senior Center for three years as of May
31. A volunteer replacement is needed. Phone 592-
6888 ... Lake Selmac Resort is a primary sponsor for a
motorcycle pledge ride to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy
Association set for May 19. Phone 858-9815 for more
info … A protest rally targeting “a corrupt D.A.” is
planned for Saturday, April 7 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
in front of the Josephine County Courthouse in GP. The
“U.S. Observer” is the sponsor … No public school
classes will be held Friday, April 6 because of a clerical
day … Actual headlines: *Plane too close to ground,
crash probe told. *War dims hope for peace. *High school
dropouts cut in half … Actual error: Last week’s issue
contained a misspelling of “sculptor.” Sorry!
LAST WORDS - I object to violence because when
it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the
evil it does is permanent. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Atkinson: Iran war ...
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The United States may not
attack that country, but
“somebody will.”
“It’s not a matter of if,
it’s a matter of when,” At-
kinson said.
He and Peres also dis-
cussed last summer’s war
between Israel and terrorist
group Hezbollah. Israel
learned much from that con-
flict, Atkinson said, which
“certainly pointed out the
flaws in their military prepa-
ration.”
In Egypt, Atkinson and
Gali discussed that coun-
try’s human rights record.
“It has not been good,”
Atkinson said. “But they
brought him in to try and
turn the situation around.”
Atkinson said that his
conversations with Gali
were “very candid, very
open” and “very frank.”
“I felt very fortunate to
have so much personal time
with him,” he said.
During his last trip to
the region, Atkinson visited
the Kurdish-dominated
northern region of Iraq.
Despite continued chaos
in most of that country, At-
kinson said that the Kurds
have managed a “thriving
democracy” and have a
“track record of success.”
“Many of the national
media only report on Bagh-
dad, where there is vio-
lence,” Atkinson said. “But
the Kurds are organized.
They don’t tolerate violence.
It’s a very open society, and
they have an independent
judicial branch and an inde-
pendent parliament.”
OSP $ a Maurer priority
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billion education budget.
That move was defeated on
a party-line vote.
“This is about lobby-
ing efforts,” Maurer said,
adding that Oregon Educa-
tion Association (OEA)
and Oregon School Boards
Association (OSBA) are
very powerful groups that
have caused prolonged
battles every legislative
session.
More funds also may
be allocated toward the
state’s community col-
leges, which Maurer said
“got slammed in the co-
chair’s budget.”
Much work also is be-
ing done on Measure 37, the
property rights initiative
passed by Oregon voters in
the 2004 election. Maurer
said that members of the
Legislature’s Land Use
Committee are “duking it
out, to say the least, about
what they’re going to do.”
“There are a number of
After holding steady at
an estimated 40,000 farms
annually since 1999, the
number of Oregon farms
dropped to 39,300 during
2006, said Oregon Dept. of
Agriculture (ODA).
“While not a huge de-
crease, the latest statistic
breaks a trend going back 16
years of either an increasing
number or the same number
of farms in Oregon,” ac-
cording to ODA.
“It also marks the low-
est number since 1997,
when there were an esti-
mated 39,000 farms state-
wide,” the agency said.
THE TWO LARGEST STRUCTURES in the CJ Skate Park in Jubilee Park were re-
moved by the city of Cave Junction Monday, April 2. The city took the action based
on a number of concerns including general abuse of the facility and a lack of regular
maintenance. Several small structures were left in place for skateboarders. (Photo
by ‘Illinois Valley News’)
April 12 ‘Take Back the
Night’ event for IVSHA
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
Although much pro-
gress has been made during
the years to combat domes-
tic violence and sexual as-
sault, those problems are
still quite prevalent in Illi-
nois Valley.
As such, Illinois Valley
Safe House Alliance
(IVSHA) is sponsoring a
“Take Back the Night”
event Thursday, April 12.
Participants in “Take
Back the Night” plan to
meet at 6 p.m. in front of the
county building in Cave
Junction and march to Tay-
lor’s Country Store, where
there will be live music and
an open mic.
According to Grace
Auzenne, a sexual assault
and domestic violence advo-
cate at the IVSHA, there is
still a need for public aware-
ness of these issues.
“One year alone, we
helped over 1,100 women
and children,” Auzenne
said. “That’s amazing for
such a small community.”
Auzenne said that of the
1.3 million women in Ore-
gon, approximately 230,000
older than 18 have been vic-
tims of forcible rape, which
is “higher than the national
average.”
There were also 11,767
instances of child abuse re-
ported in Oregon during
2003, she said, meaning that
children are also at high risk
of potential violence.
“There’s a lot of that
happening here,” Auzenne
said. “We’re trying to get
our community to be in-
volved and have a heads-up
on it.”
“Take Back the Night”
events take place worldwide
to coincide with April being
International Sexual Assault
Awareness Month. Auzenne
said she hopes to attract
wide participation to this
year’s event.
“Last year we had
probably about 40 people,”
Auzenne said. “This year,
I’m wanting 10 times that
many.”
She said that “response
has been phenomenal” for
bringing a safe house to Illi-
nois Valley. She said that
those efforts have been
“coming along fantastic,”
and will go a long way to-
ward helping domestic vio-
lence victims.
“The more educated
people get and are aware,
the more we can fight it,”
Auzenne said. “We’re still
working on it, though. It’s
still very underreported.”
For more information,
phone IVSHA at 592-2515.
Early ed funding pushed
House Republicans last
week presented a constitu-
tional amendment requiring
the Legislature to pass K-12
education funding by the
81st day of session.
The caucus proposed a
similar measure during
2005. Had it passed and
been approved by voters, the
Legislature would have
been required to pass the
budget last Friday, March
30.
House Joint Resolution
21 makes education the first
priority for state tax dollars,
and better enables school
districts to pass their own
budgets before the 2008
fiscal year begins July 1.
The
measure
was
rejected Friday by the ma-
jority Democrats on a party-
line vote.
The Democrats waited
12 weeks to hold the first
formal hearings on the State
School Fund, said Rep.
Dennis Richardson (R-
Central Point).
“Passing an education
budget within 81 days gives
school districts the opportu-
nity to determine their fund-
ing before the fiscal year
begins,” said Richardson,
chief sponsor of the House
Republican resolu-
tion. “HJR 21 eliminates the
politics of delay,” he said.
Education funding is
typically one the last budg-
ets to pass the Legislature.
Despite past efforts by
House Republicans to fund
schools first, education
budgets during the 2003 and
2005 sessions were passed
in August, Richardson said.
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592-4440
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Call: 503-371-3001 or 1-800-260-4227
Friday, April 13, 9-4
Saturday, April 14, 9-3
I.V. S ENIOR C ENTER
520 E. River St., Cave Junction
592-6888
Candy ° Dolls ° Candles ° Beadwork
Indian Crafts ° Woodwork ° Baby Clothes
H OMEMADE B AKE S ALE
S NACK B AR
11-2
Coffee ° Taylor Dogs ° Hamburgers
Lorna Byrne
Middle School
2007 Spring Conferences
Thursday & Friday
April 12th & 13th
Thursday: 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. to noon
& 1 to 4 p.m.
people around the state ada-
mant that it does not
change,” Maurer said. “But
there will be some changes
to Measure 37.”
Maurer’s next town hall
is scheduled for Saturday,
April 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. in
Grants Pass at Bridge Re-
tirement and Assisted Liv-
ing, 201 S.W. Bridge St.
* Biscuits & Gravy * Pancakes
* Eggs * Bacon * Sausage
* Coffee, Milk, Juice
Adults - $5
Children 12
& under - $2.50
Please contact the office to
schedule an appointment
with your student’s teachers.
Report cards will be available
at conferences.
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays
Phone: 592-2163
Deadline for scheduling appointments is
Thursday, April 5.
We will try to accommodate walk-ins.