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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Some Oregonians like high $pirits: OLCC
Oregonians spent
$441,828 on 1,832 bottles
(750 ml) of top-quality dis-
tilled spirits during a recent
12-month period.
Johnnie Walker Blue
Scotch Whisky was the fa-
vorite, with 638 bottles sold
at $200.95 each, according
to Oregon Liquor Control
Commission (OLCC).
The priciest beverage –
Remy Martin Louis XIII
Cognac – retails for
$1,689.95 a bottle. Oregon
liquor stores sold 24 bottles
of the elite spirit during the
12-month period ending Jan.
31.
Many of the ultra-
premium liquors sold in
Oregon are limited- or spe-
cial-order items. Here are
some of the other top sell-
ers:
Grand Patron Platinum
Silver Tequila, 378 at
$199.95 each; Don Julio
1942 Gold Tequila, 216 at
$177 each; Macallan Anni-
versary Malt Scotch
Whisky, 147 at $380 each;
Hennessy Paradis Cognac,
95 at $302 each.
Also, Macallan Fine
Oak 21-Year Single Malt-
Scotch, 89 at $200.95 each;
Chivas Royal Salute Scotch
Whisky, 69 at $177.95 each.
Report: SAR efforts best under sheriff
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(OEM), Oregon State Po-
lice, general public, gover-
nor’s office, Portland
Police Bureau, Oregon Na-
tional Guard and volunteer
SAR organizations.
Final recommendations
include:
*Setting clear guide-
lines in multijurisdictional
searches for command-and-
control responsibilities.
*Enhancing OEM funds.
*Strengthening train-
ing, including the applica-
tions of telecommunications
technology for SAR leaders.
*Forming regional SAR
councils.
*Establishing a state
SAR Policy Commission.
*Advancing public edu-
cation and outreach about
safety in the wilderness, and
SAR prevention.
“Some of the recom-
mendations take legislative
action; others have budget
impacts; while others I can
move forward through ad-
ministrative action,” the
governor said. “Our next
step is to review the recom-
mendations in detail and
prioritize the ones that need
immediate attention from
the Legislature, while it’s
still in session, and create a
roadmap for implementing
the others.”
Along with the recom-
mendations, the report in-
cludes background informa-
tion and analysis of issues
associated with previous
SAR operations in Oregon,
as well as areas that need
further research and policy
discussion.
The task force also ad-
dressed the issue about
whether the state should
mandate the use of locator
beacons in the wilder-
ness. After much discus-
sion, the task force con-
cluded that encouraging
voluntary use is the best
policy for the state.
10th Annual Illinois Valley
Children’s Fair & Pet Parade
Saturday, May 5th
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Jubilee Park
Pet Parade
11:30 - 12:30
Registration
10 - 11:15
F a c e P a i nt i n g
F i s h i n g B oo t h
Annie the Clown
Puppet Show
Salmon Tent
F i r e S a fe ty H o u s e
Smokey Bear
K i t e M a k in g
Bubble Pools
Seed Planting
I . V . Li o n s T r a i n
FREE Snacks
FREE Bike Helmets
( l i m i t e d su p p l y )
Dress up your pet!
Prizes!
Don’t forget your leash!
Car Seat Safety
I.V. Fire District will on site to
check car seats and boosters for
proper installation.
A limited number of car seats
will be given away.
I.V. Pregnancy Center born 20 years ago
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associated with conception.
What they fail to consider is
the new memories they will
be making, and decisions
that cannot be reversed. For
some, it’s the beginning of a
lifetime of regrets.
“Discussing a variety of
options helps the woman or
couple to make an informed
decision.
“The early days at Liv-
ing Alternatives included
pregnancy tests, childbirth
classes and building rela-
tionships and friendships
that lasted for years.
“We are now working
with a new generation, with
very different values and
outlooks on the world.
Where once society believed
in truth and a sense of mo-
rality, today there is the con-
cept of ‘your’ reality and
‘my’ reality.
“Many in today’s gen-
eration do not believe that
there is absolute truth. Worse
yet, they often believe that
all roads lead to Heaven.
“The times have
changed, the community has
grown, but one thing re-
mains the same -- un-
planned pregnancies can
create a sense of panic and
loss of control.
“There are organiza-
tions out there that seize
upon these vulnerable
women and men. It is heart-
breaking to listen to men
and women crying out for
help from the pain that
haunts them after abortion.
“Abortion Recovery
clients sometimes feel they
can’t go on, that they have
committed an unpardonable
sin and that God has turned
His back on them. It is in
times like these that our cli-
ent advocates share the love
of Jesus, and sometimes
shed tears with the client.
“As the weeks progress,
so does the healing that God
provides,” Lefner said.
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Sen. Atkinson enthused about session
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to rescue missions and other
similar organizations. He
said that he is optimistic
about its chances of passing
this session.
“I think we're going to
get that bill through,” Atkin-
son said.
The state budget was
also a topic of discussion.
Atkinson said that the state
government has $2 billion
more in revenue than it did
in the 2005-07 biennium,
but that a series of tax in-
creases still are being pro-
posed by Democratic lead-
ers.
Kulongoski’s proposed
budget is “out of balance”
by “at least $600 million,”
Atkinson said. The budget
put forth by the co-chairmen
of the Joint Ways and
Means Committee, he ex-
plained, is out of balance by
anywhere from $175 million
to $200 million, he said.
Legislators already have
moved forward on a plan to
temporarily suspend the
corporate kicker, Atkinson
said. That move put an addi-
tional $173 million in the
state’s coffers, and already
has been spent.
Atkinson said that Ku-
longoski’s proposal to raise
the state’s cigarette tax to
provide health insurance to
children currently lacking
such coverage would in-
clude $200 in roll-up costs.
He said that the plan is un-
sustainable due to the de-
creasing number of smokers
in the state.
Atkinson addressed the
continuing crisis facing sev-
eral Oregon counties with
regard to the discontinuation
of federal O&C funds given
in lieu of declining timber
receipts.
The federal government
is ultimately responsible for
finding a solution, he said.
But despite that, the state is
trying to assert itself in the
issue in an attempt to raise
taxes.
Atkinson put the O&C
issue in a political context,
and stated that congressional
Democrats are taking advan-
tage of President Bush’s
weakened stance in order to
force a showdown on execu-
tive power.
“The federal govern-
ment is playing for keeps
right now,” Atkinson said.
He said that Sen.
Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) is
up for re-election next year
and that Democrats don’t
want to give him any politi-
cal victories, especially not
on the O&C issue.
Oregon has fewer fed-
eral representatives than
California or Washington,
which also factors into the
political implications of the
county payments legislation.
Having fewer congressmen
gives Oregon less leverage
at the federal level, he said.
“Our guys are out-
gunned,” Atkinson said.
Broker Jim Frick asked
Atkinson what citizens can
do to help Oregon’s federal
representatives secure that
funding. Atkinson said it is
important that residents
make their voices heard in
Washington, D.C.
“You’d be surprised at
how powerful handwritten
letters are,” Atkinson said.
“Personal mail is so rare
anymore that it has a huge
impact.”
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