Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Page 12
McBee horse-racing chief
Josephine County Fair-
grounds Manager Jackie
McBee has been named di-
rector of horse racing at
Grants Pass Downs.
McBee replaces Al
Westhoff, who had been di-
rector of racing since 1990.
Westhoff is currently the
Yamhill County Fairgrounds
manager.
McBee has worked at
Josephine County Fair-
grounds since 1984. She was
the office manager from 1988
until September 2005, when
she was appointed fair-
grounds manager.
“We are looking forward
to the 2007 season and are
thankful for the support that
we have received from the
Oregon Racing Commission,
Oregon’s Horsemen’s Be-
nevolent & Protective Asso-
ciation and Oregon Quarter-
horse Association,” she said..
The 2007 race meet at
Grants Pass Downs will begin
Saturday, June 16. The nine-
day meet will conclude Sun-
day, July 8.
Mary Reynolds
P.O. Box 1668 ~ 221-C S. Redwood Hwy.
Cave Junction OR 97523
Office: 592-6262
Fax: 592-6263
Cell: 660-7342
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ILLINOIS VALLEY SOIL &
Water Conservation Dis-
trict is having a new north-
ern boundary marker built
near the top of Hay’s Hill
on Redwood Hwy. The
marker is being con-
structed by a landscape
and design class from
Illinois Valley High School.
An official unveiling in
scheduled for Monday,
June 11 at 2:30 p.m. It is
hoped that a representa-
tive of the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice, among other agen-
cies, will be present.
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Some ‘fuelish’ suggestions can save gas
By MARK SALEM
Poor fuel economy can
put a costly damper on any
trip in the family vehicle.
But there are a few sim-
ple actions people can take to
enhance fuel economy no
matter what type of vehicle
they drive, which means that
they’ll buy less fuel and have
more money to spend on
other items.
Let’s go through a few
ideas proven to improve your
fuel economy.
*Get the junk out of the
trunk. I own an auto-repair
facility, and you’d be amazed
at the amount of stuff I find in
trunks of cars these days. I’ve
seen junk in the trunk of cars
equivalent to a full-size man.
Why haul the dead
weight? Remove unnecessary
items from the trunk of your
vehicle. Get that bag of old
newspapers to the recycling
bin.
Your vehicle will require
less energy to move without
the dead weight.
So ask yourself if you
really need to be transporting
around that card table, set of
golf clubs or storage con-
tainer, and unload any unnec-
essary items from your trunk.
*Keep air in your tires.
Remember what it was like
riding your bike as a child
with half-flat tires? It was
hard to get the bike moving.
Once you inflated the
tires, your bike was like a
new sports car; it went faster
with far less effort. Your car
feels the same pain when the
tires are at, say, 28 psi instead
of the recommended 35 psi.
(Just to be clear: Not
every tire should be inflated
to 35 psi. Look for the recom-
mended psi rating on a label
on your driver's door or in the
glove box.)
*Use the right motor oil
for your vehicle. I can't over-
state the importance of using
good motor oil. To illustrate
what I mean, try a little exer-
cise. Take your hands and
place them together with
palms touching. Then rub the
palms against each other
quickly. Feel that warmth
generated by friction?
That’s exactly what is
happening inside your engine.
If you rubbed your hands
together like that for an hour,
you'd probably do some dam-
age to your hands (which
means you can stop rubbing
your palms together now).
And you’d also have to work
much harder to rub your
hands together.
Now you know why mo-
tor oil is so important to the
efficient performance of your
engine.
If you put motor oil be-
tween those two sliding sur-
faces, a lot of that friction
goes away, and the engine
doesn’t have to work as hard.
As a result, your engine is
more fuel efficient.
But not every motor oil is
created equal. Some last
longer than others. While
certain motor oils may lose
their effectiveness after a few
thousand miles, others are
designed to last for a very
long time.
*Keep your vehicle
clean. Believe it or not, that
layer of dirt on your exterior
creates drag that, over long
distances, hurts your miles-
per-gallon count. Keeping
your vehicle washed and
waxed will improve your
vehicle’s aerodynamics, im-
proving your fuel economy.
And you’ll feel good about
driving around in a clean ve-
hicle.
*Consider the best option
for ventilation. Conventional
wisdom says that cars are
always more fuel-efficient
when the air conditioner is
off. On long trips or highway
driving, however, using the
air conditioner is actually
more fuel-efficient than roll-
ing down the windows.
When driving fast, open
windows create a drag that
forces the engine to work
harder to maintain speed. If
you’re driving on short trips
or in city traffic, roll down the
windows and enjoy the
breeze, but on the highway,
turn on the air.
For more information
about car care, visit
www.mobiloil.com.
(Mark Salem hosts a car-
care show on KTAR 620 AM
in Phoenix, Ariz. He is an
ASE Certified Master Tech-
nician and the owner of Sa-
lem Boys Auto.
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Council OKs annexations
(Continued from page 11)
Sommer objected to the
annexation, claiming that the
city didn’t notify the Oregon
Dept. of Land Conservation
and Development (DLCD)
about the proposed change.
Sommer also wrote that the
city does not have an ade-
quate water supply to support
any annexations.
Rural Cave Junction resi-
dent Sally Palmer asked how
much land the annexations
would add to the city, which
now encompasses 1 square
mile. Polk said that with the
annexed properties, there
would be 1.5 square miles
within city limits.
Palmer echoed Som-
mer’s comments regarding
the city’s water capacity.
“I’m very concerned
about the amount of water we
have,” Palmer said.
Polk responded that the
city’s water plant is designed
for a population of 3,500 to
5,000, and can process two
million gallons per day. The
city has water rights to the
Illinois River of that exact
amount, Polk said.
Mayor Tony Paulson
said those concerns were un-
warranted.
“If the river dries up to-
morrow due to an act of God,
we’ll be in trouble,” Paulson
said, adding that otherwise,
the city will be fine.
A second reading of the
annexation ordinances is
scheduled for the council’s
Monday night, June 11 meet-
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