Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 13, 2007
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Approved JoCo budget scuttled
Peter B. Thompson
Wesley F. Vahrenwald
Peter B. Thompson, 57, of
Selma, died Sunday, June 3,
2007 in Selma.
A service will be held at a
later date.
Condolences may be
made to the Thompson family
at www.since1928hull.com.
Mr. Thompson was born
Aug. 3, 1949 in Porterville,
Calif. to Alfred “Tommy” and
Patty Thompson. In 1967 he
graduated from Bullard High
School in Fresno, Calif. He
moved to Rogue Valley in
1973 and had lived in Selma
for the past 15 years.
From 1973 to ‘77 he
worked at the U.S. Post Of-
fice in Grants Pass. In 1980
he graduated from Southern
Oregon University at Ash-
land with a bachelor of arts
degree in political science,
and in 1983 from Willamette
Law School with a Doctor of
Jurisprudence degree. In
1985 he passed the bar
exam.
He practiced as an attor-
ney for four years in Grants
Pass, and for the remainder of
his working life he was a para-
legal in Illinois Valley.
He enjoyed hunting, fish-
ing, boating and other outdoor
activities. He also enjoyed
playing pool, and his dogs.
Survivors are two daugh-
ters, Cassie Thompson, of
Grants Pass, and Stephanie
McNair, of San Rafael, Calif.;
his mother, Patty Thompson, of
Fresno; his sister, Laura
Thompson-Pimental; and four
grandchildren.
Illinois Valley Funeral
Directors is in charge of ar-
rangements.
Past longtime Illinois Val-
ley resident Wesley Frederick
Vahrenwald, 82, a graduate of
the former Kerby Union High
School, died Friday, June 8,
2007.
Mr. Vahrenwald, who was
a current Grants Pass resident,
died at a health center there.
A memorial service was
held Tuesday, June 12 at Hull
& Hull Funeral Directors
Chapel. Southern Oregon Cre-
mation Services is in charge of
arrangements.
Memorial contributions
can be made to American Can-
cer Society, Josephine County
Chapter, 31 W. Sixth St., Med-
ford OR 97501; or Lovejoy
Hospice, 939 S.E. Eighth St.,
Grants Pass OR 97526.
Mr. Vahrenwald was born
Nov. 6, 1924 in Williams to
Emil & Elsie Vahrenwald. He
was raised in Illinois Valley
and graduated in 1943 from
what was Kerby Union High
School. In 1966 he moved to
Grants Pass and worked for
saw mills there until the late
1980s, retired from Murphy
Creek Lumber Co.
He was a member of
Grants Pass Elks Lodge 1584,
and Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge
18. His hobbies included fish-
ing, hunting, golfing and play-
ing cards.
Surviving are a son, James
Vahrenwald, of Seattle; two
daughters, Linda Peil, of Tal-
ent, and Judy Stevenson, of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a sister,
Alfreda Champion, of Grants
Pass; two brothers, Amos
Vahrenwald, of Cave Junction,
and Dale Vahrenwald, of Cen-
tral Point; three grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.
St. Patrick of the Forest
Legion of Mary,
Patrician Discussion Group
The group will meet Mon-
day, June 18 at 6:30 p.m. in
Father Elliott Center at the
church in Cave Junction to
discuss “School Prayer.”
Those attending can just
listen, or add to the conversa-
tion. “Great refreshments.” For
more information: 597-4366.
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
When life hands us lem-
ons, do we make lemonade?
Do we expect Jesus to come
help when we face adversity?
Perhaps we need to look to
friends, family and our church.
They can be the instruments
God uses to help us. And we
need to remember that we also
can be instruments to aid others.
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Sheriff's Office (JCSO) total-
ling $2 million would be
added to the percentage used
to divide revenue between the
three areas of the county’s
criminal justice system, a
figure of $5.59 million. That
would bring the JCSO budget
to $7.6 million.
The district attorney’s
office would be budgeted at
$1.3 million under the pro-
posal, and juvenile justice
would receive $1.8 million.
Raffenburg also proposed
keeping the juvenile shelter
facility closed, and taking
$500,000 for its operations
and transferring it to the con-
tingency line item of the pub-
lic safety fund.
That move would lower
juvenile justice’s budget to
$1.3 million.
Raffenburg read from his
prepared statement in defense
of his budget proposal.
“It is all too easy to fall
prey to the temptations, out-
spoken needs and requests of
the many service programs
within county government to
spend all or most of this
money this year,” he said.
“Giving in to those tempta-
tions is what got us to the
critical level of problems we
are all facing today.”
Toler stated that Raffen-
burg’s plan would lead to a
“very broken system for two
years” rather than a “very
minimal system” for one year.
Budget Committee mem-
ber Charles Didato said that
he wasn’t opposed to consid-
ering Raffenburg’s proposal.
“I think it’s a good con-
cept, but it’s something that
needs to be looked at,” he said.
Raffenburg explained that
long-term solutions to the
county’s funding problems
would take two to three years
to identify and even longer to
implement, and that short-
term aid would have to come
from the state and local levels.
“Time is what we need,”
Raffenburg said. “If we spend
all the money this year, we
won’t have time.”
Raffenburg acknowl-
edged that the numbers for
his plan “need to be fleshed
out,” but that the county
needs to be “prudent” with its
finances.
Ellis questioned the po-
tential effects of Raffenburg’s
proposal, saying that it may
have “hidden grenades” or
“minefields.”
“This is going to have a
ripple effect,” Ellis said.
Raffenburg said that the
alternative to his budget
“won’t be able to be sup-
ported next year.”
After further discussion,
Raffenburg moved to rescind
the motion passed on May 17
to approve the budget. That
motion was adopted 6-0.
Didato moved to sched-
ule another Budget Commit-
tee meeting for Wednesday,
June 13 at 4 p.m., and that
motion also was unanimously
approved.
During a brief interview
after the meeting, Raffenburg
said that he was not surprised
at the reaction to his proposal.
“I expected it,” he said.
“But the situation didn’t allow
it to happen any other way.”
Raffenburg went on to
say that his main concern is to
“honor the vote of the people
in the May election,” refer-
ring to the county’s failed
public safety levy, and that he
is attempting to provide two
years worth of stable services
to residents at “whatever level
they will buy.”
Measure 37 reforms on ballot
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‘I know better than the vot-
ers.’ That’s wrong.”
Buckley said that Meas-
ure 37 needed to be reformed,
and points out that there are
more than 200 court cases
pending in the state regarding
the law.
“The original Measure
37 was so poorly written that
there had to be an extensive
rewrite to make it work,”
Buckley said. “Otherwise, it
will keep ending up in court.”
He said that the key part
of HB 3540 is its referral to
voters in November. After
voters decide on it, Buckley
said, citizens and legislators
can focus on other issues.
“Voters have a chance to
say what kind of reform they
want to see,” Buckley said.
“If it passes, and hopefully, it
will, a huge issue in the state
for several years will now be
put behind us.
“People can move on
with building homes where
they can build them now and
move on with the rest of their
lives,” Buckley said.
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18285 Redwood Hwy.
P.O. Box 279, Selma, OR
97538 - 597-4169
Pastor Monty Pope
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship - 11 a.m.
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Wednesday Bible Study
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P.O. Box 645
5181 Holland Loop
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Wednesday Youth Group
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Youth Group Leaders
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Women’s Prayer Thursday
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Men’s Prayer Meeting
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Corner Dick George/
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25904 N. Redwood Hwy.
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Fourth Sunday 5 p.m.
592-2006
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FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
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451 S. Junction Ave.
592-3956
Pastor Mark McLean
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Wednesday - 7 p.m.
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Pastor Verne Hyland
Church 592-3218
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592-3330
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Whitchurch
407 W. River St., CJ
592-6604
592-3658
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IMMANUEL UNITED
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Pastor Charles Chase
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First Saturday - 10 a.m.
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East River Street
113 S. Caves Ave., CJ
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Non-Denominational
Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.
Sunday School 9:15-10:15 a.m.
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Tuesday Youth group - 6 p.m.
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139 Caves Ave. Front door
592-4775
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Sunday School & Nursery
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Wed. Service 7 p.m.
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ILLINOIS VALLEY
BAPTIST CHURCH
2110 Caves Hwy.
Sunday school- 9:30 to 10:15
Sunday Worship -
10:30 to 11:30
Bible Study - Tuesday
12:30 p.m.
Refreshments after service
A Southern Baptist Ministry
Phone: 592-3029
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VALLEY EVANGELICAL
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498 Laurel Road
P.O. Box 1248
Pastor Rudie B. Neumann
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service - 11 a.m.
Ladies Bible Study
Mon. 10:30 a.m.
Adult Bible Studies
Thursday 6 p.m.
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592-6160
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207 Junction Ave., CJ
Priesthood, Relief Soc.
9 a.m.
Sunday School - 10 a.m.
Sacrament Meet - 10:50 a.m.
Bishop Charles Rigby
1st Counselor Dennis Swift
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28569 Redwood Hwy.
Cave Junction
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Pastor Doug Wilson
592-4872
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10300 Takilma Road
Pastor Dan Robinson
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Morning Worship
11 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study
7 p.m.
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592-4716
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