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Page 2 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 20, 2007 For any number of reasons (or rationalized excuses), I’m not feeling especially jovial. Although, as my “mind” rambles about inside its bald casing, the thought escapes that I was going to begin this week’s escapade with, “It’s a boy!” Here’s what happened to get me in that moody mode. For several weeks we’ve been feeding a veritable herd of seem- ingly stray cats on our back deck. One, a gray-and-white crit- ter that granddaughter Kim named Sonja, indicated a strong desire to enter our home. The flighty feline also allowed some petting and behind- the-ear scratching. And the kitty came in the house a few times, but was always anxious to get back outside, and I was more than happy to allow that. (How can you be “more than happy”? I feel another rant coming on, but it’ll keep). Anyway, Jan said that we should have Sonja checked by our vet to be sure there were no fatal infectious diseases. So we got the hairy buddy into an animal carrier with some canned cat food, and off we went. An exam determined that first, Sonja is a he. And second, thankfully, he has no fatal cat ailments. So now he’s named Deckster because of initially living under the deck. He’s been in the house several days, and our four other cats keep staring at him and trying to sniff him, as cats do. Deckster shows signs of having been a house cat, but still has a tendency to complain about not being let outside. He also hisses a lot when the other cats get too close. Our dog, Bingo, gives Deckster a wide berth, so there’s not a problem in that regard. I know that some readers do not care one empty can of cat food about our feline adventures, but next week’s column will take care of that. Just watch. Meanwhile I’m going to catapult myself into a better mood. Otherwise, my life could be catastrophic. Linda Sallman 128 S. Redwood Hwy. Cave Junction OR 97523 541-592-4541 Across from the new Home Valley Bank on Redwood Hwy. Open Mondays - Fridays, 9 to 5 Auto - Home - Life - Commercial Cave Junction Wednesday, June 20 Beautifully clear High--89 Low--50. Thursday, June 21 Sunny with a few clouds later High--85, Low--49. Friday, June 22 Sun with an occasional cloud High--84, Low--45. Saturday, June 23 Sunbeams abound High--89, Low--42. Sunday, June 24 Mostly sunny High--83, Low--39. Monday, June 25 Clear, continued warm & windy High--86, Low--45. Tuesday, June 26 More sun and warmer High--95, Low--47. Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in O’Brien by Cheryl & Harry Johnson. *Fri., June 8: 83 - 42 *Sat., June 9: 72 - 53 *Sun., June 10: 77 - 53 *Mon., June 11: 84 - 49 *Tue., June 12: 89 - 46 *Wed., June 13: 91 - 52 *Thurs., June 14: 92 - 51 Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in Cave Junction at Natural Designs Farm. *Fri., June 8: 82 - 40 *Sat., June 9: 72 - 47 *Sun., June 10: 73 - 50 *Mon., June 11: 78 - 47 *Tue., June 12: 86 - 42 *Wed., June 13: 89 - 46 *Thurs., June 14: 88 - 46 The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. - Ludwig von Mises - Illinois Valley News www.illinois-valley-news.com An Independent Weekly Newspaper Co-owned and published by Robert R. (AKA Bob or El Jefe), Editor and Jan Rodriguez Entered as second class matter June 11, 1937 at Post Office as Official Newspaper for Josephine County and Josephine County Three Rivers School District, published at 321 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction, OR 97523 Periodicals postage paid at Cave Junction, OR 97523 Post Office Box 1370 USPS 258-820 Telephone (541) 592-2541, FAX (541) 592-4330 Email: newsroom1@frontiernet.net or newsdesk@illinois-valley-news.com Volume 70, No. 14 Staff: Michelle Binker, Zina Booth, Josiah Dean, Scott Jorgensen Millie Watkins, and Tina Grow Member: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association DEADLINES: News, Classified & Display Ads, Announcements & Letters 5 P.M. THURSDAYS (Classified ads & uncomplicated display ads can be accepted until Noon, Fridays with an additional charge.) POLICY ON LETTERS: ‘Illinois Valley News’ welcomes letters to the editor provided they are of general interest, in good taste, legible and not libelous. 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Box 1370, Cave Junction OR 97523 Soil, Water District sets annual meet Illinois Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (IVSWCD) is celebrating its 58th year and its annual meet- ing on Thursday, June 28 will feature a speaker on the ad- vantages of biomass. The meeting, which in- cludes dinner for those who make reservations with IVSWCD, will begin at 7 p.m. at Taylor’s Country Store in Downtown Cave Junction. The guest speaker, Dar- ren Mahr from the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, will speak on, “Woody Biomass: The Triple Win.” Said IVSWCD, “This new presentation takes a close look at opportunities for converting woody biomass from Oregon’s forests into ‘green’ energy, biofuels and other bioproducts. It will look at the benefits to forest health, renewable energy; and rural economics.” All IVSWCD meetings are open to the public. Tay- lor’s Country Store will pre- pare several dinner selections “for all types of appetites.” Vegetarian selections are available. The cost of the meal is payable at the meet- ing. Fountain soft drinks, coffee, tea, milk (or water) and dessert are included. A complete list of dinner options is available at the IVSWCD office. RSVPs are required for dinner by phon- ing 592-3731 by Monday, June 25. Budget fix proposes land sale By SCOTT JORGENSEN IVN Staff Writer Long-held resentments about environmental protec- tions and the timber indus- try’s demise dominated dis- cussion during the Thursday, June 14 meeting of Josephine County’s Long Term Fund- ing Citizens Task Force. The 20-member task force includes representatives from local government enti- ties, the business community, timber interests and environ- mental groups. Its formation came about due to the linger- ing threat of discontinued federal funding in lieu of de- clining timber receipts. But during Thursday’s meeting, held in Anne Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass, disagreements over issues such as logging old-growth timber pre-empted talk of any solutions to the county’s fi- nancial woes. Joseph Vaile, campaign coordinator for the Ashland- based Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, spoke on the difficulty of coupling county services with logging revenues; the difficulty of selling public land to fund local services; and a proposal to transfer land administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). During a June 15 tele- phone interview, Vaile elabo- rated on the transfer proposal. “The transfer would es- sentially be done by taking the lands out of BLM admini- stration and into the U.S. For- est Service administration, and there would be conserva- tion value attached, particu- larly to the lands that have threatened or endangered species, old-growth forests, recreation and other values to the public,” Vaile said. “There would be a cer- tain amount of money given per acre, to the point where it would make the counties sol- vent. Through the transfer, that could be between $100 and $500 per acre that could be put into a trust that the counties could use for county (Continued on page 10) (Editor’s Note: Views and commentary, including state- ments made as fact, are strictly those of the letter-writers.) * * * Typed, double-spaced let- ters written solely to this news- paper are considered for publi- cation. Hand-written letters that are double-spaced and legible also can be considered. ‘Thank you’ submissions are not accepted as letters. * * * She’s ‘horrified, disgusted,’ feels ‘accident glorified’ From Karen Stewart- Sinwell Cave Junction The valley had to endure the ultimate pain and loss of that horrific day June 11, 2007. We all felt the pain of the loss of two loved teens that we have all watched grow up in the valley. My question is why did our local newspaper find it necessary to print photos of the wreck and glorify the ac- cident over photos of the two we lost. As a parent of one of the injured teens, I was abso- lutely horrified, disgusted, and just plain sick to my stomach when Illinois Valley News came out with that type of photo, not to mention those on its Website. I don’t understand how a local paper supposed to be here for the community can try to glorify an accident of that magnitude and not show one shred of sympathy or empathy for the families and friends still here left to deal. What was the local paper trying to do? Hopefully the paper will learn its lesson and not do this to any other fami- lies when a tragedy occurs. The Grants Pass Daily Courier showed nothing but pure sympathy and empathy for all involved. My heart goes out to each and every family member and friend *(No location listed): Might be the only time I ever agree with Dennis Richardson. He is right about the federal govern- ment taking away our liber- ties, but where is he on the Patriot Act abuses? *From a Grants Pass writer: I heard that the kids use the gravel area near the crash site to spin out in their cars. Anyone know if this is what caused this unfortunate event? *From a CJ resident: “Deer Path,” I live right across the river from the accident, and there is an animal path used by every- thing from elk to wildcats. There were a lot of animals moving around the path that day. Such a terrible tragedy. who has had to endure this horrible loss. * * * (Editor’s Note: The fol- lowing anonymous remarks are from the Comments Feature on our Website: illinois-valley-news.com) *From a Cave Junction resident: If this is the paper’s comment, real-life tragedy or not, what were you think- ing displaying these photos in the paper or on the Net? You people, the anonymous I.V. News photographers and editors, should not have exposed these pictures. I am disgusted by these and think they should be removed. (Editor’s Note: Dear anonymous writer -- our staff members are listed every week on page 2.) 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