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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.
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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
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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)
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commentary, including state-
ments made as fact, are strictly
those of the letter-writers.)
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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.
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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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