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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Crisis resource training
topic for RCC workshop
A workshop to explore
the resources, systems and
assets Josephine County has
to offer individuals in crisis
is offered by the Rogue
Community College Small
Business Development Cen-
ter (SBDC).
“Josephine County Vol-
unteer Training for Non-
profit Organizations” will be
taught from 2 to 4 p.m.
Mondays from July 16
through Aug. 6 at SBDC in
Downtown Grants Pass.
Tuition is $25.
Included is Helpline
training, which will explore
and demystify some of the
issues related to suicide pre-
vention and intervention.
Said SBDC, “Course
completion is valuable to
human service providers
who provide front-line refer-
ral. Individuals who want to
become Helpline volunteers
must attend all sessions
prior to volunteering.
Bea Thompson with one of her watercolor paintings. (I.V. News photos)
Thompson, Kieffer featured artists
By DOROTHEA
HOVER-KRAMER
Two members of the
Illinois Valley Fine Artists
group are exhibiting their
work during July and Au-
gust at Sterling Savings
Bank in Cave Junction.
Selected by the group’s
membership are Bea
Thompson, who is showing
lovely watercolor paintings,
and Renee Kieffer, who of-
fers a photographic essay.
Thompson graduated
with a general degree in art,
psychology and sociology
from San Diego State Uni-
versity. She has had several
careers in social services,
employment relations, and
as a drawing instructor. She
attended workshops from
well-known watercolorists
Stephen Quiller and Judy
Morris.
In 1994 she was the
victim of a severe car acci-
dent resulting in a broken
neck that left her bound to a
wheelchair. Gradually, she
has come out of her isola-
tion with a renewed interest
in painting. The visual
stimulation “takes me be-
yond my pain and gives me
something to focus on,” she
states.
“Bea” also loves being
outside in our beautiful val-
ley and even does some
weeding. She enjoys paint-
ing flowers predominantly,
Renee Kieffer
but finds watercolor paint-
ing “unpredictable -- you
never know if it’s going to
be a good day or not.”
She enjoys the suppor-
tive fine arts group. She ex-
plains, “It is so helpful to
talk to the others, learn from
them, and feel the fellow-
ship.”
Like Thompson, Kieffer
enjoys the camaraderie of
the fine arts group that en-
couraged her to develop her
photographs of swans of
Lake Selmac into an album.
She has two years of
college with a major in per-
forming arts. She has lived
in Illinois Valley for five
years and started noticing
OLCC lists revenue from
liquor lucre for entities
The Oregon Liquor
Control Co mmi ssio n
(OLCC) sent $589,675 for
May sales to Douglas, Jack-
son, Josephine and Lane
counties and their 37 incor-
porated cities as part of the
statewide distilled spirits
revenue distribution of
$11.1 million.
Disbursements:
Josephine County,
population 81,125, received
$23,137. The city of Cave
Junction got $1,318; city of
Grants Pass $25,439.
Jackson County, popu-
lation 198,615, received
$56,646; its cities and towns
received -- Ashland
$17,625; Butte Falls $366;
Central Point $13,613; Ea-
gle Point $6,859; Gold Hill
$888; Jacksonville $2,101;
Medford $60,887; Phoenix
$3,898; Rogue River
$1,653; Shady Cove $2,270;
Talent $5,276.
Douglas County, popu-
lation 103,815, $29,608;
Canyonville $1,320; Drain
$876; Elkton $169; Glen-
dale $773; Myrtle Creek
$2,953; Oakland $773;
Reedsport $3,495; Riddle
$859; Roseburg $17,313;
Sutherlin $6,259; Winston
$4,517; Yoncalla $905.
Lane County, popula-
tion 339,740, $96,895;
Coburg $884; Cottage
Grove $7,628; Creswell
$3,742; Dunes City $1,106;
Eugene $122,214; Florence
$6,802; Junction City
$4,084; Lowell $785; Oak-
ridge $3,043; Springfield
$46,934; Veneta $3,487;
Westfir $276.
OLCC follows a per
capita distribution formula
based on Oregon’s popula-
tion of 3.69 million. For
May it was 28.5-cents per
person for counties; 82-
cents a person for cities.
The breakdown: 36
counties, 10 percent, $1.05
million; 241 cities, 20 per-
cent, $2.1 million; state gen-
eral fund, 56 percent, $5.9
million; city revenue-
sharing account, 14 percent,
$1.47 million; state Addic-
tion and Mental Health Di-
vision, $570,045; and Ore-
gon Wine Board, $17,864.
OLCC revenue is de-
rived from the sale of dis-
tilled spirits in 241 liquor
stores, taxes on malt bever-
ages and wine, license fees,
and fines for liquor law vio-
lations. Last month’s reve-
nue share was $10.9 million.
OLCC collects privilege
taxes of $2.60 for a 31-
gallon barrel of malt bever-
age, 67-cents a gallon for
taxable wine with an alcohol
content of 14 percent or less.
It also collects 77-cents
on taxable wine of more
than 14 percent. Of that
amount, 2-cents a gallon
goes to the Oregon Wine
Board to fund research and
promotion.
www.illinois-valley-news.com
the graceful swans on the
lake that she dubbed “Fred”
and “Linda.” The swans
matured and raised five cyg-
nets, teaching them how to
hunt and survive until they
were ready to fly away to
their new terrain.
“Renee’s” photographic
essay shows the life progres-
sion of the swan family dur-
ing four years. She calls her
album, “A pictorial learning
tool for our enjoyment.”
It is a tribute to the pa-
tience of the swan parents,
as well as to the sharp eye of
the photographer.
The next meeting of the
Illinois Valley Fine Arts
group will be on Sept. 10.
For information about the
group phone 592-5296.
S ELMA
“Students pursuing hu-
man service activities also
will find this information
helpful in understanding
community services for cre-
ating sustainability for con-
sumers.”
Instructor Kelly Wes-
sels has been the director of
RSVP/Asante Senior for the
past 11 years and has been a
sponsor for Helpline of Jo-
sephine County for the past
nine years. She is an applied
suicide intervention skills
trainer and oversees produc-
tion of the Community Re-
source Directory.
Pre-registration is re-
quired by noon two working
days before the class to
avoid cancellation. Enroll-
ment is limited. Register on-
line at ww.roguecc.edu/rel,
at any RCC registration site,
or phone SBDC at 956-7494
for telephone pre-
registration and further in-
formation.
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I.V. Chamber fund plan OK’d
An agreement to help
provide a continuing source
of income for Illinois Valley
Chamber of Commerce has
been OK’d by chamber di-
rectors.
The chamber is working
with Mary Reynolds, of Jef-
ferson State Financial Group
in Cave Junction. She pro-
posed the agreement to help
support the chamber in con-
nection with her AFLAC
offerings.
Reynolds is available by
phoning 592-6262.
In other matters, the
chamber board:
*Received the resigna-
tion of Director Ted
Crocker, and agreed to re-
place him with Don Moore.
*Approved three new
members -- Yanase Jewel-
ers, Interior Home Solu-
tions, and Illinois River Val-
ley Arts Council.
*Learned that 1,111
visitors were logged at I.V.
Visitor Information Center
during May, a decrease of 9
from May 2006.
Sometimes it's a form
of love just to talk
to somebody that
you have nothing in
common with and still
be fascinated by
their presence.
- David Byrne -
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