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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Cave Junction Council ...
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Marjorie Reynolds’ straw bale structure in Takilma fea-
tures Hope Mountain Lizard mosaic. The home re-
ceived the Josephine County Best Alternative Con-
struction award in 2000. (Photo provided)
Three free straw bale workshops offered in Takilma
Two professional straw
bale instructors will present
three free straw bale work-
shops Friday, July 27
through Sunday, July 29.
Preregistrations for the
workshops in Takilma are
requested. Phone 592-3642
or 592-2693.
The presenters will be
Prasad Boudreaux and Sha-
homa McAllister. Fifteen
spaces are available each
day. Participants should
bring gloves, sun hats and
water bottles. Lunch will be
provided.
Straw bale homes have
approximately three times
the fire resistance of con-
ventional construction, ac-
cording to the builders.
They also can save up to 75
percent on heating and cool-
ing costs.
The workshops are
sponsored by Spiral Living
Center.
annexation is set for the
council’s Aug. 13 meeting.
A scheduled public
hearing regarding financing
options for a proposed Local
Improvement District (LID)
along Redwood Hwy. at the
north end of the city will be
continued at a later date.
Polk said that the city
has received a legal opinion
that an engineering report
from ODOT is insufficient
for the project. As such,
Paulson said that the city is
awaiting a separate engi-
neering report before re-
viewing any LID options.
Public hearings on the
matter will continue after
that report has been re-
ceived, Paulson said.
Sommer, of Merlin, tried to
link crime in the city to an-
nexations and growth. Paul-
son reminded them that
crime existed in the city
prior to any new growth and
building developments.
In another matter earlier
during the meeting, council-
ors approved annexation of
a 1-acre parcel at 650 Caves
Hwy. That property is
owned by Robert Johnson.
During a public hearing,
Johnson said that he plans to
partition the lot to be able to
build a second house and
sell or rent the existing
home on the property. The
council voted approval 5-0.
A final hearing on the
Castles
to
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WIDENING OF HWY. 199 continues at the north end of
the city of Cave Junction. The $12.5 million project is
being done by Copeland Paving of Grants Pass. The
work involves widening the road from a point just
north of Laurel Road south to Wild River Brewing &
Pizza Co. (Photo by I.V. News)
State biofuels bill touted
Gov. Kulongoski has
signed House Bill 2210 es-
tablishing a Renewable Fuel
Standard and tax incentives
for consumers and
producers of biofuels.
The bill was developed
by the Biofuels Subcommit-
tee of the Governor’s Re-
newable Energy Work
Group that convened during
the summer 2006. It was
part of the governor’s en-
ergy independence agenda
for the 2007 Legislature.
House Bill 2210, with
Senate Bill 838 -- the Gov-
ernor’s Renewable Portfolio
Standard seeking 25 percent
of Oregon’s electricity com-
ing from renewable sources
by 2025 -- will make Ore-
gon’s commitment to re-
newable and alternative en-
ergy among the most
ambitious in the nation, said
the governor.
“House Bill 2210 will
do for the fuel sector what
SB 838 will do for the
electricity sector,” said Ku-
longoski, referring to the
renewable energy standard.
“It will move Oregon
significantly down the road
to a renewable energy fu-
ture,” he opined, “creating
hundreds of millions -- if not
billions -- of dollars of in-
vestment, and thousands of
new high-quality jobs
around the state.”
Major components of
HB 2210 include a Renew-
able Fuels Standard under
which all gasoline sold in
the state must be blended
with 10 percent ethanol after
Oregon production of etha-
nol reaches 40 million gal-
lons per year.
All diesel fuel sold in
Oregon must be blended
with 2 percent biodiesel
when the production of bio-
diesel from sources in the
Pacific Northwest reaches a
level of at least 5 million
gallons per year. The bio-
diesel blending requirement
increases to 5 percent when
annual production reaches a
level of at least 15 million
gallons per year.
There also are tax in-
centives.
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All workshops will be held at The Washington Outpatient
Center, 1505 N.W. Washington Blvd., Grants Pass.
Brought to you through a partnership of local health and human
service providers in collaboration with the Rogue Valley Council
of Government Senior and Disability Services.
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Bruce Jackson owner of
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for valley residents. The
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new organization of local
craftsman and laborers that can
provide many services. The
idea is to simply bring together
a collection of skilled and re-
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the individual needs of those
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Good Neighbors has already
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