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Page 2 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Sometimes, although many readers would argue that it would be more correct for me to write, “All the time,” I don’t know where this column will head. My fingers and brain can work independently of my consciousness, and so one never knows what will come forth. Or fifth. For some obscure reason I was reminded recently of road signs we saw in 1970 while on a family vacation. We were in Las Vegas, N.M., which reminds me of another topic to be addressed here just below. Anyway, our three children were quite young, which has nothing to do with the sign we saw. But the sign read, “Do Not Pick Up Hitch-Hikers. (Courtesy of the New Mexico Institute for the Criminally In- sane.”) Needless to say, Jan and I cranked up the windows, locked the doors, and left the area. Kinda’ scary. My minirant, if you will, has to do first, with the shortening of names of many locales, including Las Vegas. A lot of peo- ple invariably refer to “Vegas,” a slang term that hurts my ears. Also, Las Vegas, Nev. (which some cleverly change to Lost Wages) is not the only city with that name. (See Las Ve- gas, N.M. above). By the way, Las Vegas, N.M. originally was called Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de Las Vegas Grandes (Our Lady of the Sorrows of the Great Meadows). Quite a mouthful. On the other hand, besides five fingers, we find that Las Vegas, Nev. translates as “The Meadows” or “The Grass- lands.” Whatever. Moving on, we find that there are those who call San Diego “Dago,” which also hurts my ears. I know, these mat- ters don’t rank highly on the list of world situations that need attention. It’s just my rant. Oh, and let’s not forget Los Angeles, which nearly all of us shorten to “L.A.” I suppose that’s OK. Especially when review- ing information about the city’s original name. Some say it was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the [River] Porciuncula). But some now are saying that the set- tlement simply was named El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Ange- les (The Town of the Queen of the Angels.) Whatever. Still moving on, we touch on a distant relative of mine, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who led the first European expedi- tion to explore what is now the west coast of the United States. In September 1542 he arrived at “a very good en- closed port.” It now is known as San Diego Bay. I’ve been to Cabrillo National Monument many times, especially growing up in San Diego. Not enough room here to talk about it this week though. Actually, I think telling you the rest of the story from that 1970 trip that included Nuestra Sen- ora de los Dolores de Las Vegas Grandes would be enlight- ening. Maybe next week. Whatever. We digitize your logo or art to personalize hats, shirts, uniforms, jackets, etc. Personal & Commercial Orders No Order too Small or Large Affordable Rates Call 659-6838 for quotes (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. * * * Airports manager ‘needs to share his I.V. vision’ From Jack McCornack, McSquared Design at Illinois Valley Airport In this column last week I read that Josephine County Airports Manager Alex Grossi has a definitive long- term vision for the future of I.V. Airport; and, “That’s the direction I’ve been pointed in for the last five or six years.” Perhaps the advisory board would have been more productive if he had shared his vision with the board and with the public. If Grossi is holding back local use of the airport to make way for future “… medical flights and freight flights,” I’m wondering what medi- cal and freight demands Illinois Valley should ex- pect. I guess it’s going to be a pretty big deal, and more than the 10-passenger busi- ness jets can handle. Those guys manage to get in and out without hitting any parked cars on Smokejumper Way, as did the smokejum- per planes and other fire sup- pression aircraft for the 50 years before Grossi arrived. But now he says that it’s “… pretty obviously a hazardous situation,” and alludes to FAA regulations; regulations which apply if you’re bringing in airliners. Emergency medical flights are fairly common, and don’t demand any restructuring of the airport. 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Saturday, July 28 Hot and sunny with an occasional cloud High--95, Low--54. Sunday, July 29 Mostly sunshine High--94, Low--55. Monday, July 30 Passing clouds & sun High--93, Low--52. Tuesday, July 31 Hotter still with sun High--99, Low--53. Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in O’Brien by Cheryl & Harry Johnson. *Fri., July 13: 91 - 53 *Sat., July 14: 87 - 57 *Sun., July 15: 83 - 57 *Mon., July 16: 83 - 59 *Tue., July 17: 75 - 57 0.43 *Wed., July 18: 73 - 58 0.48 *Thurs., July 19: 78 - 54 Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in Cave Junction at Natural Designs Farm. *Fri., July 13: 86 - 50 *Sat., July 14: 86 - 54 *Sun., July 15: 83 - 51 *Mon., July 16: 84 - 59 *Tue., July 17: 71 - 53 0.37 *Wed., July 18: 72 - 58 0.39 *Thurs., July 19: 76 - 54 for airline-size medical flights in the valley? Charter flights for organ donors, perhaps? What freight will be flown out of the valley, and if it’s so bulky that it needs an airliner, why not save 50 grand or so by putting it on trucks? It’s not like lumber has a critical sell-by date. Or is the plan for bulk airfreight coming in, something the state highway department won't allow on the roads? Alex Grossi and I don’t chat much these days. Per- haps your reporters will have better luck getting him to define his definitive long- term vision for the future of I.V. Airport, which to some extent will define the future of Illinois Valley. Uncle Sam spending needs to come home From Paul Grad Cave Junction Sue Norman-Jones’ letter of June 27, decrying a proposal to cut timber for revenue and suggesting a sales tax instead, caught my attention, for it seemed to well illustrate the attitude of “if only we had more money, and how do we go about raising it?” I believe this is the wrong attitude. The right one is: how do we cut big government spending which sucks up so much of our current tax revenues? Is Norman aware that we spend $100 billion a year on farm subsidies, which are collectivist giveaways of your money to farmers, the majority earning well above the average American’s in- come and many owned by wealthy corporations? The bipartisan collectiv- ist mantra is “rob the non- union worker, the small businessman, the small in- vestor and the artisan, and give the loot to the wealthy corporations.” A thousand cotton farmers alone receive $10 billion in subsidies. Then let’s look at the $100 billion plus that we spend defending the European socialists, who then turn around and use that money to provide all kinds of collectivist perks to their people, and massive farm subsidies to their very affluent farmers. Let the European socialists pay for their own defense, instead of sucking off of the U.S. tax- payers. If we divide the more than $200 billion saved each year by eliminating these two programs alone, and that money were to be turned over to the states, it would provide $4 billion for each state in the union. Further dividing that sum by the 30-odd counties in Oregon, we find that Jo- sephine County’s share would come to more than $115 million, almost 10 times what the county was seeking from Washington. As we see law enforce- ment and the libraries shut- ting down, remember that the money that would have paid for those services is going into the pockets of French farmers, and giant American agri-corporations. When we recall that these are only two pro- grams, and that there are many other useless and un- constitutional programs that could be cut, we can see why the American people continue to live without those basic necessities like law enforcement that would make life in America so much better. Our current county fis- cal woes are the price of collectivism and continuing to vote for bipartisan collec- tivists. 9-11 demonstrators unhappy with ‘News’ From Toni Starr, Gina Pitts, Sara Austin, Cath- erine Austin, and Rachael Starr Cave Junction We are extremely disap- pointed by the quality, accu- racy and depiction of our 9/11 Truth street action that took place Wednesday, July 11. First, you mistakenly reported that it occurred on July 12, which is neither true nor representative of the 11th-of-every-month actions occurring nationally. Second, we did tell you at the time that we will meet in front of the county build- ing at noon on the 11th of each month, and resent the implication that we were attempting to withhold this information. Third, you reported that the deaths on 9-11 included those of 19 terrorists, when it has been proven in the main- stream press that at least seven of the “supposed” hi- jackers are still alive. Fourth, we feel that you misquoted our statements to make it appear that we were uncer- tain and had no basis in fact to substantiate our accusa- tions of a 9-11 cover-up. We have spent thou- sands of hours researching the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and subsequent reports. All the information is com- pletely verifiable and acces- sible through the Internet. Several Websites are available. We invite your readers to join us as we stand for 9/11 Truth on the 11th of each month at noon to demand a new and truly independent investigation. If you are serious about reporting the news, you should avoid the term “seems” when covering a story. You failed to verify facts given you at the time. You must strive to be repu- table and conduct your own investigative research, which it “seems” you have yet to do. What’s going on? Who’s on first? From Bill Schneider Cave Junction Between treasonous vice presidents and presi- dents, and tire-slashing con- tractors, what the hell is go- ing on? 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