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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 8, 2007
RCC directors approve $28 million for
fiscal 2007-08; up $1 million from plan
A general fund budget
of $28,020,489 for the
2007-08 fiscal year, which
began Sunday, July 1, has
been adopted by the Rogue
Community College Board
of Education.
The
budget
is
$1,150,352 more than the
budget proposed in
April, due largely to an
anticipated increase in
state support.
The Oregon Legis-
lature has approves a
$500 million commu-
nity college support
fund, compared to an
anticipated $471 mil-
lion. RCC stands to
receive $8,996,712
from the state, up from
$8,273,956 previously
anticipated.
Most of the differ-
ence will augment the col-
lege’s contingency fund,
which shifts from $600,345
originally proposed to
$1,170,010, according to
Lynda Warren, chief finan-
cial officer. “The additional
revenue does not bring back
any of the positions elimi-
nated,” Warren said.
RCC cut 32 positions,
furloughed the diesel tech-
nology program, and raised
tuition by $2 a credit to off-
set a projected $1.6 million
shortfall next year.
A portion of the in-
creased state funds goes
toward employee compen-
sation. The RCC Board
agreed to pay faculty at the
statewide average in accor-
dance with their contract,
which amounts to a 2.7 per-
cent salary increase.
The board also accepted
the resignation of member
Charles Warren, effective
July 6, who represents Zone
4 in Jackson County. The
board said good-bye to retir-
ing board member Jim Dole,
whose Zone 1 (Grants Pass)
term expired July 1 and who
did not seek reelection. The
board welcomed Joseph
Zagorski, who ran success-
fully for Dole’s seat and will
be sworn in July 17.
In other business, the
board accepted the retire-
ment of full-time manager
Larry Mullaly and full-time
faculty member Mollie
Owens.
Mullaly has worked at
the college since 1984 when
he was hired to develop
RCC’s electronics program.
He subsequently served as
department head for manu-
facturing and high technol-
ogy programs including
electronics, welding, manu-
facturing, gunsmithing and
computer-aided design.
Most recently he has served
as director of operations and
special projects at the River-
side Campus in Medford.
He served as the col-
lege’s Carl Perkins Grant
coordinator during the past
15 years and has been
closely involved with insti-
tutional accreditation and
assessment.
Owens has worked at
RCC since 1986. She started
her career as a full-time fac-
ulty project director for a
single parent and displaced
homemaker’s program, later
transferring to become JOBS
Program coordinator. She
also served as Training Re-
sources for Women coordi-
nator; as a life skills and eco-
workforce training instruc-
tor; and most recently as a
student auxiliary services
faculty member.
The board also ap-
proved hiring Kay Logter-
man as a full-time adminis-
trative/confidential human
resources and employee
Sen. Smith garners NFIB
kudos for insurance stance
A sense of the Senate
amendment calling on Con-
gress to enact legislation this
year on health-insurance
reform for small businesses
and the self-employed was
adopted last week by the
U.S. Senate.
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-
Ore.) was a co-sponsor, and
the National Federation of
Independent Business
(NFIB) expressed its appre-
ciation.
The amendment, which
was unanimously agreed to,
was proposed by U.S. Sen.
Blanche Lincoln and co-
sponsored by several other
senators including Smith. It
encourages Congress to en-
act legislation that
“improves access to afford-
able and meaningful health-
insurance coverage, espe-
cially for Americans in the
small group and individual
health-insurance markets.”
Dan Danner, NFIB ex-
ecutive vice president, the
nation’s leading small-
business advocacy group,
issued the following state-
ment in response:
“This bipartisan vote is
an excellent indication of
support to address the
health-insurance needs of
our nation’s small busi-
nesses. We commend Sen.
Smith for his continued
leadership on this issue and
are grateful to see all these
senators continue to work
together to find common
ground on health-care re-
form for the small group and
individual health insurance
markets.
“We are especially sup-
portive of the affirmed com-
mitment to enacting legisla-
tion this year that facilitates
and includes pooling
mechanisms across state
lines and provides for tax
incentives for the purchase
of private insurance cover-
age.
“These are two very
important pieces of a com-
prehensive health-insurance
reform package that are
needed to help our nation’s
small and independent busi-
nesses.
“We will continue to
work with leaders on both
sides of the aisle and en-
courage the full Congress to
enact health-insurance re-
form this year.”
JoCo urban planning commission
volunteer deadline Friday, Aug. 17
A volunteer is sought to
fill a position on the Jose-
phine County Urban Plan-
ning Commission.
Applications will be
accepted until Friday, Aug.
17 or until the position is
filled. Applications are
a v a i l a b l e
a t
www.co.josephine.or.us or
in Room 154 at the county
courthouse in Grants Pass.
benefits coordinator, and
Karl Brake as a full-time art
instructor.
In other business, the
board accepted the follow-
ing grants:
*$5,000 from the Four
Way Community Founda-
tion toward construction of
the Illinois Valley Busi-
ness Center in Kerby.
*$7,000 from the
American Association of
University Women Edu-
cational Foundation in
support of the “Education
and Pay Equity Confer-
ence.”
*$15,000 from the Cow
Creek Umpqua Indian
Foundation in support of
the Oregon Leadership
Institute
*$5,000 from the Ore-
gon Community Founda-
tion in support of the Ore-
gon Leadership Institute.
*$2,000 from the Ore-
gon Dept. of Forestry in
support of the Wildland Ur-
ban Interface Defensible
Space Plan
*$30,025 from the U.S.
Small Business Administra-
tion.
*$27,370 from Asante/
Robert Woods Johnson.
*$31,335 from the RCC
Foundation.
*$15,850 from Natural
Resources Winema.
*The last four continua-
tion grants previously ap-
proved by the board in
which funding carries over
from previous fiscal years.
GARY NOLEROTH was honored by his co-workers Friday, Aug. 3 upon his retirement
from the U.S. Postal Service. Noleroth, an Illinois Valley resident, retired as a postal clerk
after 30 years of service, 20 of them at the Cave Junction Post Office. His plans for retire-
ment are ‘to do whatever I want.’ The retiring worker, a friend to many, is known as a fa-
miliar face at Illinois Valley Golf Course. (Photo by Michelle Binker, Illinois Valley News)
Festival of Arts set at Brookings Harbor
The 14th annual Brookings Harbor Festi-
val of the Arts will be held Saturday and Sun-
day, Aug. 18 and 19, along the Boardwalk at
the Port of Brookings Harbor.
More than 125 juried artists and crafts-
men will participate. While 15 percent of par-
ticipants will be from the Curry County and
surrounding areas, the rest of the artists will be
from other parts of Oregon and California,
and as far away as Washington state, Mon-
tana, Arizona and South Dakota.
Admission, parking, shuttle service, enter-
tainment and demonstrations are free. Pets are
not allowed in the festival area.
The event last year received recognition
as “Best Fine Arts Festival” by the Oregon
Festivals & Events Association. For more
information: artfestcoast.com.
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