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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 29, 2007
What with Labor Day lurking around the corner, I am re-
minded of the story about a meeting of leaders regarding the
global population and women going into labor to give birth.
“My friends,” intoned the chairman, “somewhere in the
world a woman gives birth every 25 seconds. What are we
going to do about that?”
One delegate responded, “First, we’ve got to find that
woman and stop her!”
Beyond that, with shaggy Labor Day ready to provide a
three-day respite for many -- newspaper folks not included -- I
thought it would be “interesting” to recount my adventures in
Labor Land. My first official attempt at getting paid for working
was outside a Safeway store in the Linda Vista section of San
Diego. My line, with prompting from an older kid, was, “I’ll
push your cart to your car for 25-cents.” Didn’t work.
Then I opened a Kool-Aid stand in front of our house on
Dunlop Street. Did well until the neighborhood bully came by
and drank all my profit. I never asked my parents for cash,
except when I was in the sixth-grade, and thought that I’d en-
joy an allowance like my buddies. My Dad told me that I didn’t
require an allowance because I got everything I needed. Well,
everything I needed except a Buck Rogers decoder ring. I still
didn’t get an allowance. I only wanted four quarters a week,
but Dad told me to get a job, which I did a bit later.
In-between I mowed lawns. Trimmed the edges, raked
the grass and swept up all the debris. For 25-cents per yard.
But hey, this was in the early 1950s when a quarter went a lot
farther than today. In fact, a quarter then took me to the Linda
Theater for a Saturday matinee with two full-length movies,
several cartoons and some serials. Plus a large bag of pop-
corn. Pretty good for a fourth of a buck.
Boy, I’m dating myself. OK, I still remember elevator op-
erators, curb feelers, Coca-Cola in glass bottles, only black-
and-white TV, wide white-wall tires, TV dinners that tasted like
the box they came in, and quarters made of silver.
Oh, about that allowance request (see above). I got the
standard lecture about “when I was your age.” You know, he
delivered newspapers that sold for 3-cents each; he had to
walk barefoot in the snow; and he and his family lived on day-
old bread and surplus pinto beans. Actually, part of that was
true, which I found out as an adult.
Well, this is starting to get out of hand for space. So I’ll
just fast-forward through my labors: newspaper carrier,
change boy at the San Diego Zoo for Canteen Service, route-
man and equipment deliverer for the latter, high school snack
bar worker, service station attendant (three weeks worth),
cafeteria staffer, catering company worker, copy boy at the
former San Diego Evening Tribune, reporter/photographer at
the latter, public relations flack for NCR Corp., reporter/photog
and news editor for the former Escondido Times-Advocate,
and news editor and publisher of the Curry Coastal Pilot in
Brookings, Ore.
Which brings our labors to being editor and publisher,
with my wife, Jan, of the very newspaper you’re clutching, for
the past 21 years. Lotta’ la-
bor; probably not as much as
some out there, but at 63
estoy mas que harto de todo
este ruido.
Hey, can I borrow a quarter?
Cave Junction
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Plenty of sunshine
High--93 Low--57.
Thursday, Aug. 30
Again hot and mostly
clear
High--98, Low--55.
Friday, Aug. 31
Sunny and
quite warm
High--93, Low--51.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Sunny and
continued warm
High--91, Low--51.
Sunday, Sept. 2
Sunny and partly
clear
High--89, Low--52.
Monday, Sept. 3
Bountiful with some
sunshine
High--87, Low--46.
Tuesday, Sept. 4
Warmer with some
clouds
High--92, Low--51.
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in O’Brien
by Cheryl & Harry Johnson.
*Fri.,
Aug. 17: 80 - 43
*Sat., Aug. 18: 77 - 47
*Sun., Aug. 19: 74 - 55 0.35
*Mon., Aug. 20: 83 - 56
*Tue., Aug. 21: 89 - 64
*Wed., Aug. 22: 88 - 62
*Thurs., Aug. 23: 94 - 52
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in Cave Junction at
Natural Designs Farm.
*Fri.,
Aug. 17: 81 - 40
*Sat., Aug. 18: 78 - 44
*Sun., Aug. 19: 73 - 54 0.52
*Mon., Aug. 20: 82 - 52
*Tue., Aug. 21: 86 - 64
*Wed., Aug. 22: 86 - 58
*Thurs., Aug. 23: 92 - 48
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commentary, including state-
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those of the letter-writers.)
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B arbed wire fences
causing harm to deer
From P. Kisiela
Cave Junction
I have often thought of
writing to the newspaper,
but this time I am com-
pelled, by seeing the results
of peoples’ callousness in
my own yard.
I moved to the valley
about seven years ago. Since
then, many properties around
here have been sold, and
many people put up fences,
more than a few with barbed
wire on the top. Not because
they keep livestock; maybe
they’re just not used to living
in the woods.
Problem is, the deer that
live here don’t know how to
move somewhere else. The
fawns often get hung up on
the fences that now cross
where they used to walk.
I’ve seen a young fawn
hung up on a fence with all
the skin on its leg torn off,
the leg a bloody mess. All
because the fence got put up
crossing their path and the
mother didn’t realize (since
she’s only an animal) that
her fawn could not jump.
Did the owner care? No,
not even when we told him
about the bloody results of
his fence.
Recently, a doe with
two fawns walked through
our property. I know this
deer; deer trails cross over
our property. One of her
fawns has skin scraped off
all over her neck and part of
her head and ear. Her eye is
closing because of swelling.
This is not a dog or
other animal attack: it is a
fence injury.
If people love barbed
wire fences because it
makes them feel so safe
from vicious deer, maybe
they are living in the wrong
place. Human beings can
easily snip or jump over
wire fences, so these fences
will not protect anyone from
human criminals. None of
these people have livestock
to protect, and few even
have gardens. All their
fences do is injure the deer.
S ELMA
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There is no reason why
people can’t use their eyes
and hearts and when they see
a deer trail -- either make a
small opening or lower the
fence at that part. At least
mark the top wire of the fence
so the deer can see it clearly.
If the fence serves no
purpose anyway (no live-
stock, no loose dogs, and
not high enough to keep
people out), why not con-
sider the deer? They’re
God’s creatures and deserve
to live as much as humans
deserve to live.
The law of karma -- as
you sow, so shall you reap --
doesn’t just mean the harm
we cause to humans. All
pain we cause must be reck-
oned eventually.
Regarding air quality,
DEQ, R&R biomass
From Elaine Wood
Selma
On July 2, the Oregon
Dept. of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) mailed a
summary of the public com-
ments, along with its re-
sponses, to those who sub-
mitted comments regarding
Rough & Ready Lumber
Co.’s application for a new
air quality permit for its pro-
posed new boiler and bio-
mass operation.
The most recurrent
theme among the comments
Respect, Character,
Leadership
DEQ accurately has
noted that the air quality in
Illinois Valley is far better
than in Medford. However,
it also said that until our air
quality rivals that of Med-
ford we can expect no moni-
toring. This will make it
extremely difficult to quan-
tify adverse changes to our
air quality after the new
boiler and biomass opera-
tion has been allowed to
proceed.
I feel that the 20,000
citizens of Illinois Valley
deserve much better than this.
submitted to DEQ was that
we need a baseline measure-
ment of current local air
quality and pollutants before
Rough & Ready is allowed
to proceed.
The written response to
what I see as a pressing need
is, “There are no immediate
plans by the DEQ to install
an air quality monitor within
the Illinois Valley area. Al-
though additional monitor-
ing is desirable and benefi-
cial, resources are currently
not available for all of Ore-
gon’s air sheds.”
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following Businesses and individuals for their generous support in making the
“2007 Wild Blackberry Festival” a continuing success!
We couldn’t have done it without you!
Broadway Phil & the Shouters
Frankie Hernandez Band
Nicole Navarro & and the
Rowdy Creek Band
The Goldman Family
Bruce Hanson
Renee & Keith Keifer
SOFCU Community Credit Union
Bi-Rite Auto Parts
I.V. Senior Center
Cascade Auto
Allied Construction & Excavation
l.V. News staff & Bob Rodriguez
Home Valley Bank
I.V. Building Supply
Outback Septic Service
Sterling Bank
Shop Smart Food
Warehouse
Bear Images
Family Tree Nursery
Rick’s Copy Express
Stacey & 1O2.7
“The Drive”
City of Cave Junction
ADI Electric
I.V. Rural Fire Protection
District
Rising Suns
Bagel Junction
Puffin Stuff
An Artists Way
Special Productions
Oregon Mt. Real Estate
Junction Realty
I.V. Volunteer Firefighters
Association
Taylor’s Country Store
Cave Junction Lions Club
I.V. Liquor Store
Illinois Valley High School
Cheerleaders
Rick Dees
Judy Hatch & Virginia
Sally Palmer
John Tree
Angel & Debbie Navarro
Rachel Brown
I.V. Chamber of Commerce
Michael Horrel
Western Star #64 O.E.S.
Mark Jupoe
Josephine County Sheriff’s
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Northwest Hairlines
Craig Sweeny
Dave from
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Rogue Valley Classic Car Club
Munchiez
Best Portable Toilets
Lee Eschen
Cavenet
Patty Downing
Wilderville Creekside Dining
Mark & Judy Russo
Seleena Leija
Bear Marston
Cody Gilson
Roy Ewing
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