Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Page 6A
SOFCU housing counseling
set in CJ Saturday, Sept. 15
‘Kicker’ due
in December
with average
amount $612
The check is in the
mail! Almost ...
The certified smart peo-
ple in the Office of Eco-
nomic Analysis have good
news for Oregonians: a re-
cord kicker return will be
waiting in their mailboxes
later this year.
A total of $1.07 billion
will be sent back to taxpay-
ers, with the average check
predicted at $612.
Oregon’s “kicker” law
takes unexpected tax collec-
tions and -- instead of leav-
ing them available to spend
-- puts them back in taxpay-
ers’ pockets.
“The real beauty of
Oregon’s voter-mandated
kicker law is that it controls
government spending,” said
Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John
Day). “It is the only safe-
guard taxpayers have
against government spend-
ing every penny that comes
in the door during good eco-
nomic times. And an extra
$600 right before Christmas
doesn’t hurt either.”
Kicker checks will
amount to 18.6 percent of
pre-credit tax liability. Ore-
gonians can use the online
kicker calculator, or multi-
ply the amount on line 29 of
their 2006 Oregon Income
Tax Return (Form 40)
times .186.
Not everyone is excited
about the news that taxpay-
ers are getting record re-
funds, said Ferrioli.
He said that the newly
appointed chairman of the
Senate Revenue Committee
was critical of checks in an
article that appeared in The
Oregonian. And Sen. Ginny
Burdick (D-Portland) called
Oregon’s kicker “really
dumb tax policy.”
Observed Ferrioli,
“Despite a 20 percent in-
crease in state spending this
budget cycle, and the fact
that she and other legislators
diverted $975 million in
refunds owed to Oregon
employers to a Rainy Day
Fund, Burdick doesn’t seem
to respect the voters who put
the law in the Oregon Con-
stitution.”
You have to take it
as it happens, but you
should try to make
it happen the way
you want to take it.
- Old German proverb -
Attaining The American
Dream -- home ownership --
is the theme as SOFCU
Community Credit Union, a
HUD-approved Housing
Counseling Agency, begins
its fall round of Homebuy-
ers’ Education Workshops.
The first stop in Jose-
phine County will be Cave
Junction on Saturday, Sept.
15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
the Illinois Valley Family
Resource Center at 535 E.
River St. Lunch will be pro-
vided free.
Christopher Smith,
SOFCU branch manager in
Cave Junction, said that eve-
ryone who can attend this
important workshop will be
welcome.
He said that there will
be fun games; and great
prizes, including a special
value prize drawing at the
end of the day. SOFCU’s
HUD counselors, Patricia
Boyce and Sandy Hand-
saker, assisted by SOFCU
Member Service Represen-
tative Lisa Shierer, will
cover all facets of owning a
home.
Topics will include
“Are You Ready to Buy a
House?” plus “Managing
Your
Money,”
“Understanding Your
Credit,” “ID Theft,”
“Getting a Mortgage,”
“Shopping for a Home,” and
“Keeping Your Home and
Managing Your Finances.”
They will be joined by
local experts Luz Moore,
Century 21 Harris & Taylor;
appraiser Nancy Fleisch-
man; Irene Guerrero,
Farmer’s Insurance; and
Escrow Officer Sharon Wil-
liams, First American Title.
SOFCU’s HUD
grant through the National
Credit Union Foundation
allows SOFCU to offer
individual home counsel-
ing, and further sup-
port affordable home
ownership for community
members.
Liz Bone and a canine client. (Photos by Jennifer Newsted, Illinois Valley News)
Paws N Claws helps dogs come clean
Owner Liz Bone will participate Sept. 15 in event for adoptable canines
By JENNIFER NEWSTED
IVN Staff Writer
Make no bones about it:
Liz Bone, proprietor of
Paws N Claws Quality
Grooming, heard her
calling at an early age.
When most 12-year-
olds were busy playing
dress-up and chasing the
neighborhood ice cream
man, Liz was busy bor-
rowing the neighbor’s
dogs to groom and stage
her own dog shows.
After approximately
20 years as a groomer,
she said, this October
will mark her third year
in Southwestern Oregon.
Liz said that she owned her
own grooming salon in
Montana for 15 years and
purchased Jacksonville Dog
Grooming upon moving to
Oregon.
When Paws N Claws
became available, she seized
the opportunity to purchase
the shop and become a
member of the Grants Pass
business community. She
sold Jacksonville Dog
Grooming and established
herself at Paws N Claws
Quality Grooming.
On Saturday, Sept. 15
Liz will be among several
area groomers donating their
time to pamper the canines
available for adoption that
day at the Doggy Spa Day
and Adoption. It’s an event
co-hosted by Rogue Valley
Humane Society and The
Spa at Club Northwest.
The benefits of regular
Grants Pass
Hearing Aid Center
Now has an office in Cave Junction
located at
315A Caves Hwy.
Illinois Valley Medical Center
FREE Hearing Tests
FREE Hearing Aid Cleaning
FREE Consultation
Friday, Sept. 14,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
grooming are well known to
Liz and her clients. Besides
keeping pets clean and
healthy, a groomer gets to
know the dogs and probably
sees them more often than
their veterinarian. Liz will
notice things like skin con-
ditions, ear infections and
any new tumors which can
be quite helpful to protect a
pet’s health and catch possi-
bly dangerous matters early.
Although she cannot
diagnose, she will send a
client home with a PETREF
card noting the issue for the
client to take to their vet.
“All dogs should be
groomed at least four times
a year, even if the owner
does it themselves,” Liz
says. “Even puppies need to
come in around the time
they are 3 to 4 months old.”
Frequent trips for
grooming help make the
event less traumatic for the
pet, as well as keeping pets
clean and healthy.
“You can bring them in
just for toenails; they don’t
have to get the whole thing
done every time,” Liz notes.
Since taking over
Paws N Claws, she has
introduced “affordable
spa packages” to en-
hance the grooming
benefits for pets. They
include services such as
Fresh Facial Scrub
(removes tear stains),
Bubble Bath (calming
bubbles and paw treat-
ment), and Aroma Ther-
apy Colognes.
Even if these are not
what customers are
looking for, Paws N
Claws uses soap-free
shampoo. It’s all natural and
avoids harsh irritants in a
pet’s eyes and unnecessary
removal of some of the
natural healthy oils in their
coats.
Unlike other grooming
salons, Paws N Claws
schedules dogs by keeping
to a beauty salon schedule to
avoid having to keep dogs
there longer than necessary;
most are in and out in three
hours. Said one customer,
“Paws N Claws Quality
Grooming is staffed by
friendly, helpful individuals
dedicated to making the
experience pleasurable for
clients and their pets.”
The business at 107 E.
Park St., between Sixth and
Seventh streets, is open
Mondays through Fridays
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone
(541) 479-1201 for appoint-
ments.
Flags at half-staff to recall, honor
fallen in 9-11-2001 terrorist attack
All flags at public
institutions were flown at
half-staff throughout Ore-
gon Tuesday, Sept. 11 in
observance of Patriot Day,
by order of Gov. Kulon-
goski.
“As we reflect on the
events of six years ago, we
remember the innocent
people who lost their lives
on that terrible day,” said
the governor. “As Orego-
nians, we stand more united
today, and we reach out to
our fellow citizens during
this period of grief and re-
membrance.”
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