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Page 2 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 24, 2007 As usual, having moving experiences is painful. In fact, I have two damaged fingers, one on each hand. And some of my arm, back, neck, and leg muscles are sore. What happened? First, we had loaned a futon and had to retrieve it when the loanee no longer needed it. All went well until son Mike and I carried it to his trailer and tilted it (the futon). Mike, who has a logical mind, is smart enough to keep his fingers out of bad places. Unfortunately, his father isn’t quite that smart. Or logical. Therefore, the futon cleverly folded when it was tilted, resulting in the three main fingers between my little finger and thumb on my left hand being compressed between two pieces of metal. Yes, it hurt. Quite a bit. But only one “bad” word escaped my lips. (I was trying to set a good example). It could have been worse. I only suffered visible damage to the nail and cuticle on my ring finger. There was blood, but I did not faint. Still hurts, but it hasn’t hampered my typing, which is the most important result. Next, Jan and I decided to rearrange three rooms at our house. This, of course, (for those who never relocate anything) means that all the “stuff” and furniture has to be moved. And that means that muscles must be used. It also means that for some careless people, which could include me, the edge of some items that are somewhat heavy end up on, oh, let’s say my right index finger. Equal opportu- nity, that’s my goal. So I’ve got the two fingers smeared with antigerm goop, and held in place with Curad bandages. Gives me a kind of workman air, I think. Yeah, a clumsy, inept workman. But heck, the bits and pieces of our lives are being moved from one room to another, which achieves the desired result. All through the relocation of items and furniture, our cats watched us vigilantly and somewhat suspiciously. Cats do not work, as you know, but they seem to thoroughly enjoy watch- ing their “masters” in their labors. However, they are wary too, possibly because they’re fearful that they’ll be asked to help. No cat will ever hurt its paw by moving a futon. Serving the Illinois Valley since 1979 Auto Home Business Life Health Motorcycles Bonds Boats 592-2176 Representing: S a fe co Met-Life Pr ogr e ssive AIG Viking Dairyland or Cave Junction Wednesday, Oct. 24 Clearing and warmer High--70 Low--36 Thursday, Oct. 25 Some clouds High--65, Low--31 Friday, Oct. 26 More sun High--58, Low--31 Saturday, Oct. 27 Sunny most of the day High--62, Low--32 Sunday, Oct. 28 More sunshine High--65, Low--33 Monday, Oct. 29 Cool with increasing clouds High--64, Low--43 Tuesday, Oct. 30 Even more sun High--68, Low--41 800-500-5635 Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in O’Brien by Cheryl & Harry Johnson. *Fri., Oct. 12 63- 46 0.06 *Sat., Oct. 13 64 - 42 *Sun., Oct. 14 68 - 44 *Mon., Oct. 15 58 - 45 0.20 *Tue., Oct. 16 56 - 45 0.31 *Wed., Oct. 17 54 - 42 0.83 *Thurs., Oct. 18 58 - 46 2.17 Following are the high-and- low temperatures, and rainfall, recorded in Cave Junction at Natural Designs Farm. *Fri., Oct. 12 63- 44 0.05 *Sat., Oct. 13 60 - 44 0.01 *Sun., Oct. 14 72 - 42 *Mon., Oct. 15 57 - 43 0.21 *Tue., Oct. 16 54 - 44 0.20 *Wed., Oct. 17 56 - 41 1.05 *Thurs., Oct. 18 60 - 45 1.36 Support the merchants who advertise in the Illinois Valley News (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. * * * WOPR called ‘beast of failed Interior Dept.’ From William Mondale Selma The Bureau of Land Management’s “Western Oregon Plan Revi- sion” (WOPR) is a beast of the obviously failed Bush administration’s Dept. of the Interior. That federal corporate lapdog’s local mouthpiece is the Medford BLM office. Its staff cites their failure to accomplish timber-selling goals as the fault of the Northwest Forest Plan and what Josephine County Commissioner Jim Raffen- burg likes to call an “environmentalist industry.” Medford BLM chief Tim Reuwsaat said during a radio interview that without adoption of the WOPR, tim- ber would run out in three years. What he is revealing is that BLM’s prior timber practices have depleted our forests. Now he wants the WOPR to permit the timber corporations to continue the same ecological criminality with the old-growth. When that’s gone, nothing but fire- prone shrubs will be left with no hope for profitable tourism. I want Raffenburg to know that there is no envi- ronmentalist industry. There are only voters collectively protecting the forest’s beauty, and people who be- lieve that an intact forest is the best hope for keeping our valley prosperous. Con- sider that the courts only stop timber projects that break the law. In WOPR, BLM pro- poses actions that guarantee an ecological and tourism deficit. But what else is new in the Bush administration and its BLM? Measure 49: ‘Dark Politics of Public Deception’ From Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-District 4) Central Point The truth about Meas- ure 49 has now been pub- licly exposed, and, regard- less of how one feels about Measure 37, the story of the manipulation and abuse of power used to place Meas- ure 49 on the November ballot is an embarrassment to Oregon and a blow to citizen confidence in our state government. Private emails produced in a recent lawsuit have dis- closed that Oregon state officials and 1000 Friends of Oregon representatives care- fully crafted the language of Measure 49’s Ballot Title and Explanation. They then passed House Bill 2640, which circumvented all laws that ensure Oregon voters get fair and balanced Ballot Titles and Explanations to use when deciding how they should vote on a Referral from the Legislature. And it is now revealed that Oregon’s AFL-CIO Union President Tim Nesbitt (whom Gov. Kulon- goski made a “Deputy Chief of Staff” shortly after the union helped ensure the governor’s re-election in 2006), used the “Governor’s Opportunity PAC” money to conduct polls, hire con- sultants and determine what wording would encourage voters to vote for a ballot measure that would rewrite Measure 37 and effectively restore Oregon’s pre- Measure 37 land-use laws. The results became Measure 49 by circumvent- ing all protections voters usually have to ensure fair- ness and neutrality. A Willamette Week arti- cle discloses how Nesbitt performed his subterfuge in collaboration with Bob Sta- cey, Director of 1000 Friends of Oregon, who “wanted to make sure any prospective ballot title would reflect proponents’ views,” rather than neutrality. From the article it ap- pears that Nesbitt and Stacy organized a team of pollsters, consultants and lawyers. They conducted polls and focus groups to determine the precise language needed to obtain a “Yes” vote from confused voters who would think they were voting to "fix" Measure 37, when, in essence, they would be re- moving its key provisions and retaining the very land- use problems that Measure 37 was intended to correct. Measure 49 is sold as creating an “express lane” for approving three homes, and in other circumstances up to 10 homes, for those land owners who have been deprived of land-use rights and values by government land-use laws. In reality, complying with Measure 49 requirements are so burden- some, time-consuming and expensive that few land Illinois Valley News www.illinois-valley-news.com An Independent Weekly Newspaper Co-owned and published by Robert R. (AKA Bob or El Jefe), Editor and Jan Rodriguez Entered as second class matter June 11, 1937 at Post Office as Official Newspaper for Josephine County and Josephine County Three Rivers School District, published at 321 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction, OR 97523 Periodicals postage paid at Cave Junction, OR 97523 Post Office Box 1370 USPS 258-820 Telephone (541) 592-2541, FAX (541) 592-4330 Email: newsroom1@frontiernet.net or newsdesk@illinois-valley-news.com Volume 70, No. 32 Staff: Michelle Binker, Zina Booth, Josiah Dean, Jennifer Newsted Millie Watkins, and Tina Grow Member: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association DEADLINES: News, Classified & Display Ads, Announcements & Letters In a page 9 article in the Oct. 17 issue, it incorrectly was reported that a Barlow spokesman confirmed that work on Rockydale Road constituted a mine. The arti- cle should have stated that some residents contend that the operation is a mine. Illi- nois Valley News regrets the confusion and error. owners would ever be able to qualify it under the meas- ure's provisions. Measure 49 is a bill being sold as a solution, while delivering nothing but more expense, delay and broken promises to Oregon citizens. Measure 49 violates the fundamental democratic principle of fairness. Every citizen who values honesty in government should vote against Measure 49. Regard- less of how they might feel about Measure 37, Voting “No” on Measure 49 is a statement against dirty poli- tics. Defeating Measure 49 would force those who have attempted to abuse their po- litical power to go back to the Legislature and craft a Measure 37 compromise using the political system as it was designed to operate. ‘America, Have You Lost Your Soul?’ he wonders From Raymond Ronald Karczewski© -- A Living Christ Cave Junction “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.” That was once said of Amer- ica. Does anybody still per- ceive that to be true? I have been observing the public’s reaction to the Ed and Elaine Brown stance regarding the legal issue of a nongovernmental, private corporate position adopted by our courts and justice system of arresting and in- carcerating elderly Sover- eign Americans over non- existent laws, laws they can- not produce, and jurisdic- tions they cannot prove. What happens to Amer- ica when any one of us can be handcuffed, tazered, and tortured in a torture cell over a law that does not exist? What happens when the perpetrators are not legiti- mate peace officers, but pri- vately armed corporate se- curity forces serving the interests of their corporate masters? Our courts are no longer Article III Constitutional Courts as defined by the U.S. Constitution. Each and every one of the sleeping sheeple are just that -- cattle, chattel, human resources, property of the State, whose life, death and freedom lie in the hands of Satanic facilitators who sit in the highest offices in the land. The sheeple have lost their freedom, courage, backbone, integrity. The sheeple are no longer Sover- eign Sons and Daughters of God -- living, breathing, flesh-and-blood, sentient, natural men and women, sovereign masters over their own lives. The call of the day must be Habeas Corpus for Ed and Elaine Brown. Let Americans restore order to our justice system when our corrupt courts cannot. We are the Sovereign Peo- ple. We are the law. If our servants will not serve us as per their oaths, get them the hell out of of- fice and our courts peace- ably through boycotting, accompanied by “Show us the law; show us your juris- diction.” Those two questions remain unanswered for a very good reason. Should they be answered, the whole house of cards of a corrupt court system and govern- ment would tumble down. If I can stand up to those forces, then anyone can, and should, en masse. See The Patriot and the Pi- rate, Part III at www.arkenterprises.com/ dialch222.htm1#Pirate and The Two Million Dollar Traffic Stop at arkenter- prises.com/gptraff.html. Shouldn’t churches pay taxes, he asks From Wally Hardie Selma This is a small response to those who do not think religious institutions should pay their own taxes. In May 1995 the New York State Board of Real Property Services issued “Exemptions from real property taxation in New York State.” New York is trying to make up a $230 million deficit that threatens the school systems, while in New York alone church- owned property in the amount of $5.8 billion is free of 93.60 percent of the real property tax. In addition, residences for the clergy totaling $3.4 billion received a 47.14 per- cent exemption. New York State as a whole has a stag- gering $13.8 billion of church real estate that is 97 percent free of property tax. It is conservatively esti- mated this would exceed $800 billion across the United States. A religious tax exemption violates the Establishment Clause and the First Amendment. When schools must cut lunch programs, welfare and health programs for the eld- erly, and the religious or- ganizations still have hun- dreds of millions to pay for the lawsuits of molestation, and the continuing lawsuits of child molestation, should they not pay their real estate tax bills? When these statistics were first published in 1995, political pressure was ap- plied; it has never been pub- licly printed since. I wonder what our county tax would be if churches were paying their share. Police and fire agencies, along with the rest of city services, also serve them at our expense. 20% OFF ALL MEALS “Where eating right means as much to us as it does to you” Della’s Restaurant 1802 NW 6th St. (across from Motel 6 in Grants Pass) Present coupon for discount Offer expires 11/30/07 5 P.M. THURSDAYS (Classified ads & uncomplicated display ads can be accepted until Noon, Fridays with an additional charge.) POLICY ON LETTERS: ‘Illinois Valley News’ welcomes letters to the editor provided they are of general interest, in good taste, legible and not libelous. All letters must be signed, using complete name, and contain the writer’s address and telephone number. The latter need not be published, but will be used to verify authenticity. The ‘News’ reserves the right to edit letters. Generally, one letter per person per month at publishers’ discretion. Letters are used at the discretion of the publishers. Unpublished letters are neither acknowledged nor returned. A prepaid charge may be levied if a letter is inordinately long in the publishers’ opinion. POLICY ON “HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE,” DISPLAY & CLASSIFIED ADS & NOTICES: All submissions must be hand delivered, faxed or e-mailed to us for publication. 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