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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I.V. Little League needs volunteers, sponsors for 2008
As the year draws to a
close, the Illinois Valley Lit-
tle League Board is hard at
work gearing up for the 2008
season with board and district
meetings, equipment reviews,
and rules and schedules being
drafted to assure that all is
ready.
Early registrations will
be held at Evergreen Elemen-
tary School in January, and
try-outs are being scheduled
for February. (See ad else-
where in this issue for dates).
This year’s board is plan-
ning an Opening Day Cere-
mony, that will top last year’s
event, sometime in late
March. The first games are
scheduled for April 7. Watch
for announcements.
Team and league spon-
sors will be solicited begin-
ning the first week of Janu-
ary. Several levels of spon-
sorship are offered. Team
sponsors will have their
names printed on the player’s
game jerseys, and league
sponsors will be recognized
with their name on a banner
that will display at the Jubilee
Park field. And donations in
any denomination are ac-
cepted as well.
Once again, the league is
seeking additional commu-
nity support by way of volun-
teers who can serve in the
following capacities:
Coaches for 5-to-18-
year-old players, umpires for
all divisions, team scorekeep-
ers, team managers, and con-
cession stand assistants.
Anyone who would like
to volunteer their time for a
position with the league
should phone Janet Ewing at
659-8618 “to express their
desire to work with the kids.”
Volunteer applications must
be completed and a back-
ground check also is required
for children’s safety.
The 2007 season in-
volved more than 170 valley
youth with 14 regular season
teams and three All-Star sea-
son teams. The league’s Sen-
ior Division Players became
the District 8 Champions and
went all the way to become
the 2007 Oregon State Cham-
pions and participated in the
Western Regionals held in
Salem.
“Without the support of
the community we could not
have done it,” said Ewing.
“We urge community mem-
bers to become involved with
Little League this coming
year, become a team sponsor,
become a volunteer, make a
cash donation, or just come
out to the support the teams
during game time at Jubilee
Park.”
A community memorial
gathering for former Cave
Junction mayor Tom
Green was held Wednes-
day night, Dec. 19 at Ken
Mann Memorial Gym at
Illinois Valley High School.
Music was provided by
Buck Sixty-Three. A me-
morial service was held
Saturday morning Dec. 22
at Bridgeview Community
Church. Numerous heart-
felt testimonies of Green’s
beneficence through the
years for youth and others
marked both events.
Green, who was murdered
Dec. 10, is remembered
as a selfless man whose
only desire was to help
others. (Photos by Wally
AARP Tax-Aide assistance program seeks counselors
AARP Tax-Aide, the
nation’s largest, free, volun-
teer-run tax assistance and
preparation service is seeking
volunteers for tax counseling.
Each year from Feb. 1
through April 15, AARP Tax-
Aide volunteers prepare fed-
eral, state and local tax re-
turns for low- and middle-
income taxpayers, with spe-
cial attention to those age 60
and older.
Volunteers of all ages
and backgrounds are wel-
come. There is no need to be
an AARP member or be a
retiree to volunteer (or to re-
ceive assistance from AARP
Tax-Aide volunteers).
“The AARP Tax-Aide
program is a wonderful re-
source for the American tax-
payer,” said Kathie Saunders,
Josephine County local coor-
dinator. “Volunteers get a
great deal of satisfaction from
helping people deal with the
challenges of preparing their
tax forms.
“If you want to help
yourself and others with their
tax returns, this is the pro-
gram for you. We especially
need volunteers in Illinois
Valley so that we can better
assist this area.”
Last year, more than
32,000 AARP Tax-Aide vol-
unteers helped some 2 million
people file their personal in-
come tax forms. The program
is offered at 7,000 sites
around the country including
senior centers, libraries and
other convenient locations.
Tax counselor volunteers
receive comprehensive train-
ing in cooperation with IRS.
Training starts the first week
in January with additional
individual instruction
throughout the month. Volun-
teers are reimbursed on a lim-
ited basis for qualified pro-
gram-related expenses.
For more information
phone Saunders at 471-3605
(email kates74@msn.com) or
visit www.aarp.org/taxaide.
Aiken for I.V. News)
Legislative wrap-up includes energy bills; pedestrian, bicyclist safety measures
Fifteen pieces of legisla-
tion aimed at increasing bicy-
cle and pedestrian safety,
implementing energy-
efficiency standards, advanc-
ing worker rights, providing
energy bill assistance for low-
income Oregonians, and im-
proving public safety were
signed this year by Gov. Ku-
longoski.
*Bicycle Safety (SB 108)
requires delivery trucks to
include “crossview mirrors”
and creates a Class B viola-
tion for unsafe passing of a
person operating a bicycle.
Forward crossview mirrors
enable drivers to have a clear
view of person or object di-
rectly in front of a truck.
*Energy Efficiency Stan-
dards (SB 375) builds on
standards set during 2005 by
establishing energy-efficiency
standards for walk-in com-
mercial refrigerators and
freezers, compact audio prod-
ucts, portable electric spas,
bottle-type water dispensers
and commercial hot food
holding cabinets.
*Majority Sign-Up for
Organizing Campaigns (HB
2891) will allow a labor or-
ganization to be recognized if
workers turn in authorization
cards representing more than
50 percent of the workforce.
*Collective Bargaining
Rights for Adult Foster Care
Providers (SB 858) allows
adult foster-care providers
with five or fewer elderly,
physically disabled, mentally
ill or developmentally dis-
abled adults in a home to
have collective bargaining
rights with the state.
*Workers Compensation
for Home Care Workers (HB
3362) requires the Home
Care Commission to provide
Workers Compensation cov-
erage for home-care workers
that are paid by the state on
behalf of their clients.
*New Classifications for
Oregon's Construction Indus-
try (HB 3242) establishes a
distinction between commer-
cial and residential construc-
tion, and raises licensing re-
quirements for commercial
contractors, bonding require-
ments, insurance, and con-
tinuing education and experi-
ence requirements.
This legislation also cre-
ates guidelines and experi-
ence requirements for entry-
level commercial contractors
and continuing education
courses for commercial con-
tractors and their key employ-
ees.
*Electric Bill Assistance
for Low-Income Oregonians
(SB 461) increases, from $10
million to $15 million annu-
ally, the amount collected
from private utility customers
to fund electric bill assistance
for low-income Oregonians.
*Rural Medical Liability
Insurance Program (SB 183)
continues the rural medical
liability program passed dur-
ing 2003 which provides pro-
fessional liability rate relief to
attract and retain rural doc-
tors. This bill expands the
program to include nurse
practitioners and more com-
munities in Oregon.
*Reporting of Health
Care Facility Acquired Infec-
tions (HB 2524) institutes a
mandatory reporting program
for health-care acquired in-
fections, or infections con-
tracted in health-care settings.
*Physical Education Pro-
grams (HB 3141) allows
schools to rebuild physical
education programs. The bill
also adds a new level of ac-
countability for school dis-
tricts by establishing the Best
Business Practices Advisory
Committee to provide audit-
ing assistance
*Guidelines for Law
Enforcement Use of Deadly
Force (SB 111) provides cer-
tain guidelines regarding inci-
dents of the use of deadly
force by law enforcement and
creates “Planning Authori-
ties” in each county com-
prised of local public safety
officials.
The Planning Authorities
will create county plans to
address education, outreach
and training on the use of
deadly force. Under this leg-
islation, law enforcement
agencies also will have to
offer police officers involved
in such incidents at least two
sessions with a mental health
professional. And they would
be offered the option of light
duty immediately following
such incidents.
Fighting Sexual Assault
and Sexual Predators
As part of the bill sign-
ing, the governor also signed
a package of bills sponsored
by the Attorney General’s
Sexual Assault Task Force.
These bills are:
*HB 2153 to expand the
statute of limitations for cer-
tain sex crimes with DNA
evidence by expanding the
time period from 12 to 25
years that DNA can prove the
identity of an attacker.
This bill will help in
cases where the attacker is
not known to the victim, but
DNA evidence was collected
at the time of offense and
later used to identify
the offender.
*HB 2154: This legisla-
tion helps improve the collec-
tion of forensic evidence in
sexual assault cases by giving
victims the option to consent
to a partial DNA examination
Yule spirits spoiled by overindulgence
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Human Service reports. One
in four older teen-ages said
that they drank five or more
alcoholic beverages within
several hours (binge drink-
ing). And more girls than
ever are drinking, up from
26.4 percent in 1999 to 33.9
percent in 2006.
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to remember: In Oregon, it’s
illegal for anyone to serve
more alcohol to someone
showing signs of having too
much to drink. And, there’s
the third-party liability law,
which means that if you allow
an intoxicated person to leave
your party, you may be liable
for any damages or injuries
your guest causes to others on
the way home.
Here are some tips for
holiday party-givers:
*Avoid making alcohol
the main focus of social
events. Entertain guests with
music, dancing, games, food
and conversation.
*Many adults prefer non-
alcoholic beverages, so offer
plenty of alcohol-free choices
such as sparkling water, ci-
ders and juice drinks, and
sodas.
*Provide guests nutri-
tious and appealing foods to
slow the effects of alcohol.
High protein and carbohy-
drate foods such as cheese
and meat stay in the stomach
much longer, which slows the
rate at which the body ab-
sorbs alcohol. Avoid salty
foods that encourage people
to drink more.
*Measure the correct
amount of liquor into drinks
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(no doubles) and don’t serve
anyone who is under-age or
appears to be impaired. Don’t
serve alcoholic punch or
other beverages that make it
hard to gauge how much al-
cohol one consumes.
Don’t force alcoholic
drinks on guests or rush to
refill empty glasses.
*Stop serving alcoholic
beverages at least one hour
before the end of an event.
Serve coffee, alcohol-free
beverages and desserts then.
*Before a party, recruit
people who won’t be drinking
to help ensure that everyone
has a safe ride home.
treat sex offenders.
*HB 2128: Under this
legislation, the Sexual Assault
Victims Emergency Medical
Response (SAVE) Fund be-
comes permanent. The fund
is overseen by the Dept. of
Justice and comes from pri-
vate donations and recovery
from punitive damages in
civil actions.
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