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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 13, 2008
With two house-cats, three garage cats, and one visitor
cat on the back deck, one would think that the fur would fly at
our home. One would be about half-right. Not to mention
front-porch Bingo the Ancient, our mixed-breed doggy.
Yes, we have our hands full. Not to mention our poop
scoops. Funny to us is that the two indoor kitties, Jellirabbit
and Flint, think that the less-expensive cat food is tastier than
the higher-priced variety. So when we open the closet to get
the food to feed the garage crew, Jellirabbit invariably charges
in, and we have a battle to get him out. He is tenacious.
He also likes to demonstrate his clawing prowess on our
couch. However, Jan points out that we purchased that par-
ticular couch set because it’s difficult to tell if it’s been clawed.
I still cringe though, when I hear the sound. Jellirabbit has a
pink nose and big ears, besides being Jellical, which is why
we named him the way we did. But one member of our family
insists on saying that the critter actually has a pig nose. We
disagree, although sometimes he (the cat) eats like a pig.
Flint, or Flinty or Flintster, is a Bengal look-alike. His full
name is Flint Eastwood, but he doesn’t act like one of Clint
Eastwood’s characters. No, he’s quite gentle, except if you
open a container of yogurt. He loves the stuff, and will get
right in your face if you don’t
offer him some. He likes to lick
the spoon.
By the way, we’d like to find
homes for the garage trio:
Bubba, Maui and Deckster.
Anyone out there looking for a
wonderful feline?
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Cloudy, evening
showers
High--49 Low--26
Thursday, Feb. 14
Cloudy
High--54 Low--28
Friday, Feb. 15
Cloudy
High--54 Low--35
Saturday, Feb. 16
Cloudy turning to rain
High--52 Low--31
Sunday, Feb. 17
Rain
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Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in O’Brien
by Cheryl & Harry Johnson.
*Fri., Feb. 1 40 34 .51
*Sat., Feb. 2 44 34 2.36
*Sun., Feb. 3 46 32 .24
*Mon., Feb. 4 45 28 .00
*Tue., Feb. 5 47 27 .09
*Wed., Feb. 6 47 35 .05
*Thurs., Feb. 7 49 32 .14
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in Cave Junction at
Illinois River Farm.
*Fri.,
Feb. 1 42 33 .51
*Sat.,
Feb. 2 44 33 1.40
*Sun., Feb. 3 46 32 .14
*Mon., Feb. 4 48 28 .00
*Tue., Feb. 5 49 27 .03
*Wed., Feb. 6 48 31 .01
*Thurs., Feb. 7 50 30 .10
Monday, Feb. 18
Rain
High--50 Low--40
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Sunny and warmer
High--55 Low--33
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Selma library noted
From Sharon Reasor
Selma
Readers can enjoy the
Selma Center library with its
thousands of books without
check out or in.
You can choose what-
ever book or books you want,
and return them when you
can. Volunteers have organ-
ized fiction in rough alpha-
betical order and labeled pro-
lific authors.
Nonfiction selections are
sorted by subject: biography,
gardening, self-help, etc. A
few classics and large print
editions are available.
The Selma library is a
pleasant room full of books.
It’s open Mondays through
Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.
A matter of trust
From Wally Aiken
Kerby
I wouldn’t normally
write a letter to the editor of a
newspaper for which I work,
but in this situation I feel it
necessary.
In one of the first articles
I wrote for Illinois Valley
News, I included information
I sincerely believed to be ac-
curate, but I have since
learned I was entirely wrong
in that belief. The story
wherein I made the errors
involved the Barlow/
Copeland/Bill Peterson situa-
tion with Little Elm Ranch.
Actually I was pleased to
discover that Peterson was
involved because five years
ago when I first returned to
Oregon I met him and devel-
oped a unique bond of trust
with him.
Therefore, when he as-
sured me that the Little Elm
Ranch operation was the sim-
ple digging of a pond to be
used for irrigation, I believed
him. When people made de-
rogatory comments about
Peterson, I defended him. I
knew him as a person, I
would explain; and besides, I
had a unique bond of trust
with him.
Had I dug further into
claims of an agricultural
pond, I would have discov-
ered what private citizens
discovered. The claim was, I
believe now, an attempt to
circumvent due process of
land-use planning and an at-
tempt to slip an active mine
into an agricultural area. It
took the effort of several pri-
vate persons to bring to light
my mistake.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20
Chicken noodle soup, cheese
burger, sloppy joe sandwich,
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Italian wrap, popcorn chicken
or garden salad.
I wish, in this letter, to
publicly apologize for this
mistake to those citizens and
to the entire readership of
I.V. News. The spreading of
what now appears to be a
misleading claim is my fault
entirely and my responsibil-
ity. There can be no equivo-
cation on that point.
All I can do now is
promise I will make every
attempt to ensure that this
never happens again.
‘America on the Brink’
From Ronald Greene
Cave Junction
This is an urgent warning
and letter of love. Sadly, the
ministers have completely
betrayed their trusts and have
failed to warn their unsuspect-
ing congregations of the im-
pending catastrophe.
This is a life-or-death
warning about a coming
global political and economi-
cal disaster which will affect
us all horribly. This Bible
warning is found in Daniel
Chapter 8, entire chapter, and
portrays a military battle that
has an ancient as well as a
21st century application.
The 21st century applica-
tion involves a ram (Islam)
and a he-goat which depicts
the Western world (verses 3-
7). This application of this
prophesy points to the United
States (the Notable Great
Horn - verse 5) leading a coa-
lition of its allies against the
ram’s first horn (modern-day
Iraq) and afterward leading a
second coalition of its allies
(probably France, Britain,
Israel) in a battle completely
by air, with naval assistance,
against the ram’s second,
more powerful horn, 21st cen-
tury Persia (Iran, see verse 3).
The Pentagon recently
confirmed its plan for a con-
tinuous two-to-three week,
night-and-day bombing of
Iran’s oil, manufacturing,
nuclear, docking, naval, mis-
sile and warehousing facili-
ties. Special 15-ton seeker-
bombs are being prepared to
break through the 60 feet of
solid rock which covers Iran’s
vast underground nuclear
facilities.
Shortly after America’s
attack and defeat of Iran, the
Great Horn of the world’s #1
Superpower will be broken.
Economic collapse will occur,
which will domino-effect and
will almost immediately be-
come a global collapse. The
chaos and fear of the nations
will be beyond imagination.
It is then that the Luci-
ferian plot formulated millen-
niums ago to establish a One
World Government will be-
come a reality. The separated
pyramid on the back of the
one dollar bill will at last
merge together and become
one, meaning a One World
Governmental System, bro-
ken into 10 regions (Rev.
17:12) as promised by Presi-
dent FDR in 1933 and re-
cently verbally updated twice
by Daddy Bush after the first
Iraq war in 1991: Novus Ordo
Seclorum.
The American people are
in for an overwhelming sur-
prise. The air war over Iran
will be the signal to buy life-
or-death necessities, because
after the collapse nothing will
be available.
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happy
35 years
years and
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going strong!
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Valentine’s Day!
Day!
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Love You,
You, Babe!
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