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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 13, 2008
State’s homeland security
group readies for disaster
Lorna Byrne Middle School students were recognized for their
accomplishments in the Three Rivers School District annual
mathematics contest involving a written test for eighth-graders.
Myana Dhenin and Zach Kay, who each took second places,
received pins as the top-scoring LBMS students. Joseph
Schlabach and Jesse Orndoff were third and fourth respec-
tively. Also honored were (front from left) Kristen Vidales, Si-
erra Heikka, Brian Foutch and Orndoff. (Center from left) Ja-
mie Sowell, Cheyenne Johnson, Dhenin, Kay, Anastasia
Greenberg, Daniel Gomez and Tyler Robbins. (Rear from left)
Andrew McLaughlin, Zachary Silva, Schlabach, Devon De-
noon and Shanine Fischle. (Not shown) Rose Summers, Thea
Barker-Cortrecht, Dylan Barnick, Angelina Heath and Felisha
Ripley. (Photo by Illinois Valley News)
Good Grief
aids youths
Illinois Valley’s Miranda Cleman led Cougar
scorers with 10 points in a 48-30 loss to North
Valley Tuesday night, Feb. 5 in Ken Mann
Memorial Gym. That loss, and a 49-18 defeat
vs. Phoenix Friday, Feb. 8, took the I.V. var-
sity girls team to 0-11 in the Skyline Confer-
ence. At NV Feb. 5, the Cougar boys varsity
Students of the Month for December and
January were honored at Lorna Byrne Middle
School in Cave Junction for their special
achievements. Honorees are (front from left)
sixth-graders Tyler Bethke, Amanda Brooks,
Idalis Calvert, Kim Rodriguez and Solomon
team beat the Knights 42-39, as Roger Hults
bagged a trey with less than a minute remain-
ing. Will Crowl scored a game-high 16 points
for I.V. The win took the Cougars to 5-5 in the
Skyline; then a loss to Phoenix Feb. 5 in the
Pirates’ gym changed it to 5-6. (Photo by Illi-
nois Valley News)
Zook; and (rear from left) eighth-graders Fred
Hults, Daniel Gomez, Xenia Velasco and An-
astasia Greenberg. (Not shown) seventh-
graders Artesia Hubbard, Mathew Brock,
Clarabelle Compton and Gabe Miller. (Photo
by Illinois Valley News)
Lovejoy Hospice is offer-
ing Good Grief, a free six-
week peer support group for
children who have experi-
enced the death of someone
important in their lives.
The program will run
from March 11 through April
15 Tuesday evenings at the
hospice building at 939 S.E.
Eighth St. in Grants Pass.
Parents learn new ways
to support their grieving chil-
dren and themselves. Lovejoy
staff and volunteers guide the
children in groups from pre-
school through high school in
creative and engaging activi-
ties related to grieving.
Required preregistration
can be accomplished by phon-
ing 474-1193. Lovejoy com-
munity bereavement services
are funded by donor support.
One monthly
meet for CJ
Cave Junction City
Council has decided to elimi-
nate one regular meeting per
month unless there are
enough agenda items to war-
rant a second meeting.
This means that the
council now will meet only
on second Mondays at 7 p.m.
in city hall unless otherwise
announced.
Items for the council
agenda are required to be
submitted to the city by Mon-
day the week before. The
agenda and information will
be available for councilors to
review by Wednesdays, prior
to meetings. This allows
council members time to re-
view materials and consult
with staff.
can suffer,” said Harlan Levy,
NFIB/Oregon state director.
“The state has an interest in
helping these small busi-
nesses recover when these
brave men and women return
to Oregon.”
If signed into law, House
Bill 3625 would provide re-
turning military personnel
with up to $20,000 in interest-
free loans when their small
businesses suffer a setback
due to their deployment.
NFIB coordinated its lobby-
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ODVA Director Jim
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HB 3625, stating, “It is clear
that military service to one’s
state and nation should not
result in the loss of one’s ci-
vilian livelihood. The passage
of this bill will provide the
loan funds necessary to repair
and restart these veteran-
owned small businesses.”
HB 3625 passed the
House Committee on Veter-
ans Affairs Committee unani-
mously. It now moves to the
Joint Committee on Ways &
Means, then on to the House
floor.
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The council will work
this year to help the governor
develop a plan to strengthen
emergency preparedness, re-
sponse and recovery to present
to the 2009 Legislature.
The governor also em-
phasized that the council
should take a comprehensive
approach to its work, looking
not only at man-made disas-
ters, but at all possible hazards
that could affect Oregon.
“We must make sure the
lessons we have learned in the
last few months are not lost,”
he said, referring to the De-
cember storms. “It is our re-
sponsibility to do everything
we can to prepare our commu-
nities for the consequences of
crisis, whether by natural
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Bill would provide up to $20k for veterans business recovery
A bill that would provide
up to $20,000 in interest-free,
small business loans for mili-
tary personnel returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan passed
its first legislative hurdle last
week thanks in part to the
lobbying efforts of America’s
leading small-business group,
NFIB.
“This measure recog-
nizes that when small-
business owners choose to
serve their country and are
sent overseas, their businesses
Gov. Kulongoski has told
Oregon’s Homeland Security
Council that, “We must make
sure the lessons we have
learned in the last few months
are not lost.”
He addressed the first
meeting of the advisory coun-
cil to lay out the scope of the
mission. Established by the
Oregon Legislature, it is
charged with advising the gov-
ernor on the state’s emergency
preparedness, plus response,
and recovery capacities.
“You will be the instru-
ment for my office to shape
policy and advocate for disas-
ter preparedness and recov-
ery,” said the goveror. “In
doing that, you will be moving
Oregon forward and ensuring
that when the unthinkable
occurs, we’ll be ready.”
The council is scheduled
to meet four times per year
and convene five subcommit-
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