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Page 8 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 14, 2008 P.A. Myers newest addition for SCHC Siskiyou Community and with the aging popula- Health Center (SCHC) in tion. These interests led him Cave Junction announces the to Oregon, where he looks arrival of Jeff Myers, a physi- forward to meeting members cian assistant (P.A.), to its of the community and enjoy- growing team. ing the different pace of life His varied background from Atlanta. includes a variety of educa- He said that he loves the tion and work experiences. Pacific Northwest and looks He is originally from forward to getting out and Tennessee, but grew up traveling, hiking, camping, mostly in the and enjoying Midwest. He ‘SCHC is able to treat all that Ore- graduated gon has to from Kala- patients regardless of offer. mazoo Col- their abilities to pay. SCHC has lege i n There is a sliding fee served Jose- Michigan phine County with a degree scale for people without since 1973. It in biology insurance’ is the only and com- not-for-profit pleted a master’s of interna- federal safety net medical and tional health degree in West- dental clinic in Josephine ern Australia, with time spent County. Because of that in northern Thailand during status, SCHC is able to treat his dissertation work. patients regardless of their He returned to the United abilities to pay. There is a States and took a job in At- sliding fee scale for people lanta with the Metropolitan without insurance. Atlanta Chapter of the Ameri- Both medical clinics in can Red Cross working for Grants Pass and Cave Junc- several years as a disaster tion and the dental clinic in specialist, preparing and su- Grants Pass accept most pri- pervising volunteers during vate insurances as well as the local and national disasters. Oregon Health Plan. The After several years of disaster medical clinics also accept relief he decided to enter the Medicare. All the clinics are medical profession and was accepting new patients. accepted into the Physician For more information Assistant Program with the about SCHC, phone Judi Hill, School of Medicine at Emory 955-6053, Ext. 1158; or University in Atlanta. phone for an appointment in Much of his medical Cave Junction at 592-4111 or interests lie with underserved Grants Pass at 471-3455. communities -- big or small -- Hometowne Interiors has relocated to Redwood Hwy. at Air- port Drive near Rough & Ready Lumber Co. Hours are Mon- days through Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. to Jillian Yaple engaged to Christopher Boatman Edward & Pamala Yaple, of Cave Junction, announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter, Jillian Nichole Yaple, to Christopher Jay Boatman, son of Verl and Gail Boatman, also of Cave Junction. The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Illinois Valley High School, and a 2006 graduate of the Career School of Dental Assisting. The prospective bridegroom is a 2004 graduate of Illinois Valley High School. He is a student at Rogue Community College and works for Club Northwest in Grants Pass. An evening wedding is planned for July 19, 2008 at the Historic Judge Fehl House in Medford with the Rev. Mark McLean, uncle of the bride, officiating. Meeting on gun rules for self-defense coming (Continued from page 4) to change the zoning from residential to commercial. Dick Converse, of Rogue Valley Council of Govern- ments, presented extensive data showing that in the city comprehensive plan, the zone change is anticipated. The council approved the zone change 5-0. Next, there will be a site plan review where concerns about noise and odor expressed by Savord will be examined. Addition- ally, under Miller’s motion, areas will be examined that include whether a three-way stop and a crosswalk will be needed at the intersection; and if sidewalks need to be expanded. The council also voted 4-1, with Councilman Don Moore voting “no,” to ap- prove Resolution 707. Among other points, it makes property owners ulti- mately responsible for water and sewer bills, up to a maximum of $200, if ten- ants fail to pay. Moore apparently voted against the motion because he is a landlord. “I’m not happy with the way it’s written,” he said. The councilman added that, “A bad tenant is costly and difficult to get rid of; this is another straw on the camel’s back, but I can un- derstand the city’s position though.” Details of the ordinance are available at city hall. The council also heard from resident Tom Ninow, who echoed comments by Eben Whiting on April 28 about PC1, the cable TV company that has the fran- chise to operate in the city. The basic comment is that PC1 is nonresponsive and not providing the ser- vice customers pay for. Ninow suggested that the city investigate immi- nent domain proceedings. Paulson called it “a good idea” and said he’d check Oregon Revised Statutes. Airports planning revisions to include public input By MICHELLE BINKER IVN Staff Writer June 1 is the deadline for approval of grant funding for the process of updating the master plans for Josephine County airports. If the money is made available, a citizen advisory panel will be established, and the process of revising the 20- year outlook for the county’s two airports will begin. Airports Manager Alex Grossi said that the Grants Pass Airport in Merlin has outgrown its existing plan, and that questions about the future use of Illinois Valley Airport mean revisiting items previ- ously included in its plan. The master plans, which function as Federal Aviation Administration-sanctioned guidelines for the direction of airport growth, are not akin to construction plans, Grossi admitted. Teeth Whitening OVER 50% OFF “Airport Layout Plans (ALPs) are nothing more than roadmaps; just because it’s written here doesn’t mean that’s going to happen,” Grossi said. “An ALP is just a direction the FAA feels com- fortable saying, ‘If it gets to that point, this is how it could happen.” The updating process, governed by federal law, re- quires public notice and hear- ings, Grossi said, and will not occur quickly. He added, “In going over the scope of work for the process, the engineers had slated for three public meet- ings, but we felt that it re- quired at least four public meetings with at least a cou- ple of open houses. “There will be a selection process to get people from various interest groups all together in the planning proc- ess for alternatives for the airports,” he said. That group will review all the information and work through the alternatives to determine the best fit for the next 20 years for the airports. While conscious that various constituencies have designs on the airport facili- ties, Grossi is focused on try- ing to generate revenue. At Illinois Valley Airport, that means hangar leases and rent from existing buildings. “That airport is not self- sufficient enough to be able to support (all proposed pro- jects),” he said. Funding, Grossi said, comes from the users of the airport. And aside from some economic devel- opment dollars, no funding comes from the county “But if economic devel- opment money went away, we don’t even have enough money for matching funds or daily maintenance,” he said. Funds slated for the I.V. Airport in the county’s fiscal year 2008-09 budget include $84,000 to revise the master plan and some $436,000 for security fencing. Approxi- mately $494,000 in federal grant monies is anticipated. 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