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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Anger linked to softball scene
Some angry shouting
occurred in Jubilee Park
Thursday evening, May 29 in
connection with disagree-
ments about possible illegal
pitches during a softball
game, but there was no physi-
cal contact.
That’s the report from
witnesses at an Illinois Valley
Little League softball game.
One I.V. team’s coach was
ejected from the game, but sat
in the stands rather than leave
the park.
After the game, wit-
nesses said, the ejected coach
and some players from the
I.V. team and their Grants
Pass opponents got into a
“shouting-screaming match.”
The ejected coach be-
came irate again, and “peeled
out” from the parking lot in
his vehicle, witnesses said.
No crime was committed, and
there were no reports of
physical injuries.
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Lomakatsi Ecological Services, of Ashland in 2006 began a seven-year stew-
ardship project encompassing 2,000 acres of BLM land in Selma. Called the
‘South Stew,’ the project is a restoration forestry program. Lomakatsi held a
tour in the area on Wednesday, May 28. Photo above shows ‘the finished
product’ of a portion of the project. Work includes removal of logs, small
diameter trees and woody biomass for the Rough & Ready Lumber Co. co-
generation plant. (Photos provided, courtesy of Lomakatsi)
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DHS practices what it preaches: smoke-free locations
The Oregon Dept. of
Human Services (DHS) is
going tobacco-free -- outside
buildings it owns or leases as
well as inside.
As of May 30, use of all
tobacco products is prohibited
on property that is wholly
owned or leased by DHS.
The new policy covers a third
of DHS locations and will
affect nearly 4,000 employees
as well as visitors to the sites.
Dr. Bruce Goldberg,
DHS director, said that the
tobacco ban mirrors the de-
partment’s overall mission.
“Every day at DHS we
work to make it possible for
Oregonians to be healthy,
independent and safe,” he
said. “Providing a tobacco-
free environment is one of the
most significant actions we
can take to protect the health
Guilt by association
From Dave Korrell
Cave Junction
This is to address my
comment concerning the
IVHS wrestling team.
I realize that the whole
team was not involved. But
let’s face it, the whole
team, including coach Jay
Miller know who was.
There may have been foot-
ball players or even pep
band members involved,
but none of them left a
state champion medallion
behind as a calling card.
I have supported the
wrestling program since I
returned to the valley more
than four years ago, and
was a state champion
wrestler myself in high
school. But I never used
my training to tackle and
hold someone while four
of my friends kicked him
in the head. I do not blame
Miller or the wrestling
team for the attack.
However, denouncing
the violence and working
with authorities to prose-
cute the guilty parties
would have been a more
appropriate response than
trying to shift the blame.
I would like all the
wrestlers and the families
of those not involved to
know that I am sorry if my
comments have hurt them
in any way. It was wrong
of our employees, customers
and visitors. That’s why
we’ve developed a policy
creating tobacco-free cam-
puses.”
The new policy, which
covers all DHS employees,
clients, volunteers, vendors,
contractors and visitors, states
that tobacco-users no longer
will be permitted to smoke or
chew outside the affected
DHS buildings. It bans to-
bacco use not only inside the
buildings, but also on outside
areas including parking lots
and private vehicles parked
on DHS property.
The first phase of the
tobacco-free policy will cover
57 DHS locations throughout
the state, with more to be
added as new lease agree-
ments are negotiated.
The new policy is aimed
of me to implicate the
whole team.
Miller should step up,
tell what he knows, and
punish the guilty for the
sake of the innocent. As a
coach he has great influ-
ence over the development
of our youth. He should
use that influence to guide
them down the right path.
To a degree, their future is
in his hands.
at protecting the health of
DHS employees and the pub-
lic. Secondhand smoke con-
tains more than 4,000 toxins,
more than 50 of which can
cause cancer. Secondhand
smoke can trigger asthma
attacks in adults and can
cause asthma in children.
The U.S. surgeon general
says there is no safe level of
exposure to secondhand
smoke. In Oregon, tobacco
use costs more than $2 billion
per year in direct medical
expenses and lost productiv-
ity due to premature death.
“We need to do every-
thing we can to prevent the
long-term harm caused to
people by tobacco use,” said
Goldberg. “Not only do to-
bacco users suffer from a
range of debilitating chronic
illnesses, but the financial
costs to them and to society
can be extremely high. I’m
pleased that DHS is taking a
leadership role in the fight
against tobacco products.”
To help DHS employees
cope with the new rule, the
agency launched Project Quit
Jan. 8. The goal is to ensure
that all employees who want
to quit smoking or using to-
bacco are aware of the cessa-
tion benefits offered by DHS.
Project Quit has given em-
ployees information about
resources, materials and help
to quit using tobacco.
Many Oregon institu-
tions including hospitals, col-
lege campuses and city and
county campuses have suc-
cessfully implemented to-
bacco-free campus policies.
They include Cave Junc-
tion City Hall, the Josephine
County Courthouse, Three
Rivers School District facili-
ties, and Three Rivers Com-
munity Hospital.
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