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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 11, 2008
LUBA says
appellant
owes $8K
County payments major aim of Wyden
Merlin resident Holger
Sommer has been ordered by
the Oregon Land Use Board
of Appeals (LUBA) to pay
nearly $8,000 to the city of
Cave Junction for legal fees.
The costs stem from
Sommer’s appeal of a zone
change and annexation ap-
proved last year by the Cave
Junction City Council. Som-
mer’s appeal was based on
his contention that the city
should not have OK’d the
annexation because it does
not provide adequate law
enforcement service.
Documents obtained by
KAJO Radio show that Som-
mer has been a party to at
least 15 LUBA appeals that
have been dismissed or that
reaffimred the original land-
use decision made by various
municipalities.
Sommer said that he will
challenge LUBA’s ruling
with the Oregon Court of
Appeals.
3rd Alarm bottled water was introduced by Illinois Valley Volun-
teer Firefighters Association on the Shop Smart Food Ware-
house parking lot Saturday, June 7. The product is designed as
a fund-raiser for the volunteer group. (Photo by Dale & Elaine
Sandberg, Illinois Valley Fire District Media Dept.)
Once pitiful dog became a beloved pet
By RUSTY LYNN
Being raised on a farm in
Oregon, one of our many
chores was gathering fire-
wood for the stoves that
heated our house.
There were few trees on
our farm, so we had to find it
elsewhere. Wood was expen-
sive to buy, so our Dad would
barter with his logger friends.
Sometimes they would bring
logs right to our yard; other
times we went to the log sites
and cut the wood there.
My sisters, brother and I
liked these times best. Dad’s
friends would show up with
their trucks; Mom would
pack a picnic; we all loaded
up, and off we would go,
driving miles and miles up
winding mountain roads to
the back side of Bear Camp.
Once we arrived at the log
sites we all had jobs.
Dad would get out his ax
and rev his chainsaw. Mom
would supervise refresh-
ments, and we kids would
wait to help with the clean-up
at the end of the day, so we
turned the extra time into fun
exploring the nearby forest.
We found all kinds of things
like cool rocks, or pretty
flowers, but one day we
found something extra-
special that we will remember
the rest of our lives.
On this particular day
everyone at the log site was
busy with preparations. So
my siblings and I, as usual,
began tromping through the
woods on one of our adven-
tures. We were only in the
forest for a short time when
we heard a strange whining
sound from inside a patch of
brush.
We pulled back some
shrubs and to our amazement
found five beautiful puppies,
shaking and huddled together
in a rotted-out log. The sound
of the chainsaw had fright-
ened them. My brother ran
back to get Dad while my
sisters and I tried to comfort
the pups. It wasn’t long be-
fore Dad came running and
yelling, “Get away from those
pups..! Get away fr...”, but
before he could say it again,
there she was, the mother of
the puppies, standing between
us and our Dad.
She was the most pitiful
thing you’ve ever seen, not
one hair on her body, just
skin covered with sores hang-
ing on bones, porcupine quills
stuck in her mouth, nose, and
ears. She just stood there star-
ing. Boy, we were scared.
Our Dad said, “Don’t move”
and we didn’t.
A few seconds passed,
then she walked toward Dad,
stopped, picked up a rock,
and put it on the toe of one
boot. Dad kicked it away; she
went after it and put it right
back on his boot. She played
this game a couple more
times; then she collapsed on
the ground, refusing to get up,
so Dad carried her to the
truck while we brought the
pups.
At the truck we laid the
mother on a blanket. We tried
to get her to drink water, but
she wouldn’t, so we decided
to get her to a veterinarian
right away. We put the pup-
pies in a box. When we took
the mother into the doctor’s
office you should have seen
the look on his face to see this
mother so torn up with such
healthy pups.
He estimated that the
pups were more than 2
months old. We were all
amazed at what this mother
must have gone through just
to feed them. The puppies
were all very healthy, but she
was extremely under-
nourished, and it was obvious
that the experience had taken
its toll on her.
The vet told us that she
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probably wouldn’t make it,
but we were determined to
help her. So he removed the
quills from her face, injected
her with antibiotics, and gave
us a prescription for ointment
for her skin. He also sug-
gested that we find a home
for the pups right away so
that she could get all the rest
she would need. Following
his advice we left the pups at
a pet shop, and we took their
mother home with us.
We made a bed for her in
our pantry, and we all took
turns around-the-clock caring
for her. We applied the oint-
ment, and talked to her -- and
pretty soon she began to
drink, then eat, and finally
one day she stood. That’s
when we knew she would be
all right.
It took approximately a
month for her hair to start
growing back, and we found
out that she was a Red
Springer Spaniel. My dad
said, “You sure are one beau-
tiful lady,” and the name fit.
We made flyers and put an ad
in a newspaper. No one
phoned.
We never found out how
Lady had traveled so far up
into the forest, but we were
glad that we found her and
that she could remain with us.
We had set out that day to
gather wood to warm our
house, and we came back
with Lady to forever warm
our hearts.
(Editor’s Note: Rusty
Lynn, 49, was raised in Illi-
nois Valley, and now lives in
Grants Pass. He was 13
years old when Lady was
rescued. His parents still are
Illinois Valley residents.)
Four Cave Junction
positions open
The city of Cave Junc-
tion has identified four elec-
tive positions to be filled dur-
ing the 2008 general election
The mayor’s seat, a two-
year term; two four-year
termed councilors and one
two-year termed councilor
will be on the ballot.
The only seat not being
vacated is the one held by
Councilman Dan Fiske. The
other positions are held by
Mayor Tony Paulson, and
councilors Margaret Miller,
Trish Arias and Don Moore.
Nominating petitions
should be filed no earlier than
July 7 and no later than 4
p.m. on Aug. 18. They are
available from City Recorder
Jim Polk. None of those
whose terms have expired
have yet announced publicly
if they will file.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
(D-Ore.) announced Monday,
June 9 that a four-year exten-
sion of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self
Determination Act, com-
monly known as the “county
payments” law, is included in
the Senate version of
H.R.6049, the Renewable
Energy and Job Creation Act
of 2008.
Wyden cautioned that the
Republicans’ threat to filibus-
ter is likely to derail his
effort.
“I hope that my Republi-
can colleagues will resist the
urge to filibuster long enough
to throw the nation’s rural
schools and communities a
lifeline,” said Wyden. “But
rest assured that if they don’t
see the light, I will
continue to pursue every con-
ceivable legislative option
until these communities get
the funding they so desper-
ately need.
The Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self
Determination Act of 2000,
originally authored by Wyden
and U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-
Idaho) established a six-year
payment formula for counties
that receive revenue sharing
payments for the U.S. Forest
Service and Bureau of
Land
Management
land. Based on historical tim-
ber receipts, the formula es-
tablished a stable source of
revenue to be used for educa-
tion, roads and various other
county services in rural areas.
More than 700 counties
in 39 states have received
funding under the original
country payments law,
which was allowed to expire
in September 2006. Last year
by a 74-23 vote, the Senate
approved a multiyear exten-
sion of the county payments
law as part of the FY 2007
Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations bill. However,
after negotiations with the
House of Representatives, the
law was only extended for
one year.
Earlier this year,
a one-year extension of the
county payments law was
Law: Avoid emergency units
Traffic enforcement re-
cords for 2007 suggest that
many car and truck drivers
still need a lesson or two
about Oregon’s safe-distance
law, said ODOT.
Oregon State Police is-
sued citations to 309 drivers
for violation of ORS 811.147
-- failure to move over into
another lane, or slow down if
on a road with only one lane
in each direction, when pass-
ing a police car, ambulance,
or other emergency vehicle
parked on the side of the road
with flashing warning lights.
This represents a 24 per-
cent increase vs. the 250 cita-
tions issued during 2006. The
citations during 2007 included
22 issued to truck drivers. The
Class B traffic violation car-
ries a $242 fine, but it in-
creases to $355 if it occurs
within a safety corridor,
school zone or work zone.
In Oregon the safe dis-
tance law is commonly called
“Maria’s Law” in honor of
Equestrian team
citations listed
Illinois Valley High
School has announced awards
to the equestrian team.
Varsity letters went to
Jalene Morris, Winona Krska
Mali Whicheloe, Jasmine
Mosely, and Nicole Farr.
Coaches were Trinalyn
Davis and Shelly Herndon.
A Scholar Athlete award
was given Farr.
Maria Mignano, an OSP Sen-
ior Trooper who died in Sep-
tember 2001 with Albany
Police Officer Jason Hoerauf,
when a car driver fell asleep
and struck them on the road-
side of I-5 north of Albany.
Another officer, OSP Sgt.
John Burright, was forced to
retire because of injuries he
suffered in the accident. As a
result of that incident and oth-
ers where officers were in-
jured or killed during roadside
stops or assists, Oregon legis-
lators established the violation
for failure to maintain a safe
distance from emergency ve-
hicles.
Similar laws have since
been enacted in at least 30
other states.
Nationwide during the
past 10 years more than 700
officers have died in traffic
incidents. Years ago it was
noted that highway-related
deaths surpassed felonious
attacks as the leading cause of
police officer fatalities.
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Saturday through Tuesday,
June 21 through 24 at the Jo-
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The gathering will fea-
ture Pastor Ricky Edwards,
from Ricky Edwards Minis-
tries in Pawnee, Okla.
The gathering, open to
anyone, is sponsored by Life
Lines’ Doug, Joy & Melanie
Hoskins and all the Life Lines
Family.
About Edwards, Life
Lines said, “The message that
God has put on his heart for
the Body of Christ is a mes-
sage of healing and deliver-
ance, and freedom through
His Word and His Anointing.”
included by Wyden in an
emergency domestic spend-
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Senate by a veto-proof major-
ity of 75-22. It’s anticipated
that the House will vote on
emergency spending legisla-
tion later this week.
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