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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 30, 2008
As threatened last issue, here is a continuation of
our recent adventures in and around the north coastal
areas of San Diego County.
About that embarrassing 112 score at Surf Bowl in
Oceanside: I had not bowled for a long time, and I had
the sore muscles and fingers to prove it afterward.
Granddaughters Natalie and Ella were invited to a birth-
day party at the lanes, and I got to go along with daugh-
ter Vicki, and Cave Junction granddaughter Kim, who
took the trip with Jan and me. It was fun, especially for
the party host, who had Surf Bowl provide the pizza and
soft drinks; then got to leave without cleaning the mess.
Speaking of pizza, we went to That Pizza Place in
Carlsbad, which apparently has been in the same loca-
tion for 35 years. Good pizza and a great place for kids.
Plenty of noise, lots of video games, TVs blaring, and
no one minds.
Another outing, to help Matt & Vicki clear out their
garage, involved a trip to a recycling center. Natalie and
I, with Kim, took large bags of aluminum cans, glass
and plastic to a Carlsbad site. The attendant got real
excited when I unloaded the glass. He began shouting,
“No more glass! Maybe next week!” He was kind of un-
stable. Anyway, we managed to not get stuck to the
parking lot, which was quite sticky. Natalie collected
$4.84 for the recyclables. Then at a drug store she
“really, really” wanted to buy a stuffed toy dog, as she
only has 398 of them at home. I talked her out of it.
Another day, the three of us went to see the movie,
Wall-E. We all enjoyed it, although Nat got a bit restless
during the final 20 minutes or so, when the people char-
acters begin talking. It’s an entertaining film, especially
because of the “cuteness” of the robots. Much of the
flick has no dialogue; the story is carried by the two
main robots making robotty noises. As for the plot, I’ve
seen it through the years in other movies, books and
short stories: We trash and pollute the Earth; we have to
do better or face the consequences. Wall-E, a rubbish
collector and salvager, and Eve, a recon robot come to
check the scene, make a good connection.
Vicki and her friend, Heather, are run nuts. One day
they ran 7.5 miles, ending at a coffee house that used to
be a train station in Encinitas. The girls and I went to
pick them up as planned, because after extending them-
selves that much, they knew they’d want a ride. Some-
how, I almost got lost on Hwy. 101, but managed to sur-
vive. Heather, by the way, is married to a guy who
works for Eli Lilly & Co. Their children are named Eli
and Lily. I find that interesting.
We didn’t do any touristy type stuff on this trip. In-
stead we had fun with the fam, like taking Nat to her
swimming lessons at a YMCA pool. At almost 6 years of
age, she was the youngest and smallest of the kids, but
she did great. Swims like a fish.
We also went to a children’s dentist for an exam and
X-rays for 3-year-old Ella. Afterward, we went to a self-
serve yogurt store. Good idea, I think, as you get what
you want, including toppings, and then pay by weight
(the yogurt, not yours). After we returned to Oregon,
Vicki took Ella back for some work, and the dentist “got
her drunk” with a concoction so he could drill. Worked
well, but she bit her tongue after she got home, and is
still having a problem because of the gouge.
What else can I tell you about the trip? OK: Charlie
the cat, formerly of Cave Junction, kept us up a lot dur-
ing our second night. He was glad to see us again, and
enjoyed checking us out in bed. Several times. He likes
Matt & Vicki’s new house, although when they first let
him out of the house, he was entirely confused and dis-
mayed. Like Jan says, his familiar lawn and neighbor-
hood were gone. But he’s adjusted, and now roams
about, bringing home a field mouse almost every night.
Most of them run off when he drops them.
To the credit of Carlsbad, with its green belt plan-
ning, there are lots of trees, lawns, flowers and open
spaces. Also, real close to Matt & Vicki’s place, a 100-
acre veterans memorial park is staked out. That’ll be
nice for hiking and “stuff” like that.
Once more, I’m running out of space, so there will
be one more installment of The Trip. It will include:
Natalie’s joke, beeping bleeping carts at Seattle, and
the editor decorating his shirt with salad dressing. But
no more bowling scores.
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Yellow star thistle battle
From Susan Chapp
Forestry Action Committee
Cave Junction
We are a small group of
valley people concerned with
the invasive weed, yellow star
thistle, which is spreading in
our area.
This is a small annual
plant with sharp thorns pro-
tecting its thistle. It is poten-
tially lethal to livestock. We
are seeing it in pastures.
Therefore we are volun-
teering to eradicate it from
our lands. This plant is more
dangerous than the knapweed
choking our valley. It will
cause agonizing death to our
livestock, horses, cows, sheep
and goats when it gets into
the hayfields.
Those who have seen it
are asked to contact us. If you
have it on your land, volun-
teers would help pull it. We
need to identify locations to
know how far this has gotten.
We are contacting groups
affected by this, asking that
they join our efforts.
We go out for a few
hours in the mornings and
pull weeds together. It is
pleasant being with people to
Cave Junction
Wednesday, July 30
Sunny with clouds
High--84 Low--52
Thursday, July 31
Sunshine
High--91 Low--53
help each other and our val-
ley. It is not terribly strenu-
ous. Anyone can help, includ-
ing just cheering us on.
There is so much we can
do. Those who will volunteer
to help pull, or want to notify
us of a location, can phone
the Forestry Action Commit-
tee at 592-4098 between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m.; or Mrs. Peno
at 592-2837 evenings.
A few people can accom-
plish much working together
for a common cause.
Elected extremists
From Ginger Salkowski
Nehalem
After I read the letter
from my county commis-
sioner, Chuck Hurliman, in
your fine paper on July 16,
encouraging rural Oregonians
to identify and give “special
blessings” to environmental
extremists I grabbed the
nearest pitchfork and torch
and was ready to join the lo-
cal mob.
He didn’t exactly tell us
where to find these eco-
extremos that are making a
mess of our lives. Unlike
most frothing, generalizing
scapegoat letters written to
incite hatred and fear, Hurli-
man left out the usual race
and religion clues as to whom
to target. If he wants “special
blessings” conferred, he
needs to be more specific.
I decided to look around
my home base of Tillamook
County to see who obviously
is causing all the troubles
Hurliman wrote about. I
thought the farmers market
might be a good place to spot
some tree-hugging, economy-
collapsing hippy freaks. But
after eating several crepes and
talking with local farmers
about how great their produce
was selling, it didn’t seem
likely this crowd was what
Chuck was referring to.
I then tried all the likely
spots where eco-extremists
might gather and plot world
domination; drum circles,
watershed councils, Nature
hikes, health food stores, even
a yoga class -- but everyone
seemed to be having the same
troubles as me paying the rent
and making ends meet.
I couldn’t find any can-
celed logging operations due
to enviros. In fact, logging
around my parts seemed
pretty much nonstop, with
those lovely multistoried for-
ests (the ones with three be-
draggled hemlocks standing in
a 15-acre slash pile) popping
up everywhere I looked. I was
puzzled. All these social prob-
lems must be coming from
somewhere, but the eco-crowd
didn’t seem to be holding up
to Hurliman’s accusations.
Then it occurred to me
that maybe Hurliman was just
sending rural Oregonians on a
big fat goose chase. Could it
be that he wants us to ignore
the real cause of higher gas
prices, increased costs of liv-
ing, roads and public safety in
Oregon?
Because after much
scapegoat searching it sud-
denly became clear to me that
the group Hurliman is trying
to protect, the very extremist
group that is directly respon-
sible for fixed-income folks
suffering now and into the
future is a group Hurliman is
an active leader of: elected
officials. That's right, elected
extremists.
They are paid fat salaries
(at least the eco-extremists
volunteer) to create and pass
laws that screw us over. All
the way from Downtown
Tillamook to Washington,
D.C. these extremist elects
(sic) have taken it upon them-
selves to use their public of-
fices as a vehicle to destroy
the USA.
Higher gas prices?
Elected officials give the big
thumbs up to a bazillion dollar
war in the Middle East that
makes gas way more expen-
sive. Food costs? Elected offi-
cials decided to use our coun-
try’s stored grain to make a
quick buck on biofuels and
then had no food to spare
when a huge flood hit the
heartland. Costs of local
roads, property taxes, schools
going up and up; blame local
elected officials.
Their extremist agenda is
breaking the bank, ruining
our fishing seasons, making
our landscape ugly, and they
are getting away with it. We
should take away their elected
status so they’ll go back to
being ordinary schmucks like
the rest of us.
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Sunday, Aug. 3
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Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in O’Brien by
Cheryl & Harry Johnson:
*Fri., July 18 91 53 .00
*Sat., July 19 91 54 .00
*Sun., July 20 97 56 .00
*Mon., July 21 93 53 .00
*Tue., July 22 87 53 .00
*Wed., July 23 89 48 .00
*Thu., July 24 88 52 .00
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in Cave Junction at
Illinois River Farm:
*Fri., July 18 90 46 .00
*Sat., July 19 89 52 .00
*Sun., July 20 93 53 .00
*Mon., July 21 91 48 .00
*Tue., July 22 87 49 .00
*Wed., July 23 86 45 .00
*Thu., July 24 86 44 .00
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