Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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HISTORICAL SHUTDOWN - Kerbyville Museum will
close for the season on Saturday, Nov. 1, said head man
Dennis Strayer. However, the museum, a treasure house
of artifacts covering Illinois Valley, Josephine County and
other area history, can be open Fridays by appointment.
Phone 592-5252.
HALLOWEEN HOUSE - A Happy Haunting House will
be open at the Jubilee Park pavilion in Cave Junction
through Friday, Oct. 31. Proceeds will benefit the Illinois
Valley High School Safe & Sober Grad Night Party. The
Halloween season presentation will be open from 6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and on Halloween Eve
from 5 to 10. See the ad elsewhere in this issue.
CROSSWALK CRUISE - The intersection at Hwy. 199
and River Street at the north end of the city of Cave Junc-
tion will be the focus of a crosswalk rules enforcement op-
eration on Thursday, Oct. 30. The crosswalk monitoring is
believed to be the first in city history. It was announced by
Deputy George Gasperson, city contract officer from Jose-
phine County Sheriff’s Office. The nonsignalized intersec-
tion, with a crosswalk spanning four lanes, is used by
many pedestrians, including students from Evergreen Ele-
mentary, Lorna Byrne Middle and Illinois Valley High
schools.
SHOO FLU - Flu and pneumonia immunizations are
offered by Siskiyou Community Health Center in Cave
Junction, all from 2 to 6 p.m. The schedule: Wednesday
and Thursday, Oct. 29 and 30; and Wednesdays through
Fridays on Nov. 4 through 6, and Nov. 11 through 13. For
more information phone 592-4111.
EDUCATIONAL HOLIDAYS - Some holidays on the
Three Rivers School District calendar are coming soon.
The next time off, a four-day stint, will involve the weekend
of Nov. 8 and 9, Monday the 10th (Staff Development Day)
and Tuesday, Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day. That holi-
day will be followed by a six-day break comprised of
Wednesday, Nov. 26 (a Clerical Day), Thursday the 27th
as a Thanksgiving holiday, Friday as a vacation day, and
then the weekend, coupled with no classes on Monday,
Dec. 1 (a Clerical Day).
GARDEN MASTERS - OSU Extension is offering
training to become a Master Gardener to learn the latest in
gardening and horticulture skills, no matter what a person’s
experience. The training is designed to not only teach gar-
dening, but to prepare students to answer questions from
the public at the OSU Extension office in Grants Pass.
Classes will be held Thursdays from Jan. 15 through April
2. There is a fee. For more information or an application
phone 476-6613.
SALUTE TO HEROES - Evergreen Federal Bank is
sponsoring “A Salute to Our Heroes” with 1,000 U.S. flags
that will fly Saturday through Tuesday, Nov. 8 through 11
(Veterans Day is Tuesday the 11th), at Riverside Park in
Grants Pass. The recognition will be hosted by United Vet-
erans of Josephine County. It is to be an event “honoring
veterans, fallen heroes and currently serving men and
women in the U.S. military.” Information about sponsoring
a flag to boost an existing scholarship fund to help children
of “fallen and wounded heroes who have served during all
conflicts” is available by phoning 659-5485 or 660-1342.
The flags of honor were presented last year on the Grants
Pass High School athletic field.
HOT TANGO - Argentine Tango is hot, say organizers
of a dance clinic to benefit the Josephine County Food
Bank. The clinic is set for Friday, Nov. 7 from 7 to 8 p.m.;
Saturday the 8th from 10:30 to 11 a.m.; and Sunday the
9th from 11 a.m. to noon at the Josephine County Fair-
grounds Square Dance Hall in Grants Pass. The clinic is
for anyone; beginners to advanced dancers. Participants
are asked to bring a can of food and pay what they can.
There also will be a free Argentine buffet dinner. For more
information, phone 471-4960 or visit oregontango.com.
NOTEPAD - I.V. Booster Club will hold an open meet-
ing Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at IVHS. Plans for the
next school year will be discussed, and memberships are
available … Halloween safety tips are offered on page 13
in this issue in a presentation co-sponsored by Evergreen
Federal Bank, Home Valley Bank, SOFCU Community
Credit Union, and Sterling Savings Bank … A Harvest
Festival with “food, candy and fun,” and open to all free of
charge, will be held at Community Bible Church in Cave
Junction on Friday, Oct. 31. See the ad in this issue …
Taylor’s Country Store is featuring specials for Halloween
night, plus a wide range of its other continual, unique at-
tractions outlined in an advertisement is this week’s I.V.
Noose ... A Halloween Dance on Saturday, Nov. 1 will be
held at the Takilma Community Bldg. to benefit Dome
School. There’s an ad in this issue … “Halloween Night
Fever” with the return of entertainment is the theme for
Friday, Oct. 31 at the Junction Inn’s Timber Room lounge.
Check the ad in this issue … Shasta Fudge Candy &
More, across from Shop Smart, is featuring reduced-price
goodies: There’s a sweet ad on page 14 … King’s Chi-
nese Cuisine, closed for the past two weeks due to a fam-
ily emergency, will remain closed for around two months as
Anthony & Kitty Chan take a break ... The Governor’s
Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs visited Grants
Pass on Tuesday, Oct. 28 ... Newspaper slips: *Hidden
Valley coach (Jim) Figoni said most coaches in the Skyline
Conference are weary of the Cougars. *The uninformed
policemen narrowly escaped being shot when they an-
swered a disturbance call that was an ambush. *Retired
last year, he now lives with his wife, a beautiful blonde and
a Fort Worth woman ...T-shirts: *Cow tipping is udder
chaos. *I really like you because you remind me of when I
was young and stupid. *I can see your point, but I still think
you’re goofy.
LAST WORDS - Sometimes one creates a dynamic
impression by saying something, and sometimes one
creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
(Dalai Lama)
I like long walks, especially when they are taken
by people who annoy me.
~ Fred Allen ~
communities who will take
the brunt of WOPR effects.
We should write and
phone our representatives,
including Gov. Kulongoski,
before December or until
BLM’s Western Oregon Plan
Revision is thrown out. Oth-
erwise we’ll all be paying for
the consequences in the end.
Harelson expertise noted
From Isabella Brock,
Curry County treasurer
Gold Beach
In my position, I've had
the pleasure of knowing John
Harelson, not only as a col-
league, but a fine man of in-
tegrity and great character.
As an appointed, then an
elected county treasurer, I’ve
always been able to call on
John as a mentor for advice
and counsel regarding my
duties. His years of experi-
ence in this now volatile fi-
nancial world are much
needed for Josephine County.
Not only has he kept a
safeguard over Josephine
County’s public funds, but he
has done well with county
investments. His expertise is
second to none, and he should
be re-elected.
Letter-writers challenged
From Josiah Dean
Grants Pass
One might think that in
this world of instant informa-
tion and Google that folks
could do a little fact-checking
before writing their thoughts
on paper. That does not appear
to be the case with some recent
musings in the Oct. 22 letters
to Illinois Valley News.
Let’s start with a Mike
Hunter and his questions about
Obama. He should learn that
there’s this thing called a
“search engine” and it allows
looking up information on the
Worldwide Web. If Hunter
needs help, he can let me
know, and I can help him learn
these newfangled computer
thingies.
“He introduced no new
legislation,” Hunter cavalierly
claims of Barack Obama. The
record shows that the junior
senator from Illinois has spon-
sored or co-sponsored 625 bills
since arriving in Washington.
According to Hunter,
“Every country that has social-
ized medical care has far less
the quality care than ours.” But
according to the World Health
Organization, we ranked 37
out of its member countries in
2000 (France, that bastion of
socialism, was ranked first).
More recently, a comparison
of the U.S. and five socialist
countries found that Ameri-
cans spend more than twice the
others and receive the worst
care.
The study concludes that
“the nation will need to re-
move financial barriers to care
and improve the delivery of
care.”
Let’s move on to Gregory
Anderson and his question,
“Why do you suppose the lib-
eral major media allows the
Democrats to get by with
blaming Bush & Republicans
for the financial mess when it
is largely the responsibility of
the Democrats?” Uh, because
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George W. Bush and the Re-
publicans were in complete
control of the country from
2000 to 2006, and in the last
two years have tied up the
legislative branch with filibus-
ters and vetoes.
Wait, you blame Clinton?
Nice try, but I ain’t going for it.
Those who’d like to look
at the history of this mess
might take a look at the de-
regulation mania that was
sparked by none other than
Ronald Reagan (did someone
say “superstar”?) After the last
financial crisis in the ’80s (you
remember the one: where
McCain’s best-friend-for-life,
Charles Keating, got five years
in prison for corruption and the
taxpayers bailed out the S&L
industry) we had the opportu-
nity to put in place regulations
to discourage financial institu-
tions from betting on real es-
tate; but, during the years, we
forgot about it.
Then, Flo Shepherd wants
to talk about the candidates
records. If you look at John
McCain, you will see that he is
proud to have supported Presi-
dent Bush 90 percent of the
time. That’s quite a track re-
cord.
She thinks that we can drill
our way to oil independence.
Again, a little research shows
that according to the U.S. En-
ergy Information Administra-
tion, oil production from drill-
ing offshore wouldn’t begin
until around 2017. Once begun,
it wouldn’t reach peak produc-
tion until about 2030 when it
would produce only 0.6 percent
of total U.S. energy consump-
tion.
“Drill baby, drill” is a
cutesy slogan for a woman to
chant. It isn’t a sound energy
policy, especially when one
considers that the United
States reached its peak produc-
tion in the 1970s.
While I didn’t get Ander-
son’s jokes, I did get a chuckle
when I read Shepherd’s com-
ments regarding the candi-
dates. She thinks Obama’s
answers lack substance, then
declares Sarah Palin a
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“competent, intelligent, fair-
minded individual.” Words
fail me here.
I respect folks having dif-
ferent opinions about how they
think the country should be run.
The discussions would be as-
sisted if folks would do a little
research, not just make knee-
jerk reactions based on Fox
News talking points.
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D WIGHT E LLIS G ETS
THE J OB D ONE !
In three years he helped:
• Restructure county government
• Save taxpayers dollars by revising benefits
• Privatize non-mandated services
• Bring a struggling veterans office into the county
• Build reserve from 1.5 million to 3 million
• Put another 6 million into dedicated Public Safety Funds
• Save thousands through personal 10% pay cut
“Josephine County needs Dwight’s steady hand at the helm to help guide us through
the financial storms that lie ahead.”
- John Harelson, Josephine County Treasurer
“A common sense leader who listens, thinks and then acts boldly on our behalf.”
- Dennis Richardson, Oregon House of Representatives
“We are fortunate to have a reliable, hard-working conservative public servant in the
Commissioner’s office...his name is Dwight Ellis. I asked Dwight to run for a second
term because he puts our best interests above special interests. I am proud to call him
my friend and urge you to join me in re-electing Dwight.”
- Jason A. Atkinson, Oregon State Senator
Friends of Dwight Ellis · PO Box 1704, Grants Pass, OR 97528