Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Who are the news media? County board presses issue
FINE ART FEATURED - Watercolor and oil paintings
by Patricia Heller, a member of Illinois Valley Fine Artists,
are featured through Jan. 31 in the Art Walk hall at the
Boardroom in the Guild Building, 1867 Williams Hwy. in
Grants Pass. The exhibit is open to the public Mondays
through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information,
contact Heller at 592-5330 or hellerpk@yahoo.com.
BATTER UP! - Early registration for the 2009 Little
League baseball season will be held at the Josephine
County Bldg. in Downtown Cave Junction on Saturday,
Jan. 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Sunday, Jan. 11
from 1 to 4 p.m. A $5 discount is offered for early regis-
trants who pay in full. See the ad on this page.
ATV RULES - Effective Jan. 1, ATV riders or off-road
motorcyclists age 16 or younger — or adults who super-
vises those riders — are required to complete the Oregon
All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety Education course before
riding on public land in Oregon. The online course is avail-
able at www.rideATVoregon.org. From 1998 to 2003 the
Oregon Trauma Registry recorded more than 1,200 inju-
ries resulting from ATV crashes. ATV-related accidents
rose 78 percent from 2001-2003, with more than 20 per-
cent of ATV injuries occurring to children younger than 15.
VISITOR TICKLER - It’s time to think about advertising
in the 2009-2010 Valley Visitor travel guide, a free annual
publication of the Illinois Valley News. Reserve your space
by March 1 to lock in 2008 rates. Phone 592-2541 or stop
by the Noose office (behind Shasta Fudge on S. Redwood
Hwy. in Cave Junction).
MYSTERY TICKET - Word has it that tickets for the
Illinois Valley Family Coalition’s Murder Mystery Dinner are
selling fast. The Jan. 31 show, a two-act number with a
jazzy theme, will be held at the Selma Community Center.
NOTEPAD - Some $9,600 has been donated by the
former Illinois Valley Community Educational Foundation to
the Three Rivers Schools Foundation. The fund has been
renamed the Raymond Frost Natural Resources Scholar-
ship for IVHS students in memory of the former Selma resi-
dent and co-founder of Home Valley Bank ... T-shirts:
*Where is the Rapture when you need it? *I never said you
were a monkey. Now take this banana and scram. *I’m so
far over the hill that I’ve started over the next one. Bumper
stickers: * So many laws, so little order. * OK. Joke’s
over. Bring back the Constitution.
LAST WORDS - *The average pencil is 7 inches
long, with just a half-inch eraser -- in case you thought
optimism was dead. (Robert Brault)
*Optimism is the faith that
leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done with-
out hope and confidence.
(Helen Keller)
Cave Junction
Wednesday, Jan. 7
Cloudy with showers
High--51 Low--34
Thursday, Jan. 8
Cloudy
High--48 Low--26
Friday, Jan. 9
Sun hidden by clouds
High--44 Low--23
Saturday, Jan. 10
Clouds & sun
High--44 Low--23
Sunday, Jan. 11
Sunny
High--51 Low--28
Monday, Jan. 12
Sunshine
High--56 Low--43
Tuesday, Jan. 13
Sun
High--57 Low--42
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, rainfall, and
snowfall recorded in O’Brien by
Cheryl & Harry Johnson:
*Dec. 26 38 28 .43 1.00
*Dec. 27 49 37 1.97
*Dec. 28 51 47 3.54
*Dec. 29 51 33 1.61
*Dec. 30 39 33 .00
*Dec. 31 50 38 .09
*Jan. 1
51 42 .51
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures and rainfall
recorded in Cave Junction at
Illinois River Farm:
*Fri., Dec. 26 43 26 .46
*Sat., Dec. 27 48 35 1.39
*Sun., Dec. 28 50 46 3.07
*Mon., Dec. 29 50 33 2.03
*Tue., Dec. 30 39 33 .03
*Wed., Dec. 31 50 37 .18
*Thu., Jan. 1
50 42 .43
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By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
During the past three
years, Grants Pass resident
Dale Matthews has produced
First Friday, which is regis-
tered as an Associate Member
Publication by the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers Asso-
ciation (ONPA).
However, Matthews re-
cently has had a difficult time
being recognized as a mem-
ber of the news media by the
Josephine County Board of
Commissioners.
Matthews said that in
December, he approached the
office staff and asked to be
added to the media list so as
to be notified of coming com-
mission actions. But to his
surprise, Matthews said that
he was told to provide a
profit-and-loss statement
from his publication.
He has thus far refused to
do so, based on principle,
although recent issues have
been sponsored by the South-
ern Oregon Resource Alli-
ance (SORA) and the Jose-
phine County chapter of
Americans For Prosperity
(AFP).
“Of course, I can easily
provide that, but I’m not go-
ing to do that,” Matthews
said. He added that such a
policy would be more fair if
applied to all news agencies.
Efforts to define who is a
member of the news media
have become more common
as Internet technology en-
ables people to communicate
with a worldwide audience at
the click of a few buttons.
In Lake Oswego, liberal
blogger Mark Bunster of
Loaded Orygun attempted to
attend an executive (closed to
the public) session of the city
council and was denied. That
caused the council to begin
developing a media policy.
The Lake Oswego City
Council was scheduled to
approve its new policy during
an Oct. 7 meeting, but de-
layed action.
Those series of events
did not go unnoticed in Inde-
pendence, located 12 miles
from Salem. That small
town’s city council also has
considered a resolution defin-
ing who is and is not a mem-
ber of the news media.
Josephine County com-
mission Chairman Dave
Toler said that the board
never codified any sort of
resolution regarding media
policy, and decides such mat-
ters case-by-case.
“Frankly, we don’t really
have a policy on it at this
point,” Toler said.
He added that he has
examined some of the media
policies used by other mu-
nicipalities, and he described
them as “much more restric-
tive than what we have in
Josephine County.”
The criteria used to de-
fine Matthews, Toler said,
include whether or not First
Friday is supported by sub-
scriptions or if it has a paid
staff.
“What it comes down to
is, he publishes intermittently
something he hands out
downtown,” Toler said, add-
ing that he considers News-
WithViews Editor Paul Walter
as a member of the media.
Matthews pointed out that
Toler has been interviewed
(Continued on page 11)
Saturday, January 10, 11-1
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Immanuel United
Methodist Church
200 W. Watkins St., CJ
The time has come for
Little League sign-ups!
$5 Early Registration Discount
(when paid in full at time of registration)
Saturday, January 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(Continued from page 2)
I believe that major
ground water and soil con-
tamination is a violation of
state and federal laws. The
couple I purchased my prop-
erty from had a wonderful
well drilled on the property.
It had an exceptional sup-
ply, quantity and quality
both, from one of our many
great underground rivers.
The couple I purchased
the property from also
wound up with the cost of
removing the contamination
from the property generated
by the board member. These
undisclosed doings caused
major budgeting issues for
that owner, allowing me to
become part of the issue
after purchasing the prop-
erty. Evidence on the prop-
erty of the clean-up and old
sections of original water
supply piping that I have
held onto, along with addi-
tional information gathered
from my neighbors, will
prove my statements.
I have listened to some
of Cave Junction’s city
meetings online. One of its
major concerns is very
much a problem. I am an
engineering technician who
has had to deal with the af-
termath of engineering blun-
ders all over the world, as
the one KWD has engi-
neered for its supply.
Among conditions over-
looked is negative feed sys-
tem cavitation. This is cre-
ated by turning on a pump at
the end of a system to boost
pressure and having a valve
or tap in this case turned on,
or opened on the suction
side of the pump. Air will
be drawn in through the
open valve heading to that
pump at the velocity speed
the pump is drawing water.
This will cause air locking
of the pump, causing it to
stall or temporarily stop
pumping.
When this condition
occurs the water en route to
the pump stops and sends a
shock wave back to the
original water source. This
shock wave is called water
hammer. It is not unknown
to blow major valve fluid
controls and supply piping.
As mentioned in one city
meeting, the one and only
means of preventing this
from occurring is to have a
supply reservoir placed just
ahead of the pump, at the
city system end.
The city of Cave Junc-
tion, from what I have been
reading during the past cou-
ple of weeks, has enough
problems keeping up with
its development growth and
supply demands. I can guar-
antee that KWD and all its
residents will never be able
to repay the damage cost
created by this nightmare,
causing major financial
shortfall in the city budget.
If city personnel contact
me for discussing the issue
of KWD engineering, I
would like to fight against
this system and help save
the city of Cave Junction
water system from being
destroyed.
County Building
Redwood Hwy. & Lister St., Cave Junction
No discount for late registration at February try-outs
(date to be announced)
State certified birth certificate &
3 proofs of current residency required at sign-up.
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