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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Copyright issues endanger cantina music scene
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
It’s become an American
tradition of sorts, even in Illi-
nois Valley, to spend a week-
end evening at a neighbor-
hood pub, watching a live
band crank out renditions of
classic Rock songs.
However, many valley
businesses that have hosted
live music are reconsidering it
in light of actions by the mu-
sic industry to secure royal-
ties for those performances.
The situation may also end up
affecting the coming Second
Friday Art Walk series in and
around Downtown Cave
Junction.
Andrea Thomas, owner
of Nacho Mama’s in Cave
Junction, said that she began
receiving telephone calls last
April asking whether or not
she hosted live music in her
business. Thomas said she
responded by telling the call-
ers that she had a microphone
that was made available to
customers to “exercise the
First Amendment.” Thinking
the calls were some kind of a
scam, Thomas said she ini-
tially dismissed them out-
right.
But after conducting
some research, Thomas
learned that the calls were, in
fact, legitimate.
The American Society of
Composers, Authors and
Publishers (ASCAP) and
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
have contacted any number
of valley locations that host
musical performances. Bagel
Junction was one of them,
according to owner Francesca
Fericanl.
“It got to the point where
they were threatening us,”
Fericanl said.
Fericanl said that her
business was receiving calls
at all times of the day from
people who would ask em-
ployees a series of questions
about past and coming musi-
cal acts. Bagel Junction
stopped participating in the
Art Walks because of the
harassment, Fericanl said, and
may not participate when the
series restarts in the spring.
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Restaurateur Andrea Thomas reflects on photographs of musicians who’ve played on the
patio at Nacho Mama’s. (Photo by Scott Jorgensen, Illinois Valley News )
“It just seems like a has-
sle,” she said.
At McGrew’s in
O’Brien, owner Suzie Culver
said that she has sticky notes
tacked up all over her office
with messages from BMI
representatives.
“We get calls weekly
from BMI,” Culver said. “We
used to get them twice a
week.”
Culver said that while
having live music is a nice
touch, it doesn’t bring in
enough revenue to constitute
the contact from BMI.
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Cracked Corn: Sparrows,
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at your feeder if you use cracked corn. The
other creature you may find if you spread it on
the ground is Turkeys.
Mealworms: Most feeder birds, except gold-
finches, will eat mealworms if you offer them.
Don’t worry, they aren’t slimy and gross. In
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Fruit: Humans are supposed to eat at least
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an important dietary element for birds. Set out
grapes, slices of citrus fruits, apple or banana
slices, and melon rinds and watch your birds
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salted are a fairly recent trend in bird feeding soak them in warm water first to soften them.
here in North America. Several major feeder
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manufacturers now produce sturdy, efficient
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tube-shaped peanut feeders. Woodpeckers,
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Jays, Nuthatches, Chickadees, and Titmice
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and pour it into an ice cube tray to harden. Be-
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Suet: Most humans don’t want a lot of fat in
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Join me and other bird watchers for “bird
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Do you have your own treat recipes?
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Across
1. Roadhouse
4. Enthusiastic ap-
proval
8. Be seated
11. Pigeon sound
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13. In the past
14. Self-importance
15. Oolong, for one
16. Heron
18. Completed
20. Evaluate
22. Large northern deer
24. Copious
27. Fencing stance
(2 words)
32. Female deer
33. Ventilate
34. Be against
37. Oarsman
39. Catch some rays
40. Hatchet
45. Apiece
49. Nimble
50. ___ Master's Voice
52. Demure
53. Vase
54. Before
55. Jumping on one
foot
56. Golf ball holder
57. Montana city
58. ___ out a living
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5. Squeak
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7. Layer
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9. Matures
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19. Moray, e.g.
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23. Contact, e.g.
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25. Wipe up
26. Liveliness and
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27. Finish
28. Religious leader
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30. Dice
31. Be mistaken
35. Using speech
36. Epoch
38. Single
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48. Ballyhoo
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