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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Asante reports lay-offs,
closures and facility sales
On Wednesday, Feb. 11,
Southern Oregon-based Asante
Health Systems announced a total
of 94 layoffs and the sale and clo-
sure of some of its operations.
The company reported a defi-
cit of more than $1.2 million at the
beginning of its fiscal year, which
began on Oct. 1, 2008. According
to an Asante press release, contin-
ued difficult economic conditions
have resulted in lower patient vol-
umes, decreased payments, in-
creased bad debt and mounting
charity care costs. All of those fac-
tors have left the company with a
projected $15 million loss by the
end of the fiscal year, the press
release stated.
As part of its overall restruc-
turing, Asante’s management team
will be reorganized and reduced by
14 positions, and the Hearthstone
nursing home in Medford will be
listed for sale, along with the As-
ante Home Care facilities in Med-
ford and Grants Pass.
The Ashland Hand Clinic
will close by April 11, and so
will Genesis, an in-patient and
outpatient drug rehabilitation
center. Room service at Three
Rivers Community Hospital in
Grants Pass was discontinued as
of Feb. 5, and valet service at
Rogue Valley Medical Center in
Medford will be halted as of
April 17, according to the press
release.
The Washington Outpatient
Center’s laboratory station will be
closed by Feb. 20, and the Retired
Seniors Volunteer Program in
Grants Pass will be discontinued
on June 30.
Also, the Early Learning Cen-
ter, which provides daycare to
members of Asante’s workforce,
will be closed by March 27.
Approximately 50 positions
throughout Asante have been de-
creased in hours, equaling a reduc-
tion in over seven full-time equiva-
lent positions.
Severance packages and new
employment assistance will be
provided to the employees who
have been laid off, the press release
stated. The company said it also
plans to work closely with the po-
tential buyers of the facilities it has
listed for sale in order to retain the
220 people currently employed by
those programs.
Man on the Street:
Has Oregon’s medical marijuana law
achieved its intended purpose?
“I believe in it, but I think it could
be changed to better accommodate
the people who really do need it.”
~ Gary Braden
“We have to make a decision at the
“I think it’s done its purpose.”
~ Lalani Allan national level if marijuana is going to
be part of our recognized health care
system or not.”
~ Dexter Babcock
“If you say it’s okay to do one drug,
it opens the door for everything
else.”
~ Charlene McKay
“I know veterans who could not live
“It’s being abused badly.”
~ Ali Madjdi on 50 years of pain pills, so I think
they ought to be able to do that.”
~ Melanie Gayle
Care-giver ‘to be’ lecture set
Lovejoy Hospice will host “a
conversation” for those with ex-
pectations of becoming care-
givers for their aging loved ones.
Not a Care-giver Yet, But
See It Coming? will include in-
formation about community re-
source agencies; online informa-
tion; and living and care options.
Also, how to hire paid care-
givers; guardianship, conserva-
torship, advanced directives and
power of attorney; Medicare and
Medicaid coverage; and self-care
support groups and reading mate-
rials.
The talk will be held on
Tuesday, Feb. 24, from noon to 1
p.m. in the Lovejoy Hospice con-
ference room, 939 S.E. Eighth St.
in Grants Pass. Phone 474-1193
for more information.
LEGAL NOTICE
The Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation
District (IVSWCD) and Illinois Valley Water-
shed Council (IVWC) are now accepting appli-
cations to fill a vacancy on the Watershed
Council. IVWC Council Members serve on a
voluntary basis for a period of 4 years and also
serve as Associate Directors on the IVSWCD.
Applicants must meet the following minimum
requirements:
* Be a resident of the Illinois Valley;
* Have demonstrated a commitment to the
environment;
* Have demonstrated the ability to work in
cooperation with other community
members; and
* Be willing to accomplish the goals of the
Watershed Council.
Monthly District and Council meetings are usu-
ally the 4th Thursday of the month, from 7 to 9
p.m.
Applications are available in person, by mail,
fax or email.
Completed applications are due by 4 p.m. on
February 25, 2009.
To receive an application by mail, fax, or to
schedule an appointment to pick up an appli-
cation, phone 592-3731. To receive an appli-
cation by email, send the request to
ivoffice@cavenet.com
Publish:
Feb. 11 & Feb. 18, 2009
CALL FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
FY 2009-10 Josephine County
Josephine County announces the availability of
Economic Development funds for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June
30, 2010. The application packets are avail-
able on the Josephine County Website
www.co.josephine.or.us or in the Board’s Of-
fice. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m.
Monday, March 9, 2009 (delivered or post-
marked) Board of Commissioners, Court-
house, Room 154, Dept. 6, 500 NW 6th Street,
Grants Pass, OR 97526.
Economic Development Applications must
meet the following criteria:
1. Business Expansion
2. Job Creation & Retention
3. Industrial site readiness or development
that will lead to short-term job creation and
retention.
4. Support of infrastructure projects that lead
to or result in job creation and retention.
With the application, include a narrative de-
scribing the project, budget and how the pro-
ject qualifies for funding under the categories.
If you have questions, please contact Rose-
mary DeLashmutt, CFO at 474-5222 or
rpadgett@co.josephine.or.us
Publish & Affd.
Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation Dis-
trict Board will meet on Thursday, February 26,
2009, at 7 p.m. in the County Building in Cave
Junction. The agenda for the meeting will in-
clude, but is not limited to, the following:
* Oath of Office
* Approval of Minutes
* Financial Report
* Agency Reports
* Old Business
* New Business
If you need assistance or information, please
contact the IVSWCD Office at 592-3731 during
regular business hours.
Publish:
Feb. 18 & 25, 2009
Feb. 18, 2009
Illinois Valley Watershed Council will meet on
Thursday, February 26, 2009 immediately fol-
lowing the IVSWCD Board Meeting, in the
County Building in Cave Junction. The agenda
for the meeting will include, but is not limited
to, the following:
* Approval of Minutes
* Project Updates
* Old Business
* New Business
If you need assistance or information, please
contact the IVSWCD Office at 592-3731 during
regular business hours.
Publish:
Feb. 18 & 25, 2009
Publish your classified ad in the Illinois Valley News - your local community newspaper.
Trustee’s Notice of Sale Pursuant To O.R.S.
86.705 et seq. and O.R.S. 79-5010, et seq. Trus-
tee No.: 039-13151 Reference is made to that
certain deed made by Steven P Worthington and
Darcie E Worthington, as tenants by the entirety
as Grantor/Trustor, in which Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc, is named as beneficiary
and First American Title Insurance OR as Trustee
and recorded 1/24/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-
001820 in book, page of Official Records in the
office of the Recorder of Josephine County, Ore-
gon covering the following real property situated in
said county and state, to wit: Lot 5 of Laurel Ridge
subdivision Phase I, Josephine County, Oregon,
according to the official plat thereof, recorded in
Volume 9, page 261, plat records. The street ad-
dress or other common designation, if any, of the
real property described above is purported to be:
1952 NW Crown St, Grants Pass, OR 97526 The
undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the above street address or other
common designation. Both the beneficiary and the
trustee have elected to sell the said real property
to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust
deed and a notice of default has been recorded
pursuant to Oregon revised Statutes 86.735 (3);
the default for which foreclosure is made is Gran-
tor’s failure to pay when due the following sums:
Total payments from 12/1/2006 through 1/22/2009
$88,683.00 Total late charges Total advances
$0.00 Interest on Advances (if any) $0.00] TOTAL
DUE THE BENEFICIARY $88,683.00 Click on the
Total and Press F9 to update Also, if you have
failed to pay taxes on the property, provide insur-
ance on the property or pay other senior liens or
encumbrances as required in the note and deed of
trust, the beneficiary may insist that you do so in
order to reinstate your account in good standing.
The beneficiary may require as a condition to rein-
statement that you provide reliable written evi-
dence that you have paid all senior liens or en-
cumbrances, property taxes and hazard insurance
premiums. These requirements for reinstatement
should be confirmed by contacting the under-
signed trustee. By reason of said default, the
beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the
obligation secured by said trust deed immediately
due and payable, said sums being the following:
The unpaid principal balance of $516,044.79 to-
gether with interest thereon at the current rate of
7.25000 per cent (%) per annum from 11/1/2006
until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow
advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other
sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary
pursuant to the terms and conditions of said deed
of trust. Whereof, notice is hereby given that the
NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF INTENT TO
CONSTRUCT A WATER SYSTEM
LOCATED IN THE 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN
IN THE COMMUNITY OF KERBY,
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON
The proposed is to construct a water distribu-
tion system in the Kerby Water District, Jose-
phine County, Oregon - latitude 42.194N and
longitude 123.653W. The project consists of a
mainline of 8-inch and 10-inch pipe along Red-
wood Highway and subsidiary lines that con-
sist of 4-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch pipe along side
streets, a pump station along Redwood High-
way and other required appurtenances
throughout the Kerby Water District. The ser-
vice area of the project contains a 100-year
flood plain so the potential exists that facilities
may be upgraded/constructed and other ser-
vices may be offered in the 100-year flood
plain designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency Map No. 4155900378,
June 1, 1982.
Executive Order 11988 requires a determina-
tion of the practicability of alternatives to hav-
ing the project in the floodplain. To make this
determination Josephine County will analyze
the following factors: natural environment, in-
cluding topography, habitat and hazards; so-
cial concerns including aesthetics, historical
and cultural value and land use patterns; eco-
nomic aspects including costs of space saving
construction; transportation services and relo-
cation; and, legal constraints including deeds
and leases.
Josephine County will also consider all com-
ments received or postmarked within 15 days
of this public notice. Please send all comments
to: Rosemary Padgett, Chief Financial Officer,
Josephine County, 500 NW 6th Street, Grants
Pass, OR 97526
Publish & Affd.
Feb. 18, 2009
Subscribe to the “Illinois Valley News” by send-
ing a check to PO Box 1370, Cave Junction,
OR 97523. Josephine County residents pay
$22.80 per year, Jackson County $26.40, all
others $36 annually. Visit our website at:
www.illinois-valley-news.com
undersigned trustee will on 6/3/2009, at the hour
of 01:00 PM in accord with the standard time es-
tablished by O.R.S. 187.110; At the front door to
the Josephine County Courthouse, Sixth and "C"
Street, Grants Pass, OR County of Josephine,
State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the high-
est bidder for cash, the interest in the said de-
scribed real property which the grantor has or had
power to convey at the time of execution by him of
the said trust deed, together with any interest
which the grantor his successors in interest ac-
quired after the execution of said trust deed to
satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured
and the costs and expenses of sale, including
reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further
given that any person named in O.R.S. 86.753
has the right, at any time prior to five days before
the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclo-
sure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed
reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the
entire amount then due (other than such portion of
the principal as would not then be due had no
default occurred) and by curing any other default
complained of herein that is capable of being
cured by tendering the performance required un-
der the obligation or to cure the default, by paying
all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforc-
ing the obligation and trust deed, together with
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
This is to give notice that on Monday, February
23, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall, 222 W. Lister Street, Cave Junction,
Oregon, the Common Council of the City of
Cave Junction will meet in a regular session.
The agenda may include, but is not limited to,
the following:
* Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)
* Park Use Request - Pregnancy Center
of the Illinois Valley
* Continued Public Hearing - Redwood Hwy
LID
* Presentation - IVCDO (Oregon Caves
National Monument & Chateau)
* Continued Public Hearing - Ordinance
(Prohibit Drinking Alcohol on Public
Premises) {2nd Reading}
* Continued Public Hearing - Ordinance
(Approving Development Agreement)
{2nd Reading}
* Executive Session - ORS 192.660(2)
(b,f,h) {If/As Required}
* Comments
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trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In construing this
notice, the masculine gender includes the femi-
nine and the neuter, the singular includes plural,
the word” Grantor” includes any successor in inter-
est to the grantor as well as any other person ow-
ing an obligation, the performance of which is se-
cured by said trust deed, and the words “Trustee”
and “ Beneficiary” include their respective succes-
sors in interest, if any. If the Trustee is unable to
convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s
sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of
monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful
bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated:
1/22/2009 Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation,
By: Thomas J. Ruhrup, Assistant Secretary State
of CA) County of San Diego ss I certify that I, Tho-
mas J. Ruhrup am an authorized representative of
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, Trustee, and
that the foregoing is a complete and exact copy of
the original trustee’s notice of sale. Thomas J.
Ruhrup Authorized Representative of Trustee This
is an attempt to collect a debt and any information
obtained will be used for that purpose. P#526306
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