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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Yogi Berra of baseball fame was especially noted for
his convoluted comments. Even my late father had a cou-
ple during his time, including vehemently telling my brother
and me that, “Children should be heard and not seen!”
As for Yogi, here are three of my favorites: *Baseball is
90 percent mental; the other half is physical. *The future
ain’t what it used to be. And, *When you come to a fork in
the road, take it.
Which brings us now to a few of what I consider choice
“Bushisms” uttered by President George W. Bush.
*I know the human being and fish can co-exist peace-
fully.
*There’s no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my
mind, that we will fail.
*There’s an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it’s in
Texas, probably Tennessee -- that says, fool me once,
shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can’t get fooled
again.
*Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so
are we. They never stop thinking about ways to harm our
country and our people, and neither do we.
*Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it
is, sir. I talk to families who die. (With Tony Blair)
*Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech.
(Welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House)
*I remember meeting a mother of a child who was ab-
ducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.
*Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration
have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail
to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13
small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than
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Love, not hate
From Rebecca Manary
Cave Junction
What if we loved instead
of hated; what if we reached
out instead of recoiled; what if
we held the hand of someone
hurting instead of judging?
What if our words were
soothing instead of words of
disdain; what if we encour-
aged instead of discouraged;
what if we blessed our ene-
mies instead of cursed?
What if we tried to see
the real person instead of the
addiction; what if we loved
like Jesus: What would the
world be like?
Powerful increase
From Ann Centonze
Cave Junction
In researching this most-
recent 4.7-percent increase
from PacifiCorp/Pacific
Power, I found that the last
three increases were a part of
the overall increase voted
upon by Gov. Kulongoski
and his Commission on En-
ergy. And the most recent
was in August 2008, when
fuel prices were at their all-
time high.
While our state govern-
ment officials are in session,
this is the perfect time to have
them revisit this issue and
rescind this most-recent price
increase. Especially since fuel
prices have fallen more than
half since August 2008, with
the bottoming of the stock
and commodities market; and
power and energy enjoyed
above-normal profits (as was
posted on Jan. 23, 2009), and
Oregonians top the national
list of the unemployed.
The “Artificial Inflation
Era” is over. Downward price
corrections should be leading
the way to reflect the down-
turn in the economy. And
when President Obama’s
Economic Recovery Act
passes, energy and power will
top the list for stimulus subsi-
dies, for development of new,
cleaner fuels and infrastruc-
ture renewal.
The fast way to have this
issue addressed is to write to
our governor, our district rep-
resentatives, PacificCorp/
Pacific Power, and the Ore-
gon Dept. of Energy, and
request that they add this
most-important issue to their
agenda to rescind this most-
recent increase. This increase
affects every electricity payer,
in our homes, and places of
business.
Together can we make a
difference. Here are the ad-
dresses: Pacific Power/
PacifiCorp, 625 Marion St.
NE, Portland OR 97232;
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What is the cure?
From Ryan Wargin
Cave Junction
They say that alcoholism
is a disease. So are they say-
ing that our town is diseased?
I’m not trying to knock
any of our local drifters, but
come on. It’s out of control.
We might as well build a
hut for all of those who sit
next to Shop Smart. Heck, it’s
an open lot. Why not?
Then we could build a
new sign: “Welcome to Dis-
eased Cave Junction.” If it’s a
disease, what’s the cure?
A burglary warning
From Dale DeVorss
Kerby
This is a warning to all in
Kerby and Illinois Valley
who may feel secure in their
home, their property and pos-
sessions.
Just recently we arrived
home from a two-week vaca-
tion to discover that our home
had been pillaged by local
thieves. The house-sitter had
to leave for a couple of days
before we arrived home, and
that was the opportunity they
were waiting for.
They are done with us
which are specific to airplane
modelers, but little use to the
general public. The public-
address system is quite old,
and we don’t have identifying
numbers. But if this group of
items appeared at the same
time it might lead to the cul-
prit. Any help would be ap-
preciated.
This is a list of items
taken:
Two folding tables, two
picnic table umbrellas, a 10-
by-10-foot gazebo, a 13x10-
foot screen house, one set of
tent frame poles, a dual arm-
chair combo seat; P.A. sys-
tem including amplifier, mi-
crophone, two speakers and
associated cables and wires;
box of bungee cords, a roll of
raffle tickets, barbed wire,
two 5-gallon buckets (black),
NIB Tower field box, Tower
field box with tank and hand
fuel pump, roll of duct tape,
deck chairs, a rake; and a 4-
to-6-foot wood propeller.
My contact number is
(541) 226-8302 and the sher-
iff’s office business number is
474-5123. The case number
reference is 09-1615.
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Modelers ripped off
From Neal Appleton
field marshal,
Rogue Valley Flyers
Our Josephine County-
based radio control model
airplane club has a flight field
on the former Kerby Landfill
site, where we store many
needed supplies in a trailer.
Earlier this month, that
unit was broken into and a
variety of items taken. While
most of them have relatively
low monetary value, they are
valuable to us. A report of the
break-in has been made to
Josephine County Sheriff’s
Office.
While many items are of
little value or are difficult to
identify, help would be appre-
ciated if any of these items is
found. Of particular interest
are the two “field boxes,”
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Don’t get ‘caught’
Linda Schluter Tedder
Cave Junction
I watched a grown
woman and a child dodge
traffic to cross Hwy. 199
around 4 p.m. This occurred
about 15 feet from a marked
crosswalk.
It was a busy time of day.
and I watched with a sick
feeling in my stomach. When
they made it across I men-
tioned to the adult that there is
a legal crosswalk just a few
feet away, and that jaywalk-
ing is against the law.
She said to me, “Look,
we never get caught, and we
do this all the time.” The
child echoed the same.
I answered that there
were many cars, and, hey,
some people still talk on their
phones while driving. There
by the grace of God, they
were just lucky. The adult
said, “We’re never going to
use that crosswalk. And we
won’t get caught.”
I hope they don’t get
“caught” by a car.
Children are what they
see. When they see a flagrant
disregard for the law and
safety, who are their role
models?
now, but I assure you that
they are preparing for their
next victim: you.
These parasites need
your things to sustain their
miserable, pathetic lives. This
community must come to-
gether, and with our sheriff’s
office, rid us of the plague.
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