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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Recession wrecks county revenues
GOTTA HAVE ART - In a salute to the Oregon Caves
and Chateau, Cave Junction artist Karen Stiles’ painting of
the caves will be displayed at Evergreen Federal Bank in
Cave Junction from Monday through Friday, May 4 through
8. Stiles will be at Evergreen from 4 to 6 p.m. during Sec-
ond Friday ArtWalk on May 8. Her painting will be featured
as one of 33 “Doors of Oregon” in a Downtown Grants
Pass display this summer.
LE PETIT CHATEAU - Mike McDermott, a 1959
graduate of Illinois Valley High School, has created a doll
house replica of the Oregon Caves Chateau. The rendition
will be displayed at Illinois Valley Visitor Center until the
July 4 weekend, when it will be raffled to raise funds for the
I.V. Alumni Scholarship Fund.
DONATED DUDS - Takilma Bible Church will hold its
semi-annual clothing give-away on Saturday, May 16, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The location is 10343 Takilma Road.
CLASSIFIED CON - Several newspapers in Oregon
recently reported that some classified advertising custom-
ers were contacted by a person identifying themselves as
a representative of the newspaper. The customer is noti-
fied that the newspaper requires immediate payment
amount for running ads, and the caller attempts to obtain
credit card information.
Established advertisers with the Illinois Valley News
have accounts that are billed. Private parties placing classi-
fied ads have to pay in advance of publication. In any
event, the News does not accept credit cards. If you re-
ceive this type of call, contact Josephine County Sheriff’s
Office at 474-5123.
CIRCUS SITUATION - A public showing of the
Culpepper & Merriweather Circus will be welcomed by
Cave Junction Lions Club on the Junction Inn lot in Cave
Junction on Monday, May 11. Show times are 5 and 7:30
p.m. Tickets are available at Coffee Heaven, Evergreen
Federal Bank, Home Valley Bank, Lue-van-o’s, SOFCU
Community Credit Union, Michelle’s Family Restaurant,
Taylor’s Country Store, River Valley Restaurant, Sterling
Savings Bank, and Illinois Valley Visitor Center.
NOTEPAD - An organizational meeting and sign-ups
for Toastmasters International will be held at 6 p.m. on Fri-
day, May 1 in the Josephine County Bldg. in Cave Junc-
tion. Contact Buster Van Der Wood at 660-2354 for more
information ... Illinois Valley Little League will hold a bake
sale fund-raiser during the five games scheduled on Satur-
day, May 2, beginning at 9 a.m. ... Cinco de Mayo Family
Activities Night will be held on Tuesday, May 5 at Lorna
Byrne Middle School. Students and their families are in-
vited to a free, fun-filled evening of activities in honor of
Cinco de Mayo. Students must accompany their parent/
guardian to be admitted. The evening will begin with a free
enchilada dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the LBMS cafeteria. There
also will be arts-and-crafts, and a performance by Mexican
Folk dance group, Ballet Folkloriao Ritmo Alegre, spon-
sored by Illinois River Valley Arts Council ... Evergreen
Elementary will hold a Jog-athon fund-raiser on Thursday,
April 30, from 9 to 11 a.m. Also, Evergreen will hold a “Buy-
one, Get-one Free” book fair on Wednesday through Fri-
day, May 6 to 8, and Monday and Tuesday, May 11 and
12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ... Free cave tours will be of-
fered during Oregon Caves Community Day on Saturday,
May 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information phone
592-2100 ... T-shirts: *It’s T-shirt Day! *Some of my best
friends wear T-shirts. *I’m only wearing this because my
kids gave it to me ... Bumper stickers: *Careful: I back up
fast. *Official U.S. Taxpayer. *Don’t honk. I’m pedaling as
fast as I can.
LAST WORDS - We never lost a game. Occasionally,
we ran out of time. (Vince Lombardi)
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
Because of the lingering
economic recession, some
Josephine County agencies
that typically give money to
the general fund may need
some of those dollars to
maintain basic operations.
During the Budget Com-
mittee’s meeting Thursday,
April 23, Chief Financial Of-
ficer Rosemary DeLashmutt
stated that the clerk and re-
corder’s office will need to
draw from the county’s gen-
eral fund instead of contribut-
ing to it.
DeLashmutt said that
recordings and passport re-
quirements for that office
have dropped and that its
revenues are down
“substantially.”
County Forester Vic Har-
ris said that he plans to return
approximately $13,000 to the
general fund during the 2009-
10 fiscal year. Forestry gener-
ates more revenue in most
years, but due to a lack of
demand, Harris said he does
not plan to offer any timber
sales in the immediate future.
Overall, Harris said that
forestry requires a budget of
around $874,000, and plans
to generate some $884,000.
Planner Michael Snider
said that his department is
down to six full-time employ-
ees and is only open to the
public for 20 hours per week.
In contrast, he said, it had
10.5 full-time equivalent em-
ployees during the 2007-08
Sexual assault vigil set
April is Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, and Illi-
nois Valley Safe House Alli-
ance (IVSHA) will honor the
occasion with its annual Take
Back the Night event.
IVSHA has participated
in the event since 2001. Past
events have included marches
around Downtown Cave
Junction, but that won’t hap-
pen this year.
Rather, IVSHA advocate
Grace Auzenne said that all
Take Back the Night activi-
ties will occur on Thursday,
April 30 between 6 and 7:30
p.m. in the CARES Center,
across from Cave Junction
City Hall next to the DMV
office.
“Usually, we have a can-
dlelight vigil to remember the
ones who have died, and do
something to honor the ones
who have survived,”
Auzenne said.
Aside from the vigil, five
domestic violence survivors
will sing, Auzenne said, and
there will be a poetry reading.
This is the first year that
IVSHA has participated in
the Clothesline Project, which
involves survivors writing
their stories on T-shirts that
are hung together.
Such shirts have been
displayed at several locations
around Cave Junction this
month, but will all be brought
to the CARES Center for
Take Back the Night.
For more information,
visit ivhsa.org or takeback-
thenight.org.
relate that nearly 100 persons
have died and that hundreds
have been sickened.
Health officials are ask-
ing the public to take the nor-
mal precautions to avoid res-
piratory illness. Those include
frequent hand-washing, cov-
ering coughs but not with
hands, staying home from
work or school when sick,
and seeking attention and
advice from a physician if
experiencing flu-like ill-
nesses, the release said.
The public also is ad-
vised to wash their hands
thoroughly after any contact
with animals, and that swine
flu cannot be contracted by
eating pork or pork products.
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Siskiyou Project
A hike along the spec-
tacular Illinois River Canyon
trail from Briggs Creek to
York Creek Botanical Area
will be led on Sunday, May 3
by Siskiyou Project ecologist
Rich Nawa and members of
the Native Plant Society of
Oregon.
This hike features
Kalmiopsis leacheana, a
beautiful Rhododendron-like
flower discovered by botanist
Lilla Leach in 1930.
“Bring a lunch and
plenty of water for this all-
day, 6-mile (total), moderate
hike on mostly level ground.
The hike will be held rain or
shine, so come prepared.”
Hikers will meet at 10
a.m. on the highway side of
Ray’s Food Store parking lot
in Selma and carpool to the
trailhead. Phone 476-6648 for
more information or go to
www.siskiyou.org
I.V. Safe House Alliance
The alliance will host the
first 2009 ArtWalk on Friday,
May 8 with featured artist
Mary Reynolds showing her
intricately and exquisitely
beaded miniature quilts.
From 6:30 to 7 p.m.,
Ability will never catch up
with the demand for it.
~ Malcolm Forbes ~
Daniel Emery will host a
presentation on photo compo-
sition. Refreshments will be
provided.
For more information
phone 592-2515.
The Rogue Valley
Rose Society
The society, the only rose
society in Southwestern Ore-
gon, will present “Wine &
Roses” with the 64th annual
free rose show at the Jose-
phine County Fairgrounds on
June 6.
There will be wine-
tasting courtesy of Schmidt
Family Winery, Longsword
Winery and Plaisance Ranch.
There will be door prizes and
a “Rose Wine” wall hanging
raffle. Rose entries will be
accepted.
For further information
contact Jacque & Harry Har-
vey at 955-5345.
Meals are served in the
CJ County Bldg.
592-2126, 955-8839
FRIDAY, MAY 1
BBQ BEEF SANDWICH
ON A BUN
Oven browned potatoes,
mixed vegetables,
cardinal pear mold
MONDAY, MAY 4
BEEF CABBAGE BAKE
Creamed potatoes, peas &
carrots, herb bread, brownie
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
TERIYAKI MEATBALLS
WITH RICE
Oriental blend vegetables,
carrot mandarin salad, seven
grain roll, butterscotch pudding
Lutheran Women’s
RUMMAGE SALE
Saturday, May 2
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
150 Lewis Court
(across from
I.V. High School)
All proceeds to
benefit local charities.
Community
Track Meet
Saturday, May 9
Swine Flu ...
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and say they are prepared to
handle this sort of situation, a
press release said.
According to the release,
cases of a novel Influenza A
virus have been reported
throughout the United States,
Mexico and Canada. It is an
H1N1 strain, and is a combi-
nation of swine and human
strains that appear to be easily
transmissible from human to
human, the release stated.
The current cases in the
United States are of the mild
variety and not much differ-
ent than the seasonal flu.
However, the release said that
in Mexico, the strain seems to
be more fatal. News sources
fiscal year.
During the 2007-08 fis-
cal year, Snider said, planning
handled approximately 184
pre-applications, 593 applica-
tions and 841 development
permits, for a total of 1,618.
But in 2008-09, there were
120 pre-applications, 509
applications and 573 develop-
ment permits, for a total of
1,202, he said. Figures repre-
sent a 26 percent drop.
Overall, Snider said that
the planning department an-
ticipates receiving approxi-
mately $408,000 in revenues,
some $88,000 shy of the
$496,000 required to main-
tain its operations.
In order to make up the
difference, planning will need
around $37,200 from the gen-
eral fund and $50,000 in eco-
nomic development funds.
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