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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Page 12 RCC lists finance, counseling, Web classes A series of financial man- agement courses “to help busi- nesses of any size grow” will be taught this summer by the Rogue Community College Business Development Center (BDC). Courses in bookkeeping basics, financial statements, basic payroll, and QuickBooks will be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. in Grants Pass, Illinois Valley, and Medford. The financial management series will be held Mondays and Wednesdays beginning June 22 in Grants Pass; and in August at the Illinois Valley Learning Center in Kerby. In Medford, classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays be- ginning July 7. Tuition for the nine-hour bookkeeping course is $159. Tuition for the six- hour financial statements and payroll basics course is $99 each. Enroll in the entire 21- hour series and save $20. Beginning Quickbooks Pro 2009, is an 18-hour course that will be held in Grants Pass Mondays and Wednesdays beginning July 15. A nine-hour intermediate course is offered for August. In Illinois Valley, the course will be offered Tues- days and Thursdays starting in September. In Medford courses will begin July 30. Tuition is $219 for the begin- ning course and $99 for the intermediate class. Save $10 by enrolling in the series. Pre-registration is required by noon two working days before the class to avoid can- cellation. Enrollment is lim- ited. Register on-line, at any RCC registration site, or phone BDC at 956-7494 for pre- registration or further informa- tion. * * * RCC will offer “Advanced Group Process,” this summer, a course that will focus on advanced group dy- namics in drug and alcohol and other types of counseling settings. Counselor Joe Atkin will teach the class at the Riverside Campus in Medford. Enroll- ment is open to community members already working in the human services field and advanced students who have previously taken group coun- seling classes from Atkin. Scheduled over three weeks in July, the class will meet at the RCC/SOU Higher Education Center, Room 309, 101 S. Bartlett St., Medford. Sessions are scheduled from 5:30 to 8:20 p.m. July 8-9, 15-16, and 22-23, and from 9 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. July 18 and 25. Tuition for this 3- credit class is $219. Instructor Joe Atkin is known for his engaging and knowledgeable presentations. Atkin was one of the first 100 certified alcohol and drug counselors in Oregon and served on the board and as chair of the Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association of Oregon. Now retired, he was in private practice for 30 years specializing in addictions, treatment for anxiety, and clinical supervision. To register or for more information, contact Cindy Henney in the RCC Human Services Department at 245- 7504, or via email at chen- ney@roguecc.edu. * * * The RCC Business Devel- opment Center is offering a three-part Web Essentials se- ries to assist business owners in developing or improving their Websites. The instructor is Chris Kiltz, of Design By Kiltz. The series will include: Web Essentials for Small Business – The Basics in Grants Pass Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 30 through July 7; and in Illinois Valley Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 17 through 24. Introduction to Web De- sign will be presented in Grants Pass Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 9 through 16 and in Illinois Valley Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 26 through Sept. 2. E-Commerce and Using Content Management Systems will be presented in Grants Pass Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 21 through 28; and in Illinois Valley Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 9 through 16. The tuition for each nine- hour module is $159: $20 can be saved by enrolling in the entire three-part series for $457. Classes in Grants Pass will be held at the Business Development Center, 214 S.W. Fourth St. Illinois Valley classes will be at the Business Entrepreneurial Center, Kerby Belt Building, 24311 Red- wood Hwy., Kerby. Pre-registration is required by noon two working days before the class to avoid can- cellation. Enrollment is lim- ited. Register on-line, at any RCC registration site, or phone SBDC at 956-7494 for tele- phone pre-registration or fur- ther information. Meetings set regarding critical habitat in valley The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) will hold two public meetings to present information regarding possible criti- cal habitat proposals for the two plant species in areas including Illinois Valley and how that may affect land owners. The meetings, both from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will be held in Cave Junction at the Junction Inn on Wednesday June 24, and in Medford at the BLM Medford District Office, 3040 Biddle Road on Thursday, June 25. The two plant species, large-flowered woolly meadowfoam and Cook’s desert parsley, are federally listed as endangered. Some parcels of public and private land in the White City, Eagle Point, Medford, Selma and Cave Junction areas of Jackson and Josephine counties may be considered for proposed critical habitat for two plant species. Illinois Valley Golf Course Wednesday Men’s Twi-Light 4-week Standings Sponsor Players Points 1 Lewis Power Equipment Charlie McDonald Bruce Boucher 40 2 Headers Tavern Tony Morreale/Kit Fluck 38 3 Holland Store Bob Reis/Paul Miller 38 4 McGrew’s Bill Culbertson/ JV Culbertson 37 5 Hometowne Interiors Bob Hurt/Gene Chavez 30 6 Home Valley Bank Marv Ahlers/Kenny Lewis 27 7 T & T Lou Trujillo/Chuck Thomas 27 8 BWR Concessions Roger Hults/Ron Hults 26 9 Northwest Hairlines Bill Jacobsen/Bill Leahy 25 10 Crocker Financial/Subway Ted Crocker/Gary Braden 22 11 Rough & Ready Carl Larsen/ John Ferguson 21 12 B & P Company Paul Bohey/Bob Moat 21 Illinois Valley Golf Course Monday Men’s Twi-Light 4-week Standings Sponsor Players Points 1 Abraham Contracting Dan Klicker/Mike Jones 42 2 True Value Hardware Neil Dierkes/Ron Hults 41 3 Robin’s Reliable Lawn Service Moe Wylie/Rob Savage 41 4 Taylor's Sausage, Inc. Chuck Taylor/Scott Taylor 41 5 B & R & RW & B Concessions Bill Hults/Roger Hults 33 6 Dave’s Outdoor Power Equipment Bob Muswieck/John Unger 31 7 Mike Hohm Productions Mike Hohm/Gary Noleroth 30 8 Taylor's Sausage Inc. Todd Johan/Terry Taylor 30 9 East Fork Ranch Thom Baker/Neil Josselyn 28 Oregon solons OK $733 mil. in taxes 10 M & M Zach Morton/Wilbur Morton 25 11 Clouser Drilling Chuck Gill/Jason Gill 24 (Continued from page 1) 12 Wild River Brewing & Pizza Jerry Miller/Ken Hobach 24 13 Michelle's Family Restaurant & Lounge Sean Hendrix/Kevin Smith 22 14 Evergreen Elementary David Valenzuela/Zach Gary 19 15 Cascade Auto Jay Miller/Ken Reinhart 17 16 Perpetual Flame Joe Krauss/Paul Bodeving 10 “A lot of work from both chambers of the Legislature went into passing these two revenue measures,” the release states. “This vote was not easy, but it was necessary to protect our middle class and prevent devastating cuts to programs like education, health care and public safety.” Lawmakers also passed two bills pertaining to health care. On Monday, June 8, HB 2116 and HB 2009 passed the House. They passed the Senate on Thursday, June 11. Under HB 2116, a 1 per- cent premium will be assessed to health-care providers, in- cluding hospitals and insurance companies. The funds raised through HB 2116 will go to- ward drawing more federal dollars in order to expand the number of citizens covered under the Oregon Health Plan. “This tax is a flat-out, un- adulterated tax on those people who already pay an awful lot CANDY & MORE 15 varieties of delicious fudge Tuesdays - Saturdays 11-4:30 (next to King’s, downtown CJ) of money for health care,” Maurer said. HB 2009 would establish the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), a new agency charged with overseeing health-care delivery in the state. “The OHA will assume the responsibility for alcohol addiction, mental health, pub- lic health and all medical assistance programs,” Richardson said. “There are a number of agencies assumed by it, and also several created that are new.” Richardson said that OHA ultimately would con- tain 15 state agencies and 22 programs. Many of those programs currently are han- dled by the Dept. of Human Services (DHS), but Richard- son said that HB 2009 would leave that agency with senior citizens, people with disabili- ties and children, and adults and families. HB 2009 “has the poten- tial” to enable better legisla- tive oversight of DHS, Richardson said, but he added that “the outcomes of these actions by Democrats is quite uncertain.” Richardson noted that, “The challenge is, of course, when you conglomerate a number of agencies or divide one agency into a fragment or single agency, it takes three to five years for the dust to settle, the regulations to be written and to get a sense of what you have.” Kulongoski also is likely to sign HB 2009 and HB 2116. In a June 11 press re- lease, he stated that the bills “represent the largest expan- sion of health-care coverage and the most significant steps forward to controlling health costs since the enactment of the Oregon Health Plan two decades ago.” The passage of HB 2009 and HB 2116 “puts the state on a path to ensure that every child in Oregon and thou- sands more adults will have access to health care and gives us the tools to make health care more affordable for all Oregonians,” the re- lease states. Legislators could ad- journ the 2009 session by the end of June. However, Richardson cautions that if the state’s revenue picture doesn’t improve, a special session may become neces- sary some time in the fall. JoCo economic vision forum ... (Continued from page 1) co-op grange in Grants Pass to process oils and local live- stock feed extracted from those two new crops. 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Ambron said that one focus of the town hall meet- ing will be to find uses for forest products that do not involve old-growth timber. “We’re looking at it as a beginning process for creat- ing a more specific dialogue with the community and breaking it down to smaller localities like Hugo, Merlin, Murphy, Williams and, of course, the I.V., Cave Junc- tion and Takilma,” Ambron said. “Each locality will have the opportunity to discuss what their local area econ- omy can be.” The forum will be tele- vised and video-recorded by Rogue Valley Television. For more information, phone Ambron at 592-4695. 30 years experience in water, sewer & pipeline construction, brush clearing, septic installation & utility line trenching Spe c ia lizing in a lt e rna t ive se pt ic syst e m s READY TO DIG & AIMING TO PLEASE 24 HOURS A DAY CCB#15958 (5 4 1 ) 5 9 7 -4 4 8 6
