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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 Anti-tax petitions submitted FLEE FLU - Josephine County Public Health Dept. is offering seasonal influenza vaccinations on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Josephine County Bldg. in Downtown Cave Junction. The fee is $30 for those without Medicare, Oregon Health Plan or BlueCross/BlueShield coverage (bring current insurance card). Pneumonia and tetanus immunizations will be available for an additional fee. Phone 474-5337 for more flu information. GREEN FOR KIDS - Boys & Girls Club of Rogue Valley will present its second annual “Golftoberfest” on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Illinois Valley Golf Course. The event, co- sponsored by Home Valley Bank and the Eye Care Group, offers food, fun and raffles. Prizes include a $10,000 hole-in- one award. Register by Thursday, Oct. 1. Phone 592-4771 or register at www.bgcrv.com. BOYS BEING BOYS - A “Boys Day Out” for youth 10- to-14-years-old with a parent or adult is planned for Satur- day, Oct. 10. There will be free activities, prizes, and work- shops including firearm safety, archery safety and fish- ing.The event is co-sponsored by the Commission for Chil- dren and Families, combined Kiwanis clubs of Josephine County and the JoCo Sportsman’s Association. Running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the program will be held at Sports- mens Park, 7407 Highland Ave. in Grants Pass. Contact Dawn Sells at 474-5234 for more information. BLUES CHARITY - Southern Oregon Blues Society will present Women Sing the Blues, a benefit concert for the Women’s Crisis Center on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center. Grammy nominees, The Red Hot Blues Sisters, and B Wishes will perform. Tickets are available at Home Valley Bank branches. SNYP SNIPPET - Every fall all those kittens that were born in the spring begin to have litters. That’s why two Jack- son County animal welfare organizations, and many of the veterinary offices in the region, have joined to offer dis- counted spay/neuter certificates during the “Tom and Mom” campaign. Thanks to joint funding by SNYP (Spay or Neuter Your Pet) and FOTAS, a cat spay or neuter is only $25 dur- ing October. Certificates can be purchased beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, at Mini-Pet Mart in Grants Pass. Visit spayneuter.org or phone 858-3325 for details. NOTEPAD - A Poker Hike fund-raiser to benefit the Glass Rail Outfitof Illinois Valley will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the new hiking and equestrian trailhead on Westside Road at the 3-mile marker. Coffee, water and trail mix will be provided to participants. Proceeds will help build Little League baseball and Youth Soccer fields at Glass Rail’s rec center south of Cave Junction. Contact Sue Riegel Williams, viajerosranch2001@yahoo.com or phone 592-6921 for more information ... A rummage sale benefiting the Josephine County Christmas Box program will be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 & 3, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Countryside Village, 1700 Kellenbeck Ave. in Grants Pass ... Parent/teacher conferences will be held at Illinois Valley High School on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 is a statewide in-service day. No classes are scheduled for stu- dents on those days ... The Applegate Wagon Trail Inter- pretive Center in Sunny Valley will host the 2009 Apple- gate Wagon Trail Re-enactment on Saturday, Oct. 10. Events will begin at noon. The wagon train, accompanied by the Sheriff's Posse Outriders, will arrive sometime be- tween 1 and 2 p.m. after traversing a challenging stretch of the original 1846 trail over Mt. Sexton. Event tickets include a museum tour and access to all events ... Illinois Valley Lions Club is seeking new members. Phone Harry John- son at 596-2104 to arrange a meeting ... A yard sale to benefit I.V. Senior Center will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the parking lot behind the E. River Street facility ... Tap dance classes for adults and seniors will be offered at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Cave Junction. Phone 592-5082 for more information ... Licensed acupuncturist Louisa Suta offers an ear acu- puncture clinic to address trauma, anxiety, stress and de- pression. The donation-based clinic sessions, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, are held at the Takilma Community As- sociation Bldg., 9335 Takilma Road. LAST WORDS - “Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and three thirds, more or less, poltroons.” (H.L. Mencken) (Continued from page 2) judges, prosecutors, and sher- iffs deputies. All of which they defaulted on via Com- mercial Law, so they decided they were going to flex their muscles and try me as a “Paper Terrorist.” A total of 128 days total were spent in incarceration; 121 days in “the hole” -- held in an isolation cell in the maximum security wing of county jail 23 hours a day with one hour out for show- ers, etc. One would have thought that I was public en- emy number one, when up until that fateful night, I had never been in jail nor had a blemish on my record, and I was near my 65th birthday. I underwent two com- bined hunger strikes of 55 days and was near death, ac- cording to the jail nurse when former Undersheriff Ander- son dumped me at the curb of the Three Rivers E.R. stating that I would have to pay for hospital care and the county would not be responsible. Was that really the issue? Dollars and cents, and not justice? Is that what we pay for? By the way, throughout the past seven years, Jose- phine County and the State of Oregon have not gotten a penny out of me in court costs and fines despite their “huffing and puffing.” To this very day, I con- tinue to assert my Unalien- able Right to Liberty, which includes the Right to travel without seeking permission from my government. Now they will not arrest me. Nor will they take me before a judge. They just handcuff you, throw you in the back seat of a patrol car until the tow truck takes away your property, and then release you. In short they just steal More than 250,000 sig- natures were submitted to the Oregon Elections Division on Friday, Sept. 25 in an attempt to force a citizen vote on a pair of tax measures passed by the Legislature this year. A rally was held at the Public Services Bldg., across the street from the state capi- tol in Salem, to celebrate what referendum supporters are calling the “quarter of a million miracle.” Approximately 55,000 valid signatures were needed to force a Jan. 23, 2010 vote on increases in the state’s in- come and corporate tax rates. More than 129,000 signatures were gathered for the income tax challenge, and around 126,000 were collected for the corporate tax referral. Efforts also were being made to challenge an insur- ance tax hike and House Bill 2001, the Jobs and Transpor- tation Act, which includes a gasoline tax increase. How- ever, a late start hampered the ability of organizers to gather enough signatures. The referendum on HB 2001 was some 20,000 signa- tures short of what was needed, it was announced during the Thursday, Sept. 24 meeting of the Josephine County Republican Women at a Grants Pass restaurant. Cathy Swift, secretary for the Josephine County Chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), made the announcement. Her husband, Jack Swift, is AFP Josephine County coordinator and was the chief petitioner for that measure. Page 3 I llin ois Va lle y Ga r de n Clu b Pla n t Sa le Sa t u r da y, Oct . 3 9 a .m . t o n oon Fr on t of t h e Jose ph in e Cou n t y Bldg. Join us Sunday, Oct ober 4, 12- 4 p.m . to Welcome the Huacayas West end of River St reet in t he “ whit e barn” Drift smoke affects region Due to dense smoke drifting into low-lying areas from wildfires burning in Southwestern Oregon, Jose- phine County Public Health Dept. issued an air pollution advisory last week. The Boze Fire, burning near Tiller, and the Rainbow Creek Fire in the Rogue- Umpqua Divide wilderness area, have consumed a com- bined 13,000 acres of various vegetation, said the U.S. For- est Service. Particulate matter blan- keted the area last week, caus- ing hazy conditions, reduced visibility and potential health issues. They include shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, scratchy throat and chest tight- ness relating to air pollution. The public health depart- ment recommends that those experiencing smoke-related conditions contact their health-care provider. Fa ll a lpa ca sock s a r e he r e , a lso a lpa ca r ugs. Se e t h e ne w a lpa ca s a nd t h e 2 0 0 9 “ba bie s”. seats on its seven-member board. Applications will be accepted until the positions, one tenant representative and one member-at-large, are filled. Applications are avail- able in Room 154 in the courthouse in Grants Pass or o n l i n e a t www.co.josephine.or.us. Click on “Board of County Co mmissioners,” then “Advisory Boards” in the left-hand column. Scroll to find a link to the application in pdf format. Phone 474- 5221 with questions. Illinois River Valley Arts Council (IRVAC) IRVAC is seeking to borrow or have donated acoustic guitars to begin a guitar class through the 21st Century Learning program grant. Phone Norleen Harland at Lorna Byrne Middle School, 592- 2937. Glass Rail Outfit Community Center Glass Rail will hold a benefit poker hike Saturday, Oct. 3rd on the new equestrian/hiking trail at Illinois River Forks State Park. The trailhead is located on Westside Road at the 3-mile marker. The hike will begin at 10 a.m.; the first hand will cost $10 and additional hands $5. Proceeds will help build ball fields for Illinois Valley Little League and Youth Soccer on the Glass Rail Center’s property south of Cave Junction. Phone 592-4658 or 592- 6921 for more information. my car and abandon me wherever I happen to be. The last time I demanded to be taken before a judge to get this question of jurisdic- tion answered, I was driven from Cave Junction to the county jail, then abandoned there without booking, leav- ing me stranded in Grants Pass. They drove in one door and walked me out the other door. See: http://www.ark enterprises.com/piracy.html. It is time the people of Illinois Valley and Josephine County wake up to what is really going on in their sher- iffs office. What will you do when they come for you? Hit & Run? If you thought you missed hitting the red Honda Civic on Western Plaza parking lot Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 12:45 p.m.... YOU WERE WRONG! Damages: $1,189 Please phone 596-2199 Meet CJ’s new resident s: Jeff & Rit a Merrifield, t heir owners. Fine Suri Alpacas John Gardiner and Christ ine Perala Gardiner 541-415-2614 www.suri- fut ures.com Volunteers sought for three Jo. county advisory boards Applicants are sought to fill positions on three county advisory bodies, Josephine County Board of Commis- sioners announced. Applications will be ac- cepted until Oct. 19 to fill a vacancy in the “at-large” po- sition on the county Mental Health Advisory Board. Also, there is a vacancy on the Spe- cial Transportation Advisory Committee. The county Housing & Community Development Council is seeking to fill two A new herd of huacaya alpacas arrive in Cave Junct ion t his fall! Stuck in a Cooking Rut? Come to the Health & Cooking Class for Great New Ideas! Every Monday in October at 6 p.m. we’ll do the cooking and serve you. Health care professionals will speak on: Depression Diabetes Heart Challenges Cancer Prevention Seventh Day Adventist Church 265 Old Stage Road South Entire month only $10/single, $15/couple
