Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
SANTA’S HELPERS - Rotary Club of Illinois Valley will
present the I.V. Bikers Toy Run on Saturday, Oct. 24 to col-
lect toys and donations for the Cave Junction Cares Christ-
mas morning give-away. Poker run registration will begin at
10 a.m. at the Junction Inn, and music by Broadway Phil &
the Shouters will start at 1 p.m. Bring a toy or cash donation
and prepare to bid on some excellent auction items. Must
be 21 or older to enter the Timber Room.
HALLOWEEN HAPPENING - AF&AM Masonic Lodge
will hold a spaghetti dinner on Sunday, Oct. 25 from 1 to 4
p.m., at the RCC/Belt Bldg. in Kerby. There will be a Hallow-
een Costume contest for children 14 and younger. Also,
table space is available for vendors for a “Seller’s/Buyer’s
Market” to be held at the same time. Phone “Don” or “Hazel”
at 592-6433 for more information.
HOMECOMING 2009 - Illinois Valley High School will
celebrate Homecoming Week with various events, including
the annual Powder Puff football game on Wednesday night,
Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. on the football field.
The Homecoming Parade, featuring the IVHS Band in
new uniforms, will be held on Friday, Oct. 30 beginning at 1
p.m. The cheerleaders and football players will walk in the
parade, and each class will have a float. The equestrian
team members will ride their horses in the parade. This
year’s shortened parade route will begin at IVHS, proceed
west on River Street to Evergreen Elementary School; back
along River to Kerby Street; left on Lister Street and across
Redwood Hwy. to Lorna Byrne Middle School; left on Junc-
tion Avenue and right on River Street, to return to IVHS.
The homecoming football game will be played against
the Henley Hornets at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
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.
H1N1 Q&A - What is it? How is it transmitted? What are
the symptoms? What is the community concern? How is
this different from other flu? Answers will be available during
a Q&A session with Dr. Daniel Selinger on Monday, Nov. 9
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the OHMS Community Health Education
Center, 128 S.W. “I” St. in Grants Pass. Phone 471-4208 for
information and reservations.
NOTEPAD - An account has been established at
Home Valley Bank to accept donations to augment Kel-
logg’s Frosted Flakes “Plant a Seed” money and complete
restoration of the track & field facility at Lorna Byrne Middle
School, said the I.V. Booster Club ... Oregon 4th Con-
gressional District candidate Sid Leiken will make a pair
of open-to-the-public appearances in Josephine County on
Thursday, Oct. 22. At noon, Leiken will be the main
speaker during the Josephine County Republican
Women's monthly meeting at Elmer's Restaurant in Grants
Pass. From 4 to 6 p.m., Leiken will be at the Josephine
County Bldg. in Cave Junction … Square-dancing les-
sons will be held at the Josephine County Bldg. on Mon-
days from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 26 and continu-
ing through June. The first week of class is free, said Ste-
ven Splean who can be reached at 474-6687 ... A free
concert, Coffee House Goes Hollywood, featuring music
from television and movies, will be held on Thursday, Oct.
29, beginning at 7 p.m. at Illinois Valley High School ...
NBC, the world's largest overnight basketball camp, will
present a pair of one-day clinics in Southern Oregon.
Rogue River High School will host both events. Boys and
girls ages 14-18 can attend the Saturday, Oct. 31 event,
which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The following day, Sun-
day, Nov. 1, boys and girls ages 9-14 can attend the clinic,
which will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Space is limited for both
clinics, and there is a fee. Register on-line at
www.nbccamps.com or phone (800) 406-3926. Contact
Dave Ehrhardt at 621-6361 for more information.
LAST WORDS - “A dying culture invariably exhibits per-
sonal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for
others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle man-
ners, is more significant than is a riot." (Robert A. Heinlein)
Say you saw it in the Illinois Valley News
Chetco Grange 765
Chetco Grange 765 will
sponsor a free “Halloween
Hoedown” for all ages featur-
ing the District 5 Oregon Old
Time Fiddlers on Saturday,
Oct. 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Grange Community
Center, Hwy. 101 and Zimmer-
man Lane in Harbor.
There will be a jam ses-
sion of fiddlers and area musi-
cians from 10:30 a.m. to noon,
followed by the fiddlers from
noon to 3 p.m.
Area musician Carl
Rovainen has been selected as
the featured musician for this
program. Rovainen is a self-
taught musician of 20 years,
and plays old-time music on a
long-neck five-string banjo,
violin, and other instruments.
The program will include
opportunities to sing and
dance. Halloween costumes are
optional. For additional infor-
mation phone (541) 469-7120.
Illinois Valley Airport
Advisory Board
The Illinois Valley Airport
Advisory Board will meet at
5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 in
the former restaurant at the
airport. Agenda items are: Mis-
sion Statement, Industrial Park
update and fence.
Concrete
Remodel
New Construction
CCB 174891
592-6609
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This is not an exception:
This always happens when
government thinks it is
smarter than consumers. If
Congress had allowed us to
import ethanol from Brazil
we could have saved billions
of dollars. Why did Congress
prevent this savings? Because
it gets big money for cam-
paigns when it passes laws,
and wastes taxpayer money
by giving it to special inter-
ests for these programs.
The reason I give these
examples is because anyone
who believes our politicians
are really looking after the
voters’ interests are living in a
fool’s paradise. Did anyone
believe our president when he
promised transparency and a
few days to read the bills?
Did you believe him when he
promised to go through the
bills “line by line” to elimi-
nate wasteful spending of
taxpayer money? Was this
before or after the 9,000 ear-
marks he approved by signing
the bill?
Resenbrink’s recently
laid-off son and college-
attending daughter are with-
out insurance. If government
would allow health insurance
companies to compete across
state lines and to customize
policies to the needs of the
people and not the
“requirements” of the graft-
taking politicians to protect
special interests we could
reduce insurance costs. By
the way, the government
health-care programs all re-
quire our children to pay for
the care of old folks. Should
young people be saddled with
all these costs because the
government says so?
Resenbrink’s 77-year-old
father was taken by ambu-
lance to a hospital, but then
felt fine and wanted to go
home, but was asked to stay
the night. Was this the fault of
the hospital? No, because
Congress refuses to do any-
thing about the legal lottery
run by the trial lawyers.
Doctors and hospitals are
forced to cover every possible
problem by ordering tests and
procedures not necessarily
needed. Keeping the patient
in the hospital overnight is an
example. So the trial lawyers
are calling the shots. If we
had a cap of damages nation-
ally like some states, it would
be a huge drop in health
costs. But the trial lawyers are
right in there with the teach-
ers unions and SEIU for the
top three givers of big bucks
to the Democrat Party. Do
you think the Congress
should pass laws to benefit
the voters or the big unions?
This also applies to the cost
of drugs.
The public outcry Resen-
brink refers to has nothing to
do with personal feelings
against our president. The
outcry is because most clear
thinkers realize this is not
about health care at all. The
president and this Democrat-
controlled Congress don’t
give a whit about our health,
but they are concerned about
the power and control they
will have over the American
people. The public outcry is
also against this insane spend-
ing and borrowing.
They are against the most
malignant taxation of all, the
inflation caused by 24/7 print-
ing of money.
(Editor’s Note: A fee
was paid for the preceding
due to its length).
Frustrated with JCSO
From Shaun Murphy
Cave Junction
On a recent Sunday I
was out of town when my
phone rang at 4:30 a.m., and
my wife said that an unin-
sured minor driving drunk
plowed through our fence.
Not wanting this to go
unreported I tell her, “I’ll call
you back, I’m calling the po-
lice.” I call the nonemergency
line -- no answer. I see an-
other number and dial it, but
discover I’ve reached the
Grants Pass Police.
I felt embarrassed, and
asked for the correct number.
I’m told that, “It wouldn’t do
any good if I did; you need to
call Josephine County Sher-
iff’s Office, and they are
closed Sundays.”
A few days later I call the
sheriff’s office and ask to
have someone come to make
a report. I’m told that the offi-
cer for our area doesn’t come
on until 4 p.m. Sometime
after 4 he calls, leaving a
message. It appears he won’t
be coming out, it’s a civil
matter. Really? Since when
was a drunk driver -- OK, an
underage, uninsured drunk
driver -- a civil matter? I’m
confused now, so I call the
sheriff’s office next morning.
I’m told, “Well, if we
don’t witness the accident at
the time it occurs we can’t do
anything about it; now it be-
comes a civil matter.”
“You weren't open on
Sunday to come out, though.”
“Well, I’m not sure what
to tell you,” I’m told. “You
need to deal with it through
insurance from this point.
Any time two people are in
an accident it becomes a civil
matter.”
And I’m told that be-
cause he’s uninsured, I will
have to sue him.
I’m feeling aggravated,
and advise that I’m not so
much concerned with the
money end, I’m concerned
that he was drunk and
wrecked a car without insur-
ance.
“I’m sorry but there
would be no way for us to
prove it was him, or if he was
even there without physically
being there at the time of the
incident.” I can tell that her
patience is running out.
“I can prove he was
there. I have two witnesses. I
have the license plate from
his vehicle. I have half the
vehicle’s body parts still
strewn across my property,
and I know where the
wrecked car is parked.”
“I’m sorry, sir, we have
done all we are going to do; it
is a civil matter from this
point on.”
So here’s the question:
Is this simply a case that is
outside their jurisdiction or is
it a case not worth their time
financially? It seems to me
that the Police Blotter has
more traffic stops then any-
thing else these days. Are we
being punished for repeatedly
voting down measures that
they continue to put on the
ballot?
With unsatisfied citizens
living up and down our street,
and crimes that are quite solv-
able not being taken under
wing, even with most of the
footwork being done for the
police, I believe we have a
real problem with our sheriff
and deputies.
From Sept. 24 through
Oct. 8 there were 59 moving
violations that resulted in a
citation, as reported by this
newspaper. If the average
amount of money the county
receives from citations paid
was $250, that would total
$14,750 for just the time pe-
riod mentioned. Imagine for a
whole year.
There is money coming
in, but where is it going if it
never goes toward a problem
that doesn’t have a financial
benefit for the department in
the end?
Registration for the Illinois Valley Youth Wrestling Club
will be held on Monday, Oct. 26 and Wednesday, Oct. 28,
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at I.V. High School.
Participants will need to have their birth certificate
and be accompanied by a parent. There is a $50 fee.
Practice will begin on Monday, Nov. 2.
Phone Marty Miller for more information at 597-4121.
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592-3896
Saturday, November 14
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Community Bible Church
gymnasium
113 S. Caves Ave.
Cave Junction
GOOD RECORDKEEPING IS VITAL
FOR EVERY BUSINESS
Many business owners assign low
priority to recordkeeping, at least until
their first tax audit. Then they find le-
gitimate deductions have been disal-
lowed or revenues overestimated,
solely because of inadequate documen-
tation. Without supporting evidence,
tax auditors create their own estimates
of income and expenses, often result-
ing in inflated tax assessments.
Operating without keeping records is a little like driving
blindfolded. Besides saving tax dollars, proper records can
help business people identify and evaluate trends in earn-
ings and expenditures and thereby plan more intelligently.
They also facilitate preparation of financial statements,
which are required when applying for financing or reporting
to regulatory agencies.
Recording begins with organizing original documents
like sales and purchases invoices, cash register tapes, work
orders, and check stubs. The individual transactions are
then recapped in sales journals, check registers, disburse-
ments journals, and similar books of original entry. These
books, in turn, are summarized in general ledgers, which
group activities by account categories. Using a computer
does not guarantee proper end results.
You should also retain bank statements, financial state-
ments, tax return copies, and supporting worksheets for in-
come, payroll, excise, and sales taxes. Agreements, con-
tracts, and similar legal documents should be filed in se-
cured areas or stored in safety deposit boxes.
The normal statute of limitations for an IRS audit is
three years, but that period may be extended to six years if
the agency suspects gross income has been understated by
more than 25 percent. Since the statute normally starts with
the due date of a return (not the actual tax year), it’s wise to
keep most records for seven years. Certain types of records,
such as loan papers, asset purchase contracts, or long-term
investment documents, should be kept for the life of the
loan or asset plus seven years. Partnership agreements, arti-
cles of incorporation, operating agreements, and similar
documents should be kept permanently.
Karen M Bodeving CPA is a Nationally Recognized CPA. She is a Commu-
nity Oriented Illinois Valley resident. Her office is located at: 574 NE E St.,
Grants Pass, OR – Non Tax season office hours are 9 am – 1 pm, Monday
through Thursday. Other hours and Illinois Valley appointments are avail-
able by calling her office at 479-3625 .