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Page 8 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 Celilo Nordal Celilo Nordal, a junior, has been named among Illi- nois Valley High School Principal’s Students of the Month for September 2009. Nordal is the son of Dr. Jim & Ginger Nordal, of Cave Junction. He is a mem- ber of Mathletes, IVHS Band, and the soccer and track teams. A Boy Scout, he is a senior patrol leader, and has earned the rank of First Class. Nordal is a National Honor Society Scholar. He has earned four var- sity letters in sports, and has received the Skyline Confer- ence Scholar Athlete Award. After graduation Nordal plans to attend college work- ing toward a doctorate in law/ medicine. Ben Kendall Senior student Ben Kendall has been named Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge 18 AM&AF Student of the Month for October 2009. Kendall is the son of David & Susan Kendall, of Cave Junction. Currently the ASB president, he served as ASB Student Body president his junior year and held the offices of Sophomore Class treasurer and Junior Class treasurer. Kendall is a member of National Honor Society, In- ternational Club, Mathletes, Fishwatch, and the soccer, football, basketball and base- ball teams. Kendall previously has received Principal’s Student of the Month and Skyline Conference Honorable Men- tion honors in soccer and baseball. After graduation he plans to attend the University of Oregon at Eugene with a pos- sible transfer to Oregon State University at Corvallis seek- ing a degree in sport-and- exercise science. Heidi Unger Heidi Unger is Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge 18 AM&AF Student of the month for November 2009. Unger, a senior, is the daughter of John & Colleen Unger, of Cave Junction. She is the Senior Class ASB busi- ness manager. 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News Class representative. Unger is a charter mem- ber of Illinois Valley Interact, and serves as president. She also is a member of STAND, Cougar Pals, SMILE, AS- PIRE, Mathletes, Drama Club, and the volleyball, track and cross country teams. She received the Best Attitude Award in volleyball in 2007, Most Inspirational in track in 2009, and the Cougar Pride Award. She has volunteered for Relay for Life, Gear Up men- toring and has served as Bible Club leader. Unger plans to attend Portland Bible College in the fall to earn her bachelor’s degree in theology. This will prepare her for a life as a pas- tor and later a medical mis- sionary. She says that this is not a typical profession for women, but it is what she feels called to do. Jon Anderson Jon Anderson, a senior, is among those named as IVHS Principal’s Students of the Month for September 2009. Anderson is the son of Michael & Amy Anderson, of Selma. He is a member of the wrestling, football and baseball teams. He has earned three varsity letters. After graduation next year, Anderson plans to at- tend a college and wrestle for that institution. Megan Householder Sophomore student Megan Householder is among those named as IVHS Principal’s Student of the Month for September 2009. Householder is the daughter of Glenn & Stepha- nie Householder, of Selma. She is currently the Sopho- more Class vice president. She is a member of the bas- ketball and track teams. Last year she received the Summa Cum Laude Award for hav- ing a 4.0 GPA. Householder plans to attend college at the Univer- sity of Tennessee. She would like to become a nurse, and then continue her education to become a physician. Wylie Ahl Senior Wylie Ahl has been chosen as Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge 18 AM&AF Student of the Month for Sep- tember 2009. Ahl is the daughter of Hans-peter & Caitlin Ahl, of Cave Junction. She is cur- rently the editor-in-chief of the Illinois Valley High School newspaper. She is a member of Brain Bowl, Aca- demic Challenge, IVHS Or- chestra, National Honor Soci- ety and Mathletes. She competed in the Academic Masters event in social studies last year, plac- ing third. She plans to attend the City University of New York, majoring in history and Eng- lish to obtain a master’s de- gree in education to become a high school history teacher. Kayla Young Kayla Young, an Illinois Valley High School fresh- man, is among September Principal’s Students of the Month. Young is the daughter of Ray & Laura Young, Cave Junction. She studies dance in Grants Pass one day a week and is part of the yoga class at IVHS. She received the Band Student of the Year Award last year. Young plans to attend a college after graduation in 2013. She is considering be- coming a fitness trainer. Can counties compel coordination? By SCOTT JORGENSEN IVN Staff Writer Local governing bodies have the ability to compel federal agencies to coordinate with them, according to Ash- land resident Katherine Leh- man, president of the People for the USA Grange. The coordination issue was the main theme on Fri- day, Oct. 2, when Lehman addressed a group of miners during their monthly meeting in Pottsville, near Merlin. Lehman said that because federal environmental poli- cies have the potential to ad- versely affect local econo- mies, language in those laws calls for such coordination. Agencies are required to inform local governments of their plans before acting on them, Lehman said. How- ever, she added that local governments must insist on asserting their authority in the coordinating process. Once that authority is asserted, the agencies must make their plans consistent with local policy, she said. The process is set up to enable communication be- tween governing bodies at different levels, Lehman said, without the involvement of outside advocacy groups. Some entities have passed resolutions calling for such coordination, but failed to follow up, she said. Harold Haugen, a former longtime Josephine County commissioner, said that such calls for coordination have been made in the past, and mostly dealt with policies surrounding the decommis- sioning of area roads. “We felt it was a step towards moving federal forest lands to the roadless category so they could then be turned into wilderness,” he said. When he was on the board of county commission- ers, Haugen said that body submitted letters to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and U.S. Dept. of the Interior indicat- ing a desire to be involved in the policy planning process. “We advised them we did not support the road clo- sures and wanted to be a party to those,” Haugen said. He said that the commission- ers’ main concern was that the roads not be taken off the map after decommissioning. “Once they’re taken off the map, it’s pretty much a done deal that they will never be open again,” he said. Despite the commission- ers’ initial push for involve- ment, Haugen said that there was little follow-through. “Unfortunately, even though we sent the letter, we didn’t get any response from the agencies. They just sort of blew us off,” Haugen said. “I’m assuming there were probably some legal ramifica- tions if we wanted to pursue it, but we never did pursue it.” The reluctance to push the issue further was due largely to a lack of political will to do so, Haugen said. “A lot of that had to do with how much money we had as a county and how many resources we wanted to spend in that particular arena,” he said. Current Commissioner Dwight Ellis said that he has been examining the county’s ODF: 2009 fire season officially over Fire season ended on Wednesday, Oct. 14, on land protected by the Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District. The season began June 19 and lasted 117 days. The largest fire of the season was the 633-acre Deer Ridge Fire that broke out east of Medford on Sept. 21. Med- ford Unit crews responded to 120 fires that burned over a total of 1,073 acres. Grants Pass Unit firefighters took action on 116 fires that burned 123 acres. The largest fire in the Grants Pass Unit was the 48- acre Lone Mountain Road Fire, which occurred Aug. 24 near O’Brien. ODF’s S.W. Oregon District protects 1.8 million acres of state, private, county, city and Bureau of Land Management land in Jackson and Josephine counties. The fire danger level will be “low” (green), and all fire restrictions will be removed. Woody debris pile and barrel burning now is allowed on ODF-protected land. However, open burning is regulated for air quality in all of Jackson County, and in the Rogue Basin Open Burn Control Area in Josephine County. Before starting a burn in Josephine County, phone 476-WOOD Say you saw it in the I.V. News CANDY & MORE 15 varieties of delicious fudge Tuesdays - Saturdays 11-4:30 (next to King’s, downtown CJ) Some cities do not allow open burning, and many rural fire protection districts re- quire a burning permit. Phone the appropriate structural fire service provider before burn- ing. Information about fire season restrictions is available at www.swofire.oregon.gov and from the ODF Medford Unit at 664-3328, and the Grants Pass Unit at 474-3152. rights regarding coordination with federal agencies. Ellis said that his under- standing is that if an agency decides to designate a wilder- ness area or close a road, the county has to have a say in the matter. Such a policy could possibly be useful to the county, he added. “We can’t go back and change the Northwest Forest Plan or anything like that. That’s already water under the bridge,” Ellis said. “But we can be at the table in the future if these things come down the pike.” As an example, Ellis stated that the directors for the Association of O&C Counties has suggested the use of land swaps to offset the loss of county revenue from the designation of wilderness areas or similar policies. Through the coordination process, Ellis said, that body could bring such an idea be- fore the agencies involved and have it be considered. “Issues like that, I think it would be very good for,” he said, adding that the coordi- nation process is “something I think Josephine County needs to check out.” We think she’s pregnant… I’m not sure what to do… This is going to change my life! 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