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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 13, 2010
This was the week I was going to reveal the mean-
ing of life. However, the notebook in which the revela-
tion was written has disappeared. Therefore, you’re
stuck this week with the following collection of newspa-
per typographical errors.
*The victim reported that he was injured because he
was working underneath his car when the jock holding it
up collapsed.
*After appearing in several Westerns, the actor said
he now wanted to move into more dramatic rolls.
*Political advisers claimed that the former U.S. Con-
man was not re-elected to his congressional seat be-
cause of a rural vote that turned the tide.
*The head librarian said that the bulk of the new
budget will be used for salaries, maintenance and new
books. The rest will go to the new toilet.
*Police said the victim was found on the floor, shot
to death by his liquor cabinet.
*During an interview with the decorated World War
II veteran, he stated that what he recalled most vividly
was the darn bungler who sounded Reveille every
morning at 5.
*Officers reported that the heroine was found in a
suitcase in the man’s car.
*Survivors of the flood told rescuers that they had
brayed for help.
*The ad hoc committee was griefed by the president
regarding his plan to revive the economy.
*Because of pending litigation, the mayor and coun-
cil stated that they would
open their flies to public
view.
*Recruits to the sheriff’s
office will be given training
in firearms, surveillance
Cave Junction
and finger painting.
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Clouds with rain
High--49 Low--37
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, rainfall and
snowfall recorded at The End of
the Road in O’Brien by Cheryl
& Harry Johnson:
Thursday, Jan. 14
Cloudy
High--51 Low--37
*Fri.,
*Sat.,
*Sun.,
*Mon.,
*Tue.,
*Wed.,
*Thu.,
Friday, Jan. 15
Cloudy
High--53 Low--39
Saturday, Jan. 16
Cloudy
High--53 Low--39
Jan. 1
Jan. 2
Jan. 3
Jan. 4
Jan. 5
Jan. 6
Jan. 7
54
47
44
53
58
55
56
431.54
39 .00
39 .00
37 .00
48 .24
51 .67
49 .08
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures and rainfall
recorded at Oregon Builders
Guild in Cave Junction:
*Fri., Jan. 1
53 43 .81
*Sat., Jan. 2
48 40 .05
*Sun., Jan. 3
43 40 .01
*Mon., Jan. 4
56 38 .00
*Tue., Jan. 5
57 48 .19
*Wed., Jan. 6
54 50 .44
*Thu., Jan. 7
54 49 .06
Sunday, Jan. 17
Cloudy and sun
High--56 Low--40
Monday, Jan. 18
Showers
High--50 Low--39
Tuesday, Jan. 19
Rain
High--45 Low--37
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A wish to a low-life
From Mae Sheets
Cave Junction
To the low-life that
ripped me off Christmas Eve
or Christmas night: I hope
that whatever they did with
my jewelry (that my deceased
husband gave to me for spe-
cial occasions) that they get
as much enjoyment out of it
as I did.
Thanks for leaving my
necklace and bracelet that my
grandchildren gave me.
Someone might have re-
ceived a nice Christmas pre-
sent wrapped in my wrapping
paper that also was taken.
The thief left behind the
purse that they dropped going
out the back door. I am home
now, so if they stop by, I’ll
give it to them. Oh, by the
way, I was at a hospital with
my very sick daughter.
So everything the thief
trades for drugs or gives away
to a friend, I hope that their
conscience gets the best of
him. He might have taken my
jewelry, but he’ll never take
away the memories.
Thank God he has to live
with what he did. May the
good Lord be good to him, as
he will really need it.
Sad tale: ‘Frank’ and ‘Ike’
From Betsy Joiner
Cave Junction
First, this is the story
about our German Shorthair,
“Frank.” He was 4 years old
and his dad, “Ike,” who was
12, were the lights of our
lives. They were wonderful,
they not only brought uncon-
ditional love but happiness in
our hearts and lives.
“Frank” and “Ike” were
together 24/7. They did noth-
ing without each other.
“Frank” kept “Ike” young.
We keep our dogs in a fenced
yard, but “Frank” decided to
explore and got out.
I want to ask the person
who hit and killed my
“Frank” on Rockydale Road
on Friday, Dec. 18: Did he
stop and check to see if my
pet was dead? If he did stop,
why didn’t he call us?
“Frank” was white and
weighed 65 pounds, so the
driver had to know when he
hit him. He had on a collar
with his name and phone
number. But the driver didn’t
stop.
A kind woman that night
found him dead and called
me at 9 p.m. I have to say my
heart broke. I can only hope
that he didn’t lie there suffer-
ing, dying alone.
The reason I’m telling
this story — I want the hit-
and-run driver to know that
when we buried “Frank,”
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From William Patrick
Grants Pass
I was born in this great
nation and am proud of my
heritage. My great-
grandmother, Elizabeth,
taught her grandchildren the
generations from the May-
flower to date, Puritan in be-
lief, never to forget “in God
we trust.”
Decades ago, my pater-
nal grandfather and two ma-
ternal grandfathers, father and
son, fought the British with
Gen. George Washington.
It’s hard to comprehend
one who, I presume, was born
of this country and has reaped
the benefit of those who sac-
rificed that she might enjoy
the freedoms in which she
lives today. I write of Judy
Hoyle and the stand she takes
for Social Justice Alliance
(Illinois Valley News, Letters
to the Editor, Dec. 30, 2009).
Social justice is a major
premise of sustainable devel-
opment. Another word for
social justice is socialism.
Karl Marx was the first to
coin the term, “Social jus-
tice.”
Keep in mind that Amer-
ica is the only country in the
world based on private prop-
erty. But, private property is
incompatible with the collec-
tivist premise of sustainable
development.
According to the
“sustainablist” doctrine, it is a
social injustice for some to
have property if others do not.
It is a social injustice to keep
our borders closed. It is a
social injustice for some to be
bosses and others to be
merely workers.
Are you starting to see
the pattern? Cap and trade,
the Clean Air Act, the Clean
Water Act, Going Green, etc.
They are all part of the en-
forcement of sustainable de-
velopment.
It’s time to take action.
Attend city council and
county commissioner meet-
ings. Speak out. Ask ques-
tions.
Remember, Social justice
comes from the Communist
Manifesto. Read it. Anti-
property rights, the take-over
of health care, education,
banking, energy as well as the
distraction of family. Reason
Oregon sales tax
From Sue King
Eagle Point
The state of Oregon now
has a sales tax. If Measure 67
passes in the special election
on Tuesday, Jan. 26, it will be
a sales tax on everyone in the
state regardless of income.
What they tell you in the
Voter Pamphlet and the ads
for 67 is only the raise in cor-
porate taxes from $10 to
$150. What they do not tell
you is the additional tax that
the corporations will pay ret-
roactively on their gross reve-
nue. An example: A small
market will pay $40 to
$50,000 due in April this year
before any profit. If that is
your business, will you lay
off employees and/or raise
prices to pay that debt?
I call that a sales tax on
all of us. I will vote “No” on
66 and 67.
Oregon tax burden
From Mark Rehmar
O’Brien
I find it somewhat curi-
ous, to say the least, that
many of those generally con-
sidered “Conservative” are in
opposition to the tax meas-
ures (66 and 67) to be voted
on later this month.
Typically, Conservative
groups espouse a “flat rate”
tax. That is, you pay the same
percentage of your income,
no matter what income level
you are at. However, Ore-
gon’s total tax burden is in
fact regressive. That is,
lower-income folks pay a
higher percentage than higher
income families.
This is largely due to the
much higher percentage that
lower income individuals pay
in property taxes and
(indirectly) in excise taxes.
Higher-income individuals do
pay a greater percentage in
income taxes, but this is sig-
nificantly moderated by the
federal deduction offset.
Indeed, without passage
of measures 66 and 67, the
2009 total tax burden on the
lowest 20 percent of Orego-
nians will be 8.7 percent; the
tax burden on the top 1 per-
cent will be 6.1 percent.
With the passage of 66
and 67, the 2009 tax burden
for the lowest 20 percent will
be 8.6 percent; that for the top
1 percent will be 7.0 percent.
Yes, that’s right. Even
with the passage of these two
measures, the wealthiest Ore-
gonians will still not beat a
“flat tax” burden, but it will
get us a bit closer.
An analysis of Oregon
tax burden can be found at
ocpp.org/2009/iss20091012
TaxMeasuresWho-
Pays_fnl.pdf
Fully informed jurors
From Mark Roberts
Selma
The ultimate power in
the courts is with juries. They
have the right and, more im-
portantly, the duty, to judge
the facts and most especially
the law in question. If a juror
believes that the law being
used to convict a person is
unjust it is the duty of that
juror to vote, “Not Guilty.”
This is a well-established
right of a jury. John Jay, our
first Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, in 1789 said,
“The jury has the right to
judge both the law as well as
the fact in controversy.”
Oliver Wendell Homes,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
in 1902, stated, “The jury has
the power to bring a verdict in
the teeth of both law and
fact.” Harlan F. Stone, 12th
Chief Justice of the U.S. Su-
preme Court in 1941 de-
clared, “The law itself is on
trial quite as much as the
cause which is to be de-
cided.”
Many judges will tell the
jury that they are only to de-
cide upon the facts presented
and that the judge is to deter-
mine or explain the law. As
we see now, this is not accu-
rate. The juror should not let
any judge intimidate them out
of their duty and right to also
judge the law.
Those who know of
someone who is about to
serve on a jury should make
sure they are aware of their
right to decide on the law.
Tax measures ‘needed’
From Barry Snitkin
Cave Junction
I’ve listened to enough
misinformation during the
past year to make me sick.
Now I find out that the sky is
falling -- job-killing taxes.
Oh my.
Yes, we Oregonians are
being asked to decide on a
pair of tax measures that help
to balance the budget at the
same time that they create a
fairer tax system. There is a
lot at stake with measures 66
and 67 in Josephine County.
And we’re asking those
who are better off than most
of us to pay their fair share.
Let’s look at the distortions
and scare tactics.
Will raising the mini-
mum corporate tax for the
first time in 80 years from
$10 to $150 kill jobs? No.
Will it hurt lower and middle
income folks? No. Unless
your household makes
$250,000 or more or
$125,000 for an individual
(about 1 percent of house-
holds in the county). And if
you make less than $125,000
you won’t pay a penny more
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enough to vote out persons
like Peter DeFazio, Ron Wy-
den, Jeff Merkley, and Dave
Toler. Perhaps Dwight Ellis,
too, who welcomed the sup-
port of the Social Justice Alli-
ance during his last election.
What a day to celebrate
when persons like Chuck
Baldwin, Jaynee Germond,
Dr. Ron Paul and Jack Brown
are elected to office along
with others who will honor
God, family and country.
“Ike” gave up. Three days
later, with sad eyes, he died.
Once again he is with
“Frank.”
I guess it’s hard for some
people to understand that
dogs grieve just like humans.
“Frank” was “Ike’s” reason
for living. We would have
understood if it was an acci-
dent, but because someone
left him there, they should be
ashamed. I hope the person
had a Merry Christmas, be-
cause we didn’t.
What will it take for peo-
ple to slow down on Rocky-
dale -- the hit-and-run of a
human life and being left
there alone to suffer and die?
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20
PORK PATTY WITH GRAVY
Delmonico potatoes, country
trio vegetables, sunflower
seed bread, ranger cookie
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