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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Oregon ‘Take Back Paint’ program in effect
Pilot program began July 1 and requires paint manufacturers to manage leftover paint
GOSPEL GUITAR - The Illinois Valley Chamber of
Commerce free Concerts in the Park series will continue
at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 15 at Jubilee Park in Cave Junc-
tion with a performance by Dale Hopper. Illinois Valley Lit-
tle League operates a refreshment stand during concerts.
And there is a 50/50 drawing. See the ad in this issue.
BLUEGRASS BASH - Grammy-award winning Blue-
grass artist Laurie Lewis with guest Tom Rozum headline
this year’s Siskiyou Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, July
17 at Lake Selmac. The event is sponsored by Illinois Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce. See the article and ad else-
where in this issue.
LUCKY DUCKIES - Entries for Grants Pass Rotary
Club’s 2010 Rogue Duck Derby went on sale July 10. Pro-
ceeds from the event are earmarked for a baseball com-
plex project near Allendale Elementary School in Grants
Pass, and a three-year commitment has been made to the
Illinois Valley Booster Club to help develop an all-weather
track at Illinois Valley High School. Duck Derby entries are
available for purchase in Cave Junction at the Illinois Valley
News office, Home Valley Bank and Bi-Rite Auto Parts.
The race will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25.
NOTEPAD - The Wizard of Oz is being performed at
the Rogue Music Theater at Rogue Community College
amphitheater in Grants Pass. Two performances remain:
Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17. Tickets are available
at Home Valley Bank and Evergreen Federal Bank in Cave
Junction. See the ad elsewhere in this issue … July 12
marked the 101st anniversary of Oregon Caves National
Monument. There is no charge to enter the monument
grounds, and there are many nearby hiking trails and pro-
grams. The cave tour trail includes more than 500 steps
that are uneven and wet with low passageways that re-
quire bending and twisting while walking. Children must be
42 inches tall and able to walk independently to go on a full
cave tour. There is a fee for admission to cave tours. The
cave temperature is approximately 44°F year round.
Warm clothing and good hiking shoes always are recom-
mended. Cameras with flash are allowed in the cave, but
no tripods, flashlights, or backpacks. For more information
visit nps.gov/orca or phone: 541-592-2100 … The Ready
to Start School Right program, co-sponsored by UCAN/
RSVP, The Job Council, and the Dept. of Human Services,
helped more than 1,300 area children last year with new
backpacks and school supplies. Contributions of basic
supplies are welcome. Donations can be dropped off at
UCAN/RSVP office and contributions made payable to
UCAN/RSVP c/o Friend of RSVP. Phone 541-956-4472
for more information … Men’s Twilight League results
after eight weeks of play at Illinois Valley Golf Course have
Chuck Taylor and Scott Taylor of team Taylor’s Country
Store leading the Monday night pack with 84 points. Hol-
land Store team Bob Reis and Neil Reiske lead the
Wednesday night players with 82 points. T-shirts: *I ♥
transitive pictograph verbalizations. *I ♥ airplane food.
*New York ♥ s me. *Nietzsche ♥ s you.
LAST WORDS - “I love deadlines. I like the whoosh-
ing sound they make as they fly by.” (Douglas Adams)
Siskiyou Project
Enjoy cool mountain air
on a leisurely 4-mile loop hike
with lunch at pristine Bigelow
Senior Nutrition Menu
Sponsored by
Meals are served in the
Cave Junction County Bldg.
541-592-2126, 541-955-8839
FRIDAY, JULY 16
ROAST TURKEY
WITH GRAVY
Sour cream & chive potatoes,
green peas, cracked wheat
bread, baked Indian pudding
MONDAY, JULY 19
SPAGHETTI WITH
MEAT SAUCE
Cut green beans, marinated
spring garden salad, oat bran
roll, pear cobbler
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
LEMON HERB CHICKEN
Delmonico potatoes, steamed
spinach, sunflower seed
bread, birthday cake
Lake and see panoramic vistas
from Mt. Elijah on Sunday,
July 18.
Siskiyou Project ecologist
Rich Nawa will lead hikers
through flower-filled mead-
ows. Hikers will see the rare
and beautiful California Globe
Mallow.
This moderate hike has a
900-foot elevation gain. Car
pool from Illinois Valley Visi-
tor Center in Cave Junction at
10 a.m. Bring lunch, snacks
and plenty of water. Phone 541
-476-6648 for more informa-
tion.
Josephine County Chapter of
Oregon Hunters Association
Seven chapter members
attended a meeting at OSP
office in Central Point regard-
ing the proposed increase in
fees for a background check.
The state police want to raise
the cost to $28 from the current
$10 charge.
Meetings are held on sec-
ond Thursdays at JJ North’s in
Grants Pass. Dinner begins at 6
p.m., the meeting at 7.
The chapter will hold its
annual campout at Howard
Prairie July 30, 31 and Aug. 1.
illinois-valley-news.com
A plan setting in motion
the first paint product stew-
ardship “take-back” program
in the nation has been ap-
proved by the Oregon Dept.
of Environmental Quality
(DEQ).
The PaintCare program,
which officially began
Thursday, July 1, and is
funded by paint manufactur-
ers, allows consumers to re-
turn unused paint to partici-
pating retailers and other sites
for proper disposal.
It’s anticipated that the
pilot program will collect as
much as 600,000 gallons of
leftover paint annually in
Oregon, and is expected to be
rolled out nationally.
The program stems from
the Oregon Paint Product
Stewardship Law, passed by
the 2009 Oregon Legislature.
The law directed manufactur-
ers of paints sold in Oregon to
set up and run “a convenient,
statewide system” for the
collection of post-consumer
latex and oil-based paint.
The new program is the
result of a national agreement
facilitated by the nonprofit
Product Stewardship Institute
Inc. (PSI), which convened
paint manufacturers, retailers,
contractors, recyclers and
government officials to
jointly develop an environ-
mentally sound and economi-
cally efficient solution to the
leftover paint problem.
DEQ Director Dick
Pedersen heralded the pro-
gram as “another indication
that Oregon is a leader in
implementing the concept of
product stewardship as a
means of better managing the
products manufactured and
used.”
The American Coatings
Association, a trade organiza-
tion for paint manufacturers,
created a nonprofit organiza-
tion, PaintCare, to administer
the program. Consumers will
pay for the program by pay-
ing a surcharge on paint and
stain containers.
PaintCare, in turn, will
provide a series of depots
statewide where people can
leave unused paint. PaintCare
pays an administrative fee to
DEQ ($10,000 for submittal
of the program plan and
$10,000 annually thereafter)
on behalf of manufacturers
for plan approval and pro-
gram enforcement/oversight.
“The paint industry has
committed to properly man-
aging leftover paint in Ore-
gon, and we are ready to step
DEQ invites comments on
greenhouse gas reporting
Comments on a proposal
to expand Oregon’s green-
house gas emissions reporting
program are sought by the
Oregon Dept. of Environ-
mental Quality (DEQ).
Adopted in 2008 by the
Environmental Quality Com-
mission, the program now
will include reporting require-
ments for more sources of
greenhouse gas emissions in
Oregon.
DEQ claims th at
“Climate change poses a seri-
ous threat to Oregon’s econ-
omy and public health.
Greenhouse gas reporting and
the ability to track and evalu-
ate greenhouse gas emissions
are crucial for Oregon.”
The agency continued
that, “The proposed rules will
expand the universe of Ore-
gon businesses and activities
that must report to DEQ and
will establish fees to support
two legislatively approved
staff positions and implemen-
tation of the program.
“If the rules are approved
as proposed,” said DEQ,
“electricity suppliers and fuel
distributors, which generate
approximately two-thirds of
all greenhouse gas emission
in the state, will join other
Oregon businesses and activi-
ties that annually provide
greenhouse gas emission data
to DEQ.
“In addition, the pro-
posed rules would allow
DEQ the discretion to defer
or exempt certain activities
from reporting requirements.
DEQ needs this discretion
because, for example, proto-
cols for calculating emissions
may not currently exist for
some activities that produce
greenhouse gas.”
DEQ said that it created
the proposal based on recent
legislation and advisory com-
mittee recommendations.
The comment deadline is
5 p.m., Wednesday, July 21.
Comment on the proposed
rules in writing or at a hear-
ing. For more details on how
to comment visit:
www.deq.state.or.us/
r e g u l a t i o n s /
proposedrules.htm .
A public hearing will be
held in Medford on Friday,
July 16 at the DEQ Regional
Office at 221 Stewart Ave.,
Suite 201. The meeting will
begin at 6 p.m.
For information about
Oregon’s Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Advisory Commit-
tee
visit
http://
www.deq.state.or.us/aq/
c o m m i t t e e s /
greenhousegasAdvCom.htm .
For more information
about Oregon’s greenhouse
gas reporting rules visit
www.deq.state.or.us/aq/
climate/reporting.htm.
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up and assume that responsi-
bility,” said Alison Keane,
counsel for the American
Coating Association. “We
appreciate being able to work
with DEQ and PSI to bring
significant environmental and
financial benefits to commu-
nities around Oregon.”
“Getting this law passed
took a tremendous amount of
cooperation from industry,
government, and other stake-
holders, and it is exciting to
see all the hard work finally
pay off,” said Scott Cassel,
executive director of the
Product Stewardship Institute.
“Oregon DEQ had clear
goals in mind and persistently
worked with the paint indus-
try to develop a viable plan.”
The complete, approved
Oregon Paint Stewardship
Pilot Program Plan is avail-
able on DEQ’s paint product
stewardship Webpage at:
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/
sw/prodstewardship/
paint.htm. The page also lists
participating retailers and
brands in the PaintCare pro-
gram.
While statewide paint
collection services are avail-
able, additional locations will
be phased in during the next
six months. Manufacturers of
covered products cannot sell
them in Oregon unless they
are participating in the Paint-
Care program.
The PaintCare program
follows the concept of Ore-
gon E-Cycles, a program
launched in January 2009, in
Christ-centered,
loving, structured
environment
Very reasonable rates
which manufacturers of elec-
tronics sold in Oregon pay for
and administer programs to
help consumers properly dis-
pose of their unwanted televi-
sions, computers and moni-
tors for free at more than 200
locations across the state.
DEQ is charged with provid-
ing overall program oversight
and enforcement.
The Oregon Legislature-
approved 2009 Paint Product
Stewardship Law ties into the
wider producer responsibility
movement, in which manu-
facturers are accountable for
reducing the life cycle im-
pacts of a product, including
paying for end-of-life man-
agement costs, rather than
having government set up and
fund collection programs for
waste products.
The U.S. movement, in
which PSI has had a promi-
nent role, has resulted in more
than 50 state laws in 31 states,
including electronics (22),
auto switches (13), thermo-
stats (8), batteries (7), and
fluorescent lamps (2).
For more information on
product stewardship in Ore-
gon, go to DEQ’s website at
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/
sw/prodstewardship/
index.htm.
For more information
about the paint industry’s
PaintCare program, including
drop-off locations for the
Oregon program, go to the
PaintCare website at
www.paintcare.org.
PK & Kindergarten: 8 a.m.
to Noon, five days a week
PK - 12th: curriculum used:
School of Tomorrow
Community Christian Academy
(established 1974)
Community Bible Church
113 S. Caves Ave., Cave Junction
(541) 592-3896
6 p.m., Jubilee Park, Cave Junction
Thursday, July 15 -
Dale Hopper
July 22
July 29
Aug. 5
Oregon Little Big Band
Dos Gardenias
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Illinois Valley Little League will sell refreshments.
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