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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, March 30, 2011 actions of a spoiled child? Well, we didn’t have a photo of Grandma Agnes on the front page of last week’s paper. We tried to explain to our visitor that the rally he was referring to started at noon and that our press deadline was also at noon %\'$10$1&862 on the same day. He didn’t care. 3XEOLVKHU So, I am pleading with you, our readers, to be on the lookout for an extra time machine since I am in the market for one. Apparently I’m without a very On a different note, yes, we noticed important piece of newspapering that we botched the headline for our storm equipment, a time machine. Heck, I don’t even have a DeLorean or a flux story as soon as we sent it to the printers. Each week, we catch many mistakes capacitor. Last week, we had a “gentleman” before press and, sometimes, even more come into the paper screaming, swearing, after pages have been sent. Thank you and generally throwing a temper tantrum for pointing them out. We can’t get better the likes I haven’t seen since my oldest without your input. Now on to the real root of my column: daughter was four and wanted another trees and private citizens. cup cake. What, you might ask, would As an outdoorsman, I understand the cause a grown man to reduce himself to need to protect the environment that the /LIHLQWKH 9DOOH\ RI5LFKHV Page A-3 animals and fish that I want to eat, live in. I support many environmentally minded groups in the area, as well as nationally. But, when it comes to the herbicide spraying issue that we have been covering in recent weeks, I am somewhat on the fence. In my experience, though, when in doubt, most issues can be settled by following the relevant law or bylaws. By law, when a forestry company needs to spray, they must inform their neighbors. Perpetua Forest Co. did that. Oddly enough, the county, city and many other entities do not have to. What did the county spray on the Alyssum out near the airport recently? I don’t know. Did they alert their neighbors? Don’t think so. What kind of chemicals does the county use in the areas around Lake Selmac? Not sure, because they don’t have to tell us. It’s obvious that many people are upset about the upcoming spraying near Lake Selmac. But, the chemical Atrazine is legal here in the United States. Less than four percent of Atrazine is used by timber companies in the state of Oregon. The EPA has deemed that the buffer zone Perpetrua is willing to use goes way beyond the necessary precautions. Should Atrazine be banned? Maybe, but it is a legal Herbicide as of today. It’s great to see so many people who are so concerned, but my question is this: Why spend so much time trying to stop someone from doing something that is completely legal? Wouldn’t your efforts be better spent trying to change the law, itself? It seems to me that Perpetua president Jennifer Phillippi is bending over backwards to meet with concerned residents and is doing her best to do the right thing. If nothing else, we can all benefit from that outreach, education and dialogue. Thank you for picking up this week’s paper, Enjoy! — djm Medical marijuana awareness benefit draws crowd By Darcy Wallace IVN Staff Writer It was a busy night at the Takilma Community Building Saturday, March 26 as people gathered for presentations, arts and crafts, food and music to raise money for a local family involved in a case regarding the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP). Area resident Lindy Heise said she is a medical marijuana cardholder who was applying for a third card for a quadriplegic friend, when po- lice confiscated her plants. Heise said one main goal of the benefit was to educate residents about hemp products and on OMMP laws to keep similar cases from happening to others. “As far as awareness, I’m trying to get more com- munity involvement,” Heise said. “Even if people just read some of the information and it started planting seeds in their minds, that’s enough for me.” The benefit started at 5 p.m. and ran well into the night, including a presentation from attorney Joshua Gibbs, who is also a member of marijuana law reform group NORML. Heise said event attend- ees discussed ways to spread awareness of the possibilities of hemp production, from fuel, to building materials and insu- lation, to clothing and plastic. “It’s mind-blowing the products we could be using,” Heise said. “We wouldn’t have to go to war for oil. We wouldn’t have to cut down trees…we could make prod- ucts more durable than steel out of a plant that’s mature in three months.” Heise acknowledged the perception of those who use marijuana recreationally, but believes it could be regulated and taxed to create jobs, re- duce the cost of the war on drugs and alleviate those with true medical need. “A lot of people smoke recreationally, but there are people that it keeps alive,” Heise said. “It’s not a joke. More people die from caffeine or prescription drugs. Nobody dies from weed.” Instead of marijuana be- Senior Lunch Menu Sponsored by: ing thought of as a so-called gateway drug, Heise believes hemp production in the future could transform the Valley. “It could be tax [revenue] to give back to the communi- ty,” Heise said. “It would be a totally different town with so many programs, we wouldn’t have to worry about kids being on drugs because there would be so many things for them to do to help prepare them for adulthood. They wouldn’t have to go down that road.” During the awareness benefit, musical guests Oneiro- nauts and Mista Chief, Vinnie and The Rips, Only Natural and Wilderness performed and Taylor’s Sausage and Rosie’s Inferno Wood Fired Pizza do- nated dinner. Youth also had things to do in the form of face painting and crafts from 5 to 7 p.m. “I was blown away with the amount of people who came [to the event],” Heise said. “The community support is worth more than the mon- etary value.” The signature tree of the Illinois Valley Golf course was another victim of the Sunday, March 13 storm. Find Us at The Guild Gallery IV Visitor’s Center Forest Edge Farm Call us at 541-592-6078 592-3562 toes, lima beans w/ pep- pers, wheat oat bread, red poke-n-pour cake. TUESDAY APRIL 3 Egg salad sandwich, with wheat bread, coleslaw, Cardinal pear mold, Grace’s chocolate cookie WEDNESDAY APRIL 4 Meatloaf, whipped potatoes, green peas, multigrain bread, chocolate pudding THURSDAY, MAR. 31 Baked beef rigatoni, winter mixed vegetables, sunshine salad mold, garlic french roll, apple crunch bar FRIDAY APRIL 1 Turkey pot pie over but- termilk biscuit, cut green beans, carrot mandarin salad, frosted spice cake MONDAY APRIL 2 Homestyle pork patty, sour cream & chive pota- More weather to come Time to buy your new HAND-FELTED LLAMA WOOL HAT Fri & Sun 11-6 IVHS Activities Calendar brought to you by the folks at D & M ROOTER @ the Chevron in C.J. Crossword brought to you by Ready for a Change? 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