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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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Healthy U: by Nicole Rensenbrink
Everyone has feelings, yet what we’re supposed to do with
them is often unclear. We’re told to express them so people
understand us. We’re told to be strong and not let feelings rule
us. We’re told that we can’t help how we feel, but healthy people
feel happy, no one should feel angry, and no one likes to be
around someone who’s sad.
So what, really, does it look like to deal with feelings in a
healthy way?
First, know the difference between thoughts and feelings.
For example, the statement “I feel like I want to sock you in the
nose,” has nothing to do with feelings. It’s That’sa thought. We
often label thoughts as feelings because we believe we’re less
accountable for feelings than thoughts. In other words, though I
can’t help feeling like socking someone in the nose, but I know
that thinking thatI want to sock you in the nose is consciously
entertaining a violent possibility.
Feelings are physical sensations. The genuine feeling that
might accompany the above thought might be a sense of heat in
the core, tightness in the throat, and clammy, clenched hands.
We may label these sensations as anger. An accurate statement
then, when one feels this way, is to sayhare “I feel angry.”
Second, feelings come in all shapes and sizes and a lot
of them are unpleasant. That doesn’t mean anything is wrong,
only that life is often difficult and we suffer accordingly. For
instance, if a mother’s child dies, she’s not going to feel happy
any time in the near future and may never feel happiness in quite
the same way she did before this sad event. It may be realistic
for her to find a new normal pleasant sort of mood, but cruel to
expect her to return to the emotional norm she had before her
great loss.
Third, whether expressed or not expressed, everyone
is responsible for tolerating and containing their feelings.
Containing feelings means that, though I may use the words,
“I’m angry,” I do not let the corresponding sensations of physical
heat and tension result in some sort of dramatic behavior. It is
up to me to sit with these uncomfortable sensations myself or get
help learning how to do so if I don’t know how.
Last, to share ing feelings is share ing your intimate world
with another. That is not only interesting, but it is It’s the part
that’s most interesting and the way that understanding flourishes.
Hole in One
Thursday, April 25, marks a day
IVHS freshman Skyla Patton
won’t soon forget.
It was just a normal day of
practice for Patton as she teed
off on the the
I.V. Golf Clubs’s eighth hole
a short par 3 – with her 6 iron.
Ken Rose ... Continued From A-1
Josephine County has the
lowest tax rate in the state, and
one of the lowest in the country.
County Commissioners have
proposed raising the tax rate
from 58 cents per thousand to
a total of $1.48 per thousand
with Measure 17.49. The
special election is scheduled
for May 21, 2013.
For the past 10 years,
while the federal government
paid “O & C” funds, the
county never had to spend
money on the sheriff’s office.
Once federal payments ended,
the district attorney lost half
his staff and the sheriff’s office
had to reduce staff from 98 to
40. Gilbertson stated that if the
temporary law enforcement
tax levy fails, he’ll be down to
one deputy on July 1.
Currently, the sheriff’s
office generates 4 percent
of the money they need to
operate by a variety of means
including renting beds to the
federal government at the
rate of $100 per bed. But
like every employer, costs of
health insurance and worker’s
compensation are going up.
Gilbertson
stated
that county taxpayers are
now supporting a ‘training
organization’ – not a sheriff’s
office.
“Taxpayers have wasted
$10 million by training and
then
underpaying
peace
officers who get frustrated and
move away to find job security.
They can make $1,000 more
per month just by going to
work for Grants Pass.”
Ken Rose District
Neighborhood Watch meets
monthly to organize in the
face of cutbacks in sheriff’s
office patrols. ontact uenter
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They should be shared at a time when the listener is available to
hear them (ie, not at work or whispered during a church service).
And, the trick to sharing feelings is to share them and let them
go do not make the listener responsible for fi ing or changing
them.
So, if I respectfully tell you “I’m angry,” I know that it’s up
to you what you will do with that information. You may make
me I may feel warm and fuzzy or I may be feel disappointed
by your response. But wWhat I gain from sharing my feelings,
regardless of your response, is a solid self esteem, because as
self e pression is a the basic symbol of self worth b honesty
and integrity; and c) the potential for genuine closeness to evolve
because as I let another into my inner world.
So, feelings are often challenging, but if dealt with head on,
they provide us with the juicy parts of relationships, depth, in
life in general, and they hold many keys to awareness.
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promote health in the Illinois Valley.
Extreme ... Continued from A-1
expressing her concern about the use of Atrazine, which she said is “banned in the European
Union for a real good reason” and Round Up, which is “all over the charts from science studies
saying this stuff needs to be banned.”
And it’s not just the logging operations, but also the parks, the county, the schools and ODOT
who also use these chemicals, according to Moore, who says there’s been notice that 21 different
chemical applications will occur in the valley this year.
Heck responded that as the chemicals are legal, he wondered what Moore expects him to
do about the situation. Moore responded that she wants the board to pursue the trespass that is
occurring to citizens living next to clear cuts.
“In all fairness, the Oregon Department of Forestry oversees this and the Oregon Department
of Agriculture (ODA) oversees the chemicals. If you go to the ODA website, it is all about
promoting the chemicals, so that’s the quandary for citizens who are saying, please, someone
address the issues,” Moore said. “Is it possible that what we’re doing is harming the citizens of the
state? Is it possible that’s why we have so many sick children? The science is showing that this
stuff is deadly toxic.”
Residents also expressed displeasure that less than halfway through the meeting Hare walked
out without without warning or giving a reason.
“I thought that was really childish and extremely rude,” said valley resident Gwen Sky. “He
should allow people to express their concerns, that’s what he was elected to do and that’s what he’s
being paid for.”
“It’s the second time I’ve seen him do that,” Moore added.
Rivers ...
Continued from A-1
“I enjoyed the variety of people
volunteering their time to educate children
and adults about the environment,” Talty said.
“I appreciated how people were outgoing and
promoting awareness, as well as letting us know
how to get involved.”
And Talty is doing just that over at Lorna
Byrne by organizing a school garden and a
compost program which utilizes leftover food
from students’ lunches.
“I also liked the stream table,” said Talty.
“It’s a neat idea for the kids to get interactive
with the water and learn about concepts such
as erosion.”
Rhode wanted to thank everyone who
showed up to the festival and all of the event’s
sponsors. Those sponsors included the Illinois
Valley Rivers and Forests Festival sponsors,
which include: Rusk Ranch Nature Center,
Rogue Living, the Illinois Valley Soil &
Water Conservation District and the I.V. &
Watershed Council, Siskiyou Mountain Club,
the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Caves National
Monument, Siskiyou Field Institute, Middle
Rogue Steelheaders, Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, the Forest Practices Working
Group, LIVE Bioswale, Healing Hearts and
Hooves, Oregon Department of Forestry,
the Illinois Valley Community Development
Organization, the Williams Community Forest
Project, Illinois Valley Arts Council, Siskiyou
Alpaca, Young Master Gardeners Program, and
the Illinois Valley Library.
Since the Rivers and Forests Festival
was such a success, Rhode hopes to see
everyone back next year. Another upcoming
environmental education opportunity is the
Nature Festival, which is scheduled to take
place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 21, at the Rusk
Ranch Nature Center.
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