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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014
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Additional free training is available to access JCLI’s ex-
panded digital databases which are particularly useful for job
searching, improving occupational skills, starting or expanding
a business, or doing market research. The Expanding Opportuni-
ties Program is led by Outreach Education Librarian Kate Dw-
yer. With the motto “Have laptop and hotspot, will travel,” she’s
available to train individuals and small groups; demonstrating
the library system’s coordinated research options for business
and organizations.
To take advantage of this service, contact Dwyer at kdw-
yer@josephinelibrary.org or call (541) 787-5283.
Free family activities include “Young Master Gardeners”
on January 10. Two separate sessions will discuss trees at 2:30
or 3:30 p.m. “Families at Play” every Wednesday at 1 p.m, of-
fers very young child and parent activities for an hour before the
doors open to the public. In addition, the library offers Storytime
every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and every Saturday at noon.
Over 360 volunteers contribute around 500 hours per week
to help keep the four JCLI libraries open and free to the public.
Those interested in donating funds, in any amount, to the Illinois
Valley “Adopt an Hour” program are encouraged to call (541)
476-0571 or email info@josephinelibrary.org.
The Illinois Valley branch, located at 209 W. Palmer Street,
is open to the public 2 to 6 on Wednesdays, 11 to 3 on Fridays
and 11 to 4 on Saturdays. Call (541) 592-4770 for further infor-
mation.
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IVFD personnel look to ensure no one else was in a vehicle on Caves Hwy. January 2. One person was air
lifted to Medford.
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Hoke said replacing fire equipment could cost up to
$500,000 and considering this high cost, apparatus replacement
must be carefully planned and conducted on a regular basis “to
avoid shortfalls within our fleet.”
After meeting with staff and evaluating the needs of the
district, Hoke and his team have come up with a recommended
priority replacement plan that includes moving some rigs to dif-
ferent stations, taking some equipment out of operation, selling
at least one vehicle, and then leasing (with intent to purchase)
a newer fire engine for five years at an estimated cost of about
$15-20,000 per year.
“Without an established replacement plan it will soon be
extremely difficult, if not irreversible, to maintain a safe and reli-
able fleet,” Hoke said. “Ongoing annual payments may be easier
to absorb than being hit with those large one-time needs. Fire ap-
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paratus are a substantial financial burden, but truly, a necessary
tool for us to protect life and property for our citizens. Apparatus
that are beyond their service-life means increased maintenance
costs that will further tax the district’s limited funds to maintain
the fleet.”
“We will continue to seek grants for vehicle purchases but
federal support has dwindled in recent years,” Hoke added. “Our
levy in 2011 passed, but only by a narrow margin. So while we’ve
evaluated going to the voters for a levy increase, the consensus is
that it would fail. So this means we’ll continue to seek alternate
funding, and we’ll target 2017 for a voter approved levy to pur-
chase new apparatus and to build a new maintenance shop.”
Donations to help keep the fleet up and running are always
appreciated. Call the district at 541-592-2121 to contribute.
Across
1- Hole-making tools; 5- Spahn
teammate; 9- Swagger; 14-
Worry; 15- Man-eating giant of
popular folklore; 16- Jazzy
Chick; 17- Wedding cake
feature; 18- Pertaining to
fractions; 20- Precise; 22- Go
downhill fast; 23- Cupola; 24-
Young deer; 26- Word that can
succeed dance, foot and door;
28- Feudal overlord; 32-
Familiarize; 36- Mao ___-tung;
37- Rare delight; 39- Killed; 40-
Applies friction to; 42- Inventor
Howe; 44- This, in Tijuana; 45-
Keep an ___ the ground; 47-
Mawkish; 49- Nevertheless; 50-
Lament; 52- State in the E
United States; 54- Numbered
rds.; 56- Japanese rice wine; 57-
Sorry sort; 60- A mouse!; 62-
African fly; 66- Post of duty; 69-
Blockhead; 70- Device with 88
keys; 71- As to; 72- Canal of
song; 73- Coniferous evergreen
forest; 74- Fly; 75- X-ray units;
Down
1- P.M. times; 2- Sealed document; 3- Lustful look; 4- Bitter conflict; 5- Computer programs; 6-
Cabinet dept.; 7- Some nest eggs; 8- Head supporters; 9- Biol. or chem.; 10- Stack of firewood;
11- Florence's river; 12- Thin stratum; 13- Patriot Nathan; 19- Bandleader Puente; 21- Wagon;
25- Nobelist Bohr; 27- Hesitant sounds; 28- Throat problem; 29- Run-of-the-mill; 30- Horselike
African mammal; 31- Nymph presiding over rivers; 33- Snap course; 34- Gunpowder ingredient;
35- Govt. security; 38- Ribbons; 41- Rousing; 43- Deep-fryer's concern; 46- Toronto's prov.; 48-
Tibetan oxen; 51- Adolescent; 53- Garden device; 55- Big rigs; 57- Spellbound; 58- Voice of
America org.; 59- Morales of "NYPD Blue"; 61- Game of chance; 63- When said three times, a
1970 war movie; 64- Lost traction; 65- French summers; 67- ___ few rounds; 68- Heston's org.;
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