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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Iraq again, hell never ends: by Glenn Mollette
Iraq - now we know where hell is. Hell
is supposed to be a place of torment reserved
for some people after death. Unfortunately, too
many have ended up there before they died. Is
there no end to the turmoil in Iraq and Afghani-
stan? We will never see peace and quiet in ei-
ther of these two countries. Hell never ends.
The religious factions of these countries
hate each other. They want to kill each other.
These factions are crazy. America is killing it-
self and our troops trying to fix crazy religious
people. The only thing worse than a crazy per-
son is a religious crazy person because they in-
voke the name of God or Allah or somebody
during every crucifixion or beheading they
perform. As they torture, murder and rape they
move on in the name of their religion.
Some Americans thought we were fin-
ished in Iraq.
When it comes to Iraq or the Middle East
there is never a period but always a comma.
Craziness does not end but only grows.
The only way to have some civility in Iraq
or Afghanistan is to station 30,000 soldiers in
five or six bases throughout each country. We
can be assured if we do there will never be a
time that our soldiers will not be in danger of
ambush, bombs or the native soldiers turning on
us as has happened numerous times. I think this
is a bad idea.
Most Americans did not want us to go to
Iraq or Afghanistan but we did. Over four thou-
sand troops have died fighting the Iraqi cause.
Where did all of that death get us? What do Iraq
or America have to show for it?
The same scenario will happen in Afghan-
istan. Thugs sometimes called the Taliban will
band together to steal, kill and retake any part
of the country that surrenders to them as played
out in Iraq recently.
Do we keep 30,000 troops in Afghanistan
to help them police their country and continue
to lose our American troops? Physically, emo-
tionally and financially we can’t keep thousands
of troops in Afghanistan or send thousands back
to Iraq.
There is no ending to this boiling pot of
the world. Turbulence in the Middle East will
never stop. In recent months we could have jus-
tified sending troops to Syria as well and then
we could be in three countries. How thin can
we spread our soldiers, as well as stretch our
American dollars?
Hell is a hot place and we will never ex-
tinguish the fire.
Glenn Mollette is an American columnist
and author.
Contact him at GMollette@aol.com. Like
his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glen-
nmollette.
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(Editor’s Note: Views and commen-
Neonicotinoids (neonies), imin-
dacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethox-
am, acetaniprid, dinotefuran, a new
prescription? Hardly. These are the
insecticides that are killing the bees.
One-third of honey bees have been
killed. This poison is banned in Eu-
rope because it kills bees and butter-
flies and other pollinators, but they
sell it here. It’s used on corn and
Stop killing bees
wheat and a variety of other crops.
Not only that but they sell it right
here in Cave Junction by others and
Monsanto. Use these pesticides and
turf builders and it gets into the plant
and the dirt and kills the bees right in
your own yard. The big nurseries use
it and you buy plants for your garden
starts, to help the bees and you are
killing them. It’s really scary.
I look around my garden and
think now where did I get that plant?
Or, when I got that cutting to start
my lavendula was it from nursery
stock and would the new plant be
killing the bees as well? I’m look-
ing at tearing out a lot of my garden
that I’ve worked so hard and love so
much. My mind just doesn’t have a
lot of experience with this kind of
disaster to be calm at all. I’m going
totally organic. I’m going to call the
EPA and try to get more information.
Are the seeds from these plants dan-
gerous? When did they start using
this stuff?
These chemical giants compa-
nies make a fortune destroying the
Earth. They have elected officials in
their pocket book with their millions
in donations to get them elected.
People, it’s hard to grasp how,
but we must save the Earth now. It
really is up to each of us in all we
do and buy. Now everyone who has
a friend or relative who has died of
cancer in the last 10 years, stand up
- I see we’re all standing. Learn what
you can and pass it on. It’s now or
never.
Shalom,
Bennie Fishal
Cave Junction
Obituaries
Celebration of Life will be held for
Albert Dean
Laborde “Shorty”
1934-2014. Saturday, June 28th,
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 @ Taylor’s Country Store.
Arrangements are pending with Grants Pass Funeral Alter-
natives.
Mary Marie Layman, 68 of Cave Junction passed
away Sunday, June 22, 2014, at her residence.
Former Selma resident,
Carl Gordon Brownlee,
Jr., 67, of Grants Pass died Monday, June 16, 2014 at Asante
Rogue Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel www.stephens-
fc.com
Ellen Mace Wendover, 67 , of Cave Junction, died
Sunday, June 1, 2014 at Rogue Valley Medical Center.
Memorial Services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 12
at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Cave Junction.
Ellen was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in
Cave Junction and The Order of Eastern Star in Kerby, Ore.
Ellen is survived by her sister, Marleen Hutt of Cave Junc-
tion. Contributions may be made in her name to your favorite
charity.
I llInoIs V alley F uneral D Irectors
www.since1928Hull.com
Save The Date
June 26
Illinois Valley Chamber of
Commerce Special meeting with
guest speaker: Greg Walter.
Gregg will have an update on
the Monument expansion. Questions
and comments time, all chamber
members and guest are invited. June
26, 2014.
Wild River Brewery & Pizza
Company 12:00-1:00 p.m. No host
lunch.
June 27 - 28
Yard Sale & Bake Sale Friday
& Saturday - June 27 & 28, 10 a.m.
- 4 p.m. 520 Caves Hwy, Cave Junc-
tion Pregnancy Center of the Illinois
Valley.
For more listings go to www.ivcalendar.org
Nation wide contest to test and show
how Emergency Radio Communica-
tions works. All those interested are
invited. 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Satur-
day and 9:00 a.m. to 12 – noon Sun-
day. Entrance is Free.
All Elected Officials visiting
please Contact Rob for a special bo-
nus. For more information Contact
Larry at W7LEV@Cavenet.com
June 28
Call for Artists! Two new art
shows are slated for June and July.
The C.J. Lions Club Car “Show &
Shine” slated for June 28 is expand-
ing to include artist’s booths. The fee
is $25 and booths may be shared.
safe research-based procedures from
OSU. Bring your pressure canner (if
you have one) and instruction manual.
We’ll cover basic features and share
tips on finding a canner to suit your
needs, too. Hands-on kitchen lab will
give you experience canning fresh
green beans with a jar to take home.
Annual testing of pressure canner
gauges is available for free tonight!
$10 cost, although scholarships are
available at registration. Pre-register
at 541-476-6613 or Josephine.Exten-
sion@oregonstate.edu
June 28 - 29
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Don’t blow your top! Pres-
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Master Food Preservers at RCC/
Kerby Belt Bldg 24355 Redwood
Hwy. Tuesday, July 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Learn to pressure can with confidence
and ease! Transform garden abun-
dance into shelf-stable jars of deli-
cious home-processed foods using
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July 20
The Rusk Ranch Nature Center
will offer a free Nature & Art Festi-
val, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July
20. There will be a juried Fantasy
Recycled fashion show among other
events, vendor booth space is $20.
For further information, call 541-
592-4444.
July 4, 5 & 6
Reunion Mania, Various loca-
tions around the Valley. Check next
week’s paper for detail on your class.
July 1
Saturday – Sunday June 28
& 29. The Cave Junction American
Legion Post # 70 will be nicely rep-
resented at the Yearly Ham Radio
“Field Day” at Schroeder Park in
Grants Pass.
This is a World Wide ( yes I
said WORLD WIDE !! ) and more so
541-592-4110
July 12
The Kerby Museum and His-
tory Center present: A World War II
Era Canteen and Dance, All Veter-
ans in attendance will be recognized
and honored! Dance to the sounds
of Glenn Miller, Doris Day, The An-
drews Sisters, Bing Crosby and many
more! July 12, 2014, Illinois Valley
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Aug. 16
It’s The Berries: Saturday, Au-
gust 16, 2014 ~ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We
are now accepting applications for
vendors inside and outside. Outdoor
spaces must bring your own tables.
$20 with a $5 refund for a cleaned
space.
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12, 2014. Last day for refunds is Au-
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Aug. 16
Join us along the 80 mile stretch
of US Highway 199, from Highway
101 to I-5, featuring yard sales and
special events on the third weekend
in August, 2014.
There’s no charge to participate,
just set up your yard sale in a safe
place!
For more information, go to
our blog at http://hwy199yardsale.
blogspot.com or call 707-720-9379
and leave a message. Held on the
same weekend as “It’s the Berries”.
RCC/Belt Building, 24353 Red-
wood Hwy Kerby, OR
Ongoing
Healing Hearts and Hooves,
therapeutic horseback riding program
has begun our 2014 season. Sunday
classes at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. @ 4411 Holland Loop
Drive, Cave Junction. Call 541-659-
1798 or 541-596-2272 for volunteer
or student information.
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