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Reader asks when criminals
work
Often elections are decided by
voters that do not follow the news
everyday & frequently depend on
sources such as Bill Maher, David
Letterman, & other dedicated lib-
eral/progressives in the major media.
It’s ironic that many of the “finer”
universities where a free exchange
of ideas, views, & experiences have
leftists student groups and instruc-
tors that demonstrate if a speaker is
a conservative. Perhaps the left are
afraid of open minded students being
drawn from their sphere of influence
toward the conservative principles of
free speech, competition and debate.
Haven’t we been told over and over
that Democrats/liberals/progressives
are the “Party of tolerance”?
These low information voters
& shallow thinkers are further handi-
capped in their decision making in
the voting booth by the major media,
which the past couple of decades or
so act as a megaphone to carry far left
messages from their liberal/progres-
sive friends. Of course if the news is
unfavorable to Obama or other left-
ists, they simply don’t cover it in their
news because they don’t want people
voting against their favored ones.
Lately we have seen a few journalists
slip into objectivity and honesty.
Examples: l. When Mitt Rom-
swer to a moderators question that
a major geopolitical problem in the
future would be with Russia. Obama
scoffed at that answer saying the Cold
War was over years ago. Of course
today one of our major geopolitical
problem is Russia, demonstrating a
good executive is way ahead of most
of us in their analysis rather than
“leading from behind”. 2. Fast & Fu-
rious is the name of a failed program
under cry baby AG Holder which al-
lowed a couple thousand weapons to
be smuggled to the cartels in Mexico
which resulted in the killing of a U.S.
agent, Brian Terry. Several hundred
Mexicans have been killed by these
weapons as well. Obama declared
“executive privilege” to prevent in-
vestigation into this terrible idea,
and our major media says nothing. 3.
Benghazi is the name of a city in Lib-
ya where we lost Ambassador Ste-
vens and three other Americans in an
attack on our consulate even though
Stevens had for months requested
more security. Our Secretary of State
failed to respond. resulting in the
deaths. 4.The ongoing VA corruption
is being addressed by the Obama ad-
ministration by the routine like mov-
ing the deck chairs on the Titanic.
The “no fire” policy of this regime
continues to protect unions and bu-
reaucrats while veterans continue to
suffer and die. Finally, Obama’s fail-
ure to leave a small force in Iraq had
resulted in the hoards of ISIS (ISIL)
overrunning much of Iraq while our
ditherer in chief responds with a tim-
id air strike approach as if he wants
another Viet Nam type result. Again
the major media is largely absent.
Incompetence is the word to de-
scribe the Obama Administration and
most of the major media.
Greg Anderson
Cave Junction
Reader questions
credentials
At today’s neighborhood watch
meeting in the Illinois Valley, the
frustration level was palatable. It
seems after the big splash in the paper
about the Sheriff training citizens to
process burglary scenes, the Sheriff
informed them that he can’t use them.
He didn’t reach out to any of our I.V.
neighborhood watch programs until
this ELECTION year and has botched
that. Citizens spoke of numerous
promises made by Gilbertson with no
follow through. Enough election year
antics - EIGHT years of inept leader-
ship has got to end! Recently on the
news Sheriff Gilbertson said it was
imperative that his office have a good
working relationship with other local
law enforcement agencies, specifi-
cally Jackson County. So why does
he throw Oregon State Police under
the bus every chance he gets? Why
do a majority of members of our lo-
cal law enforcement community, who
work with him on a daily basis, not
support him? Maybe it’s because he
doesn’t know what he is doing? He
publicly stated he wasn’t familiar
with Oregon law when he botched
an alcohol related fatality and turned
it over to Oregon State Police to fix.
Instead of protecting us from the
Feds who MAY take our guns, how
about the Sheriff protect us from the
meth/heroin dealers who ARE taking
our guns? Maybe because criminals
don’t work M-F, 9:00 to 5:00 pm.
Carol Dickson
Cave Junction
Reader has a rock
in his shoe
Good citizenship is taught to all
of us when we are in grade school.
Apparently a few guys named
Andreas Blech of Sunny Valley
Sand and Gravel (formerly Havilah
Resources), Simon Hare and Keith
Heck, Josephine County Commis-
sioners have decided to not be good
citizens with their recent application
and approval of a proposed aggregate
quarry near the corner of Daisy Mine
Road and Placer Road in Sunny Val-
ley. The proposed quarry is a threat
to domestic water wells of people liv-
ing in Sunny Valley despite the infor-
mation presented by Andreas Blech
and his hired staff that presented their
application.
Good citizenship by a person
does not include threatening peoples’
domestic water supply among other
examples.
From articles presented in the
Grants Pass Daily Courier it is stated
that Keith Heck is a former U.S. Ma-
rine. A true U.S. Marine is required
to be a good citizen and not threaten
innocent civilians’ domestic water
supply.
The decision by Andreas Blech,
Simon Hare and Keith Heck to ap-
ply for and to approve the proposed
aggregate quarry of Sunny Valley
Sand and Gravel (formerly Havilah
Resources) is wrong. It is not good
citizenship.
Bill Lorch
Sunny Valley, Oregon
Reader thinks thieves will
like 17-63
To the people thinking of
voting yes on 17-63. You must read
the 3rd and 4th paragraph of 17-63,
it allows any person or groups to en-
ter your and my property to look for
pesticides without any permission
or warrant. “It would allow enforce-
ment by either court action or ‘di-
rect action’ by a resident or group of
residents, and would prohibit actions
against those participating in ‘direct
action.’” (Measure 17-63) It overrides
local and state laws and by doing so it
could allow every lowlife the excuse
to trespass and steal property without
the threat of prosecution of the law.
With the law enforcement at the low-
est levels this is not the time to allow
this to happen. It could allow us to go
back to the Wild West – this would be
a vote for no law and order.
Robert Kerivan
Cave Junction
Reader says donating
is the answer
Measure 17.62, the proposed
permanent Library Tax District, will
increase taxes 39 cents per $1,000 as-
sessed value. This would raise proper-
ty taxes more than $2,600,000 based
on the 2013-2014 tax base. Taxpay-
ers would have to pay this in addition
to the current tax of $3,900,000 now
collected at the 58 cents per $1,000,
a whopping 67% increase beginning
in 2015!!
And, the new Library Board
could raise your taxes every year
thereafter. But, if you can’t pay this
new Library tax as well as the current
tax, a lien on your property could re-
sult in forfeiture!
On the other hand, this same
$2,600,000, if instead was dedicated
to battling rampant crime in Jose-
phine County, would provide funding
for 24/7 Sheriff’s road patrol, Juve-
nile Justice Center, District Attorney,
jail, and maybe a rainy day fund!
I have a better idea.
Assuming there are 10,000 vot-
ers who want to pass Measure 17.62,
who would become tax donators and
voluntarily give their own money in
lieu of the proposed new library prop-
erty tax to cover the $2,600,000 each
would share the cost of $260, and
there would be no additional property
tax for those who can’t afford higher
taxes!!
Other voluntary ways to supple-
ment current grants and donations for
the current non-profit library system,
might include such as business dona-
tions, duck derby, charging for books
at checked out, and donation jars?
Voluntary library funding is
covered by those who want it, and,
no new taxes are needed.
Guess we really don’t need the
proposed Library taxing district.
Everybody is happy!
Let’s keep our taxes low!!
It’s time to Vote No…on Measure
17.62!
Obituaries
Helen Lilian Bauch, 94, of Cave
Junction, passed away on Saturday, October 4
at Three Rivers Hospital in Grants Pass, OR.
Helen was born February 19, 1920 in Bristol,
England. As a telephone/switchboard operator
for the Royal Air Force during WWII she met
her husband, Myron L. Bauch, who was sta-
tioned in Bristol at the time. They married in
England in 1945. After the war, Myron brought
Helen back to the states to Wisconsin. From
there they moved to Sunland, California where
they began and raised their family. During
1974 they moved to Cave Junction, Oregon.
Together, Helen and Myron had four
children: Karen Anctil of Ventura, CA; Mike
Bauch of Redding, CA; Cathy Horne of
Spring, TX; and Sue Boucher of Cave Junc-
tion, OR. Family includes ten grandchildren,
fourteen great-grandchildren, and numerous
extended family members. Helen also leaves
behind loved ones in England and Australia.
Helen (Nana) embraced her family with
admirable strength and love. Her compassion
for family and the things she loved was ap-
Robert Thomas
Cave Junction
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parent to all who knew her. Nana’s kind heart,
quick wit and contagious giggle will live on in
the memories kept within so many hearts.
With good fortune and a caring husband
she was able to be a homemaker throughout
her life. Her home reflected her warm and
caring heart which shined through with open
arms to all those who knew her. Known by
many names, Helen, Mother, Me Mum, Nana,
and Nan, she will be forever missed by family,
friends and people whom she has touched.
In the words of Robert N. Test, “If, by
chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a
kind deed or word to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.”
Helen was preceded in death by her
husband Myron in 1992 and a grandson Nick
in 2013. Family in England that have passed
before her are her parents, Henry and Lilian
Harris, two brothers, Harry and George, and
her sister Val.
Private Memorial Services will be held.
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