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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, July 6, 2016
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Reader questons
Wolfpac
Someone thinks the wild pack will attack
the homeless camp. In my 50 years of having
one or more wolves the only thing I haven’t
been able to disprove is they have been known
to huff n’ puff and blow our house down. If
you’re homeless you got it made.
Jim Lombardo
Cave Junction
A dire pot concern
With the abundance of pot grows in
our valley, I am concerned with their impact
on other farm crops. Just as the non-
GMO farmers have serious concerns about
contamination of their crops by GMO crops,
I have a concern that non-pot crops will be
contaminated by pot crops. Those pesky bees
can’t be given directions on which flowers to
wiggle their little bodies in and which ones not
to. It might not take very long for everything
in the Illinois Valley to be cross-contaminated
with pot pollen, including our wine industry
(many vineyards are surrounded by pot
grows), fruit orchards, blueberry farms, honey
producers and others.
I sure might think twice about giving
a child an apple grown in the Illinois Valley
wondering if it’s been contaminated by pot.
Or make a peanut butter and honey sandwich
for the kid’s lunch and wonder if the little
bugger will be stoned by afternoon recess.
But how would anyone know if a product
was contaminated? If you ate it, and it
was contaminated, you may not remember
that you ate it, or even what it was that you
did eat. Perhaps all fruits, veggies, honey,
wine, and livestock produced here should
have a mandatory test to ensure that pot
contamination has not taken place. Better yet,
we could require that a warning label be placed
on all products from the Illinois Valley, to wit:
“WARNING! This product is produced in an
area where pot is grown and processed” . . . .
. sort of like the warning of peanut processing
occurring in a plant that makes candy bars.
Or, there could be a Surgeon General warning
posted on the product, similar to a pack of
cigarettes, that “this product is dangerous to
your health and has been shown to cause brain
damage, genetic damage, loss of memory, an
increase in stupidity, and I can’t remember
what else.” Then let the buyer beware, and the
law suits begin.
Maybe the proliferation of the legal and
illegal pot grows will make all other non-pot
crops go the way of logging in our valley. But
by that time, anyone still here might be too
stoned to care. Ahhhh, the rich irony of the
unintended consequence.
Sue Williams
Cave Junction OR
IVHS Class of 1961
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Obituaries
Adeline A. Merriman, 95 ½,
was born January 2, 1921 in Creston, Iowa.
She passed over to her Heavenly
Father on June 24, 2016 at her home in Cave
Junction, Ore.
She will be remembered by her friends
for her service and compassion, always ready
to extend a helping hand.
She is survived by her daughter,
Joan L. Abbott; her son, Harry R. Parker;
grandchildren; great-grandchildren and great-
great-grandchildren.
Her family will miss her physical
presence. She will always be in our hearts--
our memories will be sweet. A life well lived!
No services are planned. Hull &
Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of
arrangements.
Please visit the obituary and sign
Adeline’s tribute wall at www.since1928hull.
com.
Our mother passed, Lavellia
G.
Johnson Stephenson , passed away
quietly. Pamela Coots Owen, Steven Coots,
CJ, Lori (Lavellia Lorene) McCarthy, Terry
Coots, James Coots, Larry Johnson, Eva
Johnson, numerous foster kids, Bryan, Cathy
and Susan Connolly. We will be having a
memorial for her at the park, in Cave Junction.
I really don’t have a place picked out but I
think the park is easiest. This is Pamela Owen.
Larry and His wife from Georgia will be here,
Pamela and her husband Larry will be here.
The grandchildren live here in Cave Junction.
Mike and Jeff Coots, Shane McCarthy, all are
local. Chelsea McCarthy and her daughter
Tiana. Jennifer Stephenson, daughter of Don,
Lavellia’s past husband. She was the mother
of many. Known as the goat lady to everyone
in Takilma to Selma she was the one to talk
to about goats. Lilac Valley Dairy Goats was
our name. Many babies in the Valley were
raised on goat milk so they didn’t have to use
formula, as I did too. She as 4-H, did the fairs,
and she had Ray by her side to help the next
person who came along. Ray was the president
of the Southern Oregon Dairy Goat ASSC as
he was a community man. Volunteer firefighter
and father to any child who needed it. They
were a couple who took community to heart.
God Bless them both.
I llINoIs V alley F uNeral D Irectors
www.since1928Hull.com
541-592-4110
Save the date
July 6
Annual Meeting of the Board of
Directors of IVHS ALUMNI AND
FRIENDS – July 6, 6 p.m. at the Mu-
seum
July 11
Neighborhood Watch Captains
& General Meeting, Monday, July 11,
5 p.m., Wild Rivers Brewing & Pizza.
General Reports covering activities
for the Illinois Valley including pa-
trols. We are forming a ‘Committee
of Safety’ to review and implement
a Rural Law Enforcement District,
deadline in August. Representatives
are needed from all Neighborhoods.
Help your community avoid more
cutbacks on law enforcement. We can
do this. Contact Guenter Ambron,
541-415-1929, or cmec@cavenet.
com.
July 12
Racial Justice in the Illinois Val-
ley - Monthly Meeting Tuesday, July
12 (2nd Tuesday of each month) 6-
7:30 p.m. Kerby Belt Building, 24353
Redwood Highway
Racial Justice in the Illinois
Valley (temporary group name) ad-
dresses the difficult legacy of racism
and white privilege in Southern Or-
egon and beyond. Meetings include
co-learning, self-reflection, and com-
munity engagement. This is a new
group, formed in response to the April
2016 presentation in Cave Junction
by Portland State Professor Walidah
Imarisha, “Why Aren’t There More
Black People in Oregon?” Join us in
creating a community that lives up to
its ideals of inclusion, self-reflection
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and mutual acceptance.
For more information, contact
kacielder@gmail.com
wood Hwy (in the County Building).
A snack will be provided.
July 14
July 29
Forest and Watershed Health
Workshop, Thursday, July 14, 6 to 9
p.m., Selma Community and Educa-
tion Center, Community based col-
laborative efforts and solutions, study
of local forest ecology, fire, wet for-
est areas, watersheds, protection for
rural homes, working with BLM and
Forest Service, ODF, IVFire. Biolo-
gist Rich Nawa, Mary Camp - Natu-
ral Selection Alternatives, and fire
safety. Guenter Ambron, 541-415-
1929, or cmec@cavenet.com.
4-7 p.m. at the Historical Schmidt
House Barn Corner of 5th and J
Streets We will have a pie baking con-
test. Sign up at the Research Library
512 SW 5th Street Call 541-479-7827
for details. Food, Fun and Entertain-
ment Any questions please call
Josephine County Historical Society
541-479-7827 or Christina Carver
Publicity Director 541-507-7618
tchilimom@yahoo.com.
July 16
Saturday, July 16, the I.V. Senior Cen-
ter will be hosting a Bingo Fundraiser
for our new Thrift Store building fund.
Doors open at 3 p.m. along with the
kitchen. We will be selling hamburg-
ers, hot dogs and other snacks. Bingo
will start at 4 p.m. and will be 50
cent cards along with a 50/50 raffle, a
Bake Auction as well as other raffles.
Come in and join the fun meet your
neighbors and win something. Help us
help our community with a new Thrift
Store. This event is OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC!
July 19
Come join the nightly fun!! Bring
family and friends. FREE for ages 3
and up. Vacation Bible School July 19-
July 22 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Armour
of God is sponsored by Illinois Valley
Baptist Church, located at 102 S. Red-
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July 30
Southern Oregon Beekeepers
Association is holding a one-day Be-
ginning Beekeeping class on Saturday
July 30, 2016 in the Medford area.
Anyone who would like to attend can
get more information at: http://www.
southernoregonbeekeepers.org/news-
and-events/fall-bee-school,
Cost:
$35.
Registration deadline is July 29,
2016 and is limited to the first 100
people. Register by mail (before July
23)”
ing Center/Belt Building, Redwood
Highway, Kerby
Sept. 11
Pressure canner testing at the Il-
linois Valley Grange, Holland Loop
Rd, Cave Junction, 8-11 a.m., Sun-
day
Continuing
*Fire & Emergency Services
Career Exploring is open to young
men and women from our local
schools with an interest in learning
more about careers in the field of fire
or emergency services. Fire & EMS
Exploring is a hand-on program that
exposes young people to fire and
emergency services. The most popu-
lar career exploring includes fire-
fighter, EMT, paramedic and nurs-
ing. Career exploring combines some
Aug. 13 & 14
classroom training with hands-on les-
sons and you will learn first aid, fire
safety, emergency medicine, leader-
ship methods, teamwork and much
more. You will develop emergency
management skills and physical fit-
ness and have the opportunity to
participate in local and national com-
petitions, community events and real
firefighting scenarios in a training
setting. Call 541-592-2225 to benefit
from this college and career readiness
program.
*The C.J. Substation is now
open as follows: Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The phone number at the Sub is 541-
592-5151. We are looking for more
volunteers to expand the hours; ap-
plications to become a volunteer can
be picked up at the Sub Station.
IVFC GARAGE SALE
Pressure canner testing at the
‘Croons, Nelson Family Farm, Red-
wood Highway, Cave Junction 11
a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday July 16 th , 2016
Aug. 20
Proceeds from the IVFC Garage Sale will be donated to
the annual Back Packs for Kids campaign hosted here for
local children K-12 th .
Pressure canner testing at the
“It’s The Berries” 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.,
Inside the building, RCC Learn-
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