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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 10, 2016
From the desk of the Mayor: by Carl Jacobson Jr.
This is a little late in coming but here
it goes: I wish to thank all of those who
helped get a flag put back on the pole at
Laurel Cemetery. A special thank you to
the members of Post 70 American Legion
and American Legion Aux., the city of
Cave Junction’s crew, the members of the
I.V. Fire Dept. Explorer Post and all the
members that helped us put out over 270
flags on the veteran’s graves.
We all owe those that have served and
gave their all for our freedom we enjoy
today. It may not be perfect but it’s a lot
better than other countries.
Our thanks again to the men and
women of the I.V. Fire Dept. who put their
lives on the line almost every day and more
on some days.
And a message to the community,
please use a little common sense and don’t
start a fire that could damage everybody in
our Valley. If you are cutting weeds down
use caution and sense to protect yourself
and your neighbor’s families.
We are going to have to close off the
amphitheater at Jubilee Park to tear out the
flooring and replace it with a concrete floor
because the flooring was so rotten it has
been declared unsafe. So with a little luck
we can get it done and ready for the Labor
Day Celebration.
A word to the wise please be careful
out there.
Our thanks to the Chamber of
Commerce for the Concerts in the Park, the
season just ended Aug. 4
The Farmers’ Market is still going on
Fridays from 4 – 7 p.m.
Hopefully you have had a nice
summer. Remember school starts Sept. 6,
so watch out for the children and school
buses.
Mayor Jacobson Jr.
What readers think:
Should the city of Cave Junction drop their marijuana lawsuit against the state of Oregon?
Gene Merrill
Don Moore
Tim Leyba
Hope Roll
“Yes, the city is just
“No, I agree with the
throwing their money
“Yes, lots of people need city; marijuana has
away; CJ doesn’t have
marijuana.”
brought about undesirable
the resources to do this
changes…”
lawsuit…should use money
for law enforcement.”
“Yes, stop immediately;
wasting city’s money!”
De Spellman
William Franz
“Yes, it’s a state law, we
voted to make it legal.
Why can’t the city see
that cannabis revenue will
bring what they need for
the sheriff’s dept.?”
“Yes, revenue from
marijuana will take care
of issues we need help
with.”
We count on the mail: by Chip Hutcheson
I got the mail today.
A couple of bills. A greeting
card. Some catalogs. A newspaper.
One package that my wife grabbed
right away. (Wonder what that was?)
Lately, it occurs to me how
completely I take for granted that I
will get the mail tomorrow.
I’ve had my share of gripes
about the mail. As president of the
National Newspaper Association,
I have fielded our community
newspaper members’ postal concerns
all year. The mail is slower than it
used to be. The U.S. Postal Service
slowed it down by a day, at least,
because of financial problems.
Newspaper subscribers are unhappy
because too often their papers are
arriving late. Some local businesses
have had problems with cash flow
because of late mail.
Still, I get the mail every day
but Sunday. Bet you do, too.
If you follow the news, you
know the U.S. Postal Service is in
trouble. Because so many people
and businesses use the internet, there
isn’t as much mail to deliver. But
we still expect the mail to come.
At my newspaper, we look for it on
Saturdays, too, because weekend
mail is extremely important in small
towns. (Congress considered ending
Saturday mail, but thankfully it has
dropped that idea for now.)
Beneath the surface, however,
we see seismic, economy-rattling
changes ahead unless Congress
can pass legislation to lower the
Postal Service’s cost of doing
business. It carries more than $50
billion of debt on its balance sheet.
Fortunately, there are bills by Reps.
Jason Chaffetz, R-UT, and Elijah
Cummings, D-MD, and several other
House members, and by Sens. Tom
Carper, D-DE, Claire McCaskill,
D- MO, Mark Warner, D-VA, Roy
Blunt, R-MO, Jerry Moran, R-KS,
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and Susan Collins, R-ME, that
would do the job. Passing these bills
is easier said than done. You may
have noticed Congress is having
a hard time these days getting
anything passed.
This is what the bills have to
fix.
A 2006 law imposed a
requirement to put advance funding
into a federal retirement health plan
for postal workers. Other agencies
don’t do advance funding. They are
on a pay-as-you-go system. That
requirement began to cripple USPS
within a year or two after its passage.
What the 2006 law didn’t do was
relieve USPS of also contributing
to Medicare for the same workers,
which many do not use. So there
are two plans for many workers,
when only one is used. USPS has to
double-pay, which is another way
of saying you double-pay every
time you buy stamps—for a total
of about $29 billion now paid into
the Federal Treasury. The Chaffetz-
Cummings and Carper bills would
end the double-payment. Retirees
would go onto Medicare like the rest
of us do, and the other plan would
provide supplemental coverage. The
Postal Service would be relieved of
the debt it is carrying from the 2006
law because the funding will be
complete.
Sounds so reasonable, right?
Why hasn’t it passed? Because
Uncle Sam likes keeping half of that
double payment. Somehow, some
think tanks inside the Beltway (and
I say “think” with my tongue in
cheek) believe by ending the double
payment, USPS would be getting a
bailout. But it isn’t a bailout. This
is stopping your postage money
from being unfairly collected and
relieving a financial burden USPS
did not deserve if Medicare was used
as intended.
Saving this money may not
mean much to you at a few pennies
a pop, but to businesses, it is big
money that could be used to create
jobs instead of lining the federal
treasury. Did you know that the
mail is responsible for 7.5 million
jobs and $1.2 trillion in the U.S.
economy?
Mail is important. But it has to
be reliable and on time. Unless this
legislation gets through, mail will
get slower and eventually, we won’t
be able to take it for granted.
If you get a chance this
summer, e-mail your members of
Congress a note asking them to pass
these bills. Or better yet, send a letter
by mail. Bet Congress takes that
mail for granted every day, too.
Chip Hutcheson is the
president of the National Newspaper
Association and publisher of the
Times Leader, Princeton, KY
Obituaries
Dolores Ruth Sambrana
Noble died Aug. 2, 2016. Her service
will be held Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016
at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s of the Forest
Catholic Church in Cave Junction.
Reception to follow.
Caryl Anne Walmsley
Thompson, 73 , of O’Brien left
this world Saturday, July 30, 2016 after
entering it in Las Cruces, N.M. in 1943.
She was an accomplished occupational
therapist with an active practice in Cave
Junction. She developed the Washburn
Technique for non-invasive intervention
for chronic pain and dysfunction and
designed the patent for hands and arms.
Caryl was preceded in death by her
mother and father and three brothers. She
is survived by two brothers, Larry Davis
of Calif. and James Walmsley of Cave
Junction; one sister, Kitty Bertlin; and
numerous nieces and nephews. She was
preceded in death by her husband, J.R.
Thompson. She was much loved and will
be greatly missed. A memorial service is
planned at a later date.
James Alan Walmsley of
Cave Junction passed away Aug. 1, 2016
at Royal Gardens in Grants Pass. He is
survived by a son, one granddaughter and
one sister. No public services planned.
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Aug. 13
Illinois Valley Grange at 3763
Holland Loop Rd. Aug. 13 will have
an outdoor garage sale from 9 a.m.
– 4 p.m. Come see our goodies.
Aug. 13
BINGO at the Illinois Valley
Grange on the second Saturday of
each month from 1 – 4 p.m. 3763
Holland Loop Rd. Snack bar avail-
able 50 cents a hard card. Everyone
welcome!
Aug. 13
On Monday, Aug. 13, at Fire
Station 1 – 681 Caves Hwy., at 5:30
p.m. there will be a presentation on
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assemblies of the people by their
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Aug. 13 & 14
You are invited: celebrate five
years of Healthy U and our mission
promoting health for the minds, bod-
ies, and hearts of Illinois Valley resi-
dents. Join us Friday, Aug. 19 from
5:30-6:30 p.m. at Healthy U (535 E.
River St. Cave Junction, in the back
of the Family Coalition Building).
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Pressure canner testing at the
‘Croons, Nelson Family Farm, Red-
wood Highway, Cave Junction, 11
a.m. - 3 p.m.
Aug. 14
New Guild Show opens Aug.
14 in the Guild Gallery at the Kerby
Belt Building. Theme is “e-ART-h”
or Earth Art. Hours: 5-7 p.m. Hors
d’oeuvres, music, wine tasting, and
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