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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Life in the
Valley
of Riches
By DAN MANCUSO,
Publisher
Before I get down to the issue at hand I would like to
thank the Illinois Valley Lions Club for another amazing Labor
Day Festival. The men, and more importantly, their wives
deserve a big round of applause.
Now let’s get down to business. While sitting at my desk
I watched a guy on a bicycle carrying a spray tank. He seemed
to be having some issues so I kept my eye on him. Then to my
dismay, I saw him lay his bike down and walk to the side of a
building and empty his bladder. While I might expect to see this
occur at night, I was quite shocked at 10 a.m.
Monday, I chased-off a panhandling guy and his dog
from the bushes of Dairy Queen. He got up and moved to the
sidewalk and went back to work; there was nothing more I
could do.
Maybe it’s because my desk overlooks Redwood Hwy or
“Main Street” as I call it that I see more. Maybe I am dialed
into it because, as you know, transients panhandling and
generally lounging around are just one of my many pet peeves.
It appears the city is not concerned with how passersby
view Main Street? They seem to be more concerned about
silliness like marijuana lawsuits instead of helping the business
community. But I have a great solution, the city has a beautiful,
shaded grass area in front of City Hall, and certainly plenty of
foot traffic to panhandle from; I support the idea of sending
them all to the beautiful park located at 222 W. Lister Street
– City Hall.
Now I cannot fully put the brunt of this on our city
officials or law enforcement; we need to take some of the
blame as well. At the risk of broken windows to my office, I
always chase away the transients in front of our building. Once,
I even made the police blotter during an incident that did not go
as smoothly as I would have liked.
I want to ask all of us to step-up. The city needs to enforce
the codes on the books. If the city does not have anything on
the books, codes need to be created and enforced. Both the
business community and YOU, Joe Public need to encourage
the city to help us. We all need to politely ask the transients to
move along.
This is not about homelessness, it’s not about putting
people down who are down on their luck, it’s about keeping
beggars off Main Street. It’s about being able to go to the store
without getting hit-up three times for money.
Will this work? I don’t know, but worst case, we should
relocate the transients to City Hall where they, as it seems to
me, are welcome.
Thank you for picking up this week’s paper, enjoy! ~ djm
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What readers think:
What is the main change you would like to see in the Illinois Valley?
Diane Chirrick
Kate Bain
“Most immediate would
be to support CJ Patrol.
Long range would be
funding for round the
clock police presence.”
“I don’t think the I.V. has
any more or less problems
than Grants Pass. Cave
Junction has a blight
issue; the homeless are a
real problem.”
Cary Riley
“It’s all about commerce
- more opportunities for
small business growth.”
Ron Hiler
“Put the Highway back
the way it was with two
lanes going each way.”
Mark Dillinger
Rocky Jones
“Code enforcement.”
“Build a dam on Sucker
Creek.”
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541-592-4110
Save the date
Sept. 19
Oct. 1
Llama Workshop, Sept. 19,
8680 Takilma Rd. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Expert instruction on care and han-
dling of Llamas, including demo of
shearing (with hand shears) Bring
sack lunch. More info call Lyn at
541-592-3818.
Southern Oregon Smoked
Salmon Fest has a brand new loca-
tion: Downtown Medford’s Pear
Blossom Park. The event will be held
on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 1-6 p.m.,
and is an annual benefit for Maslow
Project – a local nonprofit organiza-
tion that provides advocacy and sup-
port services to homeless youth and
families throughout Jackson and Jo-
sephine counties
Sept. 24
Agnes Pilgrim Birthday Party
Benefit, book signing, and gathering,
Saturday, Sept. 24, Takilma Commu-
nity Center, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Every-
one invited, get her book “GrandMa
Says: Wake Up World!” Pledge your
support, help organizing needed,
call/email for info., or if you wish to
participate or perform, Guenter 541-
415-1929 or cmec@cavenet.com.
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Oct. 8
9th annual ACORN FESTIVAL
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Selma
Community Center on Hwy 199 in
Selma OR 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
This Indoor/Outdoor Free event
includes: • Hands-On workshops on
acorns and their processing • Yurok
acorn cooking basket demonstration,
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• Vendors and oak related displays •
Scarecrow contest with $100 prize
5 p.m. Potluck includes tradi-
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For more information contact
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Oct. 10
10th annual Empty Bowls Proj-
ect which will be held at Parkway
Christian Center on Monday, Oct. 10
from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Continuing
Cave Junction Patrol, LLC is
looking for volunteers. CJ Patrol is
a private citizen volunteer organiza-
tion dedicated to effectively address-
ing heretofore-unchecked property
crime in our city and neighborhoods.
The primary mission of CJ Patrol is
to prevent, interrupt, report, and de-
crease property crime in the city of
Cave Junction. Contact: Phone: 541-
592-9665 / Facebook: Cave Junction
Patrol Public / Website: cjpatrol.org /
Monthly CJP Meetings: first Thurs-
day, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Wild River
Pizza Deli, 249 Redwood Hwy.
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looking for volunteers. If sorting,
cleaning, staging is what you do,
we could use your skills. Earn a free
breakfast and a store gift card while
you volunteer. Join the crew, make
new friends, need not to be a member
or a senior citizen to volunteer. Call
the store at 541-592-6630 or visit us
during store hours.
*The C.J. Substation hours are
changed. We are now open on Mon-
days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
(closed Wednesdays) from 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;
applications to become a volunteer
can be picked up at the Substation.
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