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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Bill O’Reilly’s alleged escapades, hmmm: by Dr. Glenn Mollette
Bill O’Reilly most likely can afford to
retire and he probably should be thinking
about it before he spends all of his life sav-
ings on settling sexual harassment lawsuits. At
least $13 million have been paid so far that we
know about.
O’Reilly has a deep financial well mak-
ing close to $20 million dollars a year from
hosting his number one rated nightly show
plus about $30 a million a year in book sales
making him the number one nonfiction author
on the planet. Such a deep well makes him a
very attractive target to those who have a barb
against him.
You most likely have heard the gory
details from all the other television news chan-
nels. You have heard about the alleged esca-
pades of O’Reilly’s sexual advances toward
women at the Fox network whose careers he
might encourage or advance if they had sex
with him. Of course, you haven’t heard much
about it on Fox. They don’t have to talk much
about it yet because all the other networks are
covering the story intensely. So far Fox News
has stood with him and has paid three of the
settlements of the five women. O’Reilly has
paid two settlements. One involved $9 mil-
lion paid in 2004 to a producer, and the other
was agreed on last year with a former on air
personality.
All of this comes after the Roger Ailes
Fiasco, which led to his departure from Fox
News and a $40 million departure package
last year. Disturbing allegations were made by
women personalities against Ailes that resulted
in multi-million dollar settlements and Ailes’
demise.
O’Reilly’s show for the last twenty years
has been a lucrative cash cow for Fox earning
the network hundreds of millions of dollars.
Sponsors such as Mercedes Benz, BMW and
dozens of others have filled the pockets of the
network. However, by the last count, 21 of the
sponsors have withdrawn from advertising on
The O’Reilly Factor. “The allegations are dis-
turbing and, given the importance of women in
every aspect of our business, we don’t feel this
is a good environment in which to advertise
our products right now,” reported a representa-
tive of Mercedes-Benz.
It’s always hard to know exactly for sure
what he said and she said and what he did and
how she responded or vice versa. Even with
audio recordings and videos there is a lot of
room for tampering. A picture may tell a story
but it doesn’t always tell the whole story. I
haven’t heard of any pictures or videos that
incriminate O’Reilly but there is always the
possibility of something surfacing.
The fact that O’Reilly and Fox have
already settled for so much money with at least
five different women in order to try to spare
O’Reilly’s children and others from embarrass-
ment and other suffering lends strong support
there is a lot of fire behind all of this smoke.
Also, the $13 million paid out isn’t saving
anybody too much embarrassment it would
seem to me.
The big question that someone else will
have to uncover the answer to, is how many
unreported affairs and sexual escapades has
Bill O’Reilly managed to have over the years?
I’m not saying that he has. I’m saying if there
is truth to the alleged harassment then there
is always a chance there are women who will
never talk because they don’t want to embar-
rass their families or because they actually
were enriched or promoted in their careers by
having sex with O’Reilly or Ailes. This would
be extremely embarrassing that their careers
were actually advanced by their willingness to
do anything - anything.
Are there women with jobs at Fox
who had sex with O’Reilly in order to ad-
vance at the network? Did they have sex with
Roger Ailes? Did they have sex with Ailes
and O’Reilly? Who would dare to think we
are only hearing from the alleged harassed
people? There is always the possibility that
O’Reilly and Ailes had numbers of successful
trysts before and after and all around the other
women who claimed foul. How many women
have been on O’Reilly’s show or worked with
him because they were willing to have sex
with him in order to be there? There is also
the possibility that all of the accusations have
been made up for financial gain. Will anybody
really know for sure?
This is all conjecture and stuff that
makes people go hmmm. There will be much
more said about all of this in the weeks ahead.
The media will not let this one rest.
Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist
and author of 11 books. He is read in all 50
states. Visit www.glennmollette.com or contact
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Church News
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Consider Jesus
I want you to consider Jesus. Just consider who He came
here for, and how He treated them.
Mark 2:16-17 tells us why Jesus came: “When the teach-
ers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sin-
ners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he
eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said
to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I
have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Jesus came to
call the sinners.
Jesus didn’t come for those who have it all together.
Jesus came for people like you and me who needed help, who
needed grace, and who needed mercy. Jesus came for those
that conventional religion had rejected. When everyone else
said, “We’re too good for them. They’re not clean enough, not
righteous enough, not holy enough,” Jesus said, “That’s exactly
who I came for.”
Jesus loved the unlovable; those that everyone else
despised. He welcomed those that other people turned away.
Jesus didn’t come for those who are perfect. So, if you’re
already perfect, just keep on shining your halos, but recognize
that Jesus came for people that didn’t have any halos at all.
The second thing to consider is the resurrection of Jesus.
Why does the resurrection matter? As he hung on the cross, he
was jeered at and spit upon. Yet he still said, “Father, forgive
them for they know not what they do. He offered grace and
forgiveness, even while hanging on a cross.
But when they put him in that cold, dark tomb, just as
Jesus had predicted, three days later, the women went to the
tomb and found the stone was rolled away. He wasn’t there.
HE…WASN”T…THERE.
Peter who had denied Jesus just three days ago when he
was asked “Do you know Him?” was completely transformed
and began to preach tirelessly on the resurrection. Why? Be-
cause the tomb was empty.
In Acts 3:15, Peter said to the religious leaders: “You
killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.”
And then, he said - and this is the key - “We are witnesses of
this.” They witnessed it. They saw Him. That’s why these men
were willing to give their lives for the same Jesus that they
were denying days earlier. It was because they saw the power
of the resurrection. It all hinges on the resurrection.
Because Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the
dead, we are made right with God. It doesn’t matter how many
times we’ve sinned, we’re made right with God because Jesus
was perfect, and He took on the penalty, and paid the price for
our sins.
So, consider Jesus. Consider who he is. Consider what he
did when he gave his life just for you. He is Risen! And he is
risen for you!
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Depression and the frontal lobe
of our brain
To better appreciate the frontal lobe of
the brain, let’s consider the case of Philip. He
lost the function of his frontal lobe as the re-
sult of a serious brain injury. He survived and
had a remarkable recovery from this major
trauma. He looked the same and talked the
same, but he was a different person. Before
his accident Philip was a well loved and re-
sponsible husband. He was hard working and
intelligent. He was known for his high mor-
als and a good record as a railroad foreman.
However after the accident, Philip’s
moral decline was evident immediately. He
became overly emotional and was prone
to outbursts of anger. He lost interest in
spiritual things, became irreverent, and used
profanity constantly. He went from a prized
employee to unemployment. Philip’s trau-
matic frontal lobotomy cost him his personal-
ity, his moral standards, and his commitment
to family, church and loved ones.
What does the frontal lobe of our brain
have to do with depression? Studies show
that a depressed person has a significant
decrease in the frontal lobe’s blood flow and
activity. This happens most in the prefrontal
cortex of the brain. This part of the brain is
the control center of the brain and controls
behavior planning, decision making, emo-
tional control, self-awareness and self-inde-
pendence.
Additional involvement of the dorso-
lateral prefrontal cortex of our brain is
working memory, selective attention, verbal
fluency and recall.
How can we improve frontal lobe
health? Here are some harmful things to
avoid.
Street drugs impair the frontal lobe,
even though the user’s appearance may not
show it.
Alcohol injures the front lobe. It is
one of America’s most popular frontal lobe
assailants. It reduces frontal lobe activity.
It weakens abstract thinking ability even in
social drinkers.
There are serious concerns in the
psychiatric literature about caffeine’s role in
“unbalancing” the mind. Caffeine has been
linked with anxiety, psychosis (state where a
person loses touch with reality).
An international acclaimed Norwegian
research project known as the Tromso Heart
Study assessed 143,000 men and women and
found a significant increase in depression
among women who were heavy coffee users.
These are certainly things to be considered
for our health sake… to be continued.
Places of Worship
BRIDGEVIEW
COMMUNITY CHURCH
5181 Holland Loop Rd., CJ
541-592-3923
“Come Join the Worship!”
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Pastor Sonny Moore
www.bridgeviewcc.org
* * *
7th DAY ADVENTIST
265 S. Old Stage Rd., CJ
Sabbath School - 9:30 a.m.
Saturday Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Christian Martin
Church (541) 592-3218
Madrone Adventist School
541-592-3330
* * *
IMMANUEL UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
200 Watkins St., CJ
Phone 541-592-3876
Pastor Charles Chase
Sunday School - 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.
Child-care for small children
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Illinois Valley Praise Center
28569 Redwood Hwy. CJ
Non-denominational
Bible-believing Church
Sunday school - 9:30 a..m.
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
Thursday Seekers 7 p.m.
Youth group Thursday - 7 p.m.
www.ivpraisecenter.com
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Pastor Dave Gordon
113 S. Caves Ave., CJ
Office: 541-592-3896
Email: cbccca@gmail.com
Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Christian Academy
Pre-K to 12th grade
Awana - Wednesdays - 6 p.m.
* * *
ST. PATRICK OF THE FOREST
CATHOLIC CHURCH
407 W. River St., CJ
541-592-3658
Fr. William Holtzinger, Pastor
Mass - Sunday 11 a.m..
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Sunday - 10:30 a.m.
Holy Days TBA
* * *
TAKILMA BIBLE CHURCH
10343 Takilma Road, Takilma
Pastor Dan Robinson
Bible Study / Prayer Time
9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m
Wednesday Bible Study
7 p.m
* * *
First Baptist Church of Selma
18285 Redwood Hwy., Selma
541-597-4169
Pastor Monty Pope
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship - 11 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD
LUTHERAN CHURCH
East River Street
& Lewis Court, CJ
Annemarie Richardson
Lay Pastor.
Sunday School - 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.
Church Phone: 541-592-2290
www.goodshepherdlutheraniv.net
* * *
VALLEY EVANGELICAL
FREE CHURCH
498 Laurel Road, CJ
P.O. Box 1248
Pastor Marvin Porter
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service - 11 a.m.
evfree@frontiernet.net
541-592-6160
* * *
FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
451 S. Junction Ave., CJ
541-592-3956
Pastor Mark McLean
Morning Worship
9:30 & 11 a.m.
Wednesday - 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study
* * *
ST. MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
25904 Redwood Hwy., CJ
541-592-2006
Rev. Bryant Bechtold
Sunday Worship
Service 10:30 a.m.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS
209 S. Junction Ave., CJ
Sacrament Meet - 10 a.m.
Sunday School - 11:20 a.m.
Priesthood, Relief Soc. -
12:10 p.m.
Bishop
Larry Hammersmith
541-592-3919
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Illinois Valley Baptist Church
541-592-6149
102 S. Redwood Hwy.
(in the County Building)
Sunday Worship 10:30 AM
Wednesday Bible Study, Prayer
& Youth Program 7:00 PM
Friday Ladies Bible Study
11:00 AM
* * *
Wonder Bible Chapel
11911 Redwood Hwy.
Wonder, Ore.
Sunday worship 10 a.m.
Non-denominational Bible
believing Church
Sunday School Nursery
Youth group meets
Sunday 6:30 p.m.
with
Lisa Sherier
She’s back!
Wednesdays
$5 Drop-in
6:15-7:15 pM
at Healthy U
535 E river St.
541-761-4342