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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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Reader says recall
in order
It should be increasingly
apparent that County
commissioner Dan DeYoung
will not stop raising your
taxes and county fees. Further
he attempts to tax cannabis
contrary to state law.He
disregards voters wishes just
as he did when he pushed
for a tax levy in May despite
voters voting tax levies down
9 previous times. He violates
private property rights by
additional code enforcement
officials to come on your
property looking for any
violation..This despite the
fact we voted this down in
2014 by 80 to 20%. DeYoung
now attempts to destroy the
cannabis industry by an illegal
tax. His actions will only aid
drug cartels and black market.
We are in 2018 not the 1950s
anymore. Our economy has
benefited due to cannabis and
now DeYoung’s approach
will only hurt the county’s
economy. The solution to
crime and family dysfunction
is a decent job and increased
wages. DeYoung works
against this.
Finally his actions
are that of an institutional
bureaucrat whose goal as
county commissioner is to tax
and regulate us to gain more
$$$ for an ever increasing
county government. He has
broken campaign promises to
not raise taxes.
There is only one
solution. DeYoung’s refusal
to compromise brings us to
the necessity of removing him
from his office now. Please
for the sake of our beloved
county we must RECALL
now!!
Sincerely,
Mark Seligman
Selma
Reader says folllow
the money
I have had the
opportunity to observe the
debate over the proposed
Grocery Outlet project in
Cave Junction. The Cave
Junction Unified Council
was very explicit explaining
the criteria that the Council
would use to consider the
project. Public comment
in favor of the project was
mostly, if permitting criteria
was met the project should
be approved, it would be
good for the community.
Public comment in opposition
was mostly emotionally
based other than a minor
code violation presented
by Shop Smart’s paid land
use consultant, it turned
out to be a false flag. The
Illinois Valley Community
Development Organization,
IVCDO, seemed to be four
square against the project.
I kept my comments to
myself because I don’t live
in Cave Junction and am not
a constituent of the council.
As far as I could tell only one
person from the IVCDO lived
in the city and spoke to the
council. Why would a group
of USDA paid lobbyists be
against free enterprise? Is this
the official USDA position?
They did present a letter of
support from the USDA? It
bothers me that nonelected
grant subsidized people, who
don’t live in the city have the
audacity to think that they
can tell an American citizen,
the property owner, what they
can or cannot do with their
property.
The answer might be in
Kate Dwyer’s comments after
the first meeting, something to
the effect that she knew that
it was a big waste of time, but
she got paid for it.
In my opinion Grocery
Outlet will provide about 40
new jobs, increased selection
and competition benefiting the
entire Illinois Valley.
John Plute
Kerby
Obituaries
Elva Ruth Carlile-
Faulkinbury, 81 , of Cave Junction,
died Dec. 24, 2017 at her home. Services
and burial will be scheduled for a later
date in Montalba, Texas. Arrangements
are pending with Illinois Valley Funeral
Directors.
DeLos Orville “Sonny”
Ness, 94, of Grants Pass, peacefully
went to sleep at his home at Brookdale.
Sonny was born near Fulton, South Dakota
April 9, 1923 to Harry Ness and Anna
Kennedy Ness. He was the youngest of
13 children. His first school lessons were
in a 1-room schoolhouse near the family
farm. Sonny’s father died when he was
young. Eventually his mother Anna opened
a boarding house in Mitchell, S. D., and he
helped. From the time Sonny first rode in a
Ford Tri-Motor airplane, he found his love
of the open sky. Through building model
airplanes, he met his life-long best friend,
Richard Maresh, and then the little sister,
Darlene. He did chores at the local airport
in exchange for flying lessons from Bud
Dagget, with first solo at age 14. He went
to Mitchell High School. After graduating,
he started working for Davey Tree Co. with
his brother Rob. In 1943 he went into the
Army Air Corps, but too late to be needed
as a pilot. He was trained as a Surgical
Technician, a Medic. He took 2 days in
Berkeley, Calif. to marry the other love
of his life, Darlene. The 387th Infantry
Division Fox Co. got to Europe at the end
of the Battle of the Bulge, and walked from
Belgium to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. After
a 30-day leave, he went to Japan after the
atomic bomb was dropped, where he served
until 1946. He went to college in Lincoln,
Neb. to study Horticulture, and went back
to work as an arborist, in Illinois, where he
had his own farm. He moved the family to
Arizona and owned a motel there, until it
bored him. The next move was to Chico,
Calif., to be near family, and he had an
almond farm there, then to Los Molinos to
a bigger farm, 50 acres of alfalfa, which
over the next years was converted to
English walnuts. He taught his children the
fine art of grafting, and tractor work, and
the whole family had a truck garden (large
vegetable garden). When the last child left
home, they moved back to Arizona, where
he was Urban Forester for Scottsdale. He
became the first certified (ISA) arborist in
the State of Arizona. After retirement, they
moved to O’Brien, Ore., and had a 27-acre
property, with a huge garden and small
orchard. He produced enough food to give
most of it away. He knew how to turn dirt
into living soil. In 2012 they moved to
Grants Pass, where Darlene passed away in
2014. They had been married for 71 years.
Sonny was a member of Illinois Valley
Garden Club, a fine woodworking group,
International Society of Arborists, and an
organization to lobby for protection against
secondhand smoke.
Sonny would jump at any chance to
help plant trees and to teach people the
importance of healthy trees. One of his
mottos was “take a deep breath, now thank
a tree.” His last volunteer project was
driving his backhoe to the Illinois Valley
Airport to dig a 10-gallon hole for a 1-
gallon Moon Tree grafted clone.
His hobbies included anything
airplane, gardening, fine woodworking
(furniture, turned bowls, clocks),
photography, music, storytelling, and
history.
Survivors include children, Linda
June Ness of Scottsdale, Ariz., Kathleen
Y. (Ness) Lombardo and husband James
of O’Brien, Ore., Thomas O. Ness of
Grants Pass, Ore., Vicki Ann (Ness) and
husband Bruce of Benbrook, Texas, and
Glenna Jean (Ness) Green of McMinnville,
Ore.; 12 grandchildren; and many great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
grandson, Robert Andrew Denlis; and his
siblings, Amy, Leo J. Edna May, Helen,
Robert, Sidney, Hildora, Edna Anna, Ethel,
Belva Juanita, Alice, and Homer Wayne.
Remembrances may be made to the
Southern Oregon Air Academy, 1441
Brookside Boulevard, Grants Pass, OR
97526.
A celebration of life will be held in
Summer 2018.
Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in
charge of arrangements.
Please visit the obituary and sign the
family guest book at www.since1928hull.
com.
DeLos “Sonny” Orville
I llINoIs V alley F uNeral D Irectors
www.since1928Hull.com
541-592-4110
Save the date
Feb. 3
Oregon Humanities presents “Talking
about Dying” a community conversation Feb.
3, 2018 starting at 10 a.m. at the I.V. Family
Coalition, 535 E. River Street, Cave Junction,
541-592-6139. This Conversation Project pro-
gram provides an opportunity for participants
to reflect on what stories and influences shape
their thinking about death and dying and to
hear perspectives and ideas from fellow com-
munity members. Sponsored by Illinois Valley
Family Coalition and Clear Creek Family
Practice. Refreshments will be provided.
Feb. 10
16th annual Siskiyou Film Festival
Southern Oregon’s largest environmental film
festival, a KS Wild Production.
Feb. 10 at Grants Pass High School, Per-
forming Arts Center Contact Allee Gustafson,
Illinois
Valley
News
Published weekly by
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Daniel J. Mancuso, Publisher
Siskiyou Filmfest Organizer -alleegus@gmail.
com 541-218-8690 for more information.
Continuing
*Illinois Valley Community Watch Meet-
ing every Monday from 5 - 6 p.m. at Wild River
Pizza, 249 Redwood Hwy. – Cave Junction. A
Public Safety Outreach Campaign effort with all
I.V. Neighborhood Watch Groups – representa-
tives, including businesses and churches, and
support for anyone wishing to start a neighbor-
hood watch. Includes a 2-way hand held radio
program briefing from 4:20 - 4:50 p.m. Contact
Guenter - 541-415-1929 / ivwatch541@gmail.
com.
*The I.V. Senior Thrift Store: Join the
crew and make new friends. You don’t need to
be a senior citizen to volunteer at the store. Call
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*Your public library has activities happen-
ing every week! New Storytime reader, Mela-
nie, has crafts and stories for kids of all ages
Saturdays at 12 noon. Families at Play baby-
parent group is for babies the first Wednesday
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are taught within a thirty-minute storytime of
songs, bounces, and reading, followed by a
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Junction is now open on Mondays, Tues-
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still needed to staff additional days. Appli-
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*Cave Junction Patrol, LLC is looking for
volunteers. CJ Patrol is a private citizen volun-
teer organization dedicated to effectively ad-
dressing heretofore-unchecked property crime
in our city and neighborhoods. The primary
mission of CJ Patrol is to prevent, interrupt,
report and decrease property crime in the city
of Cave Junction. Call 541-592-9665 or visit
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*Committee Meeting STATE OF JEFFER-
SON Josephine County 1st Thursday of each
month at 5:30 p.m. Black Forest Restaurant,
Grants Pass and 3rd Thursday of each month at
6 p.m., Wild River Pizza in Cave Junction.
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