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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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It’s all about the
money
As the legislative
session opens, corporate and
outsider money and lies are
flowing into Oregon trying
to fatten their own pockets
by confusing our legislators
- even as they destroy life as
we know it on this planet.
We have a chance to
become a global leader in
reducing our greenhouse
gas emissions while
simultaneously stimulating
the economy and serving the
economic needs of depressed
communities across the state.
Rural Oregon particularly
will gain from this proposal.
But corporate
interests who have profited
substantially for years from
pumping their pollutants into
our air and water, are fighting
back with the usual sacks of
money and campaigns of lies.
Because Clean Energy
Jobs is modeled on programs
in effect in other states,
we know how it will likely
affect us here. The lies
notwithstanding, gas prices
in Ontario, Quebec and
California fell following the
installation of a cap and trade
program. It is a total myth
(i.e. bald-faced lie) that fuel
prices will inevitably rise.
Similarly, since a greenhouse
gas cap was enacted in
nine Northeastern states,
electricity bills have not
risen; they have fallen.
While corporate
exploiters and their political
lap-dogs peddle lies, we
support Clean Energy Jobs
for Oregon.
Alan Journet
Jacksonville
Reader doesn’t like
the brand
Brand is critical!
When we buy a washing
machine, the brand tells us
about quality, reliability,
and repair record. Sleazy
Harry would like to market
his cheap, unreliable, knock-
off washing machines as
Maytags, but fortunately
patent and trademark laws
prevent him from doing so.
So, now we have
Republicans who will be
running for elective office
rightly wondering about
their Brand. Unfortunately
for conservatives, there
no longer exists a sane
conservative, traditionalist
Republican Brand. There’s
only Trump! From top to
bottom, anyone running
under the Republican
Banner should know they
have identified themselves
as Trumpists and carry
that baggage. This means
they are campaigning as
White Supremacists, racists,
misogynists, xenophobes,
anti-science apologists, and
defenders of fake news,
ignorance, and incompetence.
This is where they stand
unless they loudly and clearly
repudiate everything Trump.
As Paul Krugman
recently wrote: “…the
cynical bargain that has
been the basis of Republican
strategy since Reagan has
now turned into a moral
trap. And as far as we can
tell, no elected Republican
– not one – has the strength
of character to even attempt
an escape.” Not a great
candidate banner.
Republicans be warned!
Your Brand is no longer what
you would like it to be.
Trisha Vigil
Medford
8 th
Annual
Funforthe
entirefamily
Illinois Valley Little League
Chili Feed & Cook-Off
Saturday March 10 th 2018
Lorna Byrne Middle School, CJ
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Entertainment by
Jay Barley Band
and other surprise guests
Silent Auction
Live Dessert Auction
Late and Final Registrations will be March 3 rd .
from 11 – 1p.m.
At Wild River Banquet Room
Obituaries
Carl Jacobson Jr, 74, of Cave Junction, died
Feb.
25, 2018 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
A viewing will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, March 2,
2018 at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 3,
2018 at the Kerby Belt Building. A graveside service will be at
11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Laurel Cemetery.
Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrange-
ments.
Longtime Illinois Valley resident Deborah Jon
Newell died Feb. 20, in a car accident. She was born in Chi-
cago March 22, 1948 to John and Mary Ellen Newell. On Nov.1
1969 she married Gene Vogel. They moved to Selma in 1973 and
lived in a tent while building their house.
She worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a lookout and lat-
er at the import store Tierra del Sol which she and Gene owned.
She later moved to Cave Junction.
She was a deeply spiritual person and became part of the
Oneness Movement. She enjoyed painting, gardening, traveling
and going to the movies and to the ocean. She also enjoyed rais-
ing chickens and had a name for each chicken. She treasured
spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her life partner, Gene Vogel; children
Adam Vogel and Elizabeth Williams of Cave Junction; mother,
Mary Ellen Newell of Chicago; brothers, Mark and John Newell
of Chicago; sisters, Diane Newell of Chicago and Sharon Breyer
of San Francisco; seven grandchildren; and her first great-grand-
child due in May. She will be deeply missed by all.
A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 18 at St. Mathias Episcopal Church in Cave Junction. All
are welcome.
Roma Lee Hardman, 90 , of Kerby, died Feb.
18, 2018 in Grants Pass.
She will be greatly missed by daughter, Kerri Green
of Kerby; sons, Rocky Hardman of Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania and Thomas Hardman of Oakland, California;
grandchildren, Emme, Rebecca, and McKayla all of
Kerby and Alec and Katia of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
and great-granddaughter, Araya of Kerby.
Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of ar-
rangements.
I llINoIs V alley F uNeral D Irectors
www.since1928Hull.com
541-592-4110
Save the date
Feb. 28
March 10
Cave Junction Community Naloxone
Meeting, Free naloxone available, Learn how
to use naloxone and get it from you local
pharmacy. Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m.
at Healthy U, 535 E. River Street, CJ
Senior Expo to be held Saturday, March
10 from 10 - 2 at the I.V. Senior Center. 520
E. River Street. Come hear presentations,
visit booths, participate in health screenings/
demos and have soup and dessert.
March 7, 14, 21 April 4 & 11
March 15
Seeds to Supper, Call to register OSU
Extension 541-476-6613. A beginner’s guide
to low-cost vegetable gardening. The Jose-
phine County Master Gardeners are present-
ing a FREE series of six gardening courses on
how to raise your own vegetables. Learn how
to garden on a budget. Participants receive a
free gardening book and more.
Course topics: garden site & planning/
soil development/planting/caring for the gar-
den/harvesting and using garden bounty. Of-
fered in partnership with Oregon Food Bank
and Josephine County Master Gardeners
Trauma Informed Care, March 15 Din-
ner at 5:30 p.m. and presentation 6 – 7:30
p.m. Free at Evergreen Elementary. RSVP to
make sure they have enough pizza at www.
goo.gl/nRaeMA or call 541-592-3136, This is
a presentation on childhood trauma and Ad-
verse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) how
it affects the behavior of our children (and
adults), and what we can do together to im-
prove overall health and quality of life in our
community.
March 8
March 8, 1 p.m. Water Rights and Water
Quality 101. Learn about your rights to wa-
ter, and what you can do to protect our water
resources. Come with your questions for the
Water Master and Water Quality Specialist.
Free food and discussion at CJ’s Wild River
Pizza in the meeting room. Organized by IV
Conservation District.
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March 17
The Southern Oregon Guild, 24353
Redwood Hwy, Kerby is hosting a fundrais-
ing concert and cakewalk on St. Patrick’s
Day. Our Southern Oregon region’s 3 Riv-
ers Chorale has been invited to join choral
groups and musicians from around the work
to perform at Carnegie Hall in New Yourk
City, April 15.Bid on beautiful cakes and en-
joy Celtic songs plus music from Wailin’ Jen-
nys performed by the Songbirds from the 3
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Rivers Chorale. Saturday, March 17, from 3
– 5 p.m. Admission is by donation - $5-$15
sliding scale Call 541-592-5019 for more in-
formation.
Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 10 to 2. Volunteers
are still needed to staff additional days.Ap-
plications are available at the substation or on
line at http://www.co.josephine.or.us/Files/
Volunteer%20Application.Mar%202014.pdf.
March 17
Clean in Green, CJ Quarterly Clean
up day, Saturday, March 17, 12:45 – 3 p.m.,
meet at I.V. Family Resource Center, 535 E.
River St. Organized by Rotary Club of I.V.
For more info call Nicole at 541-660-2419.
Continuing
*Evergreen Elementary school is look-
ing for SMART (Start Making A Reader To-
day) volunteers. The program will run Tues-
days through Thursdays and volunteers are
asked to come to Evergreen around 11:30
a.m. and will be out at 12:45 p.m. To learn
more about the SMART program you can call
541-734-5628 or visit the website at www.
getSMARToregon.org.
*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 us at 541-592-6630. Open Monday – Sat-
urday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
*The Sheriff’s Office Substation in
Cave Junction is now open on Mondays,
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*Cave Junction Patrol, LLC is looking
for volunteers. CJ Patrol is a private citizen
volunteer organization dedicated to effective-
ly addressing heretofore-unchecked property
crime in our city and neighborhoods. The pri-
mary mission of CJ Patrol is to prevent, in-
terrupt, report and decrease property crime in
the city of Cave Junction. Call 541-592-9665
or visit cjpatrol.org.
*Committee Meeting STATE OF JEF-
FERSON Josephine County 1st Thursday of
each month at 5:30 p.m. Black Forest Restau-
rant, Grants Pass and 3rd Thursday of each
month at 6 p.m., Wild River Pizza in Cave
Junction.
* Illinois Valley Indivisible, a grassroots
community dedicated to the nonviolent de-
fense of our democratic system and basic hu-
man rights, meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays
of each month from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the IV
Family Coalition, 535 E. River Street in Cave
Junction. More info at www.facebook.com/
IVIndivisible.
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