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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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speaker on TV trying to scare
Americans : McCarthy. I
read over the years excerpts
from Hitler’s speeches to
Germany to fear a religion, to
blame them, and killing their
members and their children
in concentration camps. I
was born in Phoenix, AZ
and raised in So. California
and I recall no more villainy
in Hispanic, Blacks and
Asians than in my Caucasian
community. I am not willing
to concede to other people’s
fears ANY power over
my American pride and
citizenship and humanity
Thank you both for your
humanity.
DeeAnn Qualls
Cave Junction
Reader likes what
she read
I want to thank you
(Laura) and Dan for the
editorial about the Boston
Globes national campaign.
I too object to the constant
barrage of “fake news” by
a Narcissistic president
to this Nations citizens. I
remember being herded into
an auditorium in the 8th grade
Reader does not like
what he read
Is Dan Mancuso really
doing a favor for reputable
honest journalists by
coordinating with the majority
of people calling themselves
journalist across the country
in it’s first “great American
group thinkathon!”? Will this
salvage some respect after a
couple years of trashing all
things Trump all the time?
In the article “Coping
with bad news…” (this paper)
C.J. Schatra said “it is easier
and faster than ever to receive
bad news.” Why is the public
approval of the press nearing
single digits? It is because
so much of the national news
seems content to dispense
misinformation (fake) news.
Is the news that
Omarosa getting fired from
the Whitehouse really so
important CNN, MSNBC,
ABC, CBS, NBC, NY Times,
Washington Post, and on and
on gave it top billing for the
main stream media for days
proving the “group think”
mentality of most the press.
There is a very important
element for the press when it is
free and that is independence.
When a bunch of reporters
keep slobbering over the
Obamas’s border policy being
enforced and the children of
illegals are separated is all the
fault of Trump, people can
see the lack of integrity of
the press with their own eyes.
Main Stream Media can’t force
feed the public their views
rather the facts of real news.
When a major contributor
of false information that was
the former Obama’s CIA chief
Brennan loses his security
clearance, is it really more
important than the booming
economy, the record breaking
low unemployment rate of
Hispanics and Blacks, or the
positive attitude most have for
America?
Trump has a talent for
pushing the buttons of his
haters. They cannot stop
themselves from giving out
false information. Like when
a reporter filed the news when
Trump was first elected that
the bust of Martin Luther King
had been removed from the
White House Oval Office as
breaking news. But another
person in the room happened
to block the vision of this
reporter when he broke this
“news”. The bust had not been
moved.
Mancuso wrote
“Mainstream media are about
one thing and one thing only,
sales.” I also thought this
when I moved here nearly 20
years ago. I just knew when
people realized the information
they were getting was biased,
other news sources would
follow the lead of the number
strength and independence
from those roots to live
her life fully and well. She
was born in LaPorte, Texas
the fifth of nine siblings.
Her childhood was spent
in Missouri, Oklahoma and
California. Whether on the
farm or in the city, Mary
had great stories about both
ways of life. While city life
sounded easier the farm life
brought more smiles during
encouraged everyone she
knew to read and had a
special fondness for poetry
and history. She was a
direct descendent of the
Donners and was proud and
fascinated with her family
history.
She loved singing and
sang often to her children,
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren; teaching them
all the older songs she grew
up with and loved so much.
Mary never met a road she
didn’t want to travel. She
loved to see new places and
revisit her favorite ones. She
often traveled to California,
Washington and Idaho to
see family and friends.
She was always willing to
take that road not yet seen.
She was always there if
family needed her. She was
a “force” and would do
whatever needed doing.
Mary moved her home
to Cave Junction in 1990.
She loved the area and
settled into a comfortable
place on top of a hill. She
loved working around her
house. She enjoyed planting
and primping her property
in the spring and summer.
She enjoyed raking up the
leaves in her long driveway
and burning them during
fall. She loved watching it
snow in the winter, snuggled
one news source on cable,
FOX News. I thought people
would follow fair and balanced
news rather than views. I was
wrong, ideology trumps facts
in todays news world. Their
determination to spread their
thinking instead of the factual
news beats sales. Even Jimmy
Kimmel admitted he had lost
a third of his viewers when he
joined the hate Trump people
on his show. He also said he
wasn’t going to change his
show.
Gregory Anderson
Cave Junction
Dear Editor:
The bureaucratic leaders
have mandated wildfires are
good for the forest. For more
than 25 years now smoke and
fire for three months of every
summer, smoke and fire for
hundreds of miles. All that
forest and brush could be
used to co-generate electricity,
create jobs, lumber and
prosperity up in smoke.
Your article “Wildfires
and wildlife coexist naturally”
goes a long way to explain
these fires burning three
months every year; allowing
small fires to become mega-
fires - then managing them
to create the new forest of
the future. If animals or a
few houses burn it makes a
healthier forest. The problem
with this new wildfire
management plan is global
warming. How much are
these fires adding to global
warming? Maybe global
warming and wildfires are
just the natural cycling of the
earth; necessary for humans
to coexist with animals and
the forest- also the creation of
well paid bureaucratic wildfire
forest managers.
We are called ignorant
if we don’t believe in global
warming, but believing that
smoke and wildfires are
necessary and not adding
to global warming is also
ignorance. Huge national
forest and government control
of 70 – 80 percent of the West
is an ongoing disaster.
Humans can be the
solution not the problem.
Mark Wichers
Cave Junction
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Obituaries
Eugene D.
Benschoter
was born on Jan. 5, 1941,
in Nebraska. He died
peacefully at his home in
O’Brien, Ore. Aug. 10, 2018.
He served respectfully in the
U.S. Navy, during the early
days of the Vietnam War,
on the destroyer USS Henry
W. Tucker, from 8-14-59 to
10-5-64.
He married “Willie” on
March 22, 1964. They were
married for 51 years and she
preceded him in death.
They moved from
California to Oregon in 1976
and have lived here ever
since.
They are survived by
two sons, 14 grandchildren
and 3 great grandchildren.
“Gene” was a member
of the Illinois Valley Golf
Club, American Legion Post
#70 and the I.V. Lions Club.
He did a huge and vast
quantity of things for friends
and community without ever
wanting recognition.
He loved riding his
motorcycle when he was
able and loved the sound of
them when he wasn’t.
He retired as a truck
driver who logged too many
miles to count over the years
that he drove.
He was a man of great
honor and integrity, who
served our country, our
community and our families
with a generosity and
kindness that will never be
forgotten.
He is now reunited with
Willie, his wife of 51 years,
where they are together once
again, dancing and riding
in the sky. Gene’s last ride
celebration was held Sat.
Aug. 18 with family and
friends.
Mary Janice
Huckaby
Aug. 1, 1937 – July 22,
2018
Mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother and
sister: Mary was a child of
the depression who took
the stories.
She raised three strong
daughters by herself. She
worked for the State of
California for 30 years as a
psychiatric technician. She
instilled in her daughters
the love of reading, singing
and traveling. Mary enjoyed
reading for knowledge
and for entertainment. She
up with a warm fire and a
good book. Mary had a small
group of friends here that
she held close to her heart.
She was a huge believer in
“Quality not Quantity” and
led her life in that manner.
Mary is survived
by seven siblings, Jackie
Cottrell, Joe and Pat Hanson,
Bill Hanson, Wanda Taylor,
Judy Brownlee and Margie
Atkerson.
Mary leaves behind
three daughters and two
sons-in-laws, Barbara Faley
of Long Beach, Wash.,
Katherine and Richard
Larsen of Moyie Springs,
Idaho and Pamela and Tim
Lenhart of Cave Junction;
nine grandchildren, Kandi
Eros, Frannie and David
Zinsli, Jennifer Hamilton,
Kevin Coker, Daniel Coker,
Jessica and Daryl Stinson
and Katherine Coker; and 18
great-grandchildren.
Mary is preceded in
death by her parents, Joseph
and Beryl Hanson; two
sisters, Roselee Brogdon and
Peggy Anstine; a son-in-law
Brian Faley; and a grandson,
Matthew James Hamilton.
Mary died peacefully at
home with her family at her
side singing to her.
Peggy Joyce
Levering,
83, longtime Cave
Junction resident and friend,
passed away Thursday
Aug. 9, 2018 at home,
with her Loving Family
by her side. She was born
July 29, 1935 to Frank and
Maudie Gregg in Wagner
Oklahoma. She is survived
by her husband of 44 years,
Tom Levering; her brother,
Kenneth Gregg and wife
Shirley Gregg of Desert Hot
Springs, Calif.; her daughter,
Anita Callahan of Grants
Pass; sons, Douglas Ryan
of Grants Passr and Cliff
Mifflin of Aguana, Calif.
She raised six children, has
seven grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her
parents, Frank and Maudie
Gregg; son, Randy Callahan;
grandson, Sean Turkins;
daughter, Lisa Mifflin;
great-granddaughter, Aubrie
Turkins; and son, Jim Ryan.
She was a beautiful, talented,
strong woman, whose love,
kindness and wisdom will
be forever felt by all of us. A
Celebration of Her Life will
be held in San Bernardino,
Calif. Celebration details to
follow...
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