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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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Hearing aid manufacturers
continue to make improvements by
developing hearing aids that are more
effective for all types of hearing loss.
Digital hearing aids can be
adjusted to match an individual’s
unique hearing loss. With digital
hearing aids, a computer chip converts
incoming sounds into digital code and
then analyzes and adjusts the signal
based on your specific needs.
The signals are then converted
back into sound waves and delivered
to your ears. The result is sound that’s
more finely tuned to your hearing loss.
Some additional improvements in
digital hearing aids include:
• Better feedback (whistling)
management,
• Better noise reduction,
•
Better automatic volume
adjustments, and
• Connectivity to devices that have
wireless Bluetooth technology.
Open-fit hearing aids leave your
ear canal at least partially open and
are now state-of-the-art for high-
frequency hearing loss. Open-fit
hearing aids allow low-frequency and
mid-frequency sounds into the ear
normally, so that only high-frequency
sounds are amplified. Because it
may take some time to get used to a
hearing aid, most states allow at least
a 30-day trial period during which
you can try out the hearing aid and
return it if you’re not satisfied. Cynthia
Hogan, Ph.D.
*Sex is typically a moderate form
of exercise, generally falling into
the same activity level as climbing
two or three flights of stairs. So it’s
not uncommon for those with heart
failure to worry that having sex might
further harm the heart, especially after
surgery or a procedure. heart failure
medications may reduce the sex
drive or cause unpleasant sexual side
effects.
More than half of people with
heart failure say they are having a
lot less sex or none at all due to their
heart health.
Remaining sexually active is
important for maintaining a healthy
quality of life and staying connected
to your partner. Cardiac rehab is
a supervised program including
counseling, education and physical
activity. It helps improve your heart
health and build endurance after a
heart event.
The American heart Association
says cardiac rehab and exercise
can lower the risk of sex-related
complications in those with heart
failure. They also say that sex rarely
causes heart attacks, but it’s a good
idea to skip sex until your doctor says
your heart condition is stable.
While sexual intercourse may not
be safe for your type of heart failure,
kissing and touching are still Ok. It’s
important to take all your medications
as directed, and don’t skip meds
for fear of sexual side effects. Also,
don’t try over-the-counter herbs or
supplements to boost your sex drive.
Rekha Mankad, M.D.
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Average household income here
is $26,250, versus $44,185 in Grants
Pass, according to 2019 statistics
provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Lynn Johnson, owner of I.V. Real
Estate, said that her company manages
over 50 rental units, and absolutely
none of them are available.
“I wanted to develop four
properties into rentals with
manufactured homes two years ago, to
improve housing options in the area,
but I held off because of the fires and
then COVID-19,” Johnson said.
“But that was a mistake. I’m
now told that material costs have gone
up more than 100% since then, so
now that investment is kind of on hold
indefinitely.”
It isn’t just skyrocketing material
costs in recent years, news which has
burned holes in developer pockets for
years even before coronavirus issues
kicked it into high gear.
City land, which has the
necessary infrastructure for higher
density housing, is available, and
prime for development — in fact a
number of years ago a developer came
in and worked a piece of land in town
with the intent of building a senior
living facility.
City Recorder Becky Patton
said that just as things began to move
forward on the project, he backed out
— but she wasn’t surprised.
“Developers in my experience
these last several years want to build
something and then sell it for quick
profit, they don’t want to manage
it, because they usually need to live
somewhere nearby to do that, and it’s a
lot of work,” Patton said.
“But the property is still there,
and I would love to have someone
come and look into it. If someone
built apartments there, they would fill
that thing before they even opened
— residents could literally walk two
blocks for shopping anywhere in
town.”
But it’s not just rentals that are in
ever shorter supply; standard housing
options, such as single-family homes
— by far in more common use in rural
areas — are practically non-existent,
and certainly unreachable by local
hands.
homes that just two to three
years ago were in the $250,000 price
range — and much lower before that
— have now soared to upwards of
$375,000 to $485,000, sometimes
more.
Lynn Johnson has owned I.V.
Real Estate for nearly 40 years, and
said that housing availability was
already at a historic low in 2019. Since
then, the area’s housing inventory has
dropped a further 50%.
She’s never seen anything like it.
“We have almost no inventory,
and everything in my mind is
overpriced, but what little we get sells
almost immediately, so I guess it just
can’t be,” Johnson said. “It’s supply
and demand, and the demand is there.”
Annita Legaux, owner of
Junction Realty, said that rural
properties with five acres or more
of land are in the greatest demand.
The valued properties available often
devolve into bidding wars that end in
sale prices even higher than the local
market temperature would suggest.
Much of the market’s heat has
been driven, in Legaux’s personal
experience with buyers, for interest by
the cannabis industry, which has all but
driven local residents out of the market.
“If they’re local, and don’t have
one of the few sources of substantial
financial income here, they’re out of
the running as far as affordability now,
it’s sad,” Legaux said.
“The best they can usually do
is $250,000, from a bank financing
perspective, and there just isn’t
anything in that price range anymore.”
There’s land available for
development in the Illinois Valley
according to Jim Frick, director of
the Southern Oregon Association of
Realtors. But the cost is often even
more staggering than the inflated
prices of existing homes.
The ever-rising costs of material,
and a shrinking pool of skilled
tradesmen - an employment category
that continues to suffer from the
reeling effect of the Great Recession -
presents a stumbling block greater than
most could reasonably afford.
he said the installation well
and septic installation can easily run
$50,000 or more, then adding a home
on top of it costs a whopping average
of $200, or more, per square foot.
Add on the inflated price of land,
in a sellers’ market, and you’ve got a
property development project that’s
entirely out of reach for most families
— even ones from out of town.
“Building costs have tripled in
just a handful of years, as far as I’ve
heard, I just talked to the builder this
morning and he was ranting about
how he couldn’t believe a piece of 4x8
plywood had gone up to $98 a sheet,”
Frick said.
“Six months ago,I was paying
$50, which was already a lot.”
Things could get worse, even
for the few locals with the money to
be in the market for a home during the
coronavirus pandemic, because Frick
said that interest rates, which have
been at a historic low of around 2% for
years, may be poised to make a jump.
It would be just one more piece
of bad news for everyone here in the
Illinois Valley, Oregon, and across the
nation.
“The banks that I’ve been talking
to lately say that they’re feeling the
pressure from the Feds that the interest
rates are about ready to jump,” Frick
said.
“For every half a point you jump,
which doesn’t sound like a lot I know,
but it means that about 5% of the
people who could afford to buy, just
can’t anymore.”
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Share the Good News
Many people talk about Jesus, or Christianity in a general
way but they don’t recognize Jesus as the Son of God. I
think they want to believe, but something keeps them from
recognizing him as the Messiah.
After all, why wouldn’t a person want to believe in
heaven? knowing that this life will come to an end, why
wouldn’t you want to believe there’s life after death; that
there’s a better life ahead of us than this one? So, what keeps
people from recognizing Jesus as the Son of God?
It’s our attachment to the world that keeps us from
believing in Jesus and the promise of eternal life. I John 2:15-
17 says: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the
lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—
comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and
its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God
lives forever.”
Instead of listening to the Bible, people listen to the world
and its teachings and get so wrapped up in the things of this
world that they say “no” to Jesus and Christianity.
In the story of the Road to Emmaus, Jesus says to the
men: “how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to
suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning
with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what
was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Essentially, Jesus was saying, “how foolish not to believe
the scriptures!” If the scriptures are the living and abiding
Word of God, then a person is foolish not to believe the
scriptures about Jesus and everything else.
P la c e s o f W o r s h i p
BRIDgEVIEW
COMMUNITY CHURCH
5181 Holland Loop Rd., CJ
541-592-3923
“Come join the community in
fellowship!”
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Pastor Sonny Moore
www.bridgeviewcc.org
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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
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7th DAY ADVENTIST
265 S. Old Stage Rd., CJ
Sabbath School - 10:15 a.m.
Saturday Worship 9 a.m.
Bible Study 11:15
Pastor Tanner Martin
Church (541) 592-3218
Madrone Adventist School
541-592-3330
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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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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.
TAKILMA BIBLE CHURCH
10343 Takilma Road, Takilma
Pastor Dan Robinson
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Main service 11 a.m.
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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
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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.
VALLEY EVANgELICAL
FREE CHURCH
Come join a warn and loving
congregation
498 Laurel Road, CJ
P.O. Box 1248
Pastor Kevin Wood
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service - 11 a.m.
Saturdays - Spanish speaking
service - 6 p.m.
evfree@frontiernet.net
www.ivefc.org
(541)415-4189
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FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
ASSEMBLY OF gOD
451 S. Junction Ave., CJ
541-592-3956
Pastor Mark McLean
Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday - 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study
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ILLINOIS VALLEY BAPTIST
CHURCH
541-592-6149
329 Caves Hwy.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m
(for all ages)
Sunday Worship 10:30 AM
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 PM
Come be with us!
NEW LIFE PENTECOSTALS
208 Redwood Hwy.
(Next to Perfect Pizza)
Pastor Tristan White
Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
541-244-8912
newlifepentecostal.net
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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
209 S. Junction Ave., CJ
Sacrament Meet - 10 a.m.
Sunday School /
Priesthood / Relief Soc. -
11:10 a.m.
Bishop
Terry Vance Sr.
707-954-1273
541-592-4418
Family History Center Hours
Free Research - open and
welcome to the public
Sundays 12 – 2 p.m.
Tuesdays 5 – 8 p.m. by appt.
Thursdays 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Call 541-415-6129
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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.
Jesus sums everything up in Luke 24:44b-48: “…These
are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—
that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the
prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened
their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them,
“Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from
the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness
of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning
from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
hearing that, the disciples finally got it. They finally
believed the message about Jesus. They believed and wanted to
spread the message about the risen Christ.
But what are we going to do with what we believe about
Jesus Christ and his resurrection from the dead? Do we really
believe? If we do, maybe it’s time to start sharing the Good
News.