Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Dear
Santa
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Dear Santa,
Can I have a babycat dll pleas.
Ciella
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I wish Ms. Westbrook can have
a good Crismis. O also can my
litole bother have a nerfboal and
can I have a yoyo ples, and Em-
berly hase a good time. Mommy
and daddy have fun in the snow.
From Luna
Dear Santa,
My bruthr wants a Minkraft
game. I wont a Ryan pj’s. I want
HoGwARTS LeoG’s.
Best Wishes,
Ryleigh
MRs. GiLkey’s - 2nd GRade
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I’m hoping for squishmallow and
dolls. I also want some video
games for my brother. And stuff-
ies for my sister.
Gemma
Dear Santa,
My family will like an amazon
gift card. Can I please get a
phone? I will get a carrot for
Roudolph.
Thank you.
Madison
Dear Santa
I want to get a lego set. And will
give my brother a lego toy.
david
Dear Santa,
My family would like a toy car. I
would like Minecraft playstation
3. Plees
Thaddeus
Dear santa,
My parents wood like a giraffe, 2
carpets, and a mug. I wood like
a phone, a poster, and another
poster.
sienna
Dear Santa,
I want my family to have
an iphone14 and I want an
iphone14.
Rynn
Dear Santa,
My family deserves love. My
family deserves prezens. I really
want a bunny. I want a love cord.
That is all.
ella
Dearn Santas
I want to have a twin sister
please. And I want to give my
mom a new phone. And I want
to get my sister a play pen.
sunshine
Dear Santa,
My family wants a playstation.
Rainey wants makeup. Rainey
wants a lamp.
Rainey
Dear Santa,
My family they wood like cam-
era. I would love American girl
dolls.
Genesis
Dear santa,
A iphone 13 for i can play games
and have fun and test.
kaden
Dear Santa,
My family deserves a break from
working. Can I please have a
phone?
Zoey
Oregon GOP state Sen. with
stormy political career resigns
Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican
state senator who once led Oregon’s GOP
party, and who railed against pandemic
safety measures, Democratic senators
and even members of his own party, has
abruptly resigned as a lawmaker.
And so ends, at least for now, the
stormy political career of Sen. Dallas
Heard, a lawmaker from rural southwest
Oregon who said Thursday that his resig-
nation is effective on Jan. 1, in the middle
of his four-year term.
Heard has publicly called fellow
lawmakers “fools” and was once escorted
from the Oregon state Senate floor for
refusing to wear a mask. He said that he
would have worn a mask if asked, but that
he objected to being ordered to wear one.
Republicans’ disappointing results in
the November election may have factored
into Heard’s decision, though he said that
he is leaving because he wants to dedicate
his time to his children.
During a demonstration by supporters
of former President Donald Trump outside
the Oregon State Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,
Heard pointed at the building and shouted
through a megaphone: “Don’t be violent,
take action, trust in God and take down
these fools in 2022.”
ACT ...
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Public Notice
NOTICE
Notice of Board of Director Vacancy
Illinois Valley Fire District
Illinois Valley Rural Fire Protection District is now accepting applications to fill
one (1) vacancy on the Board of Directors. We are inviting all interested persons to
apply by mailing or emailing a letter of interest to Illinois Valley Fire District.
Letters may be returned by mail to 681 caves Hwy., Cave Junction, OR 97523 or
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please call our administration office at 541-592-2225 or 541-592-3159.
Published in the Illinois Valley News from Dec.15, 2022 to Jan. 11, 2033
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Lawsuits over charges of illegal
logging fueled the state’s move to change
how the forest is managed. Sallinger said
there’s still a lot of work to be done to
meet a statutory deadline of July 2023
to finish transforming the Elliott into
a research forest that likely won’t be
official until January 2024.
Right now, Oregon State University
is developing a forest management
But in November, Democratic can-
didate and former House Speaker Tina
Kotek beat Republican candidate Chris-
tine Drazan by 3.5 percentage points.
Democrats also retained control of both
the Oregon House and Senate.
In his note on Thursday, Heard ex-
pressed disappointment at the low turnout
of conservative voters.
“We have been losing this state and
nation because collectively we are doing
almost nothing to fight the good fight,”
Heard wrote. “We must do better than this
if we hope to stand a chance.”
In March, Heard quit as chair of the
Oregon Republican Party and said that
“communist psychological warfare
tactics” were being used within his own
party.
Last year, Heard showed up at a high
school in his district intending to give
a speech about fundamental individual
rights. He was approached by a school
resource officer and told to leave, News-
Review, a local newspaper, reported.
Without sharing specific examples,
Heard said on Thursday that “the coun-
try as a whole has seen an ever-growing
movement of evil rising that is determined
to take our children’s hearts and minds
away from their parents.”
County commissioners in Heard’s
district in southwest Oregon will select a
plan that will need approvals, federal
agencies still need to finalize a Habitat
Conservation Plan for protecting
threatened and endangered species in
the forest, and the state will need to
approve a financial plan. The board of
directors for Oregon State University will
also have to grant final approval for the
research forest.
Sallinger said there will still
be some logging in the forest in the
future, but the goal of the logging
operations will be to collect research
data. There will also be a 34,000-acre
preserve that will be the largest stretch
replacement to complete his term, which
ends in January 2025.
Asked for comment on the resignation,
Senate Republican leader Tim Knopp’s
spokesperson forwarded a statement
in which Knopp thanked Heard for his
service.
Oregon state Rep. David Brock Smith,
a Republican from southwest Oregon, said
Friday that he wants to succeed Heard.
Heard endorsed Smith in a joint statement.
State Sen. Dallas Heard sits in
the gallery of the Senate chamber
during a legislative special session
on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.
(Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital
Chronicle)
of protected forest in the coast range,
as well as stronger stream protections.
Research in the forest will likely focus
on ecologically responsible forestry,
managing forests for climate change
and improving forest management for
threatened and endangered species.
“I think the Elliott will be a hell of a
lot better from an ecological perspective
than anything we’ve seen before,” he
said. “The coast range has just been
hammered over the years, so preserving
what’s left and improving it is really
important.”