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From Tawana Grabarz
Cave JunctionI must admit that the “Terrific Tawana” article (“Illinois Valley News,” Dec. 28, 2005) took me by surprise.
I thought that my services were going to be listed among all the other Terrific opportunities provided at Lorna Byrne Middle School. I would like to give credit to the team with whom I work. If not for all involved, I could not do what I do:
*The staff at LBMS, especially the office staffers who are patient with my tedious interruptions.
*The Youth Services Team members who truly care for students and their families, and work as team.
*The teachers who are flexible and creative.
*The parents who entrust me with their children.
*My personal attendants -- Kathy, Cheryl and Jeannie -- who do all the behind-the-scenes work.
*My husband for creating and keeping a stable foundation in my life.
*My family for their support, encouragement and sense of humor.
*Support services that provide the adaptive tools and services that assist with my limitations.
*Taxpayers, who fund the needed programs.
*God, who orchestrates the whole process, empowers me every day, and makes it all worthwhile.
You see, I am merely the smiling face in the picture and one part of a Terrific process.
They like Cave Junction ‘just the way it is’
From Loren & Patricia Conner
Cave JunctionThis is to respond to the letter from Mara Carnes in last week’s issue about Larry Osborn.
We agree with Carnes very much about what Osborn said about Cave Junction. He said, “I don’t think anyone can argue that Cave Junction is not a very pretty place to live.” (Source: “Daily Courier” 12/16/05.)
Maybe Osborn should go back to California, where the burnt, brown hills are rollin’ and the gray concrete is flowin’. Just maybe our town needs to apologize to him for not being pretty.
We know that it’s not neat and shiny like the bigger towns, but if Osborn checks things out he will find that we like it just the way it is.
While he’s looking about he will find that the majority of CJ people are getting very tired of developers building stamped-out houses, raising the price of housing, sending our taxes out of sight, changing the housing rules and filling their pockets and then leaving town.
Some people might think that CJ is not a very pretty place, but for the ones who live here for a while, it’s the most beautiful place around. We don’t want it spoiled it and made into another crowded town like in California.
Like Carnes, we also have lived here for some time and love the small-town charm. We’ll take that charm any time over the crowded streets and the push-and-shove mentality.
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