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• Barlow mining request nixed 4-1; sent to JoCo board

  

  The Planning Commission met Monday night to determine if property owned by Barlow Sand & Gravel should be added to the county Inventory of Significant Aggregate Resource Sites.

• WOPR foes protest BLM

  

  Some 100 people braved wind, rain and cold Tuesday to demonstrate their opposition to the top option proposed in the WOPR.

• Airport café OK’d; smokejumper museum shelved

  

  There is a pending plan for a barbecue specialty restaurant at the site.

• Smokejumper museum group unhappy with JoCo café ruling

  

  Frustration and disappointment are expressed by a group that planned a museum at Illinois Valley Airport.

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• Goal: Make citizens commit to freedom from drugs

  

  Taking a stand to deter the abuse of drugs and alcohol is proposed by a Wilderville resident.

• Raffenburg slams majority position on car lot permit
  ‘It’s just un-American,’ he says in connection with county board telling applicant to rectify problems

  

  “It’s just un-American.”

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• Mystery dinner show in Selma Jan. 26

  

A return of the Sixties will be noted with a celebrity birthday bash Saturday, Jan. 26, open to anyone.

• Cassandra Miller’s ‘art from scratch’ featured at Sterling Savings Bank in I.V. Fine Artists display

  Cassandra “Sandy” Miller-Newton is the featured artist representing Illinois Valley Fine Artists during January and February.

• Rumor of the Week

  

  Imminent closure at CJ watering hole?

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  • Strike at AMR will not impact service in Josephine County
  • Six jobs up for May 20 election
  • Wyden vows O&C funding efforts to continue in D.C.
  • County sets auction of properties
  • OIT using geothermal energy for campus
  • Four arrested in rock, egg damage cases
  • Oregon gets ethanol fuel
  • Valley 'Welcome' signs to be fixed with chamber, Rotary partnership
  • JoCo food bank aided by Meyer donation
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• Top stories from last week

  • I.V.’s Toler new JoCo board chairman

  • Deputies faultless in fatal CJ shooting

  • CJ gravel meet 1/14

  • $400k low-income loan approved 2-1 by county

  • Ruling might open federal purse strings

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