Letters to the Editor
From our weekly issue dated December 3, 2008
(Editor’s Note: Views and commentary, including statements made as fact, are strictly those of the letter-writers.)
Typed, double-spaced letters are considered for publication. Hand-written letters that are double-spaced and legible also can be considered. “Thank you” submissions are not accepted as letters
Hays, Hayes, Hay
From Larry Smith
Cave Junction
Something has been buggin’ me a long time. Actually there is a long list of things buggin’ me, but lately, reading the Noose seems to cause this little problem to arise more frequently.
As you may or may not know, I live on Hays Cutoff. Actually I live in the house built by Clyde Hays and his parents, I believe, in 1911. We had Jay Hays, his sister, Evelyn Parmelee-Hays, and her husband, Roy Parmelee, (since deceased) over to the house when we were renovating in 1993 to kinda’ “give their blessing” to our effort.
We learned lots of neat facts about the frontier days of white folk in Illinois Valley. We really respect the efforts and care that the old-timers put into establishing “civilization” in this valley, especially knowing that there were adversities such as inclement weather, rough terrain, irritated natives, irrigation problems, lack of formal services like health care, electricity, roads, communication and so on.
So on to the point. We have lived here since 1989, and somewhere around ‘93, our mail started to be “Postally Corrected” as “Hayes Cuttoff Rd.” At the time I didn’t know it was a result of Postal Correction, so I argued with those having our address in their mailing data bases, but was told that nothing could be done.
Hays Cutoff has a Stop sign at each end; thus, it is known as a “cutoff.” One time some turkey took the Stop sign from the north end of Hays Cutoff, and when the county replaced it, it read “Hayes Cutoff.” Through real estate connections I became aware of a database, CCLTech, which supplies info on real estate such as tax records in Josephine County. It also provides info about the sheriff’s office, banks, etc. I contacted the guy responsible for dissemination of that info, John Longbein, and he informed me of the Postal Correction thing and that there was nothing he could do.
When we started reading Illinois Valley News in 1988 (before we moved here) I was always glad to see that someone was paying attention to the detail of keeping the name of Hays Cutoff reported correctly. Why, even the names of Hayes Hill and Fort Hay always were spelled correctly.
Lately it seems as though every time the Noose has to enter the name of one of those geographical sites, a different version is used. I suppose if readers can figure out what is meant by the way the name is presented phonetically, then that’s good enough. But as I said, it’s something that’s been buggin’ me.
I will eventually get over to the Schmidt House in GP and get the historical society involved; maybe it could produce something accurate that you could print, or it might even help you when deciding if it’s Hayes Hill or Hays Hill or Hay’s Hill, etc.
Opposing WOPR views
From Guenter Ambron & Jill Talise
Cave Junction
We’re writing to encourage everyone concerned about our economy and the forest-harvesting practices of BLM in Illinois Valley to consider taking part in expressing their views and understanding in the matters of forestry and business practices.
Our valley would be hit the hardest with the 28,000 acres that BLM has put on the shelf for harvesting until after the Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR) final review. The Josephine County Board of Commissioners has endorsed the Southern Oregon Resource Alliance (SORA) proposal to litigate and lobby for double the proposed clear-cuts and thinning in the neighboring forests next to our properties, this being approximately 35 million board feet with the original plan. WOPR would increase that to approximately 500 percent, and if the maximum supported by our commissioners is levied, then we could see figures in excess of 250 million board feet.
This would obliterate any remaining integrity of our BLM public land. After the land is cut it will not yield any real possible revenue for 80 to 100 years. Thus, as Roger Brandt indicated, the land would no longer be subject to supporting any other usage for the community and our economy other than the logging industry.
Jill and I expressed our concerns before the county commissioners; and video coverage can be found at co.josephine.or.us. Following is an excerpt of the proposal we submitted to our commissioners in behalf of expanding the vision of our future and allowing residents in our valley to participate.
A Vision For Our Future Economy and Our Forests
“There is a rising concern that parts of the SORA plan (the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision) merely implies but the further application of the Bush administration’s failed economic policies and economic short-sightedness and that it primarily supports a small group of industries with little or no consideration to community values, health or long-range economic viability.
We (citizens of I.V.) would like the board to consider assembling a summit and a series of workshops to gather the facts and input from all relevant science and studies that would provide the county with pertinent information from which it can assess a sound perspective on economics and can work towards a comprehensive land use strategy and policies in conjunction with state and federal support.
The Media Center & First Steps Group together with BCC (Board of County Commissioners), Josephine County Chamber of Commerce and the I.V. Chamber and other forest research entities and Southern Oregon University can work collaboratively in providing the most comprehensive research possible. This should also include a cross-section of land owners, developers and real-estate people.
If you want to build trust with the people of this county and Illinois Valley then you will do more than just consider this plan or one like it.”
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‘Spiritual Human’ advice
From Raymond Ronald Karczewski
Cave Junction
I am going to make this as simple as possible, for there is nothing that I need to explain since deep within each of us, we already understand what we need to know to live a life of freedom, of sovereignty.
But most have been conditioned through a sustained, lifetime campaign of mind control to doubt themselves. All that one need do to regain freedom in their own life is remove the miasma of confusion arising from the lifelong program of authoritative mind-control conditioning.
A Christ is the master of his own mind. He therefore stands alone in a world of mass confusion. He navigates through a complex world with utmost simplicity through Divine Awareness. All have that capacity, but they have traded it for seductive, hollow promises.
A slave, victim of his own mind in his co-dependent state, clings to herd-like group-think, ordered and directed, much to their ignorance through remote suggestion. For 13 years, I have addressed this issue on the Internet. Those capable of plodding through a mountain of evidence showing the spiritual sovereignty of the mass of Christs suffering from amnesia can visit www.arkenterprises.com. It stands as proof of personal sovereignty that is the spiritual estate of every living, breathing, flesh-and-blood, sentient, natural man and woman.
The fast track to understanding who you are, and your spiritual capacities, can be found in Journey Beyond Thought: Breaking the Bonds of the Conditioned Mind. It is the book that leads to simplicity in a complex life. I have oft written of the spiritual solution to the New World Order that lies in the personal action of boycott, boycott, boycott. It comes from individual action, not group organization. Group thought is Satanic thought.
Divine awareness is the property of the simple, honest, man or woman acting in the eternal moment of now through their direct perception of truth. Its power lies beyond the Satanic realm of intellectual thought, and therefore is not subject to, and immune from, limited power of Satanic intellectual attack. This is my contribution. Whether anyone accepts it or not is their business, not mine.
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