Illinois Valley News

• Bill eyed to repeal statutes, allow towns to combat public drinking

  

  While Cave Junction officials remain frustrated due to their inability to pass an ordinance prohibiting drinking in public, efforts are being made at the state level to remedy the situation.

• Dispensary initiative cure for medical pot issues?

  

  Ever since a majority of Oregon voters approved the state’s medical marijuana law in 1998, it has been in direct conflict with federal drug laws, which still regard the substance as illegal.

• State health committee to meet in GP

  

  State Rep. Ron Maurer (R-Grants Pass), vice-chairman for the House Healthcare Committee, will attend that body’s only public meeting outside of Salem on Monday, Feb. 23.

• State Land Use

  • OIA seeks Measure 49 relief through legislative process

    

    An update on legislation being proposed at the state capitol in Salem was provided by Dave Hunnicutt, president of the Tigard-based property rights group Oregonians in Action (OIA), in Grants Pass.

  • 17-year land-use struggle continues for Merlin resident

    

    Ward Ockenden’s 157-acre piece of property in Hugo looks much as it did when he purchased it in 1991 -- because it has remained undeveloped all that time. But not because he wants it that way.

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• Events calendar

  

  All the Valley's happenings in the Events Calendar

  
  
  

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• Phoenix spoils I.V.’s playoff hopes

  

  Cougar Roger Hults’ excellent shooting performance and a team-high 21 points were overshadowed by the Phoenix High School freshman Alex Young and his game-high 26 points.

• I.V. girls give ‘110 percent’ to game

  

  The Illinois Valley girls basketball team walks the plank against Phoenix

• Cougar grapplers send 10 to state

  

  Jay Miller, Illinois Valley High School’s head wrestling coach, was up against all odds at the North Valley Invite in Merlin.

• Booster Club seeking sports support

  

  As a fund-raiser, the Lady Cougar girls softball team will bag groceries at Shop Smart Food Warehouse in Cave Junction and Ray’s Food Place in Selma. Funds raised will go to the team for equipment and personal softball related items.

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• Wintry weather causes crashes, closures
• CJ seeks collection of LUBA judgement from Sommer
• Theft, peddling of medical pot investigated by GPDPS
• Asante reports lay-offs, closures and facility sales
• Gill appointed to groundwater committee
• Planning unit seats open
• Pac Pow offers assistance for tough times
• Citizen, business of year among I.V. Chamber topics
• Care-giver ‘to be’ lecture set

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Top stories from last week

• CJ has ‘no authority’ to ban public boozin’

• Space available at county jail

• Is it the end of free lunch?

• Greenwood’s human-powered Imagine PS a design revolution

• Capturing tourism dollars, increasing public input, Deer Creek meeting topics

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  Also - Josephine County sesquicentennial celebration on horizon;

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• Letters to the editor, your community forum.

  
  • Stimulus package
  • Addiction vs. disease
  • Forestry Action active
  • About deputy’s driving
  • Freedom of the press
  
  

• Man on the street.

  

  I V News asked several Valleyites: Has Oregon’s medical marijuana law achieved its intended purpose?

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