Top Stories of May 9, 2007
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GROOVY DUDS -- Illinois Valley High School senior students served as models to show retro clothing from Time Capsule Vintage Clothing Saturday evening, May 5. The fashion show was part of a fund-raiser for the all-night, drug-and-alcohol free graduation party on June 5. The fund-raiser also included a silent auction and a dinner catered by Phil Aria, of O’Brien. (Photos by ‘Illinois Valley News’)
Last week, President Bush vetoed an emergency appropriations bill, which included funding for a one-year extension of the federal county payments plan.
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The annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees report found that Social Security will be able to pay full benefits “for at least the next 34 years....”
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With a May 15 public safety levy vote getting closer every day, the Citizens for Safe Communities political action committee is starting its final push to get residents to submit their ballots.
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Josephine County residents now realize that they must be responsible for their own safety in the event of violent attack or home invasion.
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Josephine County commissioners were scheduled to consider a couple of matters intended to benefit Illinois Valley during their May 9 meeting in Grants Pass.
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The Oregon House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill 2263-A, which would abolish the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) and Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM) from the state’s education standards.
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Jim Slothower, who spent a year in Ukraine with members of the Baha’i faith, will present a slide show and talk in Cave Junction on Friday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
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The body has a natural ability to heal itself. Often overlooked or under appreciated, the body repairs insults and injuries automatically, seeking to restore its operational balance.
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For more than four years, Gabrielle and Fredrick Hampton owned a successful rock-and-mineral shop in Walker Lake, Nev.
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County officials began the first in a series of Budget meetings Thursday.
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Representatives from community organizations appeared during a press conference Tuesday to encourage county residents to vote for a proposed public safety levy on the Tuesday, May 15 ballot.
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Ballots for the Josephine County criminal justice system levy proposal in the Tuesday, May 15 vote-by-mail election are to be mailed Friday, April 27.
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Last month, Sheriff Gilbertson announced that he was considering moving his department’s offices to the county jail, however, there are a number of issues that could complicate such a switch.
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