Coalition for Kids

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Coalition for Kids

FREE • MONTHLY • VOL. 29, NO. 6 • JAN. 8, 2015 • 24 PAGES • 474-3044 • sneakpre@mind.net • www.sneakpre.com
Grants Pass’s News & Review
Coalition for Kids
LETTERS
PAGE 5
Child Care program now celebrating
20 years, p. 23
Simon Hare’s
Cedarwoodgate, p. 10
Jim Cole’s New Year’s
Resolution, p. 21
business grapevine
Edited by Curtis Hayden
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Lora Glover, p. 22
Just got back from a trip to Mexico, and for my New
Year’s Resolution I have resolved never to set foot in the San
Francisco Airport ever again. It is the worst airport on earth,
with absolutely no regard for its customers. We got stranded
there, and no one cared. We ended up having to rent a car and
drive back. Never again.
Quality Construction from
Johnson Builders
At
Johnson
Builders
Corp.,
owners Mike Johnson
and Mike Evans are
celebrating
twelve
years in business
in the Rogue Valley,
serving
southern
Oregon and northern
California.
Both
owners have lived
in the Grants Pass
area for fifteen years,
and they are proud
members
of
the
Josephine
County
Home
Builders
Association. Between
them, they have over fifty years’ worth of building experience.
“We are a custom post and frame building company that
has provided more than 1,000 Cleary buildings to the Rogue
Valley,” Mike Johnson said. “We specialize in barns, shops,
arenas, garages, residential, commercial, and industrial
buildings. We provide a quality building for an affordable
price, and we try to be the one-stop shop for our customers,
having screened multiple subcontractors to give you the best
bang for your buck.”
According to Google, since 1978 Cleary Building Corp.
has been designing, building and constructing high-quality,
customized, pre-engineered structures. While many of their
clients still call them pole barns, pole buildings or pole sheds,
they are “structures that provide superior strength, durability
and functionality,” from commercial and residential to farm,
equine and metal roofing.
The team of experts at
Johnson Builders Corp.
are highly skilled and will
meet your specific needs
and budget.
“We take pride is
being a company that
offers the most versatile
and cost-effective way
to construct a building,”
Mike Evans said. “Our
specialty is successfully
providing
quality,
professionally designed
buildings.”
For more information
or a free estimate, call
541-479-1465.
Johnson Builders can be reached at 541-479-1465.
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Leon Explains High and
Low Pressure
Dear Editor:
It was a pleasure to meet with you.
I’m sure my multifaceted career and
advanced age made it difficult at times
to follow the story line (Sneak Preview,
December 1, 2014, “Leon Hunsaker
Reminisces about the Flood of ’64”).
For example, in reflection upon
your questions regarding high pressure
areas and low pressure areas, I should
have given you more information. We
are now entering the wet season in
which well-defined low-pressure areas
loaded with precipitation-producing
clouds are migrating through our
region.
Why are low pressure systems
the producers of the storm clouds?
Because
atmospheric
pressure
decreases with elevation, and as the
air is lifted by the vertical motion
produced by low pressure areas, it
expands and cools. Continued cooling
causes condensation, which leads to
clouds and precipitation. Precipitation
indicates either rain or snow.
In a high pressure system, just
the opposite is true because the air
is subsiding and is warmed up by
compression, thus increasing the
ability of the air to hold moisture in
the form of vapor. Clouds advecting
into an area controlled by a high
pressure system will either thin out
or disappear because the minute
droplets that make up the cloud begin
to evaporate.
This explanation does not contain
all of the terminology needed to
describe what happens when the
weather pattern is cold enough to
produce snow instead of rain, but it
should give you an idea of how Mother
Nature gets the job done.
Sincerely,
Leon Hunsaker
Hugo, Oregon
(Letters continued onpage 6)
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Marinellos
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have a point on the feet,” said Zhang, the
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Thank you for the article you wrote
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way you weaved the essence of the
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Grants Pass, Oregon
Taking a Closer Look at
Common Core
Dear Editor:
As the school year continues,
many parents are becoming aware of
the curriculum that is being offered in
our schools. This particularly happens
when a child brings homework. As a
retired educator, I am aware from
experience and research that this can
be a very frustrating experience for the
child and parents. The Common Core
math often brings tears to the child,
and frustration to the parents and
math experts.
I have learned that Common Core
is untested. Your children are being
used as guinea pigs to test these
materials. Students will be tested
on the new Smarter Balanced tests.
Research shows the tests have no
direct value to the students. Tests
in former years were mostly teacher
made and had direct value in the
classroom for the students.
The Internet is loaded with
information about Common Core and
Smarter Balanced testing. Data mining
of your children is removing privacy of
the children and their parents.
States and school districts are
trying to get out of these programs
as they become aware and have the
courage to do what they believe is best
for their children. My hope is that our
local parents will do the same. I am
connected to Parent Led Education
here in the Grants Pass area. I
welcome parents to email me with
questions and offers of support. Visit
my website at www.grantspassservices
for information.
Sincerely,
Neil Clark
Grants Pass, Oregon
Philanthropy Is Alive
and Well in Oregon
Dear Editor:
The
Oregon
Community
Foundation’s (OCF) recently released
2014 “Giving in Oregon” report has
found that Oregon nonprofits received
more than $1.8 billion in donations in
2012, up from $1.6 billion in 2011.
Individual giving also increased in
Oregon and nationally from 2011 to
2012. The education sector in Oregon
was a big beneficiary of contributions,
receiving 35% of total contributions to
nonprofits in 2012.
According to data collected by the
Corporation for National Community
Service’s Volunteer and Civic Life in
America Project, for yet another year,
Oregonians are volunteering more
than the national average and are
giving more of their time. In 2012,
36% of Oregonians volunteered,
compared to only 27% of Americans
as a whole. More than half of Oregon
volunteers gave their time to education
or religious organizations.
The generosity of Oregonians in
giving time as well as money really
reaffirms the belief that Oregon
has a strong culture of giving and a
commitment to improving the quality
of life in our communities and around
the state. OCF is proud to have been
a partner in this culture of giving for
40 years.
The mission of The Oregon
Community Foundation is to improve
life in Oregon and promote effective
philanthropy.
OCF
works
with
individuals, families, businesses and
organizations to create charitable
funds to support the community
causes they care about. Through these
funds OCF awarded nearly $70 million
in grants and scholarships in 2013.
In 2012, Oregon (17th) outranked
both California (21st) and Washington
(28th) in contributions as a percent of
income, despite a median household
income lower than either of those
states. And this generosity cuts across
income levels with Oregonians at all
income categories giving more than
national averages.
In 2012, the wealthiest Oregon
households (those making more than
$200,000 per year) gave an average
of 3.81 percent of their incomes,
compared to an average for wealthy
Americans of 3.15 percent nationally.
Sincerely,
Max Williams
President/CEO, OCF
(Editor: For more information, see
Steve Roe’s article on the back page.)
Art Auction for S.O.S.
Dear Editor:
The 2nd annual Securing Our Safety
Art Auction will be held February 5 at
6pm at Roux 26, corner of H and 5th
in Grants Pass.
Troon, Bridgeview, and Schmidt
Wineries will do tasting, as well as
Frankenstein Brewery. A variety of
appetizers will be served by Roux 26.
Over 25 art items will be offered for
auctions donagted by local artists.
Tickets are $25 and are available
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Sincerely,
Cheri Adkins
Grants Pass, Oregon
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People ask me all the time where do you
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only person you are challenging is yourself. There is not a race to see who gets
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Judge Denies
Walraven Release Until
After Appeal Is Heard
Sometime you just have to wonder
what is going on inside a judge’s chamber.
You can watch all the episodes of Good
Wife that you want, but it won’t even
come close to explaining how visiting
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge
Timothy Gerking could, in September,
order the release of Trevor Walraven.
Walraven had been convicted in
1999 for murdering Black Bar Lodge
owner Bill Hull, taking the deceased’s
car for a joyride, and dumping his body
along a logging road. Walraven was 14
at the time, while his half-brother and
accomplice Josh Cain was 18. They grew
up outside Wolf Creek and were mostly
home-schooled.
According to neighbors, the brothers
were “good kids,” but when detectives
searched their home, they found
drug paraphernalia and some other
incriminating evidence, including a
copy of a Marilyn Manson song singing,
“Dealing with insanity, smoking pot,
hating this &#!#!&$ world, murder is the
answer; I only kill to know I’m alive.”
Okay … add to that the fact that
both Walraven and Cain were seen
driving Hull’s Suburban around town,
and they became major suspects. After
their story unraveled, and a witness
testified that Walraven had told them
about the murder, it didn’t take the jury
long to sentence Walraven to 30 years in
prison. Cain got 25 years.
Since Cain was convicted as an
adult, he was not eligible for early release.
Walraven, however, was a juvenile at the
time and was eligible for a “second look”
hearing, which is allowed for certain
juvenile offenders under Oregon law.
Walraven, of course, was hoping that the
sentence would be reduced.
It’s hard to comprehend how a
person who carjacked a vehicle, then
took the owner up into the woods and
shot him in the back of the head could
be “reformed,” but apparently Judge
Gerking knows something we don’t.
When the judge made the decision to let
Walraven out of prison early, it caused
an uproar in the community.
Josephine County District Attorney
Stephen Campbell has appealed the
decision to the state Department
of Justice. According to Campbell,
Walraven really wasn’t eligible for a
“second look” hearing because of a
state statute “pertaining to mandatory
minimum sentences for youths convicted
of aggravated murder.”
That makes sense, and while the
appeal drags its way through the court,
Judge Gerking declined to release
Walraven until the appeal is heard.
We can only hope that Walraven
is truly “reformed” because even if the
appeal is upheld, he will still get out of
prison in fifteen years when he’s 45 years
old. Bill Hull, meanwhile, is still dead.
Hello 2015; Goodbye
Cedarwoodgate
We can only hope that the
now infamous and embarrassing
Cedarwoodgate scandal will soon be
behind us. Commissioner Simon Hare,
a young, single, fiscal conservative who
beat a popular incumbent commissioner
in 2010, then fended off a vigorous
challenger in 2014, found himself in
hot water on Wednesday, December
17, when a citizen took the podium at
a commissioners’ meeting and publicly
denounced him.
Doug Deakins, a local helicopter
pilot with Swanson Group Aviation, told
the three-person board, a smattering of
audience members, and any journalists
who were still awake that on the night
of December 5, Hare had pulled a prank
at the Cedarwood Saloon that had gone
awry.
Deakins and his wife, Stefani,
were sitting at a table with some
acquaintances,
including
Jennifer
Putnam, who is a friend of Simon Hare’s
and was the treasurer of his recent
winning campaign. Hoping to pull a
prank on Putnam, Hare surreptitiously
grabbed her phone and sent two text
messages (“Ur so hot” and “God I gotta
get in your pants”) to the first two
numbers he saw.
Unfortunately, the phone was not
Putnam’s but Jennifer Deakins’, and
the two phone numbers belonged to
her 18-year-old daughter and 21-yearold niece. Deakins immediately received
texts back from the daughter and niece
asking what was going on, and that’s
when Hare fessed up to the prank.
After that, the facts get murky. Hare
claims he apologized profusely, and
Doug Deakins said it was a half-hearted
apology with a lot of bluster. You would
think in this day and age of Youtube and
cell phone videos that someone would
have had the presence of mind to record
the whole scene, but they didn’t. All
we can do is rely on the statements of
individuals who were in a bar drinking
alcohol.
But back to the commissioners’
meeting of December 17. Hare was
understandably embarrassed about
the whole thing and afterward told the
Daily Courier, “I apologized profusely and
asked if there was anything I could do.
His wife even said she thought it wasn’t
anything malicious.”
Stefani Deakins disputed that,
saying she thought Hare was more
belligerent than apologetic.
Afterward, opponents of Hare, many
of whom fought against him in the last
election, came out of the woodwork
demanding that he resign. An organized
letter-writing campaign began in the
Daily Courier, while Jim Rafferty, a
member of “We’re for a Constitutional
Government,” hinted that they might
initiate a recall movement. That,
however, is not possible until six months
(Continued on page 10)
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after the candidate is sworn in.
On Saturday, December 20, Hare
sent a mass email to the media, friends,
supporters and enemies apologizing
for the prank that went bad. He then
immediately went on vacation for two
weeks.
In the email, Hare wrote, “I am also
sorry that in the minds of some people,
because of my position within (the
Board of County Commissioners), that
it reflects negatively on our county and
this board.”
He also noted that he is “sorry that
this ‘personal issue’ was made very
public and in some cases construed into
something very far from the truth.”
On December 23, the Courier
wrote an editorial criticizing him for
not accepting full responsibility. They
specifically pointed to one section of that
apology: “It gives me pause to think about
a culture that so quickly wants to vilify a
stupid prank gone wrong,” Hare wrote.
“Sadly, I think there will be always be
a few people that feel good by watching
someone else stumble.”
Really, Simon? Do you even know
what county you’re living in? You’re
supposed to be a skilled politician—you
beat a popular incumbent and staved off
a challenger, and you don’t understand
a culture that likes to vilify people? This
is Josephine County, dude. You should
know that every little thing you do or say
wrong will be picked up by the opposition
as a crime against humanity, and you
will be vilified for it.
We at the Sneak Preview agree that
it was a silly prank, and we also feel it
was much ado about nothing. We can’t
even understand why Doug Deakins
would want to bring it up at a county
commissioner meeting. A prank at a bar
… when you were all drinking? Give me
a break. If pulling pranks at a bar were
a federal offense, I would have been in
prison a long time ago.
For Simon Hare, we think he
should take Taylor Swift’s advice and
just “shake it off.”
—Curtis Hayden
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I’m in a jocular mood, so here are some jokes
to contemplate. Fairly lame, but it’s hard to find
good jokes these days. We’re all taking ourselves too
seriously.
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Camelot Theatre in Talent has one weekend
remaining of the multiple Tony Award winning
Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Daniel Stephens
and starring David King-Gabriel and Kathleen
Marrs. Showtime is 8pm Thu-Sat with 2pm matinee
on Sunday through January 11. Call 541-535-5250
or go to CamelotTheatre.org.
The Chamber Music Concert Series will present
the Telsa Quartet tonight at 7:30pm and Saturday
(January 10) at 3pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall.
The quartet is the winner of many national and
international competitions. Call 541-552-6348 for
tickets or go to ChamberMusicConcerts.org.
At the Craterian Theater in Medford, Next
Stage Repertory Theatre will open tonight with
Like a Rolling Stone: An Original Musical
Tribute to Bob Dylan. Many of Dylan’s greatest
songs will be performed by a soulful array of the
most talented vocalists and musicians in Southern
Oregon. Showtime is 7:30pm Thu/Fri, January 8-9,
and 2pm Sunday, January 10. Call 541-779-3000
for tickets or go to craterian.org. The rest of the
Craterian schedule this month includes:
• Sun., Jan. 11: Neil Berg’s Rock & Roll
Decades, featuring five great Broadway and rock ‘n’
roll singers.
• Fri., Jan. 23: Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles.
• Sat., Jan. 24: Comedian, author and actress
Paula Poundstone.
• Sun., Feb. 1: Nuevo flamenco guitarist Jesse
Cook.
The next First Friday Art Walk will take place
on February 6, as galleries throughout Grants Pass
stay open from 5:30-8pm for art, refreshments and
entertainment. In the meantime you can visit various
galleries throughout the month, including …
• The Grants Pass Museum of Art (229 SW G)
will open on January 13 with their “Black, White
& the Blues” exhibit of artworks to be auctioned at
the annual fundraiser.
• The FireHouse Gallery (4th & H) will present
ink on paper work by artist Ed Smith through
January 30.
• The Wiseman Gallery on the RCC campus
is hosting “Intricate Patterns,” a show in mixed
media by Sarah Wiseman through the month.
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Camelot Theatre in Talent
opens tonight with Spotlight on Roy
Orbison, starring Erik Connolly. This
musical tribute is “a little biography
and a lot of music.” Showtime is 8pm
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When dog food is advertised as
having “new and improved taste,” who
tests it?
In Ashland, Live at the Armory
will host a special showing of the
Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight
at the Historic Ashland Armory. There
will be a pre-show presentation at
9pm, with the movie starting at 10pm,
followed by a Full Bar After-Party. For
tickets, go to liveatthearmory.com.
Also at Live at the Armory this month
are:
• Sat., Jan. 24: Leche Hip Hop
Dance Party.
• Wed., Jan. 28: Nappy Roots
with Mani Draper and DJ True.
• Thu., Jan. 29: Bill Frisell:
Guitar in the Space Age.
• Sat., Jan. 31: Terrapin Flyer,
featuring Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia
Band) and Mark Karan (Ratdog).
Sunday, January 18
Two men walk into a bar. You’d
think at least one of them would have
ducked.
Rogue Valley
Symphony will
start the year off in Grants Pass today
at 3pm at the GPHS Performing Arts
Center with their Masterworks Series
III, featuring piano soloist Jeffrey
Biegel. Conductor Martin Majkut
will lead the symphony with works by
Adams, Grieg, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
The concert will also be presented in
Ashland on Friday, January 16, at
the SOU Music Recital Hall, and in
Medford at the Craterian Theatre on
Saturday, January 17, at 7:30pm.
There is a free concert tonight with
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Friday, January 23
What did one predator say to
another? “Eat prey, love.”
The Barnstormers will open with
Norm Foster’s adult comedy Love List,
directed by Wayd Drake. It has a fun
premise: “As a present, Leon bought
his friend Bill an appointment with
a gypsy who says she can guarantee
she’ll find him a soulmate, but first the
seeker must present her with a love
list of the ten most important things
he’s looking for in a partner.” And then
the fun begins. The show stars Patrick
Dolan, Feather LaFever and Melissa
Marie. Showtime is 8pm Fri-Sat and
2pm Sundays through February 8.
Saturday, January 30
At least dogs do what you tell
them to do. Cats take a message and
get back to you.
The Chamber Music Concert
Series will present the internationally
acclaimed Trio Valtorna for a single
performance tonight at 7:30pm at the
SOU Music Recital Hall. The trio brings
together the gifts of three talented
artists. Call 541-552-6348 for tickets
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Celebrating 20 Years
by Curtis Hayden
According to child development
experts, the first five years of life are
critically important. It is a time when
the child is most open to learning,
develops character, learns to control
his or her emotions, and taps into a
vast curiosity about the world.
Take the case of Sam, the 4-yearold son of a single working mother in
Grants Pass. As a student at Coalition
for Kids Child Care for the last two
years, he didn’t have a good start.
He wouldn’t listen, he’d talk back to
teachers, throw tantrums, and was
g o u r m e t
a little too aggressive with the other
children and adults.
He did, however, show a lot of
promise. While it would have been
easy to call the mom and have her
pick him up and/or ask her to find
care elsewhere, the staff at Coalition
for Kids refused to give up. They
partnered with the mom and a
behavioral specialist from another
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a plan, one that would allow Sam
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Gina Marie Agosta, Director of
Coalition for Kids, is proud of the end
result.
“Today, Sam is thriving in his
classroom,” she said. “He is not
perfectly behaved at all times … no
child is. But he is playing nicely with
his friends, listens to adults, and
learns how to deal with his emotions
when he feels frustrated or upset. The
most heart-warming transformation
to see is his relationship with his
teacher. Sam will often run over to her
in the middle of the day and wrap his
arms around her legs with a sweet ‘I
love you’ before he returns to his play.”
Carolyn Kohn’s Brainstorm
Coalition for Kids (CFK), a local
nonprofit, began in 1991 as the
brainchild of Carolyn Kohn. At that
time, there were a number of childrens’
and parents’ programs strung out
across the county, and she thought it
would be good to locate them all in one
building for a more collaborative effort.
The State of Oregon was also hoping
to fund some “service integration
pilot projects” across the state, and
Coalition for Kids became one of them.
Kohn
also
convinced
the
School District to donate their old
administration building at 8th and M
Streets. In the first couple of years,
CFK did not operate any programs on
its own; rather, it acted as a facilitator
for agencies that were housed in the
building, helping them to partner and
launch activities in concert.
“Gradually, we began to add our
own programs, and in 1994, after one
of the agencies, the YMCA’s Child Care
program, moved out, we began to offer
our own child care program,” Agosta
said. “The first teacher was Peggy
Lawless, and she’s still here as head of
the program.”
CFK Child Care is open to everyone
in the community, and they try to keep
the price down.
“We are priced the same as all
the others, but unfortunately child
care can be expensive for a lot of
families,” Agosta said. “It’s anywhere
from 20-40% of a family’s income.
They say that one year of child care
can be more expensive than sending
a child through a year of college. It is,
however, necessary for working people
and/or those attending RCC hoping to
further their education.”
Surviving the Great
Recession
A lot of things have changed at
CFK over the last 24 years. In 2003,
Doug Hamilton donated the old
Hamilton House building to them and
had it moved next door. They used the
extra space to rent to more agencies.
Unfortunately, they also lost their
state funding as a “service integrated
pilot project.” By 2007, finances were
becoming a major concern, and they
sold the Hamilton House building,
giving them a reliable reserve fund.
And then the Recession hit.
“I started with Coalition for Kids as
a staff member in 2005,” said Agosta,
who grew up in Grants Pass and
graduated from St. Mary’s in Medford.
“I became Executive Director in 2007,
right when the economy started to
shift. We didn’t have as many tenants,
and we kept the rent low to attract as
many people as possible. Many of the
agencies moved on, the state agencies
went away, and some outgrew the
space.”
Twenty-four
years
ago
the
community desperately needed a
space like Coalition for Kids. Agosta
admits that times have changed.
“There’s a lot of space available in
the community and more opportunities
for agencies to collaborate,” she said.
“A need for a facilitator is not a big
priority anymore. We realize the needs
of the community have shifted, and
our Board of Directors is working on a
Strategic Planning Process to address
what role we can play.”
The Recession hit everyone hard.
Local agencies couldn’t afford the
rent, parents were losing their jobs,
the United Way closed, and grant
money tanked. According to Agosta,
every single revenue line was affected.
“We decided to focus on what we
did best, which was to provide high
quality child care for kids up through
age 5,” she said. “That is where our
passion was. We had to drop a lot of
our other programs, like mentoring at
the elementary schools, a Career Fair
for high school students, parenting
classes and smaller programs. We
kept our Family Resource Center and
gave as much support as we could to
the agencies that were still here.”
Agencies still at CFK include
Head Start, the Literacy Council, and
Tinkerbell preschool.
What does the Board hope to
accomplish with its Strategic Planning
Process?
“First, we are going to develop
a business plan for the child care
program to make it sustainable
and affordable for all parents in the
community,” Agosta said. “Second,
we need to identify our priorities and
develop an action plan to meet those.
We really want to continue to be the
best child care program in Josephine
County. And we’ll continue to be a
place where elementary-age children
can get help after school. We want to
be a place where kids will have the
opportunity to continue their learning.
And we want to support the parents as
much as possible.”
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Some Easy New Year’s Resolutions
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the new. Approximately 80% of
New Year’s resolutions are health
related, so who better to offer New
Year’s resolutions than Sneak
Preview’s health guy. First, let’s
prioritize. Is it really important
or healthy to obsess about losing
weight back to your college, high
school, or (depending on your level of
neurosis) middle school weight? No.
True health is about optimizing your
well-being by balancing your physical,
emotional, and spiritual needs. A few (or
even several) pounds or inches here and
there have little impact on that.
Here are six suggestions for free
resolutions that can profoundly impact
your life, both short and long-term. Post
this on your fridge and implement one or
more. Even reading it occasionally will be
beneficial.
1) Every day be grateful for
something - a splash of winter sunshine,
the deep warmth of a cup of hot tea
(or even the fact that you can afford
tea), a supportive family member, a
pet who greets you at the door, or an
act of respect to or from a complete
stranger. At least once a day find a
reason to be truly grateful. Interestingly,
the science on this is quite clear. Dr
Martin Seligman, former president of
the American Psychological Association,
published results of carefully controlled
trials that showed the stronger the act
of appreciation or kindness, the bigger
the impact on feelings of personal wellbeing.
2) When you arrive home from your
daily foray into the world, remove your
shoes and wash your hands and face.
This can go way beyond the hygienic
benefits. It helps wash away the trials
and challenges of the outside world
allowing your home to be your sanctuary.
At home it becomes safe to pull back and
go inward for a few (or more) peaceful
moments of reflection and meditation
to help you recharge and focus on your
well-being at the deepest levels. Settle in
and be at peace with yourself.
3) Chew each mouthful 20-30 times
or until the solids liquify. Chewing your
food properly is an essential part of the
digestive process. Thoroughly exposing
food to the enzymes in your saliva
begins digestion. Chewing also greatly
increases the surface area of the food
and allows greater exposure to digestive
juices in the stomach that will further
break it down.
But far beyond the science
of chewing is the feeling of
gratitude. While chewing, reflect
on all the forces that brought
the food to you, especially the
farmers. I don’t know a single
organic farmer who is getting
rich by growing vegetables for us.
They do it for us every year—wet, dry,
hot, cold. No matter what each year’s
unique challenges are, organic farmers
grow great food primarily because
they truly love doing it (remember that
organic farmers virtually never get any
government subsidies). There are so
many reasons to be grateful for all the
links in the food chain.
4) Deep belly breathing is important.
Shallow
upper
chest
breathing
stimulates the body’s natural “fight
or flight” response, which is when
adrenaline kicks in to help deal with a
stressful situation. Just taking a few
deep belly breaths will help you leave the
fight mode and make you instantly calm
and more in touch with your most heartfelt realities.
5) Deep restful sleep is one of the
pillars of our health and well-being.
Benjamin Franklin said: one hour of
sleep before midnight is as valuable as
two after midnight. Chinese medicine
tells us that the liver and gall bladder
do their most restorative cleansing work
between 11pm and 3 am. It is most
beneficial for us to finish eating by 8pm
and be asleep with our stomachs empty
during these hours for deepest levels of
rejuvenation and healing.
6) Moderate regular exercise like a
brisk walk, especially in fresh air, is good
for the heart, reduces cholesterol and
blood sugar, improves mood, reduces
stress, improves sleep, clears the mind
and strengthens bones. If humans were
given an “owners manual” at birth,
walking would probably be included
for routine maintenance of every body
system. No fancy spandex or gym
memberships needed for a walk, just a
good pair of shoes and enough will power
to put one foot in front of the other.
Wishing you a happy and healthy
New Year from the Sneak Preview.
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store in the Rogue Valley since 1995
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for featuring Kairos as one of the
recipients of their “Giving Local”
campaign.
We appreciate their
amazing support.
KUDOS and thank you to the great
artist who is painting “The Gateway”
mural at the corner of Union and
Ringuette. So beautiful!
KUDOS from Carole to Don
Monette and neighbor Steve who
“came to my rescue when my car was
stuck in a ditch.”
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Music is a
higher revelation than all wisdom
and philosophy.”
KUDOS to the Madrona School for
their great Trunks and Treats event
for their students back in October.
(Editor: Sorry this entry is so late.)
KUDOS from Brandy to parents
who nurture common courtesy and
common sense, both of which are
sadly lacking in today’s society.
KUDOS to anyone who holds
himself and his children accountable
for behavior and choices.
KUDOS to anyone who notices and
acknowledges kind acts.
KUDOS to teachers, Scout leaders,
anyone who works with children who
model, encourage and reward courtesy
and kindness at school, at home, and
in public places.
Joseph Addison: “Music is the
greatest good that mortals know.
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Twenty-five Years Ago with Editor Curtis Hayden
My, how times change. In the
January 9, 1990, issue we ran a
letter from marijuana activist Laird
Funk complaining about our twopage spread in December, “Let’s All
Work Together to Fight Drug Abuse.”
The page was supported by local
businesses.
Laird felt that the information
about marijuana was misrepresented
and that we exaggerated the effects of
the potency of the “new” marijuana.
He said, “Even the Dutch were amazed
that anyone would actually still believe
‘reefer madness’ scare stories.”
We replied: “The figures we quoted
were from a study that compared
the average potency from the 1960s
with the average potency from the
1980s. Even the few remaining Dutch
with clear minds couldn’t argue with
averages.”
Twenty-five years later, the whole
argument is kind of moot since the
voters approved the legalization of
marijuana.
*****
Former Riverside Inn owner
and developer Gentry McKinney
was found guilty in federal court in
September 1989 of “willfully and
knowingly spreading out his cash
deposits to avoid reporting them to the
government.”
The scene in the jury room was
brutal, as reported in the Sneak
Preview via a juror who wanted to
remain anonymous.
“A few of the women were
emotionally upset, and one wanted to
reconsider her vote,” we wrote. “They
still weren’t sure they had done the
right thing. All of them reentered the
courtroom nervous and shaking, and
a few of them were crying.”
None of the jurors knew that Mr.
McKinney would soon become the
victim of a bizarre federal sentencing
guidelines law. Despite the fact that
drugs were never mentioned once by
the prosecution during the trial, at the
pre-sentencing hearing in December,
the awful specter of drugs was
presented to the judge.
We
wrote,
“McKinney
was
sentenced to five years in prison and
given a $2.6 million fine. The sentence
was based on the government’s ability
to use ‘evidence’ during the presentencing hearing linking McKinney
to a drug deal. That same evidence—a
lot of it based on hearsay, police
opinions and guilt by association—
was too shaky to be used in a regular
court of law and, in fact, was never
mentioned during the September
trial.”
Seriously! So all rules of law and
judicial fair play can just be ignored by
prosecutors during the pre-sentencing
hearing? Doesn’t that sound kind of
un-American and against the Bill of
Rights? Wasn’t that the same kind of
thing King George III was trying to pull
on our Founding Fathers?
McKinney lost on appeal and
eventually went to jail, where he
died a couple of years later, suffering
poor health. I thought it was a total
miscarriage of justice, and I don’t
care what evidence they had. If they
didn’t have the courage to present it in
court and allow the accused to defend
himself, then it should not have been
allowed at a pre-sentencing hearing.
I remember sitting in the Sheriff’s
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Office a couple of years after that doing
a story on an unrelated matter, and we
talked about McKinney. I mentioned
that the sentencing was unfair, and
the Sheriff reached behind his desk
for a file folder. He was about to open
it and show me all the evidence, then
he changed his mind. I was supposed
to have been led to believe that the
evidence against McKinney was
incontrovertible, but it doesn’t make
any difference. If you can’t present it
in court and win your case, you don’t
have a leg to stand on.
Just
as
a
little
followup.
McKinney’s stepson, Sam Waller, was
also convicted as an accomplice in the
case and was given a lesser sentence.
I’m not sure if it involved jail time or
not; I don’t think it did. Anyway, I got
a call from someone last year who told
me that the government had to absolve
Sam Waller of all wrongdoing in that
case. We can only hope that Mac is
looking down on us with a smile on
his face.
new year’s resolutions
with Doug Beacham
Every year about this time, a parade
of people join local fitness centers
to start an exercise program. Most
likely they have made a “New Year’s
Resolution” to finally get off the couch
and into shape. Sadly, sixty or ninety
days later, these same people, who were
so eager to change their lives, are gone,
never to be seen again.
I decided to find out why that
happens from professionals in the field
and from friends who have also observed
the same phenomenon. Although one
observer accuses people of being “lazy
and lacking the desire to get in shape,”
the loss of interest is not that simply
explained.
I spoke with a professional trainer
and massage therapist, an active adult
program leader, a competitive athlete,
weightlifters, people in high stress jobs
who work out regularly, a mixed martial
arts instructor, and my daughter
who coaches volleyball in Southern
California, teaches school and has two
small children, to find an answer. You
may find their comments revealing.
The professional trainer told me
that most of her students lose focus
and eventually give excuses such as
“I’m too busy” or “I’m working too hard.”
Most of the people she coaches last 2-6
weeks; then she never sees them again.
Recently only three out of 29 students
stuck with it.
The competitive athlete suggests
that “society is easy today and the newer
generation is lazy. It’s more convenient
to lounge on the couch rather than
take 30 minutes a day to exercise.” My
daughter feels people quit as a result
of laziness, boredom and lack of selfdiscipline.
All of my contacts agree that people
expect too much when they begin an
exercise program and often have the
wrong motives. When quick results
don’t come or the immediate goal is not
reached easily, they quit. Sometimes the
exercise chosen may be wrong for them.
They don’t ask for help and/or it may be
an unpleasant workout environment for
them. Other reasons for quitting may be
lack of emotional support from family or
friends or a past unpleasant experience,
which makes it fearful to work out.
So, what is the proper way to begin
an exercise program and how does one
stay on track when it seems so easy to
quit … again? Here’s what they say:
Find something you really enjoy
doing so that when the urge to quit
comes, and it will, it brings joy to your
life rather then the feel of another
job. Set easily attainable goals, and
reward yourself for reaching them.
Keep it interesting. Let it be something
you look forward to. Find a workout
partner, someone you like being with.
Storytelling and laughing make exercise
fun. If you prefer working out alone,
listen to music while you sweat. Make
it a routine, a part of your regular life.
One
of
the
professionals
recommended keeping a journal to
record your results and experiences.
A journal entry might read, “Today I
walked five minutes on the treadmill
and talked to Brandy about the kids.”
Or, “I watched the ducks slosh around
in the puddles at the Fairgrounds.”
It’s a great way to catalogue your
progress and experience the feeling of
accomplishment.
One friend keeps pictures of herself
handy to remind her of when she was
HUGE. Another friend in
his 60s wants to enjoy his
grandkids for a long time
and has a highly stressful
job. Exercising is making it
possible to live longer and
reduce stress.
Another friend, Jim
Cole, pictured on the front
page, started exercising
7 years ago after hip
replacement surgery. At the
age of 83, he rarely misses
a regular session on the
bike and weight machines.
If your goal is to lose
weight, it probably won’t
happen without changing
your diet. Interestingly,
all of the people I spoke
with said they changed
their diet after they started
exercising. They didn’t
want to eat as much or in
the same way they had in
the past.
In conclusion, three of
my contacts used the same
words of encouragement to
newbies. “Get off the couch
and go do it!” A friend
of mine once described
workouts this way: “Some
are easy, some are hard,
and some you just show up
for.” Good luck!
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Birthdate: 04/08/1957.
Title: Director of Parks &
Community Development.
Describe
your
organization
and what you do: The Parks
&
Community
Development
Department (PCD) is responsible for
the development and maintenance
of our park system, consisting of
194 developed park acres with 24
sites supporting playgrounds, sports
courts, picnic shelters, trails and a
variety of other recreation amenities
and facilities. We are particularly
proud of the recently installed play
facility in Riverside Park built by
Krauss Craft. In addition, PCD
provides services to the citizens and
development community through
our Planning, Building, Engineering,
Business Operations and GIS
divisions. We are a results-oriented
organization dedicated to guiding
people through the development
process.
How long have you lived in the
Rogue Valley? I was born and
raised in Grants Pass and graduated
from GPHS. I spent six years enlisted
in the Army as a UH-1H helicopter
crew chief. Following my discharge,
I lived in Monterey, California, until
returning to Grants Pass in 1988. I
began working for Josephine County
(Planning Dept) in 1991, then moved
over to the City of Grants Pass in
2007.
Favorite movie: Mama Mia.
Favorite actor: Johnny Depp.
Favorite actress: Meryl Streep.
Favorite TV show: Castle.
Favorite radio station: KLDR.
Favorite book of all time: West
with the Night, Beryl Markham.
Favorite magazine: The Cottage
Journal.
Favorite pet of all time: I have
loved them all, from my Rottweiler,
Great Danes, Pekinese and a few
cats here and there.
Other than friends and family,
what person do you admire the
most? Eleanor Roosevelt. She made
such an impact on our country and
the world during a very difficult time
in our history.
What’s the first thing you turn to
when you read a daily newspaper?
Headlines.
Favorite part of the Sneak Preview: Business Grapevine.
Favorite
hobbies: Rafting,
gardening,
bicycling,
traveling,
reading.
Favorite kind of music: Classical
to pop/country.
Favorite Beatle and/or Beatle
song: Paul McCartney; “Yesterday.”
Favorite local restaurants: Roux
26, Twisted Cork, Tacos Locos, Royal
Barge.
What would you do if you won $10
million in the lottery? Talk to an
investment counselor ~ then maybe
a cruise to the Mediterranean!
What is the most important thing
you learned as a child? Not to be too
full of myself; to have consideration
for others.
What person or event had the
biggest impact on your life? The
assassination of John Kennedy when
I was a child. It was a lesson in how
quickly our lives can change and
how we need to show gratitude for
each and every day.
Proudest achievement: Watching
my sons start families of their own.
Favorite thing about the Rogue
Valley: “The Climate,” as we say in
Grants Pass. I love the river and the
recreational opportunities. Grants
Pass is a wonderful community
made up of so many caring people. What changes would you like to
see in the Rogue Valley? I would
like to see our economy expand,
providing more job opportunities.
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back to my community, and so I volunteer
for a number of causes and organizations
that I care about. One that I’m particularly
proud of is my volunteer work for The
Oregon Community Foundation (OCF).
Why? Because OCF does so much good,
both in Josephine County and throughout
the state.
In the first eleven months of this year
OCF awarded more than 30 grants totaling
more than $1 million to nonprofits in
Josephine County. These grants included
$25,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs to
implement “Project Learn,” a proven
strategy to engage youth in school. The
Josephine County Fairgrounds received
$40,000 for capital improvements to the
arts & crafts building, including kitchen
upgrades and restroom renovations to meet
ADA-accessibility standards.
The Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance
was awarded $25,000 to support survivors
of domestic violence and sexual violence
through job skills training and job creation.
And our beloved Josephine Community
Libraries now has $25,000 to support the
“Collection Development Project,” which
will repair, rebuild and modernize book
collections and other materials for all four
branch libraries. Other recent recipients
include College Dreams, Siskiyou Field
Institute, Rogue Community College, the
Rusk Ranch Nature Center, Raptor Creek
Farm, and more.
In addition to grants, the Oregon
Community
Foundation
awards
scholarships. In 2014 Josephine County
students received 24 scholarships totaling
more than $90,000 to continue their
education in college. Two new scholarships
specifically for Josephine County students
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strengthen their leadership skills.
made their first awards this
year. The Margaret M. Williams
Memorial Scholarship Fund,
which gives preference to female
applicants who intend to work
in K-12 education, awarded a
$6,000 renewable scholarship
to a graduate of Grants Pass
High School. The Roxy Ann
Adams Scholarship Fund, which
gives preference to students
from Illinois Valley High School,
awarded a $5,000 scholarship.
!
Both scholarships are selected
by committees which include
Josephine County residents.
And
this
generosity
to
nonprofits and students is
repeated year after year—in our
county and in every county of
the state. Each year OCF awards
more than $60 million in grants
and more than $7 million in
scholarships statewide.
So how does this happen?
What exactly is the Oregon
Community Foundation? OCF
works with individuals, families,
businesses and civic organizations
to create charitable funds to
support the community causes
they care about. Each fund then
awards grants and/or scholarships with
a focus that the donor has determined,
whether it be a focus on their hometown or
a certain topic, such as arts or education.
You can be as local as you want to be.
OCF currently manages more than 1,800
of these charitable funds, the majority
of which are permanent endowments,
meaning that they will be here long after
we are gone, supporting our community in
perpetuity.
Some of the reasons donors choose
OCF as the vehicle for their giving are OCF’s
strong investment program, the expertise
the foundation can provide in turning
complex gifts into effective philanthropy,
and the fact that OCF provides personal
service to donors and to their financial
and legal advisors. To find out more about
creating a fund or making a donation,
contact Southern Oregon Regional Director,
Cristina Sanz, at 541-773-8987 or csanz@
oregoncf.org. Cristina’s office is in Medford,
but she is frequently in Grants Pass and
happy to meet here too.
While the OCF staff, located in six
offices throughout Oregon, is excellent,
the Foundation recognizes the power
of volunteers in connecting with local
communities. Throughout the state there
are more than 1,600 OCF volunteers
who evaluate grants, select scholarship
recipients, serve on advisory committees,
and more. Here in Josephine County,
I’m joined by Carol Clark-Mayfield, Hyla
Lipson, Josh Welch and Chuck Womer
on the regional advisory group called the
Southern Oregon Leadership Council.
Other Josephine County residents serve
as grant evaluators and on scholarship
committees.
It’s a privilege to be part of something
that is both local and statewide, something
that so clearly is improving life in Oregon.
I look forward to working on behalf of OCF
and other organizations in 2015 and wish
you a Happy New Year!
—Steve Roe
The Josephine County Fairgrounds recently received a grant for the renovation of its Arts & Crafts rental building. The first order of business is the new
roof, which is now finished on both sides with just a little trim work left to be
done. Then they will begin inside.
By raising awareness of library resources, the Youth Library Outreach Campaign ensures that residents have increased access to cultural treasures in
the form of literature, films, music, language, art, and history, as well as resources that will help them expand educational and career opportunities.
At the Rusk Ranch Nature Center, a grant from OCF funded a capacity building project to launch nature camps, plant and seed selling with a youth employee and overall coordination of the programs, including the butterfly pavilion and children’s outreach.
College Dreams began in 1998 and promotes healthy youth development,
academic excellence, and college preparation for students, especially those
who face life challenges. It engages bright young people in typically underserved populations.

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