PLANT PROBERS - New spring and summer hours for the Master Gardeners Plant Clinic are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The clinic helps identify plant or garden problems. Phone 476-6613 or visit 215 Ringuette St. in Grants Pass to have plant or gardening questions answered.

CRAFT SHOW COMING - A craft show at Illinois Valley Senior Center will be held Friday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday the 14th until 3 p.m. The snack bar will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with hamburgers and Taylor Dogs. There also will be a bake sale of homemade goods, and many tables of crafts.

CAR SHOW ROLLIN’ - Cave Junction Lions Club is sponsoring the ninth annual Classic & Antique Car Show in Jubilee Park, set for Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30. The popular event will coincide with the annual Reunionmania event of IVHS Alumni & Friends. The reunion will continue to Sunday, July 1. The club is seeking trophy sponsors. Phone Darrell Allen, club vice president and awards chairman, at 592-6391. “Illinois Valley News” is sponsoring the Best Paint Trophy.

PHONE SCAM? - Word is going around that no one should use area codes 809, 284 or 876 as, according to as yet undocumented information, it could result in a charge of $24,100 per minute. Although possibly an urban legend or someone’s idea of a joke, the warning is that someone will phone and leave a message to make a call because of a family emergency or some other contrived scheme. Could be true. Best advice is to not respond to phone calls from people you don’t know.

NOTEPAD - Sara Hertel will “retire” from heading the kitchen at I.V. Senior Center for three years as of May 31. A volunteer replacement is needed. Phone 592-6888 ... Lake Selmac Resort is a primary sponsor for a motorcycle pledge ride to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association set for May 19. Phone 858-9815 for more info … A protest rally targeting “a corrupt D.A.” is planned for Saturday, April 7 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in front of the Josephine County Courthouse in GP. The “U.S. Observer” is the sponsor … No public school classes will be held Friday, April 6 because of a clerical day … Actual headlines: *Plane too close to ground, crash probe told. *War dims hope for peace. *High school dropouts cut in half … Actual error: Last week’s issue contained a misspelling of “sculptor.” Sorry!

LAST WORDS - I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. (Mahatma Gandhi)

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