It’s sink or swim time for CJ pool
Culpepper & Merriweather Circus, based in Oklahoma, will bring its tent show to the Junction Inn vacant lot, with shows at 5 and 7:30 p.m.
There will be high wire, trapeze and gymnastics performances, plus clowns. A percentage of funds raised from advance ticket sales will go toward helping Cave Junction Pool Committee with its efforts to repair that facility.
Advance tickets are available at Jefferson State Financial Services, Illinois Valley Visitor Center, SOFCU Community Credit Union, Home Valley Bank, Illinois Valley Family Resource Center, and Sterling Savings Bank.
Pool Committee President Shawn Carmody said that the group must raise nearly $200,000 to repair the facility on E. River Street.
“If it is not fixed, it will remain closed forever,” she said. “It will not open this year.
“Unless we come up with the funds by the end of this year or early spring next year, there’s a good possibility that it will be closed next year as well.”
Carmody said that the committee is actively seeking grants. However, most require matching funds, thereby increasing the need for community support.
“If this community wants to have the pool at their disposal, we need its backing,” Carmody noted.
“We can’t do this alone.”
The pool needs to be resurfaced and have new tiles, Carmody said. A new pump and filtration system also are required.
“Those are the two big things,” Carmody said. “If we don’t have those, the pool’s dead.” Also needed, she said, are a new solar heating system, diving board and portable guard stand. Carmody said that “with repairs, hopefully, we can sustain the pool for another 10 to 15 years.”
Besides the circus, I.V. Pool Committee is considering a variety of subsequent fund-raisers. And a Website, ivpool.org, can accept online contributions.
Advance-sale tickets for the circus are $8 for adults and $6 for youngsters. Tickets at the show will cost $11 for adults and $7 for kids.
Information about serving on the pool committee is available from Carmody at (541) 291-9251 or e-mail shawn@ivpool.org.
-Scott Jorgensen/IVN
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