Here, There & Everywhere
'NATURAL BEAUTY’ CONTEST - Thursday, May 31 is the deadline for all K-12 students to enter the poster contest sponsored by Illinois Valley Soil & Water Conservation District. The theme is, “The Illinois Valley: A Collection of Natural Beauty.” Cash prizes and public recognition will result for two age levels: kindergarten through fifth-grade, and sixth through 12th.. Entries must be hand-drawn or painted on white paper with a minimum size of 8 ½-by-11 inches, and a maximum of 22-by-28 inches. Submissions must have the entrant’s name, address, age and grade level on the back, plus the entrant’s phone number and school name. Entries can be taken to the Josephine County Bldg. in Downtown Cave Junction, or school offices can phone 592-3731 for options.
NATUROPATHIC PEEK - An open house to celebrate the grand opening of Dr. Margaret Philhower’s Naturopathic Medical Clinic in “Downtown Takilma” will be held Saturday, June 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. There will be clinic tours, and organic refreshments; plus free weight, blood pressure, body fat percent, muscle mass, and hydration level testing. The clinic is in the Siskiyou Project building, at 9335 Takilma Road.
FEAT BY FEET - Chris Smith, manager of the SOFCU Community Credit Union office in Cave Junction, plans to walk the full 24 hours during the Saturday, June 2 Walk For Life in Grants Pass. Indications are that he will be the first to take the oval walk for 24 hours to benefit the American Cancer Society. He will be allowed restroom breaks, but will eat and drink while walking. Cheerleaders from Illinois Valley High School also will participate in the fund-raiser, with relays, so that some of them will be walking at all times.
FOUR-LEGGED POKER - Back Country Horsemen, Sourdough Chapter (S.W. Oregon) will hold its annual Poker Ride at Lake Selmac Horse Camp Saturday, June 9 with registration at 10 a.m.; first rider out at 11. Lunch at the horse camp is included in the entry fee. Contact Dick Butler at 597-4383.
LITTLE LEAGUE PLEA - Three All-Star team sponsors at $400 each are sought for Illinois Valley Little League. Games will start in mid-June. Also, LL is “desperately” in need of umpires, and training will be provided. The organization also issued a reminder that parents need to pay registration fees asap. Phone 592-5393 or contact IVLL, P.O. Box 86, Cave Junction OR 97523.
IT’S CAVE JUNCTION! - Three motorcycles and two horses were spotted parked and tethered, respectively, in front of Art’s Red Garter Saloon on Saturday afternoon, May 26. It was a street scene that to some observers typifies the valley spirit of old and new existing side-by-side.
FREE CONCERTS - “Jefferson” will kick off the annual Concerts in the Park series sponsored by Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 14. Concerts will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Jubilee Park, and food will be available. For the June 21 concert, Nicole Navarro will perform. To help sponsor concerts, phone 592-3326.
YOUTHFUL BUCKAROOS - A free vacation Bible school program, “Circle of Friends Ranch,” is sponsored by First Baptist Church in Selma. The program, from June 18 to 22, is for children from age 5 through sixth-grade. For preregistration phone 597-4169.
KAREN BODEVING BOUQUET - “Accounting Technology” magazine highlights the CPA firm of Karen Bodeving in its June issue. Bodeving, a Cave Junction resident whose office is in Grants Pass, is well-known to many in Illinois Valley. She and one of her St. Bernard dogs are on the cover of the magazine. The article describes her process of going paperless and how it has improved her business. Besides her CPA practice, she and her husband raise St. Bernard dogs, and travel extensively to show them.
NOTEPAD - Got roses? If so, I.V. High School would like to get them for the arches under which the Class of 2007 will walk on Tuesday, June 5. Phone 592-2116 ... A rummage sale Saturday, June 2 on the Sterling Savings Bank parking lot in Downtown Cave Junction will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be the IVHS International Club’s last big fund-raiser before heading to Mexico on June 19 … Domestic violence and its effect on children is the topic for a class on Saturday, June 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. at I.V. Family Resource Center. The class is sponsored by I.V. Safe House Alliance ... Weapons training classes aimed at helping obtain Concealed Weapon permits have reached enrollments of 60 per month, said instructor Steve Mohr, of Cave Junction … Wednesday, June 13 will be the last day in school for public school students in Illinois Valley. The 14th is set as the last day for teachers … Blood donations will be taken Thursday, June 14 from 1 to 6 p.m. at I.V. Senior Center, 520 E. River St., Cave Junction. For more information phone the American Red Cross at (800) 448-3543 … Siskiyou Community Health Center’s dental facility in Grants Pass has been awarded a $3,000 grant by the Oregon Dental Foundation … Crater Lake National Park’s north entrance road opened at noon Thursday, May 24. It is the earliest opening of that entrance in more than a decade and three weeks ahead of normal, resulting from a combination of below-average snow, a sunny May and “the determined efforts of the National Park Service snow removal crews” … Actual physician notations: *Her father died of a heart attack at age 12. *This patient’s father died at age 65, but he has not been seen for quite some time. *So far as I could determine, this female has had no significant ailments in her past life.
LAST WORDS - Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
