Here, There & Everywhere
WOMEN’S SUPPORT - Facilitated by Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance, a women’s domestic violence support group will begin meeting Friday, July 6 and continue on subsequent Fridays. The group, for which there is no fee, will meet from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is open “to all women who want to work on past trauma and domestic violence issues in a safe, nurturing environment.” To RSVP, contact Iris Loewen at 592-4147.
GOT LOCO POWER? - Illinois Valley Lions Club is looking for a riding lawnmower with a hydrostatic automatic transmission and at least 18 hp from which to build a locomotive as its popular Engine 97. The locomotive, used at numerous community events to provide free rides, was wrecked recently when it fell off its trailer. The rest of the train is OK. The club would like a “donation or a deal.” Phone Steve Lyons at 592-3181 (Century 21 Harris & Taylor).
IVHSA QUILT RAFFLE - Valley quilters, led by Barbara Ferguson and Carol Dickson, sewed an “Opportunity Quilt” to benefit the capital campaign for Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance (IVSHA). The quilt consists of blocks made to look like random houses, with everything from a barn, tee-pee and even a doghouse, surrounded by chickens, horses, dogs and flowers. The quilt is displayed at Picket Fence Fabrics at Caves Hwy. and S. Old Stage Road, and will be raffled Oct. 13 during an IVSHA-sponsored talk by Denise Brown, sister to the late Nicole Brown-Simpson, at Grants Pass Performing Arts Center. Raffle tickets are available at Picket Fence Fabrics, or by phoning Carol Dickson at 592-8521.
NO LYIN’/A LION - Valley resident Jacob Hertler and his family spent a scary night recently near Ferris Street along Illinois River, thanks to a noisy cougar. “It made that weird noise all night long, and I saw its shining eyes,” said Hertler. The “big cat” was not scared, being unfazed by barking dogs and Hertler yelling at it. He notified Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, as it was within 100 feet of a home and circling.
PICTURE PERFECT PARKS - Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept. (OPRD) reminds amateur photographers that they have a month left to enter its 2008 calendar contest, Go Click! The deadline is Aug. 1. Photos of parks in Eastern Oregon are lacking. Images can be from previous years, but must be from an Oregon state park. Winning photos will be announced and displayed during the Oregon State Fair in Salem Aug. 24 through Sept. 3. The 12 winners will be in the ‘08 OPRD calendar. For contest rules visit www.oregonstateparks.org or phone (800) 551-6949.
ADVERTISING GONE MAD - A new supermarket, according to Vicki Kaplan, of Carlsbad, Calif., has an automatic water-mister to keep produce fresh. She continues, “Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the scent of fresh rain. When you approach the milk coolers, you hear cows mooing and experience the aroma of fresh hay. When you approach the egg case, you hear hens clucking, and the air is filled with the pleasing tang of bacon and eggs frying. The produce department features the fragrance of fresh buttered corn.” But she notes, “I no longer buy toilet paper at that store.”
NOTEPAD - “So blessed” is how Kelly Demuth feels about the valley community response to helping her and her family after being burned out of their rented home in Selma on June 16 … “America’s Tradition: Hometown USA” is the theme for this year’s Labor Day parade and festivities sponsored by Illinois Valley Lions Club. It also announced that longtime valley resident Bill Woodbury will be grand marshal for the Labor Day parade … Miguel Kime has a new button, “In Goodness We Trust” … “The B Wishes Band” will perform original Rock at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19 for the Grants Pass Concerts in the Park series at Riverside Park ... Dave Daniel, former two-term Josephine County sheriff, sought the vacated post of Curry County sheriff, but could not be chosen as he doesn’t have established residence there. Curry commissioners chose Capt. Allan Boice, who has been acting Curry sheriff ... T-shirts: My camouflage store went belly-up because no one could find it … I used to jog 5 miles a day. Then I found a short cut … Don’t wait! Procrastinate! … I get my exercise by whining & complaining.
LAST WORDS - Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. (Aristotle)
