Illinois Valley News

• Jo County pays airfare for contested D.C. ‘junket’

  

  The commissioners have declined to take further action to seek reimbursement from Raffenburg .

• Board opposes fed forestry legislation

  

  Commissioners have approved a resolution signifying the county’s opposition to the Forest Restoration and Old Growth Protection Act, and proposed Pacific Northwest Forest Legacy Act.

• Troopers snag 14 pounds of pot; arrest three

  

  An Oregon State Police traffic stop last week led to the arrest of three people and seizure of marijuana on Interstate 5 near Ashland.

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Your chance to make a difference. Donate your good quality piano today. The music programs at LBMS & IVHS need Steinway, Yamaha, or Baldwin, etc. pianos. Contact Tim Wallace at 597-2462 or tim@twmusic.com.

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• Regulation activist threatens CJ Council with legal action

  

  A watchdog put CJ Council on notice with “a civil threat” that the “slightest impropriety” would result in legal action.

• Judy’s Brown Barn Laundry cleaned out

  

  Efforts to clean up Cave Junction have hit another roadblock with the somewhat mysterious disappearance of 40 washers and dryers.

• Main branch main goal of library group

  

  An MOU requesting negotiations to reopen the main library has been drafted by the county commissioners for the JCLI.

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• Junior Golfers honored

  

  Slide show of Junior Golfers.

• ‘Walk a Mile in My Shoe’ event up and running for Berry Fest

  

  The public can participate in the annual “Walk a Mile in My Shoe” decorated shoe show and silent auction, a fund-raiser for Second Friday Art Walk during Blackberry Festival weekend.

• Keyboard sweet-sounding donation

  Ads requesting piano donations for the LBMS and IVHS music programs have paid off.

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• Stories from the print edition

  • A summer woodshop program
  • SDA 'trusted social networking' announced
  • Stiles Featured Artist for Art Walk Friday, Aug. 8
  • DEQ fines reach $890k
  • Valley rife with energy-saving efforts
  • Paulson announces decision about second term
  • 'Rusk Woods Campground' Glass Rail Outfit winner
  • Freinds of Oregon Caves announcement
  • And much more...

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• Top stories from last week

  • Deputies nab crank and cash stash

  • JSCO move to CJ City Hall approved by city council

  • Airport head refutes view of detractor

  • Firefighters pounce on Kerby Mainline wildfire

  • Stock count at I.V. Library set Saturday

  • Siskiyou Blugrass Festival a hit at Lake Selmac

  • Hiler’s ‘heavy metal’ a tall order
    Custom gate could be largest ever built in Oregon

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