Here, There & Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated October 01, 2008
GOLF!
- Wednesday, Oct. 1 is the deadline to sign up for GolftoberFest, a fund-raiser for the Illinois Valley Section of the Boys & Girls Club that will be held at I.V. Golf Course. The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 11, and is co-sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems and Bridgeview Vineyards Winery. Download a registration form at bgcrv.com or phone 592-4771.FIRE COLORING CONTEST
- Friday, Oct. 3 is the deadline for a coloring contest/fire awareness poster contest in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week; Sunday through Sunday, Oct. 5 to 12. The theme of the contest, sponsored by Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD), is “Prevent Home Fires.” Color pages and posters will be accepted at IVFD headquarters, 681 Caves Hwy., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Posters must be based on the theme. Entries will be displayed at headquarters and be judged by IVFD volunteers. Prizes will be issued after Oct. 20.
ST. PAT’S OKTOBERFEST
- A beer garden, children’s games, bingo and food will be among attractions Saturday, Oct. 4 at St. Patrick of the Forest Catholic Church in Cave Junction. The event on W. River Street, with a crafts fair, will run from noon to 6 p.m. The menu will include Taylor’s sausage and hot dogs, plus German potato salad. Visit stpatsoktoberfest.com for more info.
AID FOR VETS
- Those who served in the military can talk about obtaining assistance with a veterans service officer at the Glenn Morrison American Legion Post 70 Hall at 2110 Caves Hwy. The officer will be available on two Saturdays, Oct. 4 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info, phone “Frank or Kay” at 597-8505.
DANGEROUS STUFF
- A free Hazardous Waste Collection Day for home owners will be held Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Southern Oregon Sanitation, 1381 Redwood Ave., in Grants Pass. Appointments are not necessary for the event, co-hosted by Josephine County Solid Waste Agency, and Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality. Acceptable items include oil-based paint, household cleaners, solvents, batteries, herbicides, gasoline, fertilizer, swimming pool chemicals, mercury thermometers, varnishes, automotive fluids and aerosol cans. A limited number of digital thermometers are available in trade for recycled mercury ones. Appointments are required for those wanting to get rid of conditionally exempt generators. Phone (800) 819-5912.
WRESTLING SKILLS
- I.V. Youth Wrestling sign-ups will be held Monday, Oct. 6, and Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 8 and 9 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the I.V. High School wrestling room. Participants can have fun and learn life skills, sponsors said. The $45 fee includes insurance and a wrestlers card. First-time wrestlers need to bring their birth certificate. Practice will begin the 6th. For more information phone coach Matt Miller at 592-3946.
HOMEBUYER ED
- A free workshop to help people attain “The American Dream” of owning their own home will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Harbeck Road branch of SOFCU Community Credit Union in Grants Pass. It’s a HUD-approved workshop, and will include prizes and games. Plus, SOFCU will provide lunch. Walk-ins are welcome, but seats can be reserved by phoning Pat Boice at 471-8657, Laura Bowman at 471-8650, or Rhonda Shinneman at 471-8651.
NOTEPAD
- A toy run to benefit children in Siskiyou Community Health Center (SCHC) outreach programs will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Josephine County Fairgrounds by ABATE Motorcycle Club. The club is seeking donations of cash, auction or raffle items. All donations are tax-deductible, and all proceeds go to SCHC. Phone Pat “Spanky” Allen at 659-8715, and see the ad in this issue … Women’s support gatherings will begin Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 9:30 a.m. and be held each Tuesday at the I.V. Safe House Alliance building on Lister Street. The get-togethers are for women who want to share experiences and learn from each other for healing. Phone 592-2515 for an appointment ... SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), a reading program at Evergreen Elementary School, will conduct volunteer training Tuesday, Oct. 7. Phone Evergreen at 592-3136, or the SMART coordinator, Willa Gustavson, at 592-0335 … Country Folks restaurant in Selma will host a home-style chili fund-raiser for Illinois Valley Volunteer Firefighter
s Association on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. Volunteer firefighters will wait tables, and collect fees. Proceeds will go for items not paid for by the fire district … From the Internet: It’s possible that the projected Wall Street bailout could hit a full $1 trillion. If you counted one trillion dollars with $1 bills, one each second, it would take 32,000 years to finish the count. Another way: If you piled the $1 trillion in $100 bills atop one another, they would stack as high as 1,333 Mount Everests …The I.V. Branch Library inventory is complete, announced coordinator Linda Naydol. She said that 31 volunteers logged more than 225 hours, and that they deserve recognition ... JoCo Planning Office will be closed Wednesday, Oct. 8 through Friday the 10th; then reopen Monday the 13th at its new location: 700 N.W. Dimmick St., Suite C ... Wildlife Images 2009 calendars are available. Phone 476-0222 or visit wildlifeimages.org … Newspaper slips: *It was reported that the suspected bandit staggered out of t
he bar bleeding from ginshot wounds. *The juvenile was sentenced to six months in a work camp for stealing the nurse of an elderly woman. *A small graft warning was issued today by the U.S. Coast Guard.
LAST WORDS
- Protect[ing] your own force [is] a prime concern. But if it were the only priority, or the highest priority, nations would keep their armies at home and never commit them to battle at all. (From Empire by Orson Scott Card)
