Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated November 12, 2008
COMING TO GRIPS - I.V. Youth Wrestling will get under way Saturday, Nov. 15 with the annual youth tournament at Illinois Valley High School. Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m., and will be preceded with entertainment by the IVHS Jazz Band and the IVHS competition cheer team.
WITHER WEATHER? - On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Ryan Sandler from the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Medford will present a free, open-to-the-public winter weather spotter training class at Illinois Valley Senior Center in Cave Junction from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Topics will include an explanation of winter storms affecting the area, weather safety tips, how to measure precipitation using a rain gauge, and how and when a weather spotter reports to NWS. Attendees who do not have a rain gauge will receive a free one. NWS will be recruiting new weather spotters. Those with questions about this volunteer program can contact Cheryl & Harry Johnson at 596-2104 or e-mail cherhar@frontiernet.net; or phone Sandler at (541) 776-4303 or e-mail ryan.sandler@noaa.gov.or
CHAMBER POT - Preceded with a beer-and-wine tasting mixer, compliments of Bridgeview Vineyards Winery and Wild River Brewery, Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Auction & Mixer on Friday, Dec. 5 at Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co. in Cave Junction. Anna Swett, of Anna’s Attic Treasures (which still is open for business), will serve as chief clerk; and Jim Frick, a chamber director and broker at Century 21 Harris & Taylor, again will serve as auctioneer. Donations of goods and services for the fund-raiser are requested. Items can be left at the Illinois Valley News office; or phone 592-2541 or 592-3326 to arrange for them to be picked up.
FREE FEAST - “Cave Junction Cares” again will serve its annual free Thanksgiving Day Feast on Thursday, Nov. 27 from noon to 2 p.m. in Jubilee Park. The pavilion will be heated for the all-you-can-eat meal. Volunteers and donations of any kind “will be gladly accepted and appreciated.” Donations can be left at Bi-Rite Auto Parts behind Michelle’s Family Restaurant; or mail contributions to Lynn Boucher Johnson at P.O. Box 1841 in CJ.
ROTARY TOUCHDOWN - Rotary Club of the Illinois Valley has received a $1,262 Rotary District grant to aid the club in buying new football uniforms for Lorna Byrne Middle School, stated club President Karen Bodeving. “Our club was flabbergasted when we found out that students were stripping after a JV game and handing the sweaty uniforms to the varsity to immediately play in,” she said. “We felt this led to a serious health concern and were dumbfounded that such a thing would be happening in our community.” I.V. Rotary Club took this on as a project. “Our club has been in existence a little over a year,” Bodeving said. “In that time the active membership has grown. We recently funded about $27,000 to I.V. High School in conjunction with the three Grants Pass Rotary clubs’ help with our combined Duck Derby. We are working with the Boys & Girls Club to put on movie nights for Illinois Valley kids; have sponsored an exchange student from Brazil; are sending I.V. High School students to leadership camps; and we meet once a week to stay responsive to the Illinois Valley’s needs in moving our community forward.” Tuesday meetings begin at 12:15 p.m. in the Junction Inn’s Boswell Room.
KRINGLE JINGLE - Illinois Valley News will publish its annual Christmas section with children’s letters to Santa and original art work in its Dec. 17 issue. The deadline to submit letters and original art is Thursday, Dec. 4. And the valley’s newspaper will print holiday greetings from valley merchants in the Dec. 17 issue. Phone 592-2541 for more information.
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GROWIN’ GROUND - A Community Garden is planned for Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance behind the I.V. Resource Center on E. River Street. Donations of cash for initial tractor work are sought, and there also will be a need for fencing, irrigation items, supplies and tools. Phone Iris Chinook at 592-4147.
NOTEPAD - A fall sports awards ceremony for IVHS athletes will be held Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students are asked to bring their parents, friends and a dessert to share. Raffle tickets are still available for a letterman’s jacket; contact Heather Merrill at 592-2116. The first jacket will be raffled on the 13th … A Yuletide bazaar sponsored by I.V. Pregnancy Center will be held Saturday, Nov. 22 in the Josephine County Bldg. in CJ. Donations of baked goods and other items can be taken to the Pregnancy Center by Friday, Nov. 21 between noon and 5 p.m. ... A Christmas bazaar will be held by Illinois Valley Grange 370 during the Dec. 6-7 weekend. Vendor and table information and reservations are available by phoning Ken Phillips at 592-4478 … Cave Junction Lions Club had a successful evening of Turkey Bingo on Saturday night, Nov. 8, as some 150 persons attended … A gypsy-like wagon drawn by four horses with one horse tied to the right side came through the valley late last week. Many people phoned the News or came to the office to advise us, and we appreciate that. But when we contacted the driver about a photo and some information, his brusque, unfriendly comment was: “Not a chance. I don’t do newspapers, I don’t do TV” … Newspaper slips: *Deer hunters are advised that the penalty for shooting fauns this season has been doubled. *Because of his wife behind bars, he has become philosophical and attained peace of mind. *A special feature of this home is the large garbage with a four-car capacity.
T-shirts: *I have a master’s in TV watching. *Cleverly disguised as an adult. *My shirt has words on it. *Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence.
LAST WORDS - *The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink. (George Orwell)
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