Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated December 10, 2008
HOLIDAY CONCERTS - Vocal and instrumental sounds of the season will be performed during free of charge concerts by student musicians directed by Sean McKee. The Lorna Byrne Middle School presentation will be given Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Illinois Valley High School performance will be on Thursday, Dec. 18. Both will begin at 7 p.m.
CHOO-CHOO - At Kerbyville Museum, A Christmas Circus Train & Village and the museum are available for viewing with a special $1 per person admission fee for adults and children, plus one can of nonperishable food. The display and museum will be available to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the weekends of Dec. 13 and 14, and Dec. 20 and 21. The showings are due to Dennis Strayer, a railroad enthusiast and president of the museum board of directors.
TECHNOLOGY BEAT - Battle of the Rock Bands will be held Thursday, Dec. 11 at Illinois Valley High School. Sponsored by the I.V. Grad Night Committee, the fund-raiser for the annual drug-and-alcohol-free party will run from 6 to 9 p.m. The event, with a small admission fee, is open to the public. All ages can participate in three categories: elementary, middle school, and high school & adult. The event will utilize Rock Band technology.
FOOD MOOD - A benefit concert to raise funds for food and receive donations of food will be held Saturday, Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. The location will be announced in next week’s I.V. Noose. The valley’s own Jefferson Bluegrass band will perform, and there will be Christmas carol sing-alongs for the audience. Admission will be cash or food: All proceeds will be donated to Illinois Valley food banks.
FRESH VS. PLASTIC - The Oregon Farm Bureau wants to inform consumers that despite what they may have heard previously, buying a fresh Christmas tree is a better environmental choice than buying a plastic tree. Why? Live trees from Oregon are local, renewable, recyclable; are not made from petroleum; nor did they use the energy to be shipped half-way around the world from China. Some people mistakenly believe that trees are clear-cut en masse from forestland. But like wheat or corn, farmers grow Christmas trees in fields or nursery plots. And instead of an annual harvest, the trees typically take five to six years before they are ready for sale. After a crop is harvested, another is planted. There are approximately 720 licensed Christmas tree growers in Oregon. Its trees are so preferred that the state is the number-one producer of Christmas trees in the nation. Oregon ships some eight million Yule trees each year. Last year, Oregon’s Christmas tree production was valued at $114.4 million. And of course fresh Christmas trees are biodegradable.
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NO FREE CASH - “If it looks like a scam, it probably is a scam,” notes Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson. He’s referring to a recent ploy from “Desjardin Financial Group” promising cash winnings if the recipient follows certain instructions. Said the sheriff, “I phoned the number listed, and got a recording that said there was no more room on the recording device.”
NOTEPAD - Bingo game sheets (one per can of food for the Cave Junction Christmas Basket) will be given away Wednesdays, Dec. 10 and 17 at Illinois Valley Senior Center, where games begin at 6:30 p.m. The offer also will be honored during other days until Dec. 17 … Thursday bingo is held on third Thursdays (Dec. 18 next) at the American Legion Hall on Caves Hwy. Early bird at 6 p.m.; regular games at 6:30 … Newspaper slips: *Because of a broken water line, the weeding ceremony was moved outside to the lawn. *On the occasion of his 30th wedding ceremony, the sanitation chief recalled that he first met his wife in the city park, and that they continued to meet in the dark until they became engaged. *The pitcher’s record was not good during the week because he was worried about his wife, who was in bed with the umps … T-shirts: *Struggling hair farmer. *Somebody has to boss you around. Might as well be me. *I feel like a dung beetle. Does that answer your question?
LAST WORDS - We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. (Anton Chekhov)
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