Top stories in our weekly issue dated
April 15, 2009
The annual Jubilee Park Easter Hunt was held Sunday to the delight of many young children.
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A 12-person jury found 20-year-old Timothy Waddell of Illinois Valley “guilty” in the Dec. 10, 2007 murder of Tom Green, former Cave Junction mayor and city councilor.
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The state of Oregon’s budget for the 2009-11 biennium continues to be battered by predicted revenue shortfalls.
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Oregon’s unemployment rate jumped 1.4 percent during March to 12.1 percent, state economist Tom Potiowsky announced Monday, April 13.
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During its Monday night, April 13 meeting in city hall, the Cave Junction City Council voted to approve a Local Improvement District (LID) for work that’s already been completed on a portion of Hwy. 199 at the north end of the city.
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An examination of the social values of forests will be explored by the Oregon Board of Forestry during a panel discussion on Thursday, April 23 in Grants Pass, followed by a field tour.
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On Tuesday, March 31, the Obama administration filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. stating that it would not defend the Bush administration’s decision to decrease protection for the northwest spotted owl.
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Illinois Valley resident Roger Brandt has been chosen to receive an Oregon Heritage Excellence Award from the Heritage Programs Division of Oregon State Parks & Recreation Dept.
Community News
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“Save the date and spread the word for it is that time of year again, as IVHS is working on its biggest grad night fund-raiser of the year.”
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Events calendar
All the Valley's happenings in the Events Calendar
School Sports
Lorna Byrne Middle School track team competed in its second meet this season at Hidden Valley High School on Wednesday, April 8. The event was highlighted by strong finishes by Tyler Hammersmith in the 800- and 1,500-meter races, and a promising showing by the well-fielded sixth grade girls track team, led by Skylie Brummett. (Photos by Illinois Valley News)
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Girls softball, boys baseball lose double-headers in Phoenix
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Six schools participated in the first Skyline Conference track meet of the season, held at Hidden Valley High School on April 7.
Featured Businesses
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The lingering global recession has resulted in many businesses shutting their doors and others struggling to simply survive.
But not River Town Auto & Tire in Grants Pass, which provides service and products for 4x4 vehicles plus foreign and domestic passenger cars and pickup trucks, either diesel- or gasoline-powered. Plus a variety of used vehicles is available.
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Not your “Fast Food” of hair salons, the ladies at Hair, Face & Nail Place in Cave Junction prefer quality -- not quantity -- offering personalized services.
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Debbie Lukas, an Illinois Valley herbalist, will host monthly herb walks to introduce folks to the vast array of wild and garden medicinal plants that grow in the Siskiyou Region.
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- Training the ‘best of the best’ to lead the way
- Patriot Games raise funds for Guard families
- 2010 census canvassing to employ some 2,050 in Ore.
- Methadone implicated in sudden deaths
- RCC classes on e-commerce offered at Kerby Center
- American Recovery Act includes payment for vets
- Workplace death increase ‘significant’ during 2008
- Info offered to prevent crime
- Oregon counties receive housing assistance funds
- IVSWCD offers a word on the water cycle
- Earth Day Battery Roundup slated for April 22 by AAA
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- Extinguished visitors
- “Voluntary” service is
- Help children read
- Dog donor
- Turning around a life
- Matsutake and land management
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