Top stories in our weekly issue dated
August 26, 2009
(All photos by Dale and Elaine Sandberg, IVFD Media Dept.)
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A three-alarm wildfire west of O’Brien on Monday afternoon, Aug. 24 threatened homes and warranted activation of a large interagency taskforce to quell the blaze.
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Efforts are underway to prepare the Illinois Valley branch of the Josephine County Library in Cave Junction for its Saturday, Sept. 5 re-opening.
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Health-care legislation and recent state tax increases will be topics during a town hall meeting with District 3 Rep. Ron Maurer (R-Grants Pass), District 4 Rep. Dennis Richardson (R-Central Point) and Oregon House Minority Leader Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg).
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Members of the Cave Junction City Council huddled around a table on Monday evening, Aug. 24 during a workshop regarding a pair of Advanced Financing Districts (AFD).
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The Driver & Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) office in Cave Junction might become way busier than usual soon, as the Grants Pass office could be moving to another location.
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Community News
Among the many sights and sounds at the 2009 Josephine County Fair. (Photos by Michelle Binker, I.V. News. and Mark Dole)
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Marking 150 years of statehood, 11 area nonprofit groups, under the coordination of Cory Allen and the Cave Junction Lions Club, have organized three weekends of “low-cost, family friendly” activities to celebrate Oregon’s “Past, Present and Future.”
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Steve Lyons is unusually busy these days.
A real estate agent at Century 21 Harris & Taylor, he’s also president of the Illinois Valley Lions Club, and as such, is amid preparations for the club’s 37th annual Labor Day Festival & Parade.
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Cycle Oregon, the annual bicycle ride enjoyed by some 2,000 riders through Oregon’s backroads landscapes, will visit Illinois Valley again this year.
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Other News
Gerard Fitzgerald demonstrates the VATICAL software. (Photo by Scott Jorgensen, I.V. News)
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On Tuesday, July 21, the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve a conditional $25,000 economic development grant for Public Safety Inventions (PSI), a Grants Pass-based firm hoping to market a product called the Victim and Threat Isolating Communicator and Locator (VATICAL).
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Selma resident Fred Ball is one of only two Illinois Valley residents who participate in the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program.
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The chasm between wages and housing affordability continues to expand locally and statewide, according to data obtained by the Josephine Housing & Community Development Council (JHCDC).
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A two-week long major project affecting Sucker Creek is under way this week as the partnership between the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and Illinois Valley Watershed Council/Soil and Water Conservation District continues.
Just a hint of the stories from our print edition.
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- Obama: Health plan won’t affect V.A. services
- State park fees to increase, comments sought
- State law enforcement plans DUII crackdown
- Two-alarm blaze hits GP residence
- GP man jailed on weapons charges
- More than 200,000 pot plants nabbed in California
- City gains funding for four seasonal workers
- Historic cemeteries can gain project grants
- Fire safety good for all
- Young flyer earns wings
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Illinois Valley Fire District
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- Park’s keepers appreciated
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