Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated September 09, 2009
‘MEOW MIX’ - Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer at Great Cats World Park on Friday, Sept. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. Chamber members, business persons and the public are invited.
IN THE SING - The 3 Rivers Chorale will start its fall session with Kate Campbell, interim music director, on Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Living at 466 S.W. "I" St. in Grants Pass. Auditions will begiin at 8:30 p.m. following the first rehearsal. Bring a piece of music to sing. The community choir is membership supported. Singers come from Grants Pass, Rogue River, and the Applegate and Illinois Valley areas. Tuition covers compensation for the director, hall rental and sheet music. For more information phone Rachel Winters, board chairman, at 476-6243 or email info@3riverschorale.com.
FABULOUS FIBER ARTS - Registration is open to fiber artists and artisans for the Fiber Arts Show & Sale, to be held in conjunction with the Valley Girls Quilt Show on Oct. 16 and 17. For a registration form, visit the Southern Oregon Guild Gallery at the RCC/Kerby Belt Bldg.
LUCKY DUCKY - Based at Riverside Park, the seventh annual Grants Pass Rogue Duck Derby will be held on Sept. 26. Prizes include a $15,000 Alaskan fishing trip or a $10,000 home entertainment-and-furniture package; a Southern Oregon get-away package featuring lodging and meals; a “coffee-a-day” pass for a year from Dutch Bros.; one-of-a-kind artwork; and much more. The event, which has raised funds to rebuild athletic fields at high schools in Josephine County, is presented by the Grants Pass Rotary Club Foundation. Duck entry adoption forms are available in Illinois Valley at Bi-Rite Auto Parts and Home Valley Bank. Also, there will be remote Duck Derby adoption sites during events throughout September.
NOTEPAD - A Poker Hike fund-raiser to benefit the Glass Rail Outfit will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the new hiking and equestrian trailhead on Westside Road at the 3-mile marker. Contact Sue Riegel Williams, viajerosranch2001@yahoo.com or phone 592-6921 for more information ... Those interested in helping with Youth Bible Classes should attend the first meeting of the year at O.M. Meyer’s home, 176 Ollis Road on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. The ministry will be discussed and refreshments served. Phone Martha Hodges at 592-3031 for more information ... Poetry and storytelling by David Hodges and friends will be featured at the Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument on Wednesdays, Sept. 16, 23 and 30 beginning at 7 p.m. For more information phone 592-3400 or (877) 245-9022 ... Lovejoy Hospice will sponsor a gathering to review and discuss Oregon’s Advanced Directive Form; provide an interactive “walk through” of the form; and examine and discuss Oregon’s (POLST) Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment. The free talk will be held at 939 S.E. Eighth St. in Grants Pass from noon to 1 p.m. Participants should bring a lunch; a beverage will be provided ... A hearing screening for kindergarten through third-grade students will be held at Evergreen Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 11 ... 2009 National Public Lands Day celebration will be held at Lake Selmac on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Co-sponsored by BLM and Josephine County Parks, the project will focus on enhancing the recreational features of the popular site, including improvements at the campgrounds and trails, and removal of noxious weeds. Phone Barbara Zurhellen at 471-6651 for more information ... Illinois Valley Golf Course will have a yard sale on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 at the course to raise funds for course maintenance and continuance of the Junior Golf Program. Donations can be brought to the clubhouse prior to Sept. 10 … Grape Stomp 2009, sponsored by I.V. Chamber of Commerce, will be held Sept. 26 at Bridgeview Vineyards Winery. Watch the Noose for details … Dean “Hoot” James, and his mom, Ladena, of Cave Junction, were on the front page of the Curry Coastal Pilot on Sept. 2 in connection with the Slam’n Salmon Derby. They were holding a Chinook salmon he caught.
LAST WORDS - “No one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hang on the result.” (Ludwig von Mises)
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