Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated September 16, 2009
DOME HOPE - Dome School will present Hope Mountain Barter Faire 2009 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18, 19 & 20 at 3833 Holland Loop Road, (some 5 miles east of Cave Junction off Caves Hwy.). The gathering will feature live music, dancing, giant puppets, skills-share workshops and a kids village. Gates will open at 10 a.m. The Barter Faire is a benefit for Dome School, a nonprofit cooperative school in Takilma. See the ad elsewhere in this issue.
GIVING LIFE - “Something so Big” is the theme for a fund-raising banquet Saturday, Oct. 3 for the Pregnancy Center of Illinois Valley. The event, catered by Phil Aria, of O’Brien, will be held at I.V. High School. Reservations are requested by Wednesday, Sept. 23 by phoning 592-6058. The keynote speaker will be Thomas Glessner, a lawyer and president of the National Institute of Family & Life Advocates.
LUCKY DUCKY - Based at Riverside Park, the seventh annual Grants Pass Rogue Duck Derby will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26. Duck entry adoption forms are available in Illinois Valley at Bi-Rite Auto Parts, SOFCU Community Credit Union and Home Valley Bank. 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 renovate athletic fields at high schools in Josephine County, is presented by the Grants Pass Rotary Club Foundation.
'FORE’ THE KIDS - Boys & Girls Club of Rogue Valley will present its second annual “Golftoberfest” on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Illinois Valley Golf Course. The event is co-sponsored by Home Valley Bank and the Eye Care Group. Food, fun, raffles and prizes including a $10,000 hole-in-one are up for grabs. Register by Oct. 1. Phone 592-4771 or download a registration form at www.bgcrv.com.
HOME GAME NOTES - IVHS Cougar JV and varsity football squads will play consecutive league games at home on Friday, Oct. 9 and Oct. 30, said Robin Jackson, IVHS athletic secretary. JV games will begin at 4 p.m., followed by the varsity. Jackson stated that there will be an admission fee to view the JV games, but that attendees will not be charged again for the varsity contests. Students 6 and younger are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. Only adults and opposing team representatives will be allowed to leave between games, Jackson said. Also, only unopened beverages are allowed to be brought onto the school grounds, she said.
BLUES BENEFIT - Southern Oregon Blues Society will present Women Sing the Blues, a benefit for the Women’s Crisis Center on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center. The Red Hot Blues Sisters & B Wishes are to perform. Tickets are available in Cave Junction at Home Valley Bank; in Grants Pass at Bank of The Cascades, Listen Here Music, Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce, and Larry’s Music and the Music Co-op in Ashland.
NOTEPAD - Rogue River Roundup Western music and arts festival will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 & 19 at Phoenix High School. Regional musicians, cowboy poets, artists and crafters are to be featured. Phone 601-2584 for more information ... Grape Stomp 2009, sponsored by I.V. Chamber of Commerce, will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 at Bridgeview Vineyards Winery. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments along with grape-stomping tunes by Eastfork will be featured. Tickets are available at the chamber office (I.V. Visitor Center), Sterling Savings Bank, Northwest Hairlines, Taylor’s and Bridgeview Winery. Phone 592-4688 or 592-3326 for more information ... Antiques and collectibles will be featured during the weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 at the Medford Armory during the annual show sponsored by Southern Oregon Antiques & Collectibles Club ... The .45-caliber commemorative replica of a 1911 model pistol, engraved for Glenn Morrison American Legion Post 70 of Cave Junction, was won by Grants Pass resident Douglas Morrison. Turns out, according to Dan Warden, post judge advocate, that Douglas is the brother of the post namesake. Warden said that the weapon, one of only 90 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the formation of the American Legion, is valued at $3,000 ... Art Along the Rogue is looking for artists interested in creating pastel chalk drawings during the festival on Friday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. at the Firehouse Gallery in Grants Pass. Artists will receive street painting instructions, pastel chalks, artist T-shirt, lunches, water, and massages. Phone 476-5510 or check the Art Along the Rogue Website for an application ... Ad double-takes: *Health resort for sale. Owners need to leave due to illness. *Sales manager wanted for large apparel shop. Must have bad experiences in women’s clothing. *For sale: Blond secretary with brass chest.
LAST WORDS - “Everything now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.” (Juvenal)
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