Top stories in our weekly issue dated
November 18, 2009
Some 225 wrestlers aged 3 to 15 from Southern Oregon and Northern California participated in I.V. Youth Wrestling's Tournament of Champions on Saturday, Nov. 14. DJ Alvarez manhandles his opponent from Crater on his way to first-place in the intermediate division; Coach Marty Miller said that the I.V. team did well, racking up medals in all divisions. (Photos by Michelle Binker, Illinois Valley News)
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Hundreds of inmates are scheduled to be released from Oregon’s prisons this fall, but Josephine County officials say that they are prepared to handle the influx.
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A Kerby resident died due to a gunshot wound after an apparent fight with a neighbor on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, said Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).
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The Cave Junction City Council voted to declare a series of nuisances during its Monday, Nov. 9 meeting in city hall.
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An investigation has determined that a fire at an abandoned building at 441 S. Junction Ave. in Cave Junction on the evening of Friday, Oct. 23 was caused by arson.
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Items that the Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD) Board of Directors addressed during its Thursday, Nov. 12 board meeting at district headquarters on Caves Hwy. included:
Community News
A successful mushroom hunter. (IVN file photo)
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Each fall, armies scatter through Oregon woods collecting something as precious as gold -- edible wild mushrooms -- and selling them to regional buying stations.
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An informal lunchtime town hall meeting was hosted by Rep. Ron Maurer (R-Grants Pass) and attended by a handful of people on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Carlos’ Mexican Restaurante in Cave Junction.
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Health care was a main topic when a few hundred people turned out for a Friday, Nov. 13 town hall meeting held by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) at the Grants Pass High School Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.
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Dorothy Johnson was the lucky winner of a full turkey-and-fixins dinner from the Cave Junction Lions Club Turkey Bingo held on Saturday, Nov. 14. Hopeful turkey-winners packed the Josephine County Bldg. for 14 bingo games, a pie auction, 50/50 drawing and door prizes. (Photo by Michelle Binker, Illinois Valley News)
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