Top stories in our weekly issue dated
December 09, 2009
Santa Claus visited Cave Junction on a chilly Saturday night, Dec. 5 during the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual tree lighting on the lot adjacent to the Junction Inn. Santa had candy canes for the kids and hot cocoa and cookies were offered. Singers with the Illinois Valley High School Choir (above) lent their voices to the festivities.
(Photos by Michelle Binker, Illinois Valley News)
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Renewed and valid debate regarding man’s possible role in global climate change has been prompted by the leaking of internal e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of Great Britain’s University of East Anglia.
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Political activism tends to increase in election years, but it’s nothing new to members of Illinois Valley-based Social Justice Alliance (SJA).
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Unexploded ordinance (UXO) in obscure locations is a widespread problem worldwide.
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Staffing levels at the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) soon will be at their highest levels since 2000, with increased deputy patrols, jail capacity and hours of operation for its records division.
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Thanks to a grant, the Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD) is now the proud owner of a 2010 Polaris Ranger 6-by-6 utility vehicle. IVFD Maintenance Battalion Chief Kris Sherman said that the vehicle will provide the district with “another avenue to access people in distress.”
Community News
Pearl Harbor Day was commemorated by the American Legion Post 70 & Auxiliary on Monday, Dec. 7 in front of Cave Junction City Hall with a flag ceremony, music by the IVHS Band, and a reading of the names of those who served and were lost.
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Holiday Live! -- songs of joy and peace -- will be heard at Lorna Byrne Middle School; Saturday, Dec. 19 from 1 to 5 p.m., sponsored by Illinois River Valley Arts Council (IRVAC).
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The Spiral Living Center will present “a delicious” Local Foods Dinner, silent auction and slideshow review of 2009 events on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Takilma Community Bldg. at 9367 Takilma Road, southeast of Downtown Cave Junction.
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Despite a series of setbacks, the Cave Junction-based Forestry Action Committee (FAC) is looking forward to an active and productive future.
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Jeanine Bolt-Ginn and her husband, James Ginn, were worried about an older friend, a woman first known to Jeanine years before as her Sunday school teacher.
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Events calendar
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Other News
Cougars warm up before practice on Friday, Dec. 4. (IVN photo)
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- U.S. DOJ flexing jurisdictional muscle in unlawful occupancy, mining issues
- FBI: High-tech heist hits 2,100 ATMs
- Personal property tax filing date March 1 for businesses
- Legislation fights deceptive loan checks
- CDC notes H1N1 email scam
- Flu-fighting tools online
- Reduce flu spread while shopping
- Homeless vets’ services boosted
- Wyden calls for increased biomass use
- DOE announces Oregon biorefinery
- Ray’s, Organic Valley & EcoUnit partner for regional stewardship project funds
- Graywater rules standardized by DEQ
- State park pass prices going up Jan. 1, 2010
- DEQ: Reduce, then recycle
- Winter Concert offered at RCC
- Consider critters’ needs during cold
- Recalled toys not all fun and games
- Grant opportunities available
- Donations needed for gift boxes
- Forestry Action Committee now preparing for spring tree plant
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