Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated February 17, 2010
GRAPPLERS GATHERING - Illinois Valley High School will host the Skyline District Wrestling Championship on Saturday, Feb. 20. The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Championship rounds will start at approximately 5 p.m.. IVHS cheerleaders will provide entertainment. Phone Suzie Culver at 541-596-2438 for more information.
MUSIC MANIA - The IVHS Band, directed by Sean McKee, will perform a classics concert on Thursday, Feb. 25, beginning at 7 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. There is no charge to attend.
VALLEY HONORS - Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet on Saturday, March 6 at the Junction Inn“s Boswell Room in Cave Junction. Along with a choice of prime rib, chicken or vegetarian entrée, guests will be treated to the foot-stomping sounds of valley Bluegrass favorite, East Fork. Business and Citizen of the Year awards will be presented. Tickets are available at the chamber office at the I.V. Visitor Center on Caves Hwy. Phone 541-592-3326.
WIZARD! - A production of “Wizard of Oz“ will be performed at Lorna Byrne Middle School by students.
There will be two 7 p.m. shows: Cast A will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 24; Cast B on Thursday, Feb. 25.
NOTEPAD - Josephine County Assessor Connie Roach “wishes to remind“ those doing business in the county that Oregon law requires the filing of a personal property return by March 1 unless an extension has been requested and granted. Additional information is available by phoning 541-474-5260 “ Rogue Valley Rose Society will hold a pruning demonstration and work party on Saturday, March 6 at 10 a.m. at the Memorial Rose Garden in Riverside Park in Grants Pass. Anyone can attend. Refreshments will be served at the meeting and the pruning talk. The Rose Society meets third Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Bank of the Cascades, located at Sixth and Savage streets in Grants Pass ... Raffle tickets are available for a chance to win a replica of Kerby“s historic Stith-Nauke house. The dollhouse is displayed at Evergreen Federal Bank in Cave Junction. Proceeds will help obtain matching grants for restoration of the venerable building ... Candidates for Josephine County commissioner will gather to face questions and offer their views during a forum co-sponsored by Illinois Valley News and Illinois Valley Chamber on Thursday, March 25 at the Josephine County Bldg. in Cave Junction. Bumper stickers: *Make it idiot proof and someone will build a better idiot. *OK, who put a “stop payment“ on my reality check“ *Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
LAST WORDS - “His promises were, as he was then, mighty, but his performance, as he is now, nothing." (Henry VIII, Shakespeare)
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