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' alt='Photo:0' />The seventh-annual Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Siskiyou Bluegrass Festival was held on Saturday, July 17 at Lake Selmac. Featured were performances by Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Eight Dollar Mountain, Jefferson, The Goldman Family and Eastfork. An ad hoc band prepares to perform in the Band Scramble, a popular event that invites participation from audience members. Fair weather contributed to the overall success of the well-attended event. ((This photo by Laureano Mier. Other photos by Michelle Binker, I.V. News)
On June 30, in connection with the loss of some $56,000 from an Illinois Valley nonprofit organization, Robin Wilson was booked on charges of identity theft, aggravated identity theft, first-degree forgery and two counts each of first-degree theft and aggravated first-degree theft.
A Cave Junction man facing 10 counts of first-degree sex abuse has pleaded guilty to five of those counts.
A slew of issues involving Illinois Valley Airport were addressed during a nearly two-hour meeting Tuesday afternoon, July 13 at the site“s restaurant building.
Throughout the years, Dave Toler, a Josephine County commissioner and Illinois Valley resident, has heard countless complaints regarding speeding motorists on Old Stage Road in the city of Cave Junction.
As a member of the Josephine County Fairgrounds Board of Directors, Rick Wilson has spent the past couple of years trying to figure out how to make that operation more self-sufficient.
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Inmate Lonnie Bourgo (left) and Josephine County Sheriff“s Office (JCSO) Deputy Dwayne Durham thin carrot seedlings in a raised-bed garden inside an evacuation yard at Josephine County Jail. The garden, dubbed the Tony Corriea Correctional Garden, was developed with the assistance of Greenleaf Nursery, the Josephine County Food Bank and JoCo Master Gardeners, and will give inmates the opportunity to provide fresh food for themselves and needy members of the community. Sheriff Gil Gilbertson said that the jail“s food vendor would buy some of the produce, the rest would go to the food bank. Eventually, the sheriff would like to turn another two acres of jail property into garden plots. Said Deputy Durham “It“s a fun project, gives them something to do other than sit in their cells.“ (Photo by Michelle Binker, I.V. News)
Most days, Suzie Kennedy can be found behind the front counter to greet visitors at the Illinois Valley Golf Course in Cave Junction.
In an effort to encourage gardeners and farmers to share excess food crops with those in need, the Spiral Living Center Illinois Valley Food Coalition has created a “Food Resources in the Illinois Valley“ flier.
Those who like the look of old stone planters and troughs in classic English gardens can make delightful facsimiles using “hypertufa,“ a simulated-stone material that can be mixed at home.
Learning to co-exist with deer could be easier than banishing them from your property entirely.
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