Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated August 04, 2010
WILDFIRE REMINDERS - Illinois Valley Fire District and Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF) remind residents that with hotter summer temperatures, the danger of catastrophic wildfire increases. For up-to-date fire season information on ODF-protected land, visit swofire.oregon.gov, or phone ODF in Grants Pass at 541-474-3152. To report a fire, phone 911 immediately.
STUDENT SUPPLIES - SOFCU Community Credit Union will begin collecting donations of new school supplies as part of its annual Back-to-School Promotion & Supply Drive though Sept. 11. Needed items: binders, pencils, book bags, crayons, wide-ruled spiral notebooks, folders, rulers, and facial tissues. A donation bin will be located at SOFCU“s Downtown Cave Junction office, 103 S. Redwood Hwy., and supplies will be donated to area schools.
MUSICAL FINALE - Beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5 at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction, the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce free “Concerts in the Park“ series will conclude with a performance by Now and Then. A refreshment stand will be operated by Illinois Valley Little League during the concert. And the chamber will conduct a 50/50 drawing. See the ad on Page 5.
BIG PEOPLE BALL - Illinois Valley Little League will hold its first “adult, co-ed, no home run limit, double elimination, unlimited arc, Blackberry Softball Tournament.“ It“s set for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 and 15, in Cave Junction“s Jubilee Park. There is an entry fee. For information phone Shelly Davis at 541-592-6023 or Christi Alvarez at 541-592-2650. See the ad on Page 6.
QUACK FLAP - Public entries for Grants Pass Rotary Club“s 2010 Rogue Duck Derby are available. Proceeds are earmarked for a baseball complex project near Allendale Elementary School in Grants Pass, and a three-year commitment has been made to Illinois Valley Booster Club to help develop an all-weather track at Illinois Valley High School. Duck Derby entries are available for purchase in Cave Junction at the Illinois Valley News office, South Valley Bank & Trust (formerly Home Valley Bank), and Bi-Rite Auto Parts. The race will be held Sept. 25.
FESTIVAL FACTS - The Illinois Valley Lions Club 39th annual Labor Day Festival again will host an all-comers amateur talent show. There will be cash prizes for the winners of each age group. Sign up by Aug. 31. For more information, phone “Donna,“ 541-596-2719, or “Sue,“ 541-592-2252.
Also, entry forms for the Monday, Sept. 6 Labor Day Parade, and vendor sign-ups for the Sept. 4 through 6 festival are available. It costs nothing to enter the parade, said organizer Harry Johnson. “All groups and organizations are welcome,“ he said. Volunteers are sought to carry a 30-by-60-foot U.S. flag in the parade. Phone Johnson at 541-596-2104 to participate, or for more information.
NOTEPAD - Evergreen Elementary School students and parents (new and returning) are reminded that they must register. The enrollment office will be open from Monday, Aug. 16 to Thursday, Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Teacher designations will begin after paperwork is completed “ “Movies in the Park“ will return to Josephine County at sunset Friday, Aug. 6 with a free showing of the animated Planet 51 at Tom Pearce Park in Grants Pass. Other shows: Friday the 13th, August Rush; Aug. 27, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The park use fee will be waived after 7 p.m. Blankets or lawn chairs are recommended. Refreshments will be available, or moviegoers can bring their own “ Original Celtic music by Circle of Stone will be performed at Illinois Valley Senior Center, 520 E. River St. across from Jefferson State Financial Group in Cave Junction, on Saturday, Aug. 7. Ticket proceeds from the music-and-dinner event will benefit the senior center. An encore show will be held Sunday, Aug. 8 “ In support of JCLI (Josephine Community Libraries Inc.), SOFCU will sell Bucks 4 Books during August. For each dollar donated a “Bucks 4 Books“ certificate will be displayed in SOFCU branches during the campaign. SOFCU also will have collection boxes for new children“s books “ The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive at I.V. Senior Center on Thursday, Aug. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Phone 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment by using the event code “IVCOMM“ or register online at redcrossblood.org “ Two weeks remain in Illinois Valley Golf Club Twilight League Monday play. Mo Wiley and Robin Savage“s self-sponsored team leads the pack with 111 points “ T-shirts: *I love poetry, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick. *Good clean fun is way overrated. *No one ever made tracks in history by just sitting.
LAST WORDS (x3) - “History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.“ (Ambrose Bierce)
“History never looks like history when you are living through it.“ (John W. Gardner)
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.“ (Winston Churchill)
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