Here, There, and Everywhere
From our weekly issue dated August 18, 2010
IVHS REGISTRATION - Registration days for Illinois Valley High School are set for Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Thursday, Aug. 26, and Tuesday, Aug. 31 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration forms will be available by Thursday, Aug. 19. Once registration papers are completed, students can get to their lockers. Orientation/registration for freshmen will be held Wednesday, Sept. 1 beginning at 6 p.m.
SAVE THE EARTH - Siskiyou Field Institute will present Can Poetry Save the Earth“ scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 28, at Deer Creek Center in Selma. Advance registration is required and there is a fee. For more information, phone 541-597-8530.
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.
SCRAMBLE FOR YOUTH - Oct. 9 is set for the third annual GolfToberFest with snacks, lunch, beverages and prizes to benefit the Illinois Valley Section of the Boys & Girls Club, and there is an Oct. 1 registration deadline. A registration form can be downloaded at www.begreat4kids, or phone Scott Thornhill at 541-592-4771 for more information. The fund-raiser will be held at Illinois Valley Golf Course. There is a limit of 18 three-person teams for the nine-hole scramble.
NOTEPAD - The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive at Illinois Valley Senior Center in Cave Junction on Thursday, Aug. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Register online at redcrossblood.org by using event code “IVCOMM“ or phone 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment “ T-shirt: *Whenever I get the urge to exercise, I lie back until the feeling passes ... Overheard: Of course I stay in shape. Every morning when I wake up, it“s one-two, one-two. Then I open the other eye “ A guy in a restaurant complained that his coffee tasted like dirt. The waitress replied, “Of course, sir. It was ground this morning.“ ...
LAST WORDS X2 - *“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what“s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate““ (Will Rogers) *“Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.“ (Dalai Lama)
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