News
Bob Rodriguez (right) with the new owners Dan Mancuso (center) and Kevan Moore (left).
(Photo by Scott Jorgensen, Illinois Valley News)
We may not write some-thing every week in this “corner” like our predecessor did, but we’d be remiss to not say something this first week in our first issue.
Hundreds of non-profit organizations throughout Oregon, including several in the Illinois Valley, are in danger of losing their status due to their alleged failure to turn required paperwork in to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
A former bookkeeper for the Illinois-Valley-based Forestry Action Committee (FAC) has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for stealing more than $80,000 from the non-profit organization.
Last month, Sen. Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) took a public stance against the practice of suction dredge mining, which has been banned in the state of California. Atkinson, whose district includes most of Josephine County, also declared his intention to draft legislation to remedy the influx of Californians who are now dredging in Oregon’s rivers.
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, President Obama addressed the nation, and declared the end of combat operations in Iraq.
But during an interview on Grants Pass-based KAJO radio the following day, members of the Rogue Valley Chapter 156 of Veterans for Peace disputed the president’s contention and continued their call for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Community
Mark Camp, president of I.V. Lions, poses by the motorcycle won by Ted Freeman from Brookings, Ore. This year 280 of 300 tickets were sold. “The people in the valley really came through “ a few weeks ago only 84 tickets had been sold,” said Donna Whitfield, I.V. Lions Club volunteer. (Photo by Zina Booth, Illinois Valley News)
Internationally renowned Takilma-based designers The Tilton Sisters are set to headline the Saturday, Sept. 11 Southern Oregon Guild’s “Fashion Fun & Fabric Bonanza.” arts benefit.
The Second Annual Illinois Valley Farm and Garden Festival will be held at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Rogue Duck Derby will be held in Riverside Park in Grants Pass on Saturday, Sept. 25.
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IVHS Sports
Backpacks hang in the hallways of Evergreen Elementary School in Cave Junction as students returned on Tuesday, Sept. 7 (above). Jordan Ing (below) is escorted to school by his parents. (Photos by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
The 2010-11 football season started off with a bang, as the Illinois Valley High School Cougars hosted the Brookings Harbor Bruins in Cave Junction on Friday, Sept. 3.
A Jamboree at U.S. Cellular Park in Medford on Friday, Sept. 3 gave the Illinois Valley High School boys varsity soccer team a preview of its upcoming season.
The Lady Cougars volleyball squad kicked off its season with a 3-1 win at home last week against the Happy Camp High School Indians in front of a large crowd inside a sweltering gymnasium.
The Illinois Valley High School (IVHS) cross country team got its first look at the competition in its Thursday, Sept. 2 season opener at New Hope Christian School near Grants Pass.
Just a hint of the stories from our print edition.
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- BCC approves energy group agreement
- Fire update (Oak Flat fire)
- JCLI to celebrate anniversary of CJ library branch re-opening
- ODOT completes ‘near record’ of road projects this summer
- Smooth start for area schools
- Adventures continue at Oregon Caves National Monument
- Rogue Valley Symphony prepares to open its 43rd season
- Retirement At Last
- Disgruntled already
