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‘Noose’ unveils new deadlines for ads, squibs I.V. Lions list winners of ‘red, white, blue’ parade With a special patriotic flourish for its 30th annual Labor Day Parade, Illinois Valley Lions Club celebrated the spirit of America. The annual parade in Downtown Cave Junction, coupled with the three-day festival in Jubilee Park, at- tracted thousands of visitors and residents. Proceeds are used by I.V. Lions Club for its benevolent Sight & Sound projects to help those in need. Theme for the annual pa- rade and festival was “Freedom - Support the Red, White & Blue.” Announcer for the parade was Jim Frick, and judges chose the following winners: *Military - 1st, Merchant Marines of Rogue Valley; 2nd, Selma-based West Coast Airborne Association, which was started by the late Ralph Drouin; 3rd, Marine Corps League of Rogue Valley. *Special/Non-Category - 1st, Hillah Shrine go-karts; 2nd, I.V. Bikers; 3rd, I.V. Arts Council. *Antique Auto - 1st, Caveman Vintage Cars; 2nd, Gerald Staley. *Classic Auto - 1st, Clas- sic Autos of Southern Oregon; 2nd, Edwin and Leona Scott. *Humorous - Bob Brote- markle. *Marching - 1st, I.V. High School cheerleaders with girls’ soccer team and girls’ volleyball team; 2nd, Kathryn Wilson; 3rd, Tom Kitchar. *Public Service - 1st, I.V. Garden Club; 2nd, I.V. Rural Fire Protection District; 3rd, Oregon Dept. of Forestry. *Commercial - 1st, Rough & Ready Lumber Co.; 2nd, Jerry’s Towing; 3rd, Valley Lock & Key. *Horse Rider/Cart - 1st, Del Orgain. *Horse Rider - 1st, Sherry Allen. *Horse Rider Group - 1st, Rachel Deckert. Also on Monday, Sept. 3, Labor Day, Frick served as announcer for the talent show in Jubilee Park. Judges se- lected the following for awards (Not all winners are listed pending clarification): *Intermediate Division - 1st, a singing group comprised of the Dhenin girls, Myana, 8, Brelyn, 5, and Kleya, 2. 2nd, a dance team comprised of Madeline Highbarger and Isa- bel Spruych; 3rd, Destiny Viles and Alysha Baker. *Junior Division - 1st, Nicole Navarro; 2nd, Donna Crocker; 3rd, Kami Culver and Rose Ballard. In two instances during the festival, winners of the 50- 50 pot donated back to the I.V. Lions Scholarship Fund. Frick won $290 and donated the whole amount back to the club. And Dennis Reviea, who spent the entire three-day weekend at the festival help- ing his fellow Lions with the frontier/Citizens Communica- tion truck he drives, won $220 and donated $100. I.V. Wrestling Club raf- fled a 1994 Pontiac van, and the winner was Kerby resident Gary Paul. Two cords of wood were won by Selma resident David Scott; an electric scooter and quilt (not electric) were won by Betty Jacobs, of Selma; and four cases of oil went to Emma Cupp, of Hay- ward, Calif. Effective immediately, or at least for the issue that will be published on Wednesday, Sept. 11, there’s a new deadline at “Illinois Valley News.” All items, whether ad- vertisements or announce- ments, must be in the “News” office by noon on Mondays. The change has become necessary for the sanity of the publisher and his happy crew of co-workers. PRETTY PARADE PARTICIPANT -- The float entered in the 30th annual Illinois Valley Lions Club Labor Day Parade by Illinois Valley Garden Club was awarded first place in the Special/ Non-Category Division. The float drew flowery praise. (More photos on pages 4-5). WINS HARLEY DAVIDSON - A ticket purchased by Gold Beach residents George and Bonnie Mikels, for- mer Illinois Valley residents, was plucked from a revolving basket, making them winners of the 88 cui 2002 FXD Harley Davidson motorcycle raffled by I.V. Lions Club as the main prize for its 30th annual Labor Day Festival & Parade. Mikels, who has handled the sound equipment chores for the festival during the past three years, was extremely pleased at his winning. In addition, he noted that he and his wife were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. He added that he proposed to her in the beer garden during the I.V. Lions festival 25 years ago. Sam Michel, I.V. Lions Tailtwister, was among club members congratulating the happy couple. Jones uses ‘underwater’ paint technique at pool By SHERRI HOPPER There’s something fishy going on at the Illinois Valley Swimming Pool -- not to men- tion seals, seahorses, stingrays and other aquatic lifeforms. Since July 15, Illinois Valley artist Kathleen Jones has been devoting from three and five hours a day to bring- ing some colorful artwork to the pool. She did miss some time due to the Biscuit Fire, but was back on schedule as soon as the pool reopened. Jones took on the project at the request of Julia Kirchner, who was managing the pool until fire duties took her away from that position. According to Jones, Kirchner asked her if she could dress up the pool with a mural inside and some art- work on the exterior as well. Jones decide to take on the project in a volunteer status. The pool has paid for supplies, but Jones’ invest- ment of time has been all vol- unteer. “This is my way of donat- ing to the community and the kids as well,” said Jones. “It’s been fun, and the kids seem to have fun watching the art pro- gress.” She has also been able to encourage several young artists to continue with their desire to be creative, as young people ask her about her art and talk about their own. An art major in college, Jones spent 27 years as a sign painter, but with her move to Oregon in 1995, she began to once again work in fine art, concentrating on landscapes and animals as subject matter. “Every piece of work is a learning experience,” Jones said. “The challenge here has been painting on a block wall, because of the bumps and tex- ture of the surface.” She’s also enjoyed talking to young people about art. “I tell them the most im- portant part of art is that you have fun doing it, and it does- n’t matter how good you think you are or not,” she said. When finished with the art- work at the pool, Jones is thinking on a painting she was inspired to paint as a result of the recent forest fire. Her art- work can also be seen at “Bebe’s ART for everyone” in Downtown Cave Junction. KATHLEEN JONES (Photo by Sherri Hopper) Thank You, Illinois Valley Lions Club, and congratulations on your successful 30th annual Labor Day Festival and Parade. Fire district seeking OK for its bond Ballots for the vote-by- mail Sept. 17 special election are being received in Illinois Valley this week, and I.V. volunteers are hoping that a bond to improve fire stations will be approved. The bond of $2.5 million would replace four ram- shackle stations at Selma, O’Brien, and Cave Junction. Currently, those sites, with generally tumbledown appear- ances, lack sanitary facilities and are too small for vehicles. Passage of the bond also would pay off a loan for the Holland Loop Station, which has been completely replaced, with a great amount of help from firefighter volunteers. Payment of the loan would allow the district to save more than $47,000 in interest pay- ments. And the district said that it plans to invest the sav- ings into better equipment and operations. The bond would cost 52- cents per $1,000 assessed valuation. On property as- sessed at $50,000 that equals $26 per year. On property as- sessed at $100,000 it equals $52 per year, the district said. Approximately 30 volun- teers and four staff firefighters comprise the valley’s fire ser- vice to protect lives and prop- erty. The firefighters respond any time day or night to a va- riety of emergencies, includ- ing motor vehicle accidents, structure fires, and brush fires. In addition, I.V. firefight- ers back up American Medical Response for emergency medical calls. “Our volunteers take their time away from friends, fam- ily and their jobs,” said Friends of I.V. Fire. “They deserve better facilities, where they could wash up after re- sponses, or have a rest room in some cases. “And lots of equipment,” said the group, “needs better protection. In fact, a consider- able number of engines and other fire-fighting equipment has to be kept outside because of inadequate space. “Passage of the bond only makes sense, as it would allow the district to keep our fire protection affordable, and pro- tect our investments. Also,” concluded Friends of I.V. Fire, “we need to give our firefighters the tools they need.”
