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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR 97523, October 16, 2002 Page 11 Top Video Rentals C.J. Video Mart &®Radio Shack 145 N. 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(Photo by Britt Fairchild) Some go for the fun and games; some for the food and others for friendship By BRITT FAIRCHILD Some like the playground. Others like the snack. Fo u rth -gr a d er J a cob Cottrell likes the sports. But for Savannah Bassett, Chrystal Stewart and Chelsea Williams, there's something even better about the Illinois Valley Boys & Girls Club's after-school program. "There's boys here," said Bassett, an eighth-grader at Lorna Byrne Middle School, while giggling with fellow eighth-grader Williams, and seventh-grader Stewart. "Some of my friends are here," Williams added. Each weekday from 3 to 6 p.m., more than 70 Illinois Valley children participate in the club's activities at Ever- green Elementary School in Cave Junction. "Evergreen is great," said I.V. Unit Director Scott Thornhill, who has been with the club since 1994. "They hand the gym over to us, and the cafeteria and the stage, the whole outside." The club’s after-school program, plus its other ser- vices, fills a void in the com- munity by giving students something to do, Thornhill said. “A few years ago we had a huge rash of vandalism go- ing through the Illinois Val- ley, and I'm not going to say the Boys & Girls Club changed everything as far as that goes, but it's just an ex- ample of if (kids) don't have something to do, they'll find something to do," Thornhill said. He hopes that the move back to the elementary school this year from Lorna Byrne Middle School will help boost enrollment numbers. "Last year, we were just under 500 kids, which was probably our smallest year in the last few years," he said, noting, however, that fewer youth at Lorna Byrne allowed for more personalized interac- tion with the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the pro- gram. "(This year) I was really skeptical the middle school kids would even come down to the little kids' school, but they did. So I'm pretty hopeful we'll be up over 500 again," Thornhill said. Several of the older stu- dents belong to a group called the junior staff, which gives them a certain level of respon- sibility within the after-school program. Sixth-grader Lydia Anawalt said that as a junior staff member some of her du- ties include overseeing the younger kids, accompanying them to the rest room, and playing games with them. The latter is the best part, so far, about being in the club, she said. "I like helping with the kids," agreed fellow sixth- grader and junior staff mem- ber, Tammy Huntamer. Being on the junior staff helps prep the students for a potential job with the Boys & Girls Club. Working in con- junction with the Job Council, Thornhill explained, his unit hires high school students to work during the summer. "When the Job Council time comes, I already know how they work, so we can hire them on," he said. With pool tables, board games, arts and crafts, physi- cal activity, and an hour set aside specifically for home- work help, there seems plenty to fill an afternoon. "My mom likes me to get help with my homework," said fifth-grader Talea Hardwick. That way, Thornhill noted, the students can have more time to spend with mom and dad at home. "It doesn't get boring (here)," said Chelsea Wil- liams' fifth-grade sister, Shanelle Williams. "It's fun and the staff are nice." Shanelle, like the others, also understands the underly- ing importance of the club. "Some people can't go home because their moms and dads and the people they live with have to work," she said. Continued on page 12 Fall seven times, stand up eight. Additional Listings Besides the program listings provided, the following also are among those available from Charter Communications. 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