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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 5, 2003
SING, PLAY A SONG - Musician Jake Thompson will
begin a regular open mic night at Taylor’s Country Store on
Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. Following his set of acoustic mu-
sic, others will be encouraged to perform music from any
genre. The event is open to all ages.
TAX SEMINAR - Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance
will present a free tax seminar to help people learn to reduce
estate, income and capital gains taxes on Wednesday, Feb.
12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the county building in downtown
Cave Junction. Bobbi Winters, CPA, Brenda Patton, tax
consultant, James H. Smith, attorney and Cheryl Dyer, fi-
nancial planner will be on hand to answer questions.
LITTLE LEAGUE - Volunteer registration for the Illi-
nois Valley Little League will be held on Friday, Feb. 7
from 3 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Lorna Byrne Middle School library, Evergreen Ele-
mentary and Shop Smart. All parents are encouraged to reg-
ister. Phone the 592-4389 for more information.
PEACE GATHERING - A silent prayer vigil for world
peace will be held on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in
front of the Josephine County building in downtown Cave
Junction. Everyone is welcome.
FORESTRY WORKSHOP - The Illinois Valley Com-
munity Response Team and the Forestry Action Committee
will sponsor a forestry contracting workshop on Saturday,
Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Family Resource Center.
Topics for discussion include: increasing awareness of fed-
eral, state and county contracting opportunities for thinning,
restoration and home defensible space work, and learning
the best structure for contract bidding and management to
lower associated costs.
SCHC 30 YEARS - Siskiyou Community Health Cen-
ter begins a year-long celebration “Thirty years of helping
people,” on Friday, Feb. 7. There will be a potluck dinner at
the Takilma Community Center starting at 6 p.m. Photo-
graphs taken by Dr. Jim Shames (co-founder of the clinic)
that span SCHC’s thirty years will be exhibited at the din-
ner. Guests are encouraged to bring photos and clippings for
the “Time Line” collage and acoustic instruments for im-
promptu musical performances.
OMSI TIME - There are still a few spaces open at the
OMSI (Portland-based Oregon Museum of Science & In-
dustry) science classes at Dome School on Saturday, Feb. 8.
The classes are for those in kindergarten through eighth-
grade. Phone 592-3911 for more information.
GRAD NIGHT - The next meeting for the 2003 IVHS
Grad Night Party will be held on Monday, Feb. 10 at 5 p.m.
in the high school library. Phone Janie Pope at 592-2116 for
more information.
IN SUPPORT - A women’s support group will begin
Thursday, Feb. 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Children are wel-
come. Phone the Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance at 592-
2515 for more information.
CARING CLASSES - Lovejoy Hospice will offer the
first of a free four-part series on “Caring For Loved Ones At
Home” on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon at the
Community Bible Church, 13 S. Caves Ave. Pre-registration
for the workshop, “Hospice Care, Planning and Community
Resources,” is requested. Phone 597-4048 for more infor-
mation.
BRINGING UP BABY - During January and February,
Living Alternatives is conducting a Baby Bottle Campaign
to raise funds. Bottles are available at the office, between
Klamath First Bank and Carlos’ Restaurante, and from some
valley churches. People are being asked to take bottles home
or to their workplace, and fill them with money or checks.
The deadline to return the bottles is Valentine’s Day, Feb.
14. Funds will be used to support continual pregnancy test-
ing, and the pregnancy and parenting support programs of
Living Alternatives. Services are provided free to anyone,
but financial help is needed.
NOTEPAD - Three Rivers Community Hospital will
offer a free workshop, “What Can You Expect From the
Breastfeeding Experience?” on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7
p.m. in the hospital’s Cascade Room. A lactation consultant
and a family practice physician will teach the class. Phone
472-7223 to register. The Knife and Fork Club will host
Thomas Swanson, a modern day explorer who has worked
in some of the most remote areas of the world, on Wednes-
day, Feb. 12 at the Riverside Convention Center in Grants
Pass. Doors open at 6 p.m., with dinner following at 7 p.m.
Swanson’s program will end the evening. Phone Norma
Lane at 479-6124 for reservations.
To schedule
592-6451
Phone after
3 p.m.
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - Lorna Byrne Middle School students of the month for January
are (from left) Tarren Benschoter and Scott Armijo (sixth grade), Chelsea Dice and Rene
Eichmann (seventh grade), Hashana Griffin and Ivan Yates (eighth grade). Pictured with them
is Lorna Byrne Middle School Principal Peter Maluk.
From Jeff Bridges,
Hunger Free America
Chairman and Patti
Whitney-Wise, Oregon
Hunger Relief Task Force
We’ve all had to make
important choices: where to
live, where to send our kids to
school, what path our career
should take.
But imagine making a
tough choice like whether to
pay the rent or buy groceries
for your family?
Maybe it’s hard to picture
being in that situation. Maybe
you’ve been able to earn
enough money to pay your
bills every month. However,
one incident in your life could
make everything different.
What would happen if you
lost your job, got sick, or had
some other emergency - like
needing a new transmission or
tires for your car? The fact is
that there’s very little that
separates many of us from the
33 million people who experi-
ence the pain of hunger and
food insecurity in the United
States today.
Many families who go
hungry are working families.
They are our co-workers, our
friends, our neighbors, and our
children’s classmates.
Here in Oregon, there are
510,000 people who live in
households that are struggling
to find enough food to eat,
including 188,000, children,
Those 188,000 children -
and the 13 million children
like them across the United
States - are being put at seri-
ous - and unnecessary - risk.
Children who are hungry
are more likely to have behav-
ioral, emotional, and academic
problems and are more likely
to be held back in school. Stu-
dents who eat breakfast before
school or through a school-
based program not only im-
prove their own performance
in school, but also help to con-
tribute to a more productive
learning environment for all
students.
In the wealthiest nation in
the world, there is no reason
that our children shouldn’t
have all the basic necessities -
like food - to do well in school
and contribute to strengthen-
ing our society.
A hunger free America is
an attainable goal. The food is
there, the need is there, and
the commitment is there. Here
in Oregon, the Oregon Hunger
Relief Task Force (OHRTF)
works every day to advocate
on behalf of the children and
families who are struggling to
find enough food to eat.
OHRTF helped to increase
Food Stamp Program partici-
pation by more than 40% in
the last year and helped dou-
ble the number of children
served by the After School
Snacks and Meal Program
during the school year.
OHRTF will continue to
fight the battle against hunger
here in Oregon until it is won.
We urge you to learn
more about hunger in Oregon
by phoning the OHRTF at
(503) 963-2291 or visiting
their
web
site
at
www.oregonhunger.org.
Ask them what you can do
to help Oregon become a hun-
ger free state. By working to-
gether, we have the ability to
see the day when no child will
have to skip a meal, and no
parent will have to decide be-
tween rent and groceries.
MANSFIELD R. CLEARY
Attorney at Law
General Practice in
Illinois Valley since 1980
Practice includes but not limited to:
Bankruptcy - Eliminate
financial problems
Living trusts - Avoid probate
Estate planning - Wills,
power of attorney
Domestic relations
Auto accident - Personal Injury
Criminal - DUII
Real Estate contracts - Foreclosure
592-2195
OSU offers class
on greenhouse
management
Oregon State University
(OSU) Extension Service will
offer a class on organic green-
house management Thursday,
Feb. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
OSU Extension Auditorium,
215 Ringuette St., Grants
Pass.
There is a fee per individ-
ual or couple. Phone 476-6613
to register.
This class will cover or-
ganic greenhouse designs,
plant physiology, soil mixes,
timing, pest and disease is-
sues. The emphasis will be on
organic greenhouse manage-
ment practices and will in-
clude slides on organic green-
house growing.
The instructor is Don Tip-
ping, co-owner and operator
of Seven Seeds Farm, a certi-
fied biodynamic farm and
educational resource in Wil-
liams, Oregon.
Diabetes Association
The Cave Junction branch
of the Jerry Acklen Diabetes
Health Assoc. monthly meet-
ing, will be Feb. 13, at 1:30
p.m. at the Illinois Valley Sen-
ior Center, 520 E. River St.
Cave Junction, OR.
Forestry Action Committee
The Forestry Action Com-
mittee will meet at 1 p.m. on
Thursday, Feb. 6 in the lower
compound of the U.S. Forest
Service Illinois Valley Ranger
District, 26568 Redwood
Hwy.
The next tree distribution
will be Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 14 and 15.
The Fire Plan Task Force
is working on defensible
space, fuels reduction and pe-
rimeter defense. Anyone can
attend. For more information
phone 592-4098.
is open
Saturdays:
9:30 a.m.
to
2:30 p.m.
Hours: Mondays - Saturdays
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For more information phone (800) 922-1025
200 W. Lister