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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 12, 2003
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 Josephine County building in
downtown Cave Junction. Bobbi Winters, CPA, Brenda Pat-
ton, tax consultant, James H. Smith, attorney, and Cheryl
Dyer, financial planner, will be on hand to answer ques-
tions.
NIGHT OUT - A Valentine’s dinner and dance to bene-
fit the Dome School will be held Friday, Feb. 14 beginning
at 6:30 p.m. at 9367 Takilma Rd. The cost is $30 per couple.
Reservations are required. The dance, which begins at 8:30
p.m., is $8 per person and $15 per couple. The Southern
Oregon Blues Band will play at the alcohol-free event.
Phone 592-3911 for more information.
TOWN TALK - A town meeting will be held in the for-
mer Selma Elementary School gym on Thursday, Feb. 20 at
7 p.m. Special guest speaker T. Lund will introduce the re-
cipient of the S.T.A.R., Students Taking Awesome Respon-
sibility, award. The I.V. Fire District, Josephine County
Sheriff Dave Daniel, Sgt. and S.T.A.R. Coordinator Ken
Selig, representatives from the Oregon Dept. of Forestry and
Siskiyou National Forest, and Three Rivers School District
board member Dave Toler will be present.
FINISH LINE - The 38th Annual World Championship
Crab Races will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds in Crescent
City. Dungeness Crabs will be coaxed by human jockeys in
an effort to take home the trophy for the “World’s Fastest
Crab.” The races will also feature a crab feed. There will be
hot dogs and sausages from Taylor’s Sausages. For more
information phone 800-343-8300.
MEMORIAL SERVICE - The Grants Pass Post 28
will conduct “The Four Chaplains Memorial Service,” on
Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Grants Pass High School
multipurpose room. Jewish Rabbi, Lt. Alexander Good, Ro-
man Catholic Priest, Lt. John Washington, Methodist Minis-
ter, Lt. George Fox and Dutch Reform Minister, Lt. Clark
Poling were aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester
when it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. The men gave
up their life jackets to save the lives of others.
EQUINE EDUCATION - Learn about equine health
issues at a workshop on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m.
at the OSU Extension Auditorium, 215 Ringuette St. in
Grants Pass. To register, phone 476-6613. The class is free.
PEACE GATHERING - A silent prayer vigil for world
peace will be held every Friday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in front
of the Josephine County building in downtown Cave Junc-
tion. Everyone is welcome.
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.
NOTEPAD - Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance
needs items to help furnish its “My Sister’s Place Advocacy
Center.” Items for the kitchen such as a dining room table
and chairs, coffee maker, trash cans are needed along with
furnishings for the living room and toys and crafts supplies
for children. For more information or to receive a list of
items needed phone Leeandra Brocker at 592-4147. The
Talent Literary Guild is sponsoring a free, amateur poetry
contest. Poems may be written on any subject, using any
style. The entrance deadline is Thursday, March 20. The
editors reserve the right to publish the winning poems
online. The grand prize is $1,000. To enter, send one poem,
21 lines or less, to: Free Poetry Contest, 1257 Siskiyou
Blvd., PMB 4, Ashland, OR 97520, or visit
www.freecontest.com. The Del Norte Association for Cul-
tural Awareness will present its fourth performance of the
2002-2003 Magical Moonshine Theatre with puppets, live
music and song, on Friday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Crescent
Elk Auditorium, 994 G St., Crescent City. General admis-
sion is $15, and $8 for students and seniors.
BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN SELMA - In a blink of an eye, downtown Selma could disappear in
1948, but it did offer some services. The Selma Café, operated by Thelma and Harold
Lundquist, and stood approximately where the Texaco diesel pumps are now, offered weary
travelers a bite to eat as they gassed up at Ivan Burr’s Signal Gas Station/Selma General
Store next door.
(Photo courtesy of Ted Glidden)
Search & Rescue recruiting
advisers for SAR Explorers
Explorer adult advisers
are needed for youth volun-
teers 14 to 20 in the Josephine
County Search And Rescue
(SAR) unit, said Deputy Jill
Burrows-Berge, of JoCo Sher-
iff’s Office.
Advisers help mentor,
train and support the sheriff’s
SAR Explorers. They partici-
pate in SAR missions, training
and community events.
Prospective advisers must
pass a criminal background
check and a Boy Scouts of
America application process.
Adults are needed to help
transport youth to and from
missions and training, assist in
administration, and help plan
and facilitate fund-raising and
training.
No previous SAR experi-
ence is necessary, said Bur-
rows-Berge.
Volunteers are needed on
a weekly basis and on an “as
available” or “as-needed” ba-
sis. Senior citizens, military
personnel, emergency medi-
cal, law enforcement, fire/
rescue, business owners and
professionals can participate.
For more information
phone Burrows-Berge in the
JoCo Emergency Management
Dept. at (541) 474-5300.
Illinois Valley Garden Club
The annual potluck dinner
for family and friends of the
Illinois Valley Garden Club
(IVGC) will be Friday, Feb.
21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellow-
ship Room of Immanuel
United Methodist Church, 200
W. Watkins St in Cave Junc-
tion.
This year’s program is of
interest to anyone who loves
the native flora of Oregon. It
is the first showing of wild-
flower slides of the Denzel
Earl Atkinson collection of
“Wildflowers of Oregon,”
donated to IVGC by her
daughter, Dorothy Madison
who will be an honored guest
at the meeting.
Narration will be done by
Kathy Lombardo, who is an
expert on the subject.
If she is well enough, Kay
Novak, Siskiyou District
Wildflower Chairman will be
present.
The meeting is open to
anyone. Phone Dorothy Wilt-
fong at 592-4304 to RSVP.
Bring a table setting and a
food dish to share.
Ready to expand your business?
Get a Low Interest Business Loan
Pick up an application & information at:
•IVCRT Office, 200-C Lister St.
•I.V. Library, 209 W. Palmer
•IV Family Coalition, 535 E. River St.
•Selma Video (next to Selma Post Office)
•O’Brien Country Store
Deadline for applications: Feb. 21
Illinois Valley Community Response Team
Micro Business Revolving Loan Program
IVHS Activities Calendar
Brought to you by the folks at
592-3556
Cave Jct .
469-7545
Brookings/
Harbor
471-RIVR
THURSDAY, FEB. 13
Boys basketball vs.
Mazama - here
3:45/5:30/7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14
District wrestling
here - 11:00 a.m.
Girls basketball at Mazama
5:30/7:00 p.m.
Valentine’s Day!
SATURDAY, FEB. 15
District wrestling
here - 10:00 a.m.
MONDAY, FEB. 17
No classes
TUESDAY, FEB. 18
Girls basketball vs.
Hidden Valley - here
5:30/7:00 p.m.
Boys basketball at Hidden
Valley - 5:30/5:30/7:00 p.m.
School board meeting at
Fleming - 7:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19
Site meeting - here
3:30 p.m.
Mosquito season is coming
West Nile Vaccination Clinic
Saturday, February 22
at your farm
Reserve your spot by
Tuesday, February 18
Limited to the first 50 horses.
$20 per horse covers all fees.
To reserve your space
phone Carol at 592-6717.
This clinic sponsored by
Dr. Joe’s Pet Hospital