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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 30, 2003
AUXILIARY ACTION - American Legion Aux-
iliary Unit 70 will hold a rummage and bake sale fea-
turing area crafters on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. in the legion hall, 2110 Caves Hwy. Juggling
lessons will be given. There will also be a raffle for
one cord of wood and a handmade afghan. A $1 bag
sale will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Proceeds to benefit
community and area veterans.
LEAGUE LEADERS - Illinois Valley Little
League has positions open on its board of directors.
For more information and to receive an application,
phone Janet Ewing at 592-4389.
CAVES HISTORY - Free 45-minute programs
beginning at 8:30 p.m. will be held at the Oregon
Caves National Monument on Friday and Saturday,
Aug. 1 and 2. On Friday, Margaret Miller, mother of
Joaquin Miller, the “Poet of the Sierras,” will share
some of her son’s stories and poetry. Saturday eve-
ning will be the retelling of how Elijah Davidson and
his dog discovered the cave. Phone 592-2100 for
more information.
MOONLIT MILES - The Siskiyou National For-
est will provide a walk to Bigelow Lakes botanical
area and Mount Elijah on Saturday, Aug. 2. The mod-
erate 5-mile trail has many blooming high elevation
plants this time of year. Butterflies are also abundant
in the meadow. Maria Ulloa and Lee Webb will lead
the hike. Hikers are to meet at Illinois Valley Visitor
Center at 4 p.m. and bring water, dinner, warm
clothes, a flashlight and good hiking shoes.
KRAZY KUT-UPS - The Illinois Valley
Kwilters is looking for quilts to display during the
Wild Blackberry Festival on Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 9-10 in the Josephine County Bldg. in Down-
town Cave Junction. To enter a quilt, phone Laurie at
592-2933 for an entry form which is to be returned by
Monday, Aug. 4.
CHILD CARE - The Josephine County Commis-
sion for Children and Families has applications avail-
able for child care providers to apply for funding to
maintain or increase coverage for children between 6
weeks and 3 years. The forms are available at 707
N.W. A St. in Grants Pass and are due on Thursday,
Aug. 21.
TRACKING TALENT - A talent show will be
part of the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day Festival. Ama-
teurs of all ages are encouraged to participate in the
event on Sunday, Aug. 31 and Monday, Sept. 1 in Ju-
bilee Park. Entries are due on Thursday, Aug. 28. Late
entries will not be accepted. Phone 596-2719.
LIP SERVICE - Festivities at the 2003 I.V. Li-
ons Club Labor Day celebration will include a kara-
oke contest on Saturday, Aug. 30 in Jubilee Park.
Phone 596-2719 for more information.
HORSING AROUND - The 2003 I.V. Lions
Club Labor Day Festival horseshoe tournament will
be held on Saturday, Aug. 30. To sign up and for
more information, phone 596-2719.
NOTEPAD: Three Rivers Community Hospital
offers various free and for-a-fee educational work-
shops and tests including cholesterol screenings, par-
enting classes and CPR instruction. To register for
most classes phone (541) 955-5419...The smoke that
was seen for several days in the valley last week was
not the result of an area fire. Winds carried the smoke
from a fire burning near Springfield...Treehouse Flo-
rist & Gifts in Downtown CJ will be under “new”
ownership as of Friday, Aug.1. After four years of
retirement, original owner Joy Hoskins has decided to
team up with daughter Anita to make Treehouse a
family-owned business once again.
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Sunday, Aug. 3
8 a.m. to noon
ALL YOU
CAN EAT
Adults-$5
Children under 11- $2.50
Waffles
Pancakes
Biscuits &
Gravy
Ham
Sausage, Eggs
Juice, Coffee
Tea or Milk
JOCO seeking
volunteers for
commission
POWERFUL BUSINESS - Dave and Liz Paulsen, co-owners of Dave's Outdoor Power
Equipment Inc. in Cave Junction, are having a new building erected on Hamilton
Avenue at the south end of CJ by Homestead Construction. Russell Hansen (in
photo) is a subcontractor doing the pole work. The Paulsens hope to be in the new
building, with its nearly 4,000 square feet of space, by Christmas. There will be more
parking and the opportunity to expand their product lines. Currently they offer ATVs
for youth, chainsaws, lawmowers, lawn tractors, weed eaters, service and repair,
and ATV accessories. at the new site they plan to expand their ATV line plus add
motorcycles including dirt bikes. Dave Hansen has 20 years experience in the val-
ley; he and his wife have run their own business for some five years. 'We offer top
quality products, and we love the valley,' said Liz.
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we discover that what the
taxpayers may or may not
want in this regard is
s o m e h o w
“unconstitutional.”
Sometime back the
state asked the voters to
increase the vehicle license
plate fees from $10 to $20.
The people voted that in-
crease down, and now we
are paying $30 for the very
same $10 license plates
without a vote of the peo-
ple that somehow became
“constitutional.”
The state is now taking
in multimillions of dollars
in the lottery business,
which hasn’t solved its
appetite for money, so now
they are back to sales tax. I
believe that until the big
time spenders learn to live
within their means there
never will be enough
money to satisfy the greed.
When I went to school
I was taught that this is
supposed to be a govern-
ment of the people and
your vote is really sup-
posed to be worth some-
thing? I have come to be-
lieve that it is worth only
what any administration
wants it to be worth.
‘Apples
anges’
and
or-
From Dorothy Wilt-
fong
Cave Junction
This is in response to
William Reid’s letter in
last week’s “Illinois Valley
News.” Reid’s points are
well taken, and I agree
with most of them, but
comparing the situation in
Grants Pass to that in Cave
Junction is like comparing
apples and oranges.
The lovely old court-
house in Grants Pass
would be totally out of
place in our small, rural
town. The county court-
house was built in 1916
when architecture was
more formal.
The Grants Pass edi-
fice is also set several feet
from the street, thereby
giving space for the attrac-
tive landscaping.
I have been unable to
find out when the county
building was erected. At
one time the landscaping
was quite attractive, but
there has been no official
maintenance for several
years.
There was an argu-
ment, so I heard, as to
whether the county or the
city should do the watering
and who would pay for the
water. What a stupid thing
to argue with.
In 2000 Cave Junction
was awarded the SOLV
prize for having the best
project for a small commu-
nity or neighborhood in all
Oregon. The award was
won because for the previ-
ous year or two the city of
Cave Junction, the Illinois
Valley Community Re-
sponse Team and the I.V.
Chamber of Commerce got
together to have a Clean
Up Cave Junction Day.
We were in teams to
pick up litter, dig out side-
walk weeds, renew and
amend the soil under the
lovely Liquid amber trees
(Sweet Gums) that have
been demolished.
Then we planted daf-
fodil and other spring
blooming bulbs.
It was a wonderful
sight, and I worked hard
for the first three weeks
watering every planting
space from the corner of
River Street and Redwood
Hwy.
I had no fancy water-
ing equipment, only a gal-
lon bottle which I filled at
filled and refilled at Chev-
ron. It was backbreaking
work, and I had just cele-
brated my 74th birthday.
Later, members of
IVCRT pitched in to help
weed and water, and so it
was with their help that our
town received that prestig-
ious SOLV award and you
can see it on the wall of the
IVCRT office in CJ.
That is the story of
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The Josephine County
board of Commissioners is
accepting applications
from volunteers to fill va-
cancies on the Commission
for Children and Families
(CC&F).
CC&F was established
by Order No. 93-84 to fol-
low the mandates of 1993
Oregon Laws, Chapter
767, Sections 13, 14, 16
and 18, which include pro-
moting wellness for the
children and families of
Josephine County, devel-
oping policy and oversee-
ing the implementation of
the local plan, assessing
needs and identifying the
most effective service de-
livery system.
The deadline for ac-
cepting applications to the
board is August 15. The
board may interview appli-
cants.
Volunteer applications
are available in the Board
of Commissioner’s Office,
Room 154, Josephine
County Courthouse, Grants
Pass. Phone (541) 474-
5221 for more information.
Jubilee Park
Thursday, July 31
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by: First American Title,
Evergreen Federal Bank, SOFCU,
Lancaster Rolling Video, Century 21
Harris & Taylor (Jim Frick & Steve Lyons),
‘I.V. News’
*Next week:
‘Common Ground’
Rock & Roll/Gospel
Thursday, Aug. 7 - 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Jubilee Park
Saturday
August 9
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
216 Caves Avenue
Barbecue * Face Painting
Giant Bubbles * Crafts
Fishing for Prizes
offered by
Project Baby Check,
Siskiyou Community
Health Center
& The Family Foundation