Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Red Cross
volunteers
lend hand
Betty Ward, the volun-
teer emergency services
coordinator in the Rogue
Valley chapter of the
American Red Cross
(AMR) is part of the AMR
disaster relief operation in
southern Texas where
families have been devas-
tated by hurricane Clau-
dette. Ward will serve as
the lead officer for the lo-
cal disaster volunteers
function.
With these and many
other disaster volunteers
from across the country,
AMR is mobilizing per-
sonnel, equipment and
supplies into southern
Texas.
AMR shelters have
been set up in several ar-
eas, providing shelter, hot
meals, and emergency re-
lief. Damage assessment
teams are busy surveying
the extent of Claudette’s
impact.
“The local disaster
volunteers function coordi-
nates what we call
“spontaneous” volunteers
from the area. These are
individuals who come out
and offer their time and
energy to help their
neighbors who have been
hurt by the disaster,” Ward
said.
“The local volunteers
might work with logistics
or damage assessment.
They might help out in a
shelter or in a canteen ser-
vice. It’s our way of help-
ing people in the affected
area start rebuilding and
recovering as soon as pos-
sible after the disaster has
hit.”
Ward, a resident of
Sunny Valley, has served
as a volunteer on 25 na-
tional disasters including
the aftermath of the Sept.
11, 2001 disaster in New
York City.
Last summer, in the
Biscuit Fire disaster relief
operation, in which dozens
of AMR volunteers from
all over the United States
descended to help Jose-
phine County, she served
as the local disaster volun-
teers officer as well.
Ward is not the only
AMR volunteer from the
Rouge Valley Chapter to
be sent out on current dis-
asters. Another volunteer,
Perry Prince, just returned
last week after serving for
two weeks in the New Or-
leans flood relief.
Waldo Mining District
The Waldo Mining
District will meet on
Wednesday, July 30 at 7
p.m. at the Josephine
County Bldg. in Down-
town Cave Junction.
Items on the agenda
include the recent lawsuit
filed in U.S. District Court
against the Siskiyou Na-
tional Forest Supervisor to
require Plans of Operation
for all mining activities
near any water.
Other current mining
issues will be discussed.
The public is invited.
Dave Levison, Lee Eschen & Lou Levison
Jenny's, named in honor of the famed World War I biplane, is open for breakfast
from 7 to 11 a.m., and for lunch until 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. Plans
are to add dinner later; and to have an old-fashioned ice cream parlor as well. Es-
chen described the new business as three pilots offering good food via a somewhat
unusual menu and providing an airport service for other pilots as well as the valley
community. Aiyana Hursh and Alice Weber (waitresses at Jenny’s Restaurant) stand
next to a Grumman Gulfstream that flew into Illinois Valley Airport last week, and
departed on Sunday, July 27. Information on who owns the twin-jet craft or who
came into the valley was not available. One source said that the executive plane is
valued at approximately $58 million. (Photo of plane courtesy of Lee Eschen/Jenny’s
Restaurant)
Monday, July 21
*11:15 a.m., 600 block
Schumacher St., smoke
investigation.
*5:27 p.m., 600 block
Mesa Verde Drive, medi-
cal assist
*5:35 p.m., 24500
block Redwood Hwy.,
medical assist
*5:35 p.m., 681 Caves
Hwy., ‘districtwide medi-
cal standby.’
Tuesday, July 22
*4:02 p.m., 200 block
N. redwood Hwy., medical
assist
*10:03 p.m., 300 block
Airport Drive, medical
assist
Country Breakfast
I.V. Senior Center
*Biscuits & Gravy
*Pancakes
*Eggs
*Bacon
*Sausage Links
*Coffee, Milk, Juice
$4.00 - Adults
$2.50 - Kids Under 12
Saturday, Aug. 2 - 8 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, July 23
*5:10 a.m., 300 block
Lister St., medical assist
*6:51 a.m., 7800 block
Caves Hwy., medical assist
*9:02 p.m., 300 block
S. Caves Ave., medical
assist
*11:03 p.m., 7800
block Caves Hwy., medi-
cal assist
Thursday, July 24
*3:34 a.m., 1800 block
Happy Camp Road, medi-
cal assist
*7:09 a.m., 8000 block
Caves Hwy., medical assist
*4:55 p.m. 24500
block Redwood Hwy.,
medical assist
*9:22 p.m., 400 block
Kinnikinnick Road, medi-
cal assist
Friday, July 25
*12:44 p.m., 200 block
Logan Cut Drive, medical
assist
*1:40 p.m., 681 Caves
Hwy., ‘districtwide medi-
cal standby.’
Saturday, July 26
*9:47 a.m., 7800 block
Caves Hwy., medical assist
*10:37 a.m., 900 block
Lakeshore Drive, medical
assist
*2:54 p.m., 35200
block Redwood Hwy.,
medical assist
Sunday, July 27
*5:17 a.m., 1200 block
Deer Creek Road, medical
assist
All progress is
based upon a
universal innate
desire on the
part of every
organism to live
beyond its
income.
- Samuel Butler -
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Forestry Action Committee
The Forestry Action
Committee (FAC) will
meet at 1 p.m. on Wednes-
day, Aug. 13 in the lower
compound of the Illinois
Valley Ranger District,
26568 Redwood Hwy.
The Fire Plan Task
Force is working on defen-
sible space, fuels reduction
and perimeter defense.
FAC will be discussing
sustainable forestry and
eliminating noxious weeds.
The meeting is open to the
public. For more informa-
tion, phone 592-4098.
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