Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 13, 2003
BERRY NEWS - CJ resident Chelsea McCarthy
was winner of the scavenger hunt sponsored during
last week’s Blackberry Festival, led by Rachel Ben-
nett and friends. McCarthy brought in 20 of 25 items
to win the $30 prize. The festival committee also held
a blackberry cooking event. First prize was won by
“Claudia” from McGrew’s in O’Brien with a cheese-
cake chosen by four judges as best with a cheesecake
by Selma resident Marcie Davis a close second. In
third with her coffee cake was O’Brien resident Gail
Strona. June Hall of Century 21 Harris & Taylor was
first in the pie contest and won a $10 certificate from
Taylor’s Sausage Country Store. “Claudia” won a $25
Carlos Restaurante certificate; Davis a $25 certificate
from Blue Moon Books & Coffee.
SPORTS PHYSICALS - Lorna Byrne Student
Health Center, sponsored by Siskiyou Community
Health Center (SCHC), will offer sports physicals be-
ginning on Monday, Aug. 18. Students participating
in fall sports must have physicals every two years and
won’t be allowed at practice until they are completed.
Appointments are required and can be made by phon-
ing 592-4111. For students without health insurance, a
fee will be due at the appointment. A sports physical
form will also need to be completed prior to the ap-
pointment. Students under age 15 must be accompa-
nied by a legal guardian. The student health center is
in the front section of the new middle school. Immu-
nizations will also be offered for an additional cost.
SENATOR SPEAKS - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
will hold a public forum from 2 to 4 p.m. at Anne
Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass on Thursday, Aug.
14. At 4:30 p.m. he will be available to meet with
people at the Josephine County Fairgrounds. Check
the Democratic booth on the north side of the square
dance building.
FINE FESTIVAL - The 10th annual Festival of
the Arts at the Port of Brookings Harbor will be held
on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 16-17 from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. There will be arts and crafts from more than
100 artists. For more info. Phone (541) 469-6070.
LEAD SEED - A watermelon-seed-spitting con-
test will be held during the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day
Festival on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. at the Jubilee
Park open air stage.
CHURCH CELEBRATION - Bridgeview Com-
munity Church will celebrate its 110th anniversary on
Sunday, Aug. 17 with a service beginning at 10:30
a.m. The day will also include speakers, a potluck
lunch, ice cream and cake, games and singing. The
public can attend.
NOTEPAD: Illinois Valley firefighters re-
sponded around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10 to a re-
ported “hazardous material” spill on Hwy. 199 near
Rough & Ready Lumber Co. Turned out to be a water
truck; not particularly hazardous ...
Bidding war over city lot
flares at council meeting
A bidding war of sorts
for surplus city property
erupted during a meeting
of the Cave Junction City
Council in city hall on
Monday evening, Aug. 11.
At issue was a 1-acre
parcel at the end of
Schumacher Street for
which there initially were
three sealed bids. One,
from Gene Robertson for
$32,000, was withdrawn
prior to the meeting.
That left a $30,001 bid
from LaDena James, and
another for $30,600 from
Jim Frick and Larry Goy-
nes. The city was asking
$30,600 for the property.
When the item came
up during the meeting,
Goynes made an oral offer
of $33,000. James then
asked if she could raise her
bid and did so: to $34,000.
At that point there was
a question of legality, and
James said it didn’t appear
fair to her that she was led
to believe all bids would
be sealed.
Once that
was
smoothed over by Mayor
Ed Faircloth, Goynes then
bid $35,000.
The mayor then ruled
that both Goynes and
James submit sealed bids
to the council right then.
They did, and Goynes
was successful with a bid
of $45,000.
Two bids on another
city parcel, .61 acre at 656
N. Old Stage Road, were
held until next meeting.
The asking price is
$24,900.
With regard to city
surplus property, the
mayor said a study shows,
“We don’t have that much
property.”
During the last meet-
ing, Frick questioned the
matter, saying that there
are 24 city of CJ addresses.
The mayor pointed out that
they include city hall, the
water and sewage treat-
ment plants, the city reser-
voir and fire plugs.
He also noted that a
suggestion to trade the 40-
acre “old city park” at the
end of S. Old Stage Road
wouldn’t work because the
property is designated only
for public use.
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‘Sports
ship’
sponsor-
From Pat Miller
I.V. coach
I have lived in the Illi-
nois Valley for 11 years.
During this time I have
umpired and coached off
and on for Little League
and softball.
I also have three
daughters who have been
active in various sports in
all three public schools.
One thing that has always
been evident since we
moved to the valley, is the
lack of activities for our
kids after school and dur-
ing the summer months.
The main problem is
sponsorship. Sponsorship
is necessary for funds that
help support not only our
school teams, but the
maintenance and materials
needed for field upgrades,
uniforms, and basic repairs
for both school and sum-
mer sports.
For example, last
month I took my junior
baseball team to Brook-
ings, and when we got
there we all commented on
how beautifully kept the
entire park was. One of the
boys asked why their park
was so nice and ours was
so shabby looking. Then
another one of the boys
pointed to the 62 sponsor
boards lining the outfield
fence.
If you look at our park
and high school fields,
there is one or two sponsor
boards, and they are not
even current.
The lack of attendance
by parents and the commu-
nity to their games is proof
of the lack of support that
our kids are getting. They
need the community’s sup-
port in order to excel to
their best and feel good
about themselves.
All I hear from people
is how the young people of
our valley are getting into
more and more trouble,
doing stupid things in their
spare time.
We as a community
can put an end to most of
the tragedy and mayhem
by helping to support our
kids instead of just label-
ing the problems as part of
growing up.
The schools have had
all but a fragment of their
money cut for the sports
programs next year. Some
will get no support at all;
baseball hasn’t for years.
We can’t cheat our
youth out of the same op-
portunities that we had
when we were in school. I
can’t imagine how it
would have been with no
sports programs in my
high school. Can you?
Time to sign
up for school
Parents are encouraged
to stop by Evergreen Ele-
mentary School office be-
ginning Monday, Aug. 18,
to complete enrollment
forms of the upcoming
school year.
Enrollment should be
done between the hours of
8 a.m. and noon. A copy
of a birth certificate and
immunization record for
all kindergarteners and all
new enrollees to Evergreen
Elementary is needed. The
office will be open Mon-
day through Fridays from
7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Parents of returning
Evergreen students do not
need to complete the en-
rollment forms at this time.
For more information
phone 592-3136.
ROUGH & READY ALARM - Oregon Dept. of Forestry firefighters (in photo) and Illi-
nois Valley Fire District responded to a late afternoon fire on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the
southeast corner of Rough & Ready Lumber Co. property. The small fire was in a
pile of sawdust near some logs. The immediate cause was undetermined, but it ap-
peared to be a case of spontaneous combustion.
Discovery
enrollment
begins soon
Discovery programs at
Rogue Community Col-
lege are designed to help
people who want to return
to school or enter the
workplace. Fall term en-
rollment/advising is now
under way for Bright Fu-
tures in Jackson County
and Moving On in Jose-
phine County for classes
starting in September.
These nationally rec-
ognized programs offer
classes that help students
develop the skills and atti-
tudes needed to be self-
sufficient and successful.
Students will explore ca-
reers that focus on living-
wage jobs and learn to set
and achieve career and life
goals.
For more information,
phone Bright Futures in
Medford at (541) 245-7538
or Moving On in Grants
Pass at 956-7323.
To access the RCC fall
schedule online, visit
www.roguecc.edu.