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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 20, 2003 TEAM RECYCLE - The Illinois Valley High School softball team is seeking clean, empty cans and bottles to recycle. To drop the items off, or have someone pick them up, phone Justine at 592-4464. SCHOOL SIGN-UP - Enrollment is under way for Evergreen Elementary School between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon. Copies of birth certificates and immunization records are required for all kinder- garteners and new enrollees. The school office is open Mondays - Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also Ever- green Elementary school hours will be 7:40 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mondays - Thursdays, phone 592-3136. FOOTBALL FUNDING - Home Valley Bank, Taylor’s Sausage Country Store and IVHS Football Alumni & Fans are co-sponsoring a dinner, with en- tertainment and raffles, on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at Taylor’s Country Store to help raise money for the IVHS football team. There will be three dinner choices ranging in price from $4 to $8. SWEET SPIT - A watermelon-seed-spitting con- test will be held during the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day Festival on Sunday, Aug. 31 at noon at the Jubilee Park open air stage. TALENT SEARCH - A talent show will be part of the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day Festival. The event will be held on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 in Jubilee Park. Entries are due on Thursday, Aug. 28. Phone 596-2719. VALLEY VOICES - A karaoke contest will be held during the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day Festival on Saturday, Aug. 30 in Jubilee Park. Phone 596-2719 for more information. SHOE TOSS - A horseshoe tournament will be held on Saturday, Aug. 30 as part of the I.V. Lions Club Labor Day Festival. To sign up phone 596-2719. SPORTS PHYSICALS - Lorna Byrne Student Health Center, sponsored by Siskiyou Community Health Center (SCHC), is offering sports physicals. Students participating in fall sports must have physi- cals every two years and won’t be allowed at practice until they are completed. Appointments are required and can be made by phoning 592-4111. For students without health insurance, a fee will be due at the ap- pointment. A sports physical form will also need to be completed prior to the appointment. Students under age 15 must be accompanied by a legal guardian. The student health center is in the front section of the new middle school. NOTEPAD: Oregon State University Extension (OSU) in cooperation with the OSU College of Phar- macy and the Rogue Valley Council of Governments Senior and Disability Services will present a free ses- sion on medication management at 9 a.m. on Thurs- day, Aug. 28 at Ascension Lutheran Church in Med- ford. Registration is not needed. Phone (541) 776- 7371 Ext. 210 for more information...Christian Fine Arts Society is sponsoring a free religious poetry contest. To enter, send a poem of 21 lines or less on any spiritual subject to Free Poetry Contest, 9588 Thornbush Lane, Fishers, IN 46038. 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 200 W. Lister (Continued from page 2) profits from it without wishing to do so, and suf- fers from it without know- ing the cause of the suffer- ing. The legal system is attacking our liberty -- the very thing to which it has been created (by man) to protect and preserve. Is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice. The responsibility of govern- ment is to extend indefi- nitely the domain of the law. It is not true that the function of law is to regu- late our conscience, our ideas our wills our educa- tion, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents or our pleasures. The func- tion of law is to regulate our conscience, our ideas, our wills, our education, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents, or our pleasures. The function of law is to protect the free exercise of these rights, and to prevent any person from interfering with the free exercise of these same rights by any other person. Ra ym o n d Ro n a l d Karczewski is currently in the Josephine County Jail. Karczewski has an under- standing of what legisla- tors and do-gooders have so futilely inflected upon society. He has refused to acquiesce to their social- ized projects, their corpo- rate regulations, and their domination. He has jeop- ardized his life, liberty, and property (as did our forefathers) to protect and defend our liberty (the oath his persecutors have sworn to protect and defend.) Every American who desires the blessings of liberty owes all patriots (living and dead) for their sacrifices. Here is your chance. Phone those re- sponsible for his imprison- ment and voice your opin- ion. Take a stand for free- dom. Does patriotism end with merely flying the American flag? Does patri- otism require commitment, action, sacrifice, and the overcoming of our fear of getting personally involved and challenging the powers who reign over us? Ask them, “If we are faithful to our conscience and challenge our govern- ment, might we also lose our freedom?” God has given to us all that is nec- essary to accomplish our destinies … liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works (Frederic Bastiat). ‘Pool support needed’ From Joan Guilbert Selma I’m guessing that most Illinois Valley residents aren’t aware that the Cave Junction pool is open and wonderful. I’ve been enjoying and benefiting from the great water aerobics classes that Laurie is teaching. Last year the pool was crowded for these classes, but not this year. Julia Kirchner is doing a good job managing the pool, and even offered a party with pizza and water- melon on a recent Friday night. I think it’s important to support our pool, now that Please don’t drink and drive. FAIR FUN - Illinois Valley Future Farm- ers of America members earned top honors at this year’s Josephine County Fair in Grants Pass. Pictured here are just two of the several competitors who placed high on the judges’ lists. Jakob White (photo above) was named Su- preme Champion in the market hog cate- gory. Kira McBride (photo right) won as Supreme Champion in the market lamb category. To find out the rest of the I.V. FFA members placed, turn to page 5. (Photos contributed by Jim Hearn) the city is in charge. We can’t afford to lose it. Phone 592-3990 for hours and information and come and join one of the classes. ‘Restore our state’ Jack A. Brown, Jr. Grants Pass The Oregon Territory was “civilized” by God- fearing people. Some of those people are honored by statues in the grounds around the Oregon Capitol. They did not force their views on others, merely acquainted them with the tenets of their faith. As people voluntar- ily accepted those tenets, (Continued on page 4) Page 3