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
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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,
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