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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Jessica McMahan receives Ford Scholar award
CRIME COMMITTEE - Volunteers interested
in participating in neighborhood watch and citizen
patrol programs are to sign up in Cave Junction City
Hall. A committee is working to establish training
programs and develop schedules to enhance security
within the city.
COMPUTER COURSE - Illinois Valley Family
Coalition will offer a new 10-week class designed to
help advance those with minimal or limited computer
skills. Instruction on using the Internet, attaching re-
sumes and images to e-mail messages, creating per-
sonal Web pages and other skills will be taught. There
is a fee to take the class, but payments are accepted.
I.V. Community Response Team has given a $300
grant to support the class. The class is limited to 15
I.V. residents. For more information and to sign up,
phone 592-6139, ext. 303.
PRAISE WORTHY - There will be singing of
gospel music on Sunday, Aug. 31 from 9:30 to 11
a.m. at the Jubilee Park amphitheater. The public is
welcome to sing along.
GOOD FOOD - Cathy Seitz will teach a five-
week class on Tuesdays in Chinese, East Indian, and
Japanese health food preparation. The first class will
begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2, held at Blue Moon Books
& Coffee from 3 to 5 p.m. Learn how to prepare sim-
ple dishes for whatever your nutritious needs. An
overview of health food and its philosophy, as well as
herbs and supplements will be given. Donations to
take the class are welcomed. Phone 592-6009 for
more information.
STARS SWIM - Shining Stars, a nonprofit or-
ganization benefiting youth in the valley, will sponsor
a free swim day at Cave Junction Pool on Saturday,
Aug. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. Phone Nicole Doran at 596-
2695.
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.
FOOTBALL FANS - Until Sept. 30, Wild River
Pizza & Brewery in Cave Junction will donate $5 to
the Illinois Valley High School Football Program for
every large pizza sold. Customers must use the ad
from the Biscuit Fire commemorative page in the
Aug. 13 issue of the ‘I.V. News’ in order for the do-
nation to be made.
HEALING HANDS - Lovejoy Hospice is seek-
ing compassionate people to provide respite care and
help with other tasks for its clients. Volunteer team
members might also help in Lovejoy offices and in
the adult and children’s bereavement programs. Vol-
unteer chaplains are also needed. Training begins on
Tuesday, Sept. 2. Phone (541) 474-1193 for more in-
formation.
HOW TO - Rogue Community College’s Small
Business Development Center (SBDC) will hold a
seminar for business owners on how to run a success-
ful business on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. at the RCC SBDC, 214 S.W. Fourth St., Grants
Pass. There is a fee. Phone (541) 956-7494 to enroll.
HEALTHY HELP - Three Rivers Community
Hospital in Grants Pass will hold a free health fair that
will include energy work, massage, acupressure, aro-
matherapy and more on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 1 to 5
p.m. in the back of the hospital in the breezeway.
CARE FOR CAREGIVERS - A series of free
educational classes designed to help family caregivers
of older adults will be held on Thursdays from Sept.
18 through Oct. 23 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Three
Rivers Community Hospital Home Health Conference
Room at 1550 N.W. Sixth St. in Grants Pass. To reg-
ister, phone (541) 955-5419.
STRENGTH TRAINING - Oregon State Uni-
versity (OSU) will offer a StrongWomen program be-
ginning on Monday, Sept. 8 at 7 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and
5:15 p.m. at the OSU Extension Auditorium, 215
Ringuette St., Grants Pass. The classes will be held on
Mondays and Wednesdays through Oct. 29. There is a
fee. Phone (541) 476-6613 for more information.
NOTEPAD: The third annual Northcoast Red-
woods Writers’ Conference will be held on Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13 in Crescent City. For
times and more information, phone (707) 465-2330.
There is a registration fee...Cholesterol screenings
are offered regularly by Three Rivers Community
Hospital’s Washington Outpatient Center at the Lab
Outreach draw station every Friday of the month.
Phone (541) 955-5419 to make an appoint-
ment...More valley families are needed to host for-
eign exchange students in their homes this year.
Phone Pacific Intercultural Exchange at (800) 631-
1818 for details.
The Ford Family
Foundation has named 116
students “Ford Scholars”
for the 2003-2004 aca-
demic year.
Recent Illinois Valley
High School graduate Jes-
sica McMahan, a pre-med
student at Oregon Institute
of Technology, is one of
them.
Residents of Oregon
and Siskiyou County in
California, this year’s Ford
Scholars were chosen from
more than 3,000 appli-
cants.
Since the founding of
the Ford Scholars program
in 1994, The Ford Family
Foundation has awarded
more than $20 million in
the Ford Scholar program.
Kenneth W. Ford,
Academic standards ...
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in reading -- scoring
well above the required
percent for both subjects --
it was still designated as
“needing improvement”
because it only had 90.54
percent attendance.
“We did extremely
well,” said LBMS Princi-
pal Peter Maluk.
While he said that
LBMS will continue to
improve school attendance
internally through efforts
initiated over the past few
years, he noted that parents
should also be accountable
for getting their children to
school.
Evergreen also per-
formed well above the re-
quired percentage in both
reading and math, but was
labeled as “needing im-
provement” because of its
91.23 percent attendance.
“My goal is to boost
that (next year),” said Lise
Van Brunt, Evergreen’s
new principal, noting her
personal goal for atten-
dance is 95 percent. “I
have no doubt we can
make it.”
She said several efforts
will be put into place dur-
ing the new school year,
which begins on Tuesday,
Sept. 2, to help both stu-
dents and parents under-
stand the importance of
going to school consis-
tently.
Having a school staff
member phone parents on
the second day of their
child’s absence and plan-
ning a special field trip for
students with good atten-
dance are a couple of
ideas, she said.
Senior Nutrition Menu
Sponsored by
592-3562
(541) 592-2126, 474-5440
Meals are served in the
CJ County Bldg.
FRIDAY, AUG. 29
*Beef mushroom patty,
O’Brien potatoes, Capri
vegetables, oat bran
roll, banana coconut
pudding
MONDAY, SEPT. 1
*Closed for Labor Day
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3
*Meatloaf with gravy,
whipped potatoes with
gravy, herbed carrots,
rye wheat bread, frosted
marble cake
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360 Caves Highway
592-4646
School begins on Tuesday, Sept. 2
Please watch out for students and school buses.
founder of Roseburg For-
est Products Co., estab-
lished the program to help
students who would find it
difficult or impossible to
obtain college degrees
without financial help.
In addition to financial
need and merit qualifica-
tions, Ford Scholars must
attend or plan to attend an
accredited nonprofit col-
lege in their state of resi-
dence and be pursuing a
bachelor’s degree.
The renewable schol-
arships cover 90 percent of
each student’s unmet fi-
nancial need for college.
This year’s winners
represent 66 communities
throughout Oregon and
Siskiyou County in the
northern part of California.
First Love Christian
Fellowship
will be having a
‘New Church’
fund-raiser
Complete
Turkey Dinner
Friday, Aug. 29
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
See ad on page 2
Van Brunt said she
hopes that establishing a
“personal connection” with
some parents of students
who are chronically absent
will help.
She said she hopes
those at the school aren’t
discouraged by the report
results.
“They should be
cheering. We’re really
making huge growth.
We’re doing the right
things,” she said, noting
that the scores for reading
and math are both up sig-
nificantly from last year.
“Think about what
they can do if we have no
attendance issue,” Van
Brunt added.
Schools that receive
certain types of federal
funds and do not make
adequate yearly progress
could be required to cover
such supplemental services
as tutoring or transporta-
tion. Principals and teach-
ers also could face reper-
cussions, according to state
standards.
Jessica McMahan, IVHS graduate accepts
Ford Family Foundation ‘Ford Scholar’ award
at the Little Lambs Preschool
5181 Holland Loop
Friday, Aug. 29 - 7 to 8:30 p.m.
*Meet the teacher
*See the curriculum
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