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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 15, 2003
GAME PLAN - There will be a Lorna Byrne
Middle School Football Club meeting on Thursday,
Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. in the LBMS library. Parents of
players are encouraged to attend.
SEE SPAWN - Saturday, Oct. 18 from 1 to 5
p.m. will offer a chance to see Chinook salmon
spawning in the Applegate River. Ecologist Rich
Nawa will lead stream-side hikes and discuss the life
cycle and habitat needs of salmon. The Siskiyou Pro-
ject-sponsored event is free. Participants are to bring
hiking boots, rain gear, Polaroid glasses, water and
snacks. The tour is wheelchair accessible. Meet at
Fish Hatchery Park parking lot at 1 p.m.
SEEKING SPIRITS - The Historical Society of
Josephine County will offer tours of Oddfellow and
Masonic Cemeteries in Grants Pass on Saturday, Oct.
18 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the research li-
brary or the historical society. Phone (541) 479-7827.
ALL NIGHTER - There will be an All Night
Graduation Committee meeting on Monday, Oct. 20
at 6 p.m. in the I.V. High School cafeteria.
FUND RAISER - A steak-and-chicken dinner to
benefit Cross Quest Expeditions will be held at IVHS
at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. Food will be catered
by O’Brien resident Phil Aria. The banquet will also
include a silent auction, drama presentation, video
featuring area youth and more. Presale tickets are $8
and are available at Dillon’s Nursery, Treehouse Flo-
rist & Gifts and by phoning 592-3329.
FUN FESTIVAL - Evergreen Elementary PTA
will hold a Harvest Festival -- with games, prizes,
food and silent auction -- in the school gym Thursday,
Oct. 30 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Costumes welcome.
NOTEPAD: The Josephine County Sheriff’s
Office and Project Child Safe, a firearm safety pro-
gram, will distribute free gunlocks and educational
materials on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 12-6 p.m. in the
parking lot of Diamond Home Center in GP, 1881
N.E. Seventh St...The fall Recycle Roundup will be
held on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Illinois Valley Visitor Center, 201 Caves Hwy...A flu
clinic sponsored by Josephine County Public Health
will be held at the county bldg. in Downtown Cave
Junction on Oct. 21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4
p.m. There is a fee...Siskiyou Project and Blue Moon
Books & Coffee will present “Net Loss,” a film about
salmon farming in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday,
Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at Blue Moon.
(541) 476-2127
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BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND– Highlighting October as Do-
mestic Violence Awareness month (photo above, from
left) Celine Martens, Debby Colbertson and Ameri-
Corps member Gail Stone from Illinois Valley Safe
House Alliance presented at the Cave Junction Post
Office T-shirts on a clothesline made by domestic
abuse survivors. T-shirts were also made in honor of
victims of violence. The Clothesline Project will even-
tually be displayed in Washington D.C.
(Photo by Steve Fairchild)
CJ ‘Art Mom’ recognized
as volunteer of the year
Rebecca Pearson
The Board of Directors
of the Arts Council of
Southern Oregon an-
nounced that it has se-
lected: Rebecca Pearson of
Cave Junction, KOBI-TV,
Art in Bloom, and the
Southern Oregon Histori-
cal Society as recipients of
the Arts and Culture
Awards for 2003.
Pearson, known as the
“Art Mom” of Cave Junc-
tion has been named Arts
and Culture Volunteer for
2003. In the more than
three years she has owned
and operated BEBE’s Art
for Everyone, she has dem-
onstrated the power of
grass-roots community
organizing in support of
the arts and culture, ac-
cording to a spokesman
from the board.
To help develop cul-
tural tourism for her com-
munity, Pearson helped
start the Cave Junction
Second Friday Art Walk,
which she has continued to
organize for three seasons.
She is president-elect
of the Illinois River Valley
Arts Council and has been
an active volunteer in its
diverse activities, includ-
ing a holiday fund-raiser in
2002 and construction of a
large fish puppet for the
I.V. Lions Club Labor Day
Parade.
Notified of this award,
she said, “My success in
organizing the arts com-
munity in the valley is only
possible because of our
many talented artists and
the dedication of our won-
derful ‘art slaves.’”
This year’s recipients
will be honored at the Arts
and Culture Awards Din-
ner and Dance on Saturday
evening, Nov. 15 at the
Rogue Valley Country
Club in Medford.
For tickets phone the
Arts Council at (541) 779-
2820 or toll-free (888)
313-ARTS.
Phone for an appointment NOW!
(800) 753-2940
For a Free Hearing Test
More than 30 years experience
Grants Pass
Hearing Center
IN CAVE JUNCTION
DATE: Monday, Oct. 20
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Select Market
OTHER HOURS BY
APPOINTMENT