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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Page 13 I.V. softball players challenge the nation Illinois Valley resident Emily Hoskins takes a swing during the Western National Slow Pitch ‘D’ Softball Tournament in Selma. (Photo contributed) Oregon nurseries will reopen after ‘oak death’ infestation Three Oregon nurser- ies quarantined after re- ceiving out-of-state plant material infected with sud- den oak death syndrome have been cleared to oper- ate free of restrictions fol- lowing months of monitor- ing and inspection by the Oregon Dept. of Agricul- ture (ODA). By lifting the quaran- tines, Furney’s Nursery in Clackamas County, Valley View Nursery in Jackson County and Kasch’s Gar- den Centers in the Port- land-area are declared free of disease. ODA originally con- firmed the presence of Phytophthora ramorum, the fungus that causes sud- den oak death syndrome, at Furney’s Nursery in May. Since then, all infected plants have been destroyed and multiple follow-up inspections have found no additional infected plants. Surveys of the area sur- rounding the nursery indi- cate the disease did not spread onto adjacent prop- erties. The source of infection at Furney’s Nursery is thought to be nursery stock imported from out-of-state. Also in May, ODA became aware of an in- fected shipment of plants sent to Valley View Nurs- ery located in Ashland and Medford from a Stanislaus County nursery in Califor- nia that subsequently dis- covered it had been in- fected with the sudden oak death. All 17 plants from the infected shipment were Senior Nutrition Menu Sponsored by 592-3562 (541) 592-2126, 474-5440 Meals are served in the CJ County Bldg. FRIDAY, OCT. 31 *Chicken pot pie, broccoli cuts, mixed vegetables, buttermilk biscuit, chocolate brownie MONDAY, NOV. 3 *Chili with beef & beans, chuck wagon corn, marinated zucchini salad, corn bread, peanut butter cookie WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5 *Baked beef rigatoni, steamed spinach, garden vegetable salad, garlic bread, chocolate chip bar recovered and destroyed. Follow-up inspections have found no additional infected plants at either nursery location or sur- rounding areas. Early this summer, Kasch’s Garden Center in the Porltand area informed ODA of a shipment of ca- mellias received from the same California nursery involved with Valley View. ODA inspection and analysis confirmed the presence of P. ramorum in a number of camellias shipped from the Califor- nia nursery to Kasch’s. Some 244 plants that were still on-site at the nursery were confiscated and de- stroyed. Approximately 300 camellias had already been sold to local retail customers. ODA and Kasch’s were able to located 100 fo the sold plants. Laboratory analysis indicated that only one of the 100 was infected with the disease. Surveys conducted on other host plants at the in- fected residential site were negative for P. ramorum. Follow-up inspections have found no additional infected plants at any of the retail customer loca- tions. ODA officials empha- size that in all three cases, the infected material came from outside the state and was not part of an estab- lished infestation of sud- den oak death in Oregon. By STEVE FAIRCHILD Staff Writer Illinois Valley resi- dents Lisa Sherier and Emily Hoskins recently competed in a national softball competition in Sa- lem. Sherier, a 1994 gradu- ate of Illinois Valley High School and Hoskins, a 2000 graduate of IVHS, joined women from Grants Pass to field a team at the double elimination West- ern National Slow Pitch ‘D’ Softball Tournament. The team, called the Combined Extreme, won five games in a row and finished in the top 13 in their division. “It was pretty excit- ing,” Hoskins said of the event. “It was cool because teams fly in from all over. “The level of competi- tion was pretty high,” she added. “I expected it to be competitive and it was every bit competitive.” Sherier, a first-team all league player during her high school junior and sen- ior years, played left cen- ter field. Hoskins, also a first-team all league player her junior and senior high school years, played sec- ond base. The Combined Ex- treme also finished in sec- ond place in the state in a tournament in Klamath Falls earlier in the year. “Both women per- formed well,” said the team’s coach and Lisa’s husband, Pat. “Both have a winning attitude. Neither liked to lose at all. Emily really performed well at nationals and defensively Lisa played superb.” We learn through experience. If the environment permits it, any- one can learn whatever he chooses. If the individual permits it, the environment will teach him everything it has to teach. -- Viola Spolin -- Lisa Sherier and Emily Hoskins 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
