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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Valley economic improvement linked to cooperation of groups
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in death.
Elaine Alford
Former Selma resident
Elaine Faye Alford, 59, of
Grants Pass died on Tues-
day, Dec. 9, 2003 in Provi-
dence Medford Medical
Center.
No service is planned,
and private burial will be
conducted in Visalia,
Calif. Local arrangements
are being handled by Hull
& Hull Funeral Directors,
Grants Pass.
Mrs. Alford was born
on Sept. 28, 1944 in Carls-
bad, N.M. She had lived in
Selma for approximately
20 years before relocating
to Grants Pass. Three
brothers survive her.
Economic develop-
ment and diversification
can come to Illinois Val-
ley, but they are linked to
business, civic and organ-
izational leaders in the
community devising a co-
operative agenda.
That’s a major conclu-
sion in a just-completed
report: “Strengths and
Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats (SWOT)
Analysis for Illinois Val-
ley.”
It was prepared for the
valley by Al Koski of the
former JoCo Economic
Development Dept. Partial
funding for the survey was
from the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice and Oregon State Lot-
tery through the Rural In-
vestment Fund adminis-
tered by the Oregon Eco-
nomic and Community
Development Dept.
For the current SWOT
analysis, Koski inter-
viewed 89 persons, 79 of
whom live and work in
Illinois Valley. The excep-
tions, though not living in
the valley, either work here
or have strong connections
to it through their employ-
ment or membership in
organizations.
The second part of the
conclusion reads, “With
cooperative effort from
local interests, the county
and Oregon Economic De-
velopment Dept., Illinois
Valley has the potential to
realize new opportunities
while preserving the inde-
pendent heritage that
makes this community a
unique, special place to
work, live, do business and
recreate.”
The last SWOT analy-
sis, conducted in 1989,
drew the same conclu-
sions. It was the first con-
ducted in Oregon and lead
to a strategic plan and for-
mation of a “2010 Com-
mittee,” a forerunner to the
Felicity Goucher
Garcia
Felicity Goucher Gar-
cia, 3 days old, died on
Thursday, Dec. 11 at
Rogue Valley Medical
Center in Medford.
Illinois Valley Funeral
Home is in charge of ar-
rangements. A funeral ser-
vice will be held at 10 a.m.
on Thursday, Dec. 18 at
I.V. Chapel and Funeral
Home. Stephen Vantuyl
will officiate. Visitation
will be held at the chapel
on Wednesday, Dec. 17
from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial
will follow the service at
Deer Creek Cemetery in
Selma.
It is the family’s wish
that donations be made to
a memorial fund at Home
Valley Bank in Cave Junc-
tion under the name of
Goucher/Garcia. She was
born on Dec. 9 in Grants
Pass.
She is survived by her
father, Ben Goucher and
her mother, Evette Garcia,
both of Selma; grandpar-
ents, Bernard and Karen
Garcia of Selma and Ken-
neth Goucher of Panama
City Beach, Fla. and Stacy
Roundtree of Las Vegas,
Nev.
LINDEMANS
St. Patrick of the Forest
Catholic Church
On Dec. 21, we will
light the fourth candle on
the advent wreath. The
Gospel reading from Luke
will focus on Mary’s visit
to her cousin Elizabeth.
Both women are pregnant
and sharing their excite-
ment as well because we
know the roles that both
children will eventually
play.
Christmas is just days
away now, and our season
of Advent has prepared us
for a great celebration. The
music will be festive, the
church will be decorated
with poinsettias, and eve-
ryone will welcome the
new born King, Christ the
Lord.
Illinois Valley
Baptist Church
Pastor Stan Smith an-
nounces the formation of a
new youth group, Knights
for Christ. The first meet-
ing will be on Saturday,
Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. in the
American Legion Hall,
2110 Caves Highway. At
the meeting officers will be
elected and installed. Im-
portant committees, such
as fund-raising, activities,
outreach and communica-
tions, will also be formed.
The 5/4 HIM quintet
from Medford will perform
at the 10:30 a.m. service
on Jan. 11.
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current I.V. Community
Response Team (IVCRT).
The value of the effort,
said Koski, became readily
apparent in 1993 and ’94
when the valley became
quite “adept at applying
for and receiving federal
grants through the North-
west Economic Adjust-
ment Initiative and was
designated one of 30 Fed-
eral Enterprise Communi-
ties in the nation.
(Continued next week)