Time for a change. Really!
OK, so two years ago, the “Noose” editor misled the
valley on daylight-saving time, and some folks still want to
fit a noose (the rope kind) around his chicken neck.
Be that as it may: Daylight-saving time will begin at 2
a.m. on Sunday, April 4. The staff has grilled the editor
several times, in more ways than one, to ensure the accu-
racy of this report. Clocks should be set ahead one hour.
Once again: Daylight-saving time will begin at 2 a.m.
on Sunday, April 4. This is not a drill.
P.S. - It will end on Oct. 31.
CITIZENS GROUP EMERGENCY DRILL - Members of
the Citizens Emergency Response Team from Wonder,
Selma and Cave Junction participated in a disaster
drill on Saturday, March 27 at Selma Community Cen-
ter. The exercise, simulating a 9.0 earthquake, was di-
rected by Joe Feldhaus, division chief of Illinois Valley
Fire District; and Gary Biggs, emergency services di-
rector for the city of Cave Junction. Participants were
able to practice using their training in triage, first aid,
and other evaluations. (Photo by Shane Welsh)
Sonny Moore Little League
Volunteer of the Year for Oregon
Cave Junction resident Sonny Moore, 40, an
Illinois Valley Little League volunteer and
teacher at Lorna Byrne Middle School, has
been honored as Oregon’s 2003 LL Volun-
teer of the Year. He also was recognized as
District 8 Volunteer of the Year, which nomi-
nated him for the statewide honor.
IVHS ag project aiming
to ‘send in the clones’
MUSEUM HAPPENING -
Kerbyville Museum held
its grand reopening cere-
mony
last
weekend.
Grants Pass resident
Dale Roderick (left) wore
a pre-Civil War dra-
goon’s uniform and dis-
played old weapons and
an encampment. The mu-
seum features many old
farming and other early
day implements includ-
ing
windmill
blades
(lower right). A major
feature is the one-room
log Grimmett School,
which was moved in the
early 1960s from about
10 miles out Caves Hwy.
Grants are being sought
to restore the old school,
closed to the public two
years ago. The structure
is one of the few one-
room schools left stand-
ing in the United States.
Outpatient
facility in
GP to aid
valleyites
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
A new $1.2 million
outpatient residency site is
coming to Josephine
County near Three Rivers
Co mmu nit y Hosp it al
(TRCH) in Grants Pass.
The project is coming
compliments of the Grants
Pass Association of Real-
tors (GPAR).
The GPAR Family
House project began nearly
two years ago with the idea
that development of a
house associated with the
new TRCH would benefit
Museum hours:
Fridays, Saturdays,
Mondays, Tuesdays
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sundays - noon to 3 p.m.
patients and family mem-
bers from out of the area
receiving outpatient care.
“Around 1994, Rogue
Valley Medical Center
opened a family house in
Medford with 12 rooms,”
said Dawn Welch, site
manager for TRCH. “Just
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
It’s like something out
of a science fiction novel:
teen-agers using test tubes
to create life.
In a highly unique set-
ting, Illinois Valley High
School agricultural science
students have been repli-
cating plants using ad-
vanced cloning methods
for more than two years.
Because there are only
two such labs in Oregon,
including one in Canby,
valley students are pro-
vided a unique opportunity
to study cloning techniques
used in the agricultural
industry.
Jim Heern, agricultural
science teacher at IVHS,
conducts a course that in-
troduces students to the
fundamentals of agricul-
tural cloning.
IVHS has an advanced
tissue culture lab designed
to provide a sterile envi-
ronment for students to
clone identical replicas of
plants using leaves from
other plants.
The program started
four years ago through
funding provided by a Carl
Perkins grant for small
schools, which allowed
construction of a campus
greenhouse. I.V. Commu-
nity Response Team pro-
vided additional funds to
purchase equipment for the
tissue lab. Phido Tech, a
private Kansas supply
company, also provides
discount equipment and
supplies to the school.
Students use the lab to
clone plants including Af-
rican Violets, Snap Drag-
ons, Petunias, and a wide
variety of other flowers
and plants.
“Cloning plants in a
sterile environment pro-
duces controlled hybrids
which provide more uni-
form, disease-free plants,”
said Heern.
“It takes about three
weeks before plants sprout
and another six weeks be-
fore a clone is ready to be
transplanted,” said IVHS
student Edward Cunning-
ham.
this year, they had to ex-
pand to 15 rooms. They
generally have a waiting
list. We even have people
from Josephine County
who travel there to stay
during treatment.”
The idea originated
when GPAR wanted to
adopt a project that would
do something positive for
the community. GPAR
privately met with Sharon
Young, manager for the
Medford Family House,
and discussed the idea of
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