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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 28, 2004
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FAIR ENOUGH - Lorna Byrne Middle School will
hold a scholastic book fair every day from Wednesday,
April 28 to Tuesday, May 4 to raise funds for new library
books. There will be a special fair night Monday, May 3
from 6 to 8 p.m.
SPRING CONCERT - Illinois Valley High School
will present a spring concert with the swing choir, concert
choir, and band on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the
IVHS cafetorium. Music instructor T. Lund will direct.
‘PROSPERITY’ PRESENTATION - A video pres-
entation, “In the Name of Prosperity: The Free Trade Area
of the Americas,” will be presented by the John Birch So-
ciety on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Lorna Byrne
Middle School cafetorium.
SPRING MARKET - Illinois Valley Family Coalition
will host a Spring Market on Saturday, May 1 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at 535 E. River St. in Cave Junction next to
IVHS. Admission is free. There will be plants, handmade
crafts, and fine art produced by valley artists and growers.
Plants will range “from the beautiful to the edible.” Valley
produced crafts will include woodwork, stained glass, pot-
tery and jewelry. There will be live music, and face-
painting. Parking will be on the coalition lot or at the CJ
Pool across the street. Vendor booths are available; phone
592-6139, Ext. 303. Check the ad in this issue.
SAINTS CAR WASH - The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints Cave Junction Ward youth group will
hold a car wash at Oregon Caves Chevron in Cave Junc-
tion on Saturday, May 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise
money for camp.
BOOK LOOK - Rogue Community College literature
teacher Diana Coogle will discuss Nobel Prize-winning
author J.M. Coetzee’s book, “Disgrace,” on Wednesday,
May 5 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the back room of the I.V.
Senior Center at 520 E. River St. in Cave Junction.
CARE-GIVER WORKSHOP - Rogue Valley Coun-
cil of Governments is offering a six-week course to help
family members caring for older adults. The class will be
held Thursdays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. from May 6 to June 17
(except June 3), at Asante Home Care Services, 1550 N.W.
Sixth St. in Grants Pass. Pre-registration is required. Phone
Syl Zucker at (541) 956-6200 for more information.
FREE FILM - A free movie will be shown at Illinois
Valley High School Friday, May 7 at 6 and 8 p.m. Snack
bar proceeds will go to the girls basketball team. Check the
ad in this issue.
‘COSMIC COMIC’ - “Swami Beyondananda,” also
known as “The Cosmic Comic,” will be featured during a
fund-raiser in Takilma on Friday, May 7. The event is co-
sponsored by Dome School and the Takilma Community
Bldg. The event also will include an East Indian dinner.
Check the ad in this issue for more information.
PAINTING PRIZE - Deborah Ann Dawson, a well-
known water color artist, is raffling her painting, “Winter
Creek,” to help finance the bariatric surgery for her hus-
band, Bob McCarver, in Eugene in June. The painting is
hung in Blue Moon Café, next to the state liquor store in
Downtown CJ, and tickets are available there.
NOTEPAD - Natalie Kaplan, granddaughter of Bob
and Jan Rodriguez of Cave Junction, is in an ad on page 77
in the May issue of “Pregnancy” magazine (she’s the one
wearing a hat). The photo was taken when Natalie was
about 1; she’ll be 2 in August. Her parents are Matt and
Vicki Kaplan of Carlsbad, Calif…The football program
at Lorna Byrne Middle School is working on a fund-raiser.
For a specific donation, businesses can have their names
placed on a banner that will be displayed at home and
away-games. The program needs help because it’s not
funded by the district. The team last year had an unde-
feated season. It’s noted that, “The high school athletes of
tomorrow are in middle school today.” Phone 592-6142,
592-4572 or 596-2248 for more information...Restaurant
recognition for superior cleanliness was to be given to CJ
Taco Bell MiniMart and Giant Burger during a weekly
business session of Josephine County Board of Commis-
sioners Wednesday, April 28 in Grants Pass.
LAST WORDS - Be civil to all; sociable to many;
familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. (Ben
Franklin)
The best safety device in a car is a
rearview mirror with a policeman in it.
- Gil Stern -
Restaurante
Oregon Democrats can
help him do that. Alaska
and Hawaii have already
helped him, as they also
had late primaries.
If all of us who believe
in his platform registered
as Democrats before Tues-
day, April 27 and vote for
him on May 18, we can
help Oregon make the dif-
ference. Greens and Inde-
pendents who believe in
helping Kucinich can go
back to their own parties
after the primary.
Kucinich wants to cre-
ate a peace department to
balance
our
war
(er...defense dept.). He
wants to bring us back to
our Constitution and Bill
of Rights (to read them,
understand how important
they are and abide by them
once again).
He wants universal
health care and quality
education from pre-
kindergarten through col-
lege for all our children.
He wants to repeal the
huge tax-cut for the rich 1
percent of us.
He wants to repeal the
Patriot Act and withdraw
from NAFTA and WTO.
He wants to fine the
500 companies that send
jobs out of this country. He
wants to make the huge
corporations that pay no
taxes, and can finance their
own agenda in every
elected office in this coun-
try, pay their fair share of
taxes instead.
economy, thereby benefit-
ing all residents and busi-
nesses.
I.V. Lions Club has
made tremendous contri-
butions to the people of
Illinois Valley, and I hope
it is allowed and able to
continue the good works.
Support library levy
From Kathleen Carlisle
Selma
Let’s not shoot our-
selves in the foot. What
can possibly be gained by
curtailing library services?
Remember A. Lincoln.
From Mary Jo Weber
Cave Junction
A vote for the library
levy is a vote for more
hours at our library in
Cave Junction. The Illinois
Valley Branch Library
would increase its hours
from 20 to 42 hours per
week.
With the current hours,
it takes some combination
of planning, luck, and
dedication to get to the
library when it is open.
More hours means that
more people would be able
to use the library, even
with a busy schedule.
A “yes” vote for the
library would also be a
vote for more books.
To find out more about
what the library levy
would mean individually
and for our community,
there is a “Library Levy
Facts” sheet at the library,
or find the sheet on the
Josephine County website
at www.co.josephine.or.us.
(Scroll to “Additional Jo-
sephine County Informa-
tion” and click on “Visit
the Josephine County Li-
brary.”)
Don’t have Internet
access? Go to the library
for free public access
Internet. Hours in Cave
Junction are Mondays and
Tuesdays, noon to 5 p.m.;
Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 6
p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to
1 p.m.; closed Thursdays
and Sundays.
Non-profit fee
Free park use
Remember Abe
From Irvin Whiting
Cave Junction
The Illinois Valley
Lions Club has been using
the Cave Junction city park
since 1965 when the Jubi-
lee Association Inc. trans-
ferred ownership to the
city of Cave Junction. In
Article 3 of the transfer
agreement it states:
“(3) city hereby au-
thorizes the association, as
long as said association is
in existence and in good
corporate standing with the
State of Oregon, the use of
ten (10) acres of above
described parcel, to be se-
lected by City, the Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday
of each Labor Day week-
end each and every year.”
This indicates that the
park “shall” be available
for Labor Day functions
annually for 3 days.
In addition to that, arti-
cle (4) of the agreement
between the city and the
Jubilee Association states:
“This (10) acres shall be
available to the ‘Public’ at
no charge during the 3 day
Labor Day activities.”
It is well known by
those of us who have lived
here for many years that
I.V. Lions Club has used
the Labor Day weekend to
provide entertainment for
the “public” as indicated in
the agreement.
As the elected mayor
of Cave Junction for six
years during very hard
times, neither I nor the
council ever wanted to
charge I.V. Lions Club for
the Labor Day festival use
of city facilities. We knew
this activity brought many
dollars to Cave Junction’s
Selmac Swan
swimmingly satisfied.
See page 10
From Gene Modrich
Eugene
I lived a long time in
Illinois Valley. I feel a ne-
cessity to put some light on
the controversy the city is
having with the I.V. Lions
Club over park charges.
Although I am a senior
citizen now, I do still have
my memory.
I remember way back
when the land was donated
to the city for Jubilee Park,
it was to get the use of the
park for their events for
“free.”
I am not aware if this
was reflected in the deed
or not, but that certainly
was the agreement.
It would seem to me
that no matter, the city has
the obligation to honor the
intent of parties.
For the record, I am
not a Lion, and don’t in-
tend to be one, but I felt
compelled to be a voice to
help set the record straight.
GRATE TREE - Some 20 flowering trees with decora-
tive grates have been installed in Downtown Cave
Junction as part of beautification that included re-
moval of trees whose roots had pushed up sidewalks.
featuring:
Jerry Hurley singing
Elvis songs
Sunday, May 9 - 4 p.m.
at
Junction Inn
Cover charge with
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$10 per person
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(541) 592-3106
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