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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Boys & Girls Club
Illinois Valley Unit
offers wide range
of activities
Whether checking the
tool box, hanging with
friends, playing table
tennis,
or
shooting
hoops, there are many
attractions
at
Lorna
Byrne Middle School,
site of the Boys & Girls
Club summer program.
(At left) Cody Miller,
Gregorio Duarte and
Duncan
Cul peppe r;
(Right, from left) Taya
Stewart and Emma Wren
(top) and Alicia Warner
and Milya Stewart.
Playing table tennis is Shea Mather, while Chase Rob-
bins prepares for another swisher basket. The club
offers programs in fine arts, health and life skills, char-
acter and leadership, sports fitness and recreation,
and education and career development. The club oper-
ates Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Phone 592-2163, Ext. 3045. There also are field trips.
Reservations needed for
customer service event
There’s plenty of time.
It all depends on how you use it.
- Red Skelton -
LOW CARB DIETERS!
‘Steak & Fish are 0 carbs!’
Open 5 to 9 p.m. - Restaurant parking in rear
126 S. Redwood Hwy., CJ
592-4222 or 592-2892
A customer service
program is being launched
by the Southern Oregon
Vi s ito r s As so ci at io n
(SOVA) from a grant
awarded by the U.S. Forest
Service.
The program will in-
volve holding customer
service workshops in rural
communities including two
in Illinois Valley.
Quality training will
be offered at the Illinois
Valley Visitor Center on
Tuesday, June 29 from 2 to
4 p.m. and at Oregon
Caves Chateau on
Wednesday, June 30 from
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
To register for train-
ing, contact I.V. Commu-
nity Response Team office
at 592-4440 or phone the
chateau at 592-3400 by
Thursday, June 24. There
is a fee.
“We’re anxious to
work with all tourism
groups and chambers in
the region in making sure
this program reaches every
rural community,” said
Sue Price, owner of South-
ern Oregon Marketing
Consultants, which was
awarded a contract by
SOVA to manage the pro-
gram.
“The first phase will
be developing a pocket
size quick reference book-
marker for front-line staff
to present to tourists want-
ing more information on
things to do in the area,”
said Price.
Tee time for
chamber golf
GRANTS PASS SHOPPING CENTER- (541) 474-1060
Stores also in Medford and Roseburg
Aug. 21 is set for the
second annual Illinois Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce
golf tournament at I.V.
Golf Course, said chamber
Director Vicki Gill, event
chairman.
Gill, SOFCU office
manager in Cave Junction,
said that people can sign
up for the fun tourney by
phoning 592-3326. As dur-
ing the chamber’s first
such event last year, food
and prizes – besides golf –
will be among attractions.
The guide will supple-
ment SOVA’s annual 72-
page, full-color Vacation
Guide. The final step of
the program will be cus-
tomer service training built
around Oregon’s Q
(Quality) Program, “It
Pays to Please,” said Price.
Marlene Lindley of the
Oregon Tourism Commis-
sion said, “The Q Program
is designed to support
training that may already
be offered in local busi-
nesses and will be avail-
able statewide.
“Plans call for a com-
plete marketing and public
awareness campaign to
recognize local businesses
who have participated
through training their em-
ployees, and it will empha-
size the state’s commit-
ment to top quality cus-
tomer service as part of the
new tourism marketing
strategy.”
The City of Cave Junction
is offering a
$500 REWARD
for information leading to
the arrest and conviction
of the individual(s)
responsible for the
vandalism at the CJ Pool
on Saturday/Sunday,
June 12 and 13.
Contact the city if you have
any information at
(541) 592-2156.
Common sense is not so common.
- Voltaire -