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Kerby H 2 O
plan OK’d
by JoCo
Josephine County com-
missioners officially have ap-
proved formation of Kerby
Water District (KWD), organ-
ized by community residents in
August 2003.
Wednesday, April 30 the
board voted 3-0 in favor of a
petition by a number of Kerby
residents, in action that in-
cludes district boundaries.
Approximately 70 proper-
ties are involved, including
some along Redwood Hwy.,
plus Kerby Mainline, Hatha-
way Drive, Holton Creek
Road, and Finch Road. Several
owners involved in the district
have properties that are not
adjacent.
The cost of installing the
necessary infrastructure has
been estimated at $2.2 million.
The district is working with the
city of Cave Junction to pro-
vide its water supply.
Bids will be advertised,
and once a choice is made, the
work is anticipated to take ap-
proximately three months.
Drumbeats
of Africa in
arts event
Obo Addy, an internation-
ally renowned African master
drummer, and his troupe, will
visit two Illinois Valley schools
this week in a Learning
Through Arts program.
A public performance for
the I.V. community will be
held Saturday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
at Lorna Byrne Middle School
(LBMS). Donations will be
accepted at the door.
The performance is made
possible through a contribution
by LBMS, and a grant from
I.V. Community Development
Organization. The African
Studies cultural program was
organized by the Learning
Through Art Committee, of the
Illinois River Valley Arts
Council.
The program is funded by
LBMS contributions, and the
Southern Oregon Guild (SOG),
as part of its Community Art
Network Project, according to
an announcement.
Members of the Learning
Through Art Committee are
Cate Bendock, Reni Schaeffer,
Linda Naynol and Penny
Niemi. Kathy Kelley is a past
member.
At LBMS, workshops for
seventh-graders will be con-
ducted the week after Addy’s
appearances. He and his troupe
will help introduce African
culture to all students. The
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With Mother’s Day
coming Sunday, May 8,
numerous businesses
have come up with
special offers to help
make the day
extra special.
This issue contains
their wide range of
products and services
in a color spread on
pages 6 and 7.
Check it!
Dogs kill,
maim two
CJ horses
MANLY MEDIEVAL MAYHEM -- Students at Lorna
Byrne Middle School got an inside look at days of yore
last week, courtesy of Myrtleholt Shire of the Society
for Creative Anachronisms (SCA), from Medford. Sev-
eral members, including some from Illinois Valley, pro-
vided an informational session about medieval cos-
tumes and customs, plus the tone of the times prior to
a demonstration of combat. Showing their fighting
skills were Lord Squire Aelfric Thorfastson (left) and
Lord Bhrain Cannoc Buchannan.
Knockers Benefit for Holly Shinerock at JI highly successful
The recent Knockers
Benefit at Junction Inn for
Holly Shinerock, who is
uninsured and has breast
cancer, was successful,
sponsors said, as more than
$13,000 was raised.
A huge crowd attended
the special event.
Sponsors added: “The
biggest party in recent Cave
Junction history was due to
the musicians who donated
their talents:
‘Mawq,’ ‘B-Wishes,’
John Trujillo, Brian Rogers,
Bob Lunq, Dave Momsa,
Jessie Norton, ‘Sunrise
Ocean,’ and Mattie Wright.
By working together we
have bought Holly some
breathing room to concen-
trate on healing.
“She is doing great,
buoyed by the incredibly
generous and compassionate
spirit her community has
shown her.
“Tickets will be avail-
able at Taylor’s Country
Store for a burlwood chair,
donated by It’s A Burl, to
help with Holly’s next
round of bills.
“The lessons of her
situation are that we all need
insurance, and to care for
ourselves with regular self-
exams and medical visits.
Early detection is crucial for
the successful treatment of
cancer.
“Everyone who helped
the benefit is appreciated.”
New Barlow owners take nothing for granite
For the new co-owners of
Barlow Sand & Gravel in Cave
Junction, being between a rock
and a hard place is a good
thing.
Chad Hansen and Kelly
Agnew, two men in their early
30s with families to raise and
plenty of experience in the
industry, have purchased the
former Barlow Rock on
Rockydale Road from Ozzie
Barlow, son of founder Mel
Barlow.
Mel Barlow turned over
the firm to his son a few years
CHAD HANSEN and KELLY AGNEW
ago, and has remained active in
the business since.
Agnew, originally from
Wenatchee, Wash., “grew up
in the business.” He has
crushed rock and produced
asphalt for companies all over
the West.
Hansen owns Chad Han-
sen Concrete in Grants Pass,
and Chad Hansen LLC, also in
Grants Pass.
He operates 13 sand-and-
gravel trucks, having added to
the rolling stock at Barlow
Sand & Gravel. They’ve also
brought in new equipment for
the plant, while replacing and
upgrading other gear. It’s all
aimed at providing Illinois
Valley residents and builders
what they need in the way of
shale, crushed rock, sand and
gravel, and landscaping and
decorative material.
Plus, said the partners, the
place has the only public weigh
station in the valley.
The business was begun in
1960 by Mel Barlow. He was
instrumental in providing mate-
rial for building Collier Tunnel,
a few miles south of the Ore-
gon border near Illinois Valley.
And he’s been a friend and
community supporter to the
valley all that time.
Ozzie and Mel’s daughter,
Elana Barlow, are remaining
with the business, as well as
Nora, Mel’s wife. Overall, said
Hansen, not including him and
Agnew, the firm has five full-
time employees and several
part-timers.
As for getting into their
new venture, Hansen said, “We
want to help build Cave Junc-
tion.” He and Agnew noted
that quite simply, they saw a
need in Illinois Valley, espe-
cially because of the major
residential growth in and
around the city of Cave Junc-
tion, and decided to fill the bill.
Developers in the area,
said Agnew, were having to go
to Grants Pass for the various
rock items they need. Now
they don’t have to, as Barlow
Sand & Gravel provides it all.
From shale and crushed
rock in various sizes, plus river
rock; to black shale, topsoil and
a variety of landscaping and
decorative material, Barlow
has it all, said Hansen and
Agnew.
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After one of her miniature
prize show horses was killed
by two loose dogs, and another
severely injured, a rural Cave
Junction woman asks:
“Do you know where your
dog is?”
Said Candy Crow, “It’s
amazing to me that people let
their dogs run loose, and are
not aware of what they’re do-
ing.”
In her situation Monday
morning, May 2, one of two
dogs, she said, killed a $5,500
27-inch stallion. Another min-
istallion, an Appaloosa valued
at $3,500, suffered severe inju-
ries, including severed rear
hock tendons.
Dead is “Spots of Onix ‘n’
Ivory.” A buyer had already
paid $2,000 toward purchase,
and Crow said that she’ll have
to return the money.
The injured horse is “Kiss
This,” and Crow is unsure of
its medical outcome, as parts of
its rear were badly chewed, she
said.
One of the scariest aspects
to the attack, said Crow, is that
when she approached the dog
she saw killing one horse, and
yelled at it, it turned on her.
“I ran for my pickup
truck,” she said, “and the dog,
which was snarling, hit the
door while I was inside. It was
ferocious.”
The only way she could
get it to stop its attack, she re-
called, was to honk her horn.
“That scared it,” she said, “and
it took off. When it was attack-
ing the injured horse, it would-
n’t let go, and the horse kept
trying to shake it off, but the
dog was bigger than it.”
Some llamas she owns
also helped scare away the two
dogs.
Josephine County Animal
Control took away the offend-
ing beast, said Crow, after she
followed it home and con-
fronted the owner.
“He wasn’t happy about
losing his dog,” she said. She
added that she is going to go
door-to-door to find the other
animal, as she considers it a
danger.
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including bark, topsoil, red cinders and black cinders. Flagstone
and other items can be ordered.
We also have crushed rock & shale in various sizes and river
rock; plus black shale in various sizes.
1711 Rockydale Road
592-3610
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