Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Here, There
& Everywhere
STRIP TRIP - Libby Goines, who’s leading a
Downtown Cave Junction mural project (see story on
page 14), notes that she’s one of two valleyites looking for
strippers. Goines needs volunteer strippers for a brick
wall. Meanwhile, Larry Goynes (no relation) is in the
market for women strippers for Sugars, a topless bar
which is yet to open despite erroneous reporting by a cou-
ple of TV stations. Coincidentally, the two seeking strip-
pers even have the same initials.
PARK ROCK - Rock ‘n’ roll music by “BOS,” for-
merly “Tequila Monsters,” will be performed Thursday, June
22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Jubilee Park. It’s the second of
eight in the free Concerts in the Park series sponsored by Illi-
nois Valley Chamber of Commerce. “Valley Country Band”
will play Western music Thursday, June 29.
LIBRARY PLAN CLAN - An open, public meet-
ing with supporters of the proposed library district “to
review campaign plans to build support for a real library
in Josephine County,” and consider how to possibly con-
tribute to the community initiative will be held Monday,
June 26. The gathering will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Illi-
nois Valley Branch Library on Palmer Street off Hwy.
199 in Downtown Cave Junction.
REUNIONMANIA - Nine graduating classes will
gather in Illinois Valley for Reunion ’06 from Friday,
June 30 through Sunday, July 2. The annual extravaganza,
which brings mucho moola into the valley, is sponsored
by The Association of IVHS Alumni and Friends and
KUHS Alumni Inc. The following classes will reunite:
1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1991 and
1996. There will be a dance, golf tournament, many din-
ner gatherings, the annual meeting, and the picnic in Jubi-
lee Park with a silent auction.
BLUEGRASS BONUS - The deadline for discount
tickets for the third annual Siskiyou Bluegrass Festival at
Lake Selmac has been extended to July 20. The event,
sponsored by Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce with
help from several businesses, will be held July 22-23.
Tickets are available at the chamber office in the I.V. Visi-
tor Center, and at Century 21 Harris & Taylor.
MOM-DAUGHTER TIME - Rogue Community
College is providing an opportunity for mothers and
daughters, ages 9-11, to examine important issues facing
young people. An overnight camping trip will take place
Aug. 23-24 at Indian Mary Park on the Rogue River.
“This experience will provide an opportunity for mothers
and daughters to focus on important topics in their lives,”
said Sue Orris, an RCC counselor who will serve as a
facilitator with Joy Soll, an outdoor leadership educator
and guide. They will provide activities to help partici-
pants address issues such as body image, positive com-
munication skills, and peer influence. Cost is $134 for
mother and daughter, with a $15 fee for each additional
daughter. The fee covers food, materials and campsite.
Pre-registration is required. To register or for more infor-
mation phone 956-7501. For more information phone
956-7303 or visit www.roguecc.edu.bcwd.
NOTEPAD - Oregon Mountain Real Estate has a
Website: www.oregonmountain.com. (We’re noting it
because we messed it up in the “Valley Visitor”) ...
“Grandparents Rights, Guardianship & Conservator-
ship” is the title of a free presentation Friday, June 30
from 1 to 2 p.m. at Asante’s Washington Outpatient
Center, 1505 N.W. Washington Bldg. in GP. It’ll be pre-
sented by the Oregon Law Center. Phone 955-5547 to
RSVP … A swimming pool committee will be organ-
ized during a meeting Wednesday, June 21 at 6 p.m. at
Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co. The grass-roots group
wants to plan for funding the CJ Swimming Pool be-
cause the city-owned facility faces financing problems
every year … Iron Horse Bike Rally (formerly Iron
Horse Rodeo) will be held Friday through Sunday, June
23-25 at Lake Selmac … Bumper stickers: *I’d rather
be raisin’ Cain than raisin’ bran. *Drive any closer and
I’m gonna’ slap you. *I’m retired. Go around me. *I
respect your opinion. I just don’t want to hear it.
LAST WORDS - I don’t believe in a government
that protects us from ourselves. (President Ronald
Reagan)
Damage to IVFD headquarters reaching $29,000
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driver apparently suffered a
seizure. The room was vacant
at the time.
Rich said that expenses
are mounting for repairs to
the wall, replacement of car-
peting, fixtures and furniture,
plus mending structural dam-
age caused by the impact. He
said that the contractor,
Batzer Inc., had a crew on-
site in about an hour after
being notified.
He stated that the original
Station 1, which has been
replaced and is adjacent to the
new HQ and which also
served as administrative HQ,
“was there for 54 years” with-
out such damage. But the new
HQ, he lamented, finished
about the “transients in town”
and the horrible mess our
Jubilee Park has turned into.
But Midnight Oasis has
been going strong for a few
years now, and the transients
are still here. And of course,
the park is still just as bad.
Midnight Oasis didn’t bring a
bunch of unwanted creeps to
our town. It didn’t bring out-
right filth and lewd behavior
to our streets.
And no one has bothered
that company since it opened.
It’s doing just fine. The peo-
ple who want to shop there
do, and the ones who don’t
like it stay away.
Just because Larry Goy-
nes is opening Sugars in our
town doesn’t mean that
everyone is going to be
forced to go there. It’s our
choice to go there. It’s not
like some cosmic force is
pulling everyone in there. A
person would have to want to
go in there.
Larry’s not going to have
some Guido character forcing
people in. We aren’t going to
be walking down the street
and run into witches who are
going to cast spells on us to
enter the bar against our wills.
I mean really, that’s how peo-
ple have been sounding.
Larry Goynes has said
that if the topless dancers
aren’t in demand, he is think-
ing about changing the enter-
tainment to live music or
something else. I say we
should just give him a
chance.
some three months ago, in-
curred substantial damage in
the May 26 incident.
It appears, the chief indi-
cated, that the driver’s insur-
ance company and IVFD’s
carrier will have to duke it
out, as it seems that the
driver’s insurance is insuffi-
cient to cover the amount of
damages.
To prevent another such
occurrence, Rich said, plans
are to place concrete barriers
known as K-rails in front of
HQ and possibly an area in
front of the new Station 1.
“They’re not pretty,” he
said, “but we need to protect
our buildings and people.” He
added that some sort of land-
scaping or art work might be
Cow Creek backing aids
RCC’s childhood center
Youngsters attending the
new Redwood Early Child-
hood Center will have nutri-
tious meals and snacks, pre-
pared in a well-equipped
commercial kitchen, thanks to
a $20,000 grant from the Cow
Creek Umpqua Indian Foun-
dation.
Construction of the cen-
ter, on the Rogue Community
College Redwood Campus in
Grants Pass, is nearing com-
pletion. The facility is a col-
laborative venture between
RCC, Southern Oregon Head
Start and Josephine County
Early Intervention.
When it opens Sept. 19,
the center will provide Head
Start educational programs
for children ages 3 and 4
from low-income families
and for children with disabili-
ties. It will serve as a lab
school for students in RCC’s
Early Childhood Education
program.
Early Intervention Ser-
vices will provide special
services for children with
disabilities. The center also
will be used for early child-
hood conferences and events.
“This grant will defi-
nitely influence the health of
the children who will be at-
tending our programs, as well
as contribute to their knowl-
edge of the importance of
good nutrition,” said Connie
Denham, who heads the Early
Childhood Education Dept.
Denham will accept the
grant during an award cere-
mony Monday, June 26 at
Seven Feathers Hotel and
Resort. Funding will be used
to purchase commercial
equipment including a
freezer, range, sinks, and
stainless steel tables.
RCC provided the build-
ing site for the project. A
$600,000 Community Devel-
opment Block Grant was
awarded through the city of
Grants Pass.
More than $600,000 in
additional funding has been
obtained through grants and
donations. Grants came from
organizations including the
RCC Foundation, as well as
the Gates, Four-Way, Collins,
Carpenter, Allen and Cheney
foundations.
For more information
contact Connie Denham at
956-7053.
ODOT map shows location
of road work to aid drivers
Want to know where and
when you may encounter
orange cones and work zones
as you travel around the state
this summer?
The Oregon Dept. of
Transportation (ODOT) is
distributing the Summer 2006
Road Projects map so motor-
ists can plan ahead.
With 109 projects listed
on the map, this is one of the
busiest construction seasons
in recent history. The increase
is fueled in part by the Ore-
gon Transportation Invest-
ment Act.
The Oregon Legislature
passed a series of funding
packages that raised approxi-
mately $3 billion for highway
and bridge construction work
over the next several years.
OTIA funding is contributing
to 22 projects scheduled for
this construction season.
“More road projects also
means you’re more likely to
encounter a work zone,” said
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If so many people don’t
want this business in town,
then obviously no one is go-
ing to be going there. If no
one goes there, then the busi-
ness will have to close. It’s
just that simple.
If you don’t like some-
thing, you don’t have to be
there. I mean, we are all
grown-ups here, aren’t we? It
really doesn’t have anything
to do with the children. Larry
isn’t opening a topless bar for
under-age dancers.
I for one am looking for-
ward to Sugars’ grand open-
ing, and I want Larry to know
that he has my full support in
his endeavor. I’ll see him on
opening night, and will ask if
there’s any chance of a girls
night with male dancers.
ODOT. “When driving
through a work zone, remem-
ber to slow down, be alert for
changes to traffic patterns,
and be aware of workers and
equipment.”
The construction map is
“a helpful guide for general
information about construc-
tion activity.”
For current road condi-
tions, including construction
activity, motorists can log on
to www.TripCheck.com or
phone 511.
The Summer 2006 Road
Projects map is available at
several locations around the
state, including offices of
Driver and Motor Vehicle
Services, truck stops, wel-
come centers and ODOT of-
fices.
solicited to help beautify the
barriers.
In another money matter,
Rich referred to the Deer
Creek Fire in August 2005.
Because of its extent, includ-
ing the loss of some homes
and motor vehicles, the Con-
flagration Act was invoked,
and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA) became involved.
Under FEMA guidelines,
IVFD submitted a request for
$85,000 after the fire to reim-
burse staff and volunteers for
their time on the fire lines,
and for equipment including
hoses. “Some of us went for
six full days without relief
because of that emergency,”
Rich said.
The phrase guaranteed to wake up an audience:
‘And in conclusion ...’
Illinois Valley Family Coalition
Country Fair
Saturday, July 1, 10 to 4
Sterling Bank parking lot
(corner of Redwood Hwy. & Lister)
• Arts & Crafts
• Food & Music
• Farmer’s Market
• Animal Exhibits
• Special Events for Kids
• Raffle
(prizes donated by more than 30 businesses)
Illinois Valley Family Coalition
535 E. River Street, Cave Junction
Phone 592-6139
A community organization helping those in need.
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT
Breakfast
Sa t urda y, J une 2 4 , 7 t o 1 1 a .m .
a t t he CJ Lions Club c a r show
in J ubile e Pa rk
Bisc uit s & Gravy - Eggs
Sa usa ge - Pa nc a ke s
Juic e - Coffe e
$5 per person (discounts for children)
Breakfast by Kerby Belt Lodge 18
Congratulations
GED grads 2006!
Pe ggy Brile y
Clint on C. De t e r
De a Eva ns
H a sha na I . Griffin
Lisa Susa nne Robbins
Je sse B. Wim pe e
CJ court collects
Cave Junction Munici-
pal Court assessed $3,790 in
fines and collected $514
during May, the city council
was advised recently.
Impound fees paid dur-
ing May totaled $1,000.
Since July 1, 2005 through
May the city has collected
$7,500.
The court during the
same period has collected
$7,391 in fines for traffic
infractions. Ten citations
were issued by law enforce-
ment personnel in city limits
during May.
Only recently, he added,
did IVFD receive some
$49,000 from FEMA. “To the
credit of our firefighters,” he
said, “everyone waited for
that funding and did not seek
relief from the district.
“This is a tribute to our
firefighters,” the chief noted,
“that they would wait pa-
tiently for almost a year be-
fore getting any reimburse-
ment for what they did.”
In other financial items,
IVFD Directors Larrick
Jones, Joe Malcolm and Joel
Downing voted 3-0 in favor
of adopting the fiscal 2006-07
budget. The total is
$1,476,041 with a tax rate of
$1.87 per $1,000 assessed
valuation.
The faculty and staff of the Rogue Community College
Illinois Valley Learning Center are proud of our students and
applaud their dedication, hard work, and achievements.
Most of our GED graduates will be pursuing additional
education and training, fulfilling their dreams for personal
success.
Illinois Valley Learning Center
Adult Basic Education 592-2103
Student release forms are on file for authorized publishing.
$$ NEED CASH $$
Cave Bear Pawn
is buying quality items.
Thinking of having a yard sale (estate sale) but don’t need the
hassle? Maybe you don’t have the time. We can help! We will
come to you and appraise your items on the spot…with cash.
Please phone George or Rachel for details:
592-2987
220 N. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction Plaza