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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Scotch Broom removal was included in the Boy & Girls Club work. (Photo provided) Boys & Girls weed whack at SFI ranch (Continued from page 3) at the weevil, Vautier ex- plained how noxious weeds are a problem because they are originally from some- where else. When they are brought here they find no natural enemies, so they re- produce like crazy and crowd out native plants and plants that humans are cultivating. She added that these insects have been released in our valley a number of times during the last five years by various groups and agen- cies, in an attempt to control knapweed spread. The wee- vils have now established a population here and this year they are being found all over Illinois Valley. The Seedhead Weevils are from the same part of the Mediterranean as knapweed. They were brought here because of their use of knap- weed flowers as a place to lay their eggs. Adult weevils gather on the purple flowers of knapweed, where they stand on their heads and dig into the flower. Once inside, the weevils lay their eggs, and the devel- oping larvae eat the devel- oping knapweed seeds, re- sulting in the knapweed pro- ducing fewer viable seeds. While the weevils will not eliminate knapweed com- pletely, it is hoped that they can slow the production of knapweed seeds so that land owners will have an easier time controlling knapweed. Vautier then demon- strated to the Boys & Girls Club the use of the Weed Wrench, several of which were provided for the pro- ject by FAC. They are large tools that use leverage to pull out Scotch Broom by the roots. The tool is so ef- fective pulling out Scotch Broom that even children can do it. Later, the Boys & Girls Club and folks from SFI went into the woods along Deer Creek and pulled the Long-term home care in Oregon funded by grant The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- vices (CMS) recently awarded Oregon a five-year $114 million grant to assist the state’s continuing efforts to transition people from institutions to community- based care settings. Since 1981 Oregon has led the nation in the devel- opment of lower cost alter- natives to institutional care. Oregon ranks first na- tionally in the proportion of Medicaid long-term care expenditures made for home care and last among the states for institutionalized nursing care expenditures. “Oregon remains at the forefront nationally in pro- viding care and assistance that lets individuals remain in their communities,” said Gov. Kulongoski. “With this federal vote of confidence in our efforts, we will be able to provide for hundreds more Orego- nians in a community set- ting.” Oregon’s Money Fol- lows the Person grant will be managed through the Oregon Dept. of Human Services Seniors and People with Disabilities Division. The grant will help transi- tion 780 Oregonians from institutional to community care during the next five years. “For 25 years, Oregon has shown that institutional- ized populations with com- plex medical and long-term care needs can be served in their communities with wrap-around services,” said Dr. Bruce Goldberg, DHS director. “This grant will allow us to continue to strengthen our state’s com- munity-based care system.” The department will develop an implementation plan. It is convening a group of advocates, community partners, DHS staff and managers, including indi- viduals working in institu- tions and community-care homes. The grant will serve 40 children with developmental disabilities in pediatric nurs- ing facilities, 300 seniors with end-stage dementia, 300 adults with physical disabilities in nursing facili- ties, and 140 adults with developmental disabilities in nursing and intermediate- care facilities. In this second round of awards, Oregon is one of the 13 states and the District of Columbia to receive the demonstration grant. CMS announced the first round of 17 recipients in January. highly flammable Scotch Broom that is invading the riparian area. After the Scotch Broom pull, the SFI crew took the children swimming in Deer Creek for a well-deserved treat on a hot summer day. Those who would like to borrow a Weed Wrench or need help with weed identification or advice on weeding, can phone the FAC office at 592-4098. Page 13 SFI expansion ‘Water & Rocks’ at Wiseman (Continued from page 1) Wiseman Gallery on the Rogue Community College campus in Grants Pass will display a group of paintings, “Water & Rocks.” The work, produced by Maria Kazankaya, will be hang- ing through Aug. 30. Summer hours for the gallery, open to the public, are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. of putting in here,” Parrish said. Researchers from all over the world have utilized the Deer Creek Center, but Parrish said that SFI hopes to offer camping on its site to members of the general public next year. “There’s a relaxing and magical quality to the prop- erty,” she said. “It’s a very special place.” SFI currently offers a Naturalist Certificate Pro- gram, and several other classes will be offered dur- ing the next few months. For more information, visit www.thesif.org or phone 597-8530. 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