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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 1, 2007
‘Blackberries and Blues’ make festival a tasty affair
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
What do blackberries
and the Blues have in com-
mon?
They comprise the
theme for the 26th annual
Illinois Valley Wild Black-
berry Arts & Crafts Festival
scheduled for Saturday and
Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12.
Event organizer Mark
Russo said that the festival
will be bigger and better
than in recent memory.
“There will be almost
three times the entertain-
ment this year,” Russo said.
Headlining this year
will be “Broadway Phil and
the Shouters,” who will play
from 8 to 10 p.m. on Aug.
11 at Jubilee Park in Cave
Junction. Ashland-based
“Frankie Hernandez Band”
will play from 6 to 8 p.m.
This year’s festival also
will feature an afternoon
stage show in Downtown
Cave Junction. “Bruce Han-
son” is slated to appear,
along with “The Goldman
Family.”
“The Goldman Fam-
ily’s” act includes a 5-year-
old who can play a fiddle
behind his head, Russo said.
Selma resident Nicole
Navarro will headline the
afternoon stage show with
her country rock.
Russo said that there
will be events and attrac-
tions downtown and in
Jubliee Park.
“We realized it had to
stay downtown, but there’s
no reason it can’t be all of
town,” Russo said.
Aside from music, there
also will be a co-ed softball
tournament at the park’s
field. Rick Dees is in charge
of organizing the tourna-
ment. He said that there has
been great response for the
revival of that activity with
several teams ready to take
the field.
Jubilee Park will have
several child-oriented exhib-
its and events, including a
bounce house, which will be
located by the playground.
Russo said that Wildlife
Images will have a display
in the park mid-Saturday.
“It's all designed for
young people so they have
something enjoyable,”
Russo said.
Events also are slated
for the county building in
Cave Junction, including a
Cave Junction Lions Club
breakfast on Saturday and
Sunday, and an art display
and silent auction by Illinois
River Valley Arts Council.
There also will be a lunch,
and bingo games. (Next
week’s Illinois Valley News
will feature details of the
festival activities and who is
sponsoring them.)
For Sunday, entertain-
ment will include a karaoke
contest and an open mic
event for all comers.
“We’ll gladly host
bands looking for expo-
sure,” Russo said. Bands
wishing to participate in the
open mic should contact
Russo in advance.
Russo was joined in his
organizational efforts this
year by Blackberry Festival
board members Judy Russo,
John Tree and Bear Mar-
ston. Angel Navarro and
Dees also helped considera-
bly, Russo said.
A drawing will be held
during both days of the festi-
val, and the grand prize is a
two-day, three-night stay
from Oct. 11 through 13 at
the Running Y Ranch Re-
sort in Klamath Falls. The
lodging is valued at $350,
Russo said.
The festival also is in-
viting nonprofit groups and
churches to participate in
this year's event with black-
berry baked goods.
Vendors, crafters, musi-
cians, sponsors and volun-
teers are still sought for the
festival. Anyone interested
in participating or helping
can phone Russo at
592-6509 or visit
www.wildblackberry.org.
Donations to the festival can
be made online through the
Website, Russo said.
Seven-day Oregon Bicycle Ride
to begin, end in Cave Junction
DOGGED EFFORT EXEMPLIFIED - Selma resident
Stephen A. Clarke and his Dutch Malinois police dog,
‘Peeko,’ have retired, although Clarke is only
‘semiretired.’ He devoted more than 25 years to law
enforcement, and was a sergeant for Josephine
County Sheriff’s Office. He now is helping provide se-
curity at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants
Pass. Additionally, he operates K-911E, offering
‘private canine training and problem-solving that
comes to you.’ He can be contacted at 597-4440 or
K911E@frontiernet.net. (File photo by Michelle Binker,
Illinois Valley News)
Oregon Bicycle Ride
2007, a seven-day bicycle
tour will begin and end in
Cave Junction as it marks its
21st running.
Some 260 participants
will camp at Illinois Valley
High School the night of
Saturday, Aug. 11. They’ll
depart on Aug. 12 and return
Saturday, Aug. 18.
On the 12th the riders
will head north on Hwy. 199
headed for Ashland. The
“State of Jefferson” tour also
includes stops in the North-
ern California towns of
Yreka, Etna and Happy
Camp before returning to
Cave Junction.
Perhaps the universe
is nothing but
an equilibrium
of idiocies.
- George Santayana -
It’s the first time that
California has been included.
Mary Reynolds
P.O. Box 1668 ~ 221-C S. Redwood Hwy.
Cave Junction OR 97523
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Office: 592-6262
Fax: 592-6263
Cell: 660-7342
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ROTARY
IS COMING
TO ILLINOIS VALLEY. . .
. . . and you’re invited to join us.
Tuesdays at Noon at
The Junction Inn
406 S Redwood Highway, Cave Junction
Note: Most Rotary meetings last ONE hour.
Come and find out how Rotary, one of
the largest and oldest service organizations
in the world is the civic organization of choice
for so many of your friends and colleagues.
Learn about how YOU can be part of an
organization that has played a key role in
the world and about local Rotarians. We’ll
tell you about Rotary peace programs,
humanitarian efforts and much more.
We hope you will join us.
For more information, phone 476-8060.