In this issue:
BLM sets community
open house in CJ regard-
ing ‘The Whopper,’ aka
Western Oregon Plan
Revisions, about timber
harvests. Page 3
Oregon Dept. of Forestry
apologizes for a messed-
up meeting and situation in
July. Page 13
Renovation
of the former
Cave Junc-
tion City Jail
is planned to
improve law
enforcement. Page 9
TWO PEOPLE WERE transported for medical treatment
following a crash on Waldo Road Monday evening, Sept. 3.
Story on page 14. (Photos by Dale & Elaine Sandberg,
Illinois Valley Fire District Media Dept.)
RCC and several partners
are planning a business
development center in
Kerby. Page 13
I.V. Lions Club dishes up a
successful
Labor Day
Festival &
Parade with
many win-
ners. Pages
15 & 16
Always wanted to be a
kitchen manager? Page 4
ILLINOIS VALLEY LIONS Club annual Labor Day Festival
offered numerous crowd-pleasing activities. Tough
Trucks (above) negotiated a brutal course which disabled
many rigs. Other activities which prove popular year after
year are the greased pole climb (left) with monetary re-
wards for those determined to make it to the top; and the
parade through Downtown Cave Junction, featuring nu-
merous entries, including an equestrian group (below).
Stories and photos on pages 15 & 16. (Photos by Illinois
Valley News and Elaine Sandberg)
A special committee is
looking for ways to raise
the needed funds to repair
and reopen CJ Swimming
Pool. Page 3
There’s a new principal at
Lorna Byrne Middle
School, and he’s right in
the middle of it. Page 5
PayPal now
can be used
to purchase
Illinois Valley News
subscriptions. Page 5
County commissioners are
considering formation of a
fire district. Page 9
AMAZING ANGORAS - Ronan Country Fibers of Selma,
owned and operated by Jeff (in photo at right) & Carol
Ronan, captured the major awards at the Nevada State
Fair in late August. The Ronans raise registered white
and colored An-
gora goats. At
the fair their en-
tries took Best
of Show for Col-
ored Goats, and
for White Goats,
plus numerous
first places in
other categories.
(Photos by Dave
Norton)