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Page 5 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Rumor of the Week Students work on projects. (Photo provided) Native American quilts project led by LTA at LB A Native American Quilt project soon will be on per- manent display in the eighth- grade Commons at Lorna Byrne Middle School in Cave Junction. A project of Learning Through Art (LTA) -- a com- mittee of the Illinois River Valley Arts Council -- the quilts represent a year-long activity with Julie Barnes’ students, involving the classes of 2007 and 2008. As part of their Native American studies, each class chose one native nation to represent in a traditional medicine wheel design. The eight native nations com- prised the Northeast, Great Plains, Southwest, Great Ba- sin, Plateau, Southeast, Northwest, and California. After an introduction to the sacred medicine wheel and the geographical regions of the eight nations, students determined what color would best represent the Circle, the Four Cardinal Directions at- tributes and color, and ani- mals that would represent each direction. The sacred medicine wheel is a representative of American Indian spirituality, with a Circle of Life, Four Cardinal Directions, and a Center of the Circle. Medi- cine wheels have appeared throughout the northern United States and southern Canada, specifically South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The medicine wheel quilts were constructed using fused fabric shapes and ma- chine quilting. Students in- scribed the attributes at each of the Four Directions and added their drawings around the wheel to represent each nation. This unique LTA project began with Kathy Kelley in fall 2006 and was completed by Patti Culver in fall 2007, with support from Barbara Klingel at Picket Fence Fab- rics. The Sacred Medicine Wheel Art Quilts will be dis- played early in 2008. You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself. By WALLY AIKEN For IVN Because of tremendous response following my article con- cerning the Illinois Valley Rumor Mill (IVRM), the publisher has decided to try a new weekly feature: Rumor Of The Week. OK, so actually two or three people commented to me about the article. But at least one of those folks felt that the article was potentially inoffensive, and I take my kudos wherever and when- ever I can. Herein, I will try to deal with the ever-present IVRM in a factual way and try to dispel some of the more, how can I say this, outlandish of the bunch. If you hear a rumor, feel free to pass it along to me and I will do what I can to deal with it. But there are some ground rules here. I will only pay attention to rumors given me by persons with names. Thus, if your alias is “anonymous” you will be ignored. Absolutely no rumors of a personal nature will be considered. If you have simmering antagonism toward a former significant other or local business, you will have to avail yourself of the IVRM in the regular way and will receive no support from me whatsoever. So let’s see what happens here. Rumor -- The community of Kerby is involved in develop- ing a Local Improvement District (LID) to fund the Kerby Water District. The truth behind the rumor -- The Kerby Water District is already fully funded. It has received $2.5 million in state and federal grants, and registered voters in the Kerby area voted to approve a general obligation bond that allowed the district to borrow $500,000 at a 4 percent interest rate to fulfill all funding requirements. So not only is the district not going for an LID, as the IVRM wants you to believe, there is absolutely no need for an LID. And while I’m on the subject here, the massive earthquake that has been predicted by the opponents of Kerby Water District turns out to have some basis in fact. The U.S. Geological Service estimates that there is a 10 percent chance of a seismic event reaching a magnitude of four on the Richter scale. This cata- clysm is predicted to occur sometime in the next 100 years. Those who survive the disaster will undoubtedly be heard to exclaim, “What was that?” (If you have a rumor you would like to submit, contact Wally at waiken@illinois-valley-news.com) The time has come for Little League sign-ups! $5 Discount $5 Early Early Registration Registration Discount (when paid at time of registration) Wed., January 9 through Fri., January11, 4-6 p.m. Sat., January 12, Noon-4 & Sun., January 13, Noon-3 Evergreen Elementary School 520 W. 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