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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Kristy Lee Cook’s recipe works
Kristy Lee Cook has the
recipe and she’s still cooking.
During filmed interviews
on American Idol Tuesday,
March 18, the formerly-of-
Selma singer talked about
going through her photo book
every night, looking at pic-
tures of her dog Autumn, and
her horse making a face be-
Symphony
offers free
youth pass
Students can receive free
tickets to hear piano soloist
Alexander Tutunov in concert
with the Rogue Valley Sym-
phony on Sunday, April 20 at
3 p.m. at the Grants Pass
High School Performing Arts
Center.
Complimentary vouchers
allow free admission to the
orchestra concert for Jose-
phine and Jackson County
elementary through high
school students. Vouchers are
distributed to area schools
and private music teachers,
and may be obtained by
phoning Friends of the Sym-
phony member Bob Frantz at
476-5843.
Tutunov is currently di-
rector of keyboard studies at
Southern Oregon University
at Ashland. A native of Bela-
(Top photo by Rich Nawa, photo at right
by Mary Reynolds-Walter )
Nature hikes offered
by Siskiyou Project
By ZINA BOOTH
IVN Staff Writer
Baby Boomers today are seeking adven-
tures more suited to their aging abilities.
Skiers are trading in downhill skis for
cross-country skis or snowshoes. Less-
strenuous activities are needed after hip or
knee replacements, heart and other medical
problems.
Today’s adults are not quite ready to
settle for only playing bingo, but are looking
for adventures suitable for their increasingly
sedate lifestyle. One solution: Nature Hikes
sponsored by Siskiyou Project, which com-
bine birding, botany, ecological awareness, and
enjoyable community activities.
On Saturday, March 22, nearly 30 people
hiked to Snailback Falls, located 3.6 miles from
the Selma Post Office, past Siskiyou Field Insti-
tute’s Deer Creek Center.
Historian Greg Walter, of Jefferson State
Financial Services in Cave Junction, led the
hike, sharing his extensive knowledge of the
area (as well as his delicious homemade
scones). Hikers returned with stories of the mine
and the beautiful waterfall they saw.
Siskiyou Project ecologist Rich Nawa dem-
onstrated that the burned snags from the 2002
Biscuit Fire have become lodging for such
“cavity dwellers” as the Bluebird, not to be con-
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fused with the Stellar Jay.
Nawa was handy with his field guides to
flowers in the area, as hikers identified
“Shooting Stars” and rare flowers exclusive to
this serpentine environment. For enthusiasts,
Nawa highly recommends the Peterson Field
Guide to Pacific State Wildflowers by Theodore
F. Niehaus and Charles L. Ripper.
Nawa will give instructional flower identifi-
cation brochures to children attending his wild-
flower hike to Mike’s Gulch on Saturday, April
5. This easy 2-mile hike is suitable for families
with children 10 years and older.
Visit www.siskiyou.org for a list of the free,
spring hikes; or phone 476-6648 for more infor-
mation.
Oregon to ‘do the wave’
The first part of its $4.2
million budget, approved by
the 2007 Oregon Legislature,
has been received by The
Oregon Wave Energy Trust
(OWET), and it is moving
ahead with “to make Oregon
a global leader in this emerg-
ing industry.”
As the state’s newly es-
tablished wave energy asso-
ciation, this group of industry,
academic and state agency
representatives has received
$1 million from the Oregon
Innovation Council. Officials
believe that Oregon has the
potential to create high-
paying jobs and economic
opportunity in Oregon.
Also, OWET is seen as
attracting new investment and
talent, and providing reliable,
low-cost, clean, and renew-
able power. OWET was
formed last year to build and
share the expertise needed to
support responsible develop-
ment of this industry.
Researchers say that the
ocean is the largest, most con-
centrated source of renewable
energy on Earth. They add
that the potential for wave
energy in Oregon is enor-
mous -- it could provide 10
percent of the state’s electric-
ity needs by 2025.
“The state’s investment
is aimed at addressing the
challenges facing the indus-
try, which include education
and outreach, understanding
potential environmental ef-
fects, responding to existing
use conflicts, research and
development, and statewide
planning,” said OWET’s act-
ing Director Justin Klure.
“The top priorities,” he
said, “are determining poten-
tial ecological effects and
working with existing ocean
users to develop a plan to
share the use of the ocean.”
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cause she had sprayed vine-
gar to keep away flies.
When asked her most
memorable Idol moment, she
said, “I have pretty much
been the last man standing
out on stage every elimina-
tion night. Hey, it’s a lot of
stress, two people, one of you
is going home, and not know-
ing -- it’s really scary!”
Cook picked her song,
John Lennon’s You’ve Got to
Hide Your Love Away, be-
cause she liked the title. She
decided she would “sing with
her heart, hopefully America
will like it.”
Paula Abdul, one of the
three critics, told her, “Best
you ever looked, you look
gorgeous.”
Later in the show, Cook
caused sarcastic critic Simon
Cowell to blush, and host
Ryan Seacrest to humorously
fan himself, as she pointed at
them and challenged, “I can
blow you out of your socks,
and you know it!”
Apparently plenty of
others agree, because enough
fans voted to keep Cook
cookin’ in the top 10, mean-
ing that even if she is cut
from remaining shows in this
season, she will still go on the
American Idol circuit.
Sign boards at Country
Folks restaurant in Selma,
and Oregon Caves Chevron
in Cave Junction have at
times posted, “Vote for
Kristy,” and that can’t hurt.
Last year the Fox TV
show raised millions of dol-
lars for benefits such as bed
nets to protect African chil-
dren from malaria.
Mentors for this season
include Dolly Parton, Mariah
Carey and Neil Diamond.
Last week there was only
3 percent difference between
Cook’s and Amanda Over-
myer’s scores, and the latter
was dropped. Supporters of
the Selma singer have recom-
mended speed-dialing votes
at www.dialidol.com, as this
is a popularity contest, and
every vote helps.
“DialIdol is free and safe
software you can use to
speed-dial votes for your fa-
vorite contestants,” it is
stated.
Perhaps on Wednesday,
March 26 the announcer will
again intone, “Kristy, you are
safe for another week.”
- Zina Booth
Kerby art, wine evening set for
Friday, March 28 at six locations
“An Evening of Art & Wine in Kerby” will be presented
Friday, March 28 from 5 to 8 p.m.
The event is sponsored by participating businesses and Illi-
nois Valley-based Southern Oregon Guild. Wines will be offered
by Bridgeview Vineyards Winery and Windridge Vineyard.
The following will be open for the special evening and pres-
entations:
Yanase Jewelers, Hampton’s Rock Shop, Kauffman Wood
Products, It’s a Burl, Kerbyville Museum, Southern Oregon
Guild Gallery. For more information phone 592-2800.
Alexander Tutunov
rus, the internationally ac-
claimed pianist is one of the
most outstanding virtuosos of
the former Soviet Union. He
will perform Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue with the
orchestra for its season finale.
The concert will begin
with conductor Arthur Shaw
offering insights on Stravin-
sky’s Rite of Spring, with
excerpts demonstrated by the
orchestra. A full performance
of Stravinsky’s ballet music
will follow the Beyond the
Score presentation.
The student voucher pro-
gram, implemented by the
Grants Pass Friends of the
Symphony organization, is
one of the Rogue Valley
Symphony’s many educa-
tional efforts to encourage
young people to attend live
classical music concerts.
Students must arrive with a
completed voucher no later
than 2:30 p.m. at the GPHS
Performing Arts Center.
Each voucher is valid for
one student who must be ac-
companied by an adult, who
may also attend the concert
free. Additional students will
be admitted for $5 each; addi-
tional adult tickets accompa-
nying the voucher are $20.
All seats are reserved. For
further details, visit
www.rvsymphony.org
or
phone 552-6398.
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