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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Duo’s spring concert April 13 at IUMC
Cave tours
schedule
announced
Oregon Caves National
Monument has opened for
another season of cave tours,
ranger programs and chil-
dren’s activities, announced
Craig Ackerman, monument
superintendent for the Na-
tional Park Service (NPS).
Tours at the site, 22 miles
east of Downtown Cave
Junction, will be provided
through Nov. 30. Cave tours
last approximately 90 min-
utes, have a 16-person limit,
and will operate on the fol-
lowing schedule through La-
bor Day:
Spring schedule, through
May 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
tours at least once per hour.
May 24 through June 20, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., tours at least
once per hour.
Summer schedule, June
21 through Sept. 1, 9 a.m. to
6 p.m., tours at least every 30
minutes.
All tours are currently on
a first-come, first-served ba-
sis. The monument accepts
the National Parks and Fed-
eral Recreational Lands Pass
Program’s “America the
Beautiful” Interagency An-
nual Pass, the Interagency
Senior Pass, the Interagency
Access Pass and the Inter-
agency Volunteer Pass for
admission or admission dis-
count for the basic cave tour.
The NPS Golden Age
Passports and Golden Access
Passports will continue to be
honored according to the pro-
visions of the individual pass.
The monument will retain
100 percent of all monies
collected for cave tours for
projects that improve monu-
ment facilities or have a direct
benefit to visitors.
Besides supporting the
tour guide operation, cave
tour fees are funding restora-
tion efforts for the historic
Chateau and new interpretive
displays, said Ackerman.
Visitors planning a trip to
the monument should be pre-
pared for cool temperatures in
the low 40s inside the cave
year-round. Those planning
on taking a tour should bring
IVHS Activities Calendar
Brought to you by the folks at
592-3556
Cave Jct.
469-7545
Brookings
471-7487
Grants Pass
(National Park Service photos)
warm clothing even during
summer months. The cave is
fully lighted -- flashlights are
not allowed. Cameras with
flash units are permitted, al-
though there are some restric-
tions in bat-roosting areas.
The height restriction on
the general cave tour will re-
main the same. For safety,
children must be at least 42
inches tall to negotiate the
cave’s stairs and passageways.
Minimal food service
will be provided by the Natu-
ral History Association in the
monument visitor center until
later in the spring. Food, lodg-
ing and gift shop services will
open in the National Historic
Landmark Chateau May 8.
For more information on
cave tours, phone (541) 592-
2100. For lodging or reserva-
tions at the Chateau, phone
(541) 592-3400.
Well-known Ash-
land violinist Arlene
Tayloe and Illinois
River Valley pianist
Dorothea Hover-
Kramer will offer their
third annual spring con-
cert in Cave Junction on
Sunday, April 13 at
Immanuel United Meth-
odist Church (IUMC) at
3 p.m.
They will perform
music from three dis-
tinctive centuries of music: a
sonata by late baroque Italian
composer Veracini; the first
of Beethoven's famous sona-
tas for violin and piano in the
classical style; and the most
famous of Grieg’s works for
this combination of instru-
ments in the late-romantic
concerto style.
As current president of
Illinois River Valley Arts
Council (IRVAC), Hover-
Kramer helps support its two
major projects, Second Friday
Art Walk and the Learning
Through Art program at Ev-
ergreen Elementary School
and LBMS.
Said Hover-Kramer,
“Parents, community volun-
teers and businesses support
these programs year after year
because they enrich individu-
als and the community as a
whole.” To further a cultural
outreach, she recently accom-
panied the Illinois Valley
Opening of Railroad Park on track
Sunday, April 13 will
mark the opening day of the
2008 season at the city of
Medford Railroad Park.
Visitors to Railroad Park
can enjoy riding the live
steam trains, viewing scale
model railroad layouts, send-
ing and receiving telegrams,
participating in the new hand-
car and motor car rides, and
viewing historical railroad
equipment.
Railroad Park is open to
the public on second and
fourth Sundays, April through
October, from 11 a.m. until 3
p.m. The park is operated by
volunteers; there is no paid
staff. Admission is free.
No tax monies are used
in the operation of this park.
Therefore, donations are ap-
preciated and are used to de-
fray expenses and improve
the park.
A popular attraction in
Southwestern Oregon, Rail-
road Park is a unique collabo-
ration between Medford’s
Parks and Recreation Dept.
and five volunteer-based,
railroad-related clubs:
*Members of the South-
ern Oregon Live Steamers
provide free rides to children
of all ages on “live steam”
and “diesel” trains. Again this
year, the newest addition of
track, the “Mountain Divi-
sion” will be utilized with its
features of additional tunnels
and trestles.
*The Southern Oregon
Chapter of the National Rail-
way Historical Society main-
tains an impressive display of
historical railroad equipment.
A visitor center/museum
is housed within a restored
1910 caboose. Visitors also
can tour the interiors of a re-
stored 1942 caboose and a
restored 1928 flanger (a type
of snowplow), and view the
restoration work under way
on a 1925 steam locomotive.
A new handcar ride and a
new motorcar ride this year
add two fun activities to the
park.
*The Southwest Oregon
Large Scale Trains club
maintains and operates an
elaborate outdoor “garden
railroad” layout. Beginning
this year, the club will build a
new, much-larger layout at a
different location at the park.
*The Rogue Valley
Model Railroad Club oper-
ates HO-scale model trains in
the club’s building at the
south end of the parking lot.
Trains will be running on the
club’s new, larger permanent
layout. Visitors get a rare
look into the making of a
large model railroad layout.
*Members of the Morse
Telegraph Club use their an-
tique telegraph system to
send free telegrams across the
park or across the country on
behalf of park visitors.
Railroad Park is located
adjacent to Medford Fire Sta-
tion 4 at the intersection of
Table Rock Road and Berry-
dale Avenue, a few blocks
north of Rogue Valley Mall.
For further information,
phone 779-3002 or 944-9176.
773-7487
Medford
IVHS
GRAD NIGHT
BENEFIT
EVENT 2008
Dinner, Silent Auction
& Fashion Show
Fashions provided by
Weddings & Beyond
WHEN: Saturday, April 12
WHERE: IVHS Cafeteria
Doors open at 5:30 P.M.
Dinner begins at 6 P.M.
Catered by Phil Aria, Serving:
Beef or Chicken Dinner
or Vegetarian Lasagna
TICKETS
$11 adults
$5 children 6-12
FREE younger than 6
Available at
IVHS, BI-RITE AUTO, and at the door
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Recycle Round-Up
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
* No Classes
* Freestyle wrestling
3:30 p.m. (wrestling room)
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
* No Classes
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
* Track co-ed team @
Brookings Rotary
* Girls softball @ North Valley
varsity: noon and 2 p.m.
* Boys baseball vs. North Vly
varsity: noon and 2 p.m.
* Senior grad night benefit
5:30 p.m. (cafetorium)
MONDAY, APRIL 14
* Boys golf to Grants Pass
noon and 2 p.m.
* Fish Watch meeting
12:06 p.m. (Barker’s room)
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
*Mathletes to SOU
7:45 a.m.
* Freestyle wrestling
3:30 p.m. (wrestling room)
* Girls softball vs. Phoenix
varsity: 4:30 p.m.
* Boys baseball @ Phoenix
varsity: 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
* Making It Count presentation
for juniors
9 a.m. (cafeteria)
* U of O talk for juniors
10 a.m. (cafeteria)
* Site Council meeting
3:45 p.m. (Room 15)
High School choirs in their
spring concert.
Although the
April 13 concert is
free, because it is a
benefit for IRVAC,
donations are en-
couraged. A recep-
tion with refresh-
ments will follow
the concert.
For further infor-
mation contact the
church office at 479-
1644 or Hover-
Kramer at 592-5296.
(Can Slam)
Saturday, April 12
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. I.V. Visitor Center
* TIN CANS & ALUMINUM: Labels ok
* NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
* CARDBOARD & PAPERBOARD
Cereal-type boxes, fiber egg cartons, shoe boxes,
6 or 12 pack cartons, cardboard tubes
Remove waxed or foil-lining
*PLASTIC BOTTLES #’s 1-7: Neck smaller than base.
NO tubs, NO lids, NO motor oil or antifreeze containers. NO buckets, NO furniture
*MIXED WASTE PAPER: Junk mail, scrap paper, paper bags,
paperback books & phone books
Please rinse out all food & soap containers.
NO glass this time (take to Kerby Transfer Station)