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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Reprieve for Illinois Valley’s unit of B&G Club
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Jerrad Miller
Jerrad Miller, a senior
student at Illinois Valley High
School, is April Student of
the Month sponsored by
Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge
18 AF&AM.
Miller is the son of Selma
residents Martin & Cari
Miller. He has maintained a
3.55 grade-point average.
He is a member of Cou-
gar Pals, IVHS Chapter of
National Honor Society,
Mathletes, and the football,
wrestling and track teams.
He was Freshmen Class
president, Junior Class vice
president and is currently the
Senior Class vice president.
He has received the
Scholar Athlete Award. In
wrestling, Miller placed fifth
at state his sophomore year
and third at state his senior
year. He also has been
awarded Skyline Conference
Second Team honors three
times, and received Skyline
Conference First Team recog-
nition in wrestling.
Next year Miller will
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simply do not understand why
the Democratic leadership has
not scheduled a vote.
“It’s terribly disappoint-
ing to see the Congress con-
tinue the broken pledge to our
rural counties.
“But I will continue to do
everything I can to draw the
attention of the leadership to
the struggles of Oregon’s
counties due to congressional
inaction,” Walden vowed.
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THURSDAY, MAY 8
* AP Literature test
8 a.m.
* Valenzuela’s 3rd period
10:30 a.m. (Rough & Ready
Canyon)
* Track co-ed team @ Skyline
JV districts
4 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 9
* Drama presents Kismet
7 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 10
* Girls softball vs. Rogue River
varsity: noon and 2 p.m.
* Boys baseball @ Rogue Rvr
varsity: noon and 2 p.m.
* Drama presents Kismet
7 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 11
* Fogg taking FFA to OSU
3 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 12
* AP Biology test
8 a.m.
* Fish Watch to Forks &
Grayback
8:30 a.m.
* Valenzuela’s 3rd period
10:30 a.m. (I.V. Airport)
* Fish Watch meeting
12:06 p.m. (Barker’s room)
TUESDAY, MAY 13
* Valenzuela’s 3rd period
10:30 a.m. (Illinois River
corridor)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
* AP Comp. test
8 a.m.
* Valenzuela’s 3rd period
10:30 a.m. (Oregon Caves)
* Band to LBMS
2:40 p.m.
attend Oregon State Univer-
sity at Corvallis, majoring in
mechanical engineering.
Jesse Swift
Jesse Swift, an Illinois
Valley High School senior, is
Kerby Belt Masonic Lodge
18 AF&AM Student of the
Month.
Swift is the son of
O’Brien residents Ken &
Jacque Swift. He has main-
tained a 2.7 grade-point aver-
age.
He is a member of the
football and wrestling teams.
In football, Swift has been
chosen for Skyline Confer-
ence First Team Defensive
Back, Skyline Second Team
Defensive Back, and Skyline
Honorable Mention/Running
Back.
In wrestling in the 160-
pound class, Swift was the
District and State Champion
for 2007 and 2008. He was
voted Most Valuable Wres-
tler and received the Scholar
Athlete Award.
I’ve always felt that a
person’s intelligence is
directly reflected by
the number of
conflicting points of
view he can entertain
simultaneously on
the same topic.
- Abigail Adams -
I am a man of fixed and
unbending principles,
the first of which is to be
flexible at all times.
- Everett Dirksen -
sports, scholastics, creative
pursuits, become confident in
their abilities, and to strive for
their dreams, Thornhill said.
He added that the club will
remain at Evergreen indefi-
nitely and continue its after-
school programs.
The enthusiastic audi-
ence at Taylor’s included
youthful club members, adult
members, business people,
Boys & Girls Club leaders
and interested residents.
Many sported colorful Boys
& Girls Club hats, provided
during the evening.
The program began with
a speech by Brittney Mosley,
2008 Youth of the Year hon-
ored by the Rogue Valley
Boys & Girls Club chapter.
The Pledge of Allegiance was
led by Daniel Schlabach.
Both children charmed the
audience and made an uplift-
ing start to the evening.
A PowerPoint presenta-
tion about the needs and plans
for the clubs in the Rogue
Valley region, which includes
the Cave Junction club, was
presented by Chris Freedman,
a member of the board of
directors for Rogue Valley
Boys & Girls Club. She illus-
trated the need for donations
from residents in order to
make up for expired grants
and other diminished funding.
The presentation high-
lighted the number of chil-
dren who progress from Boys
& Girls Club programs, learn-
ing good personal skills, gain-
ing confidence and advancing
to college. Education and
physical fitness are focal
points which club leaders
believe make a difference for
children in their programs.
The club provides after-
school sports, games, crafts,
educational and leadership
programs for students. The
club services are invaluable to
families throughout the valley
for the difference it makes in
children’s lives.
The club also serves
from 75 to 100 meals to chil-
dren daily at Evergreen.
“We just started the pro-
gram this school year,”
Thornhill remarked. Illinois
Valley is among the poorer
rural areas in Oregon and 95
percent of its students qualify
for meals and other services
provided by the club. The
LUTHERAN WOMEN of Illinois Valley held a spa-
ghetti dinner fund-raiser for the Illinois Valley
Unit of the Boys & Girls Club on Friday, May 2
at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Scott
Thornhill (above) unit executive director, is
club has served 10,500 meals
from September to April,
according to Freeman’s pres-
entation.
Recently, more local
donations and donation
pledges have been received
by the I.V. unit. On May 2 a
spaghetti dinner fund-raiser
was hosted at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Cave
Junction. Co-sponsors were
Lutheran Women of Illinois
Valley, the church, and
Thrivent Financial for Luther-
ans. The latter will match all
proceeds to aid the unit.
Fund-raisers will support
the I.V. club’s programs this
year, but more is needed for
next year’s programs at Ever-
green. Additionally, the club
is raising money for its own
planned new building near
Jubilee Park. Club leaders are
excited about the possibilities
the new facility will offer to
the community, and the idea
is gaining momentum, ac-
cording to Thornhill.
The Rogue Valley Boys
& Girls Club held Taste of
the Rogue April 19 at the
Grants Pass Boys & Girls
Club. It was a sold-out fund-
raising event, benefiting all
the regional clubs.
Other events will be held
in Grants Pass and Medford,
but will benefit the Cave
Junction club. These include
pleased with the results. A total 126 meals
were served with donations amounting to
$1,075; and $1,000 of that will be matched by
Thrivent for Lutherans for a total of $2,075
raised. (Photo by Michelle Binker, I.V. News )
Girl Friends Great Escape on
Friday, May 16; Medford Car
Cruise in June; and the For
Kids Classic Golf Tourna-
ment on July 18. The Bite of
the Rogue food-tasting fund-
raiser is planned for Septem-
ber at Jackson County Expo.
Rogue Valley Boys &
Girls Club is a 501(c)(3) non-
profit corporation, to which
tax-deductible donations may
be made.
“Donations made in the
Illinois Valley will stay here,”
said Thornhill.
For more information
about the I.V. unit, contact
Thornhill at 592-4771, or
visit bgcrv.com. Donations
can be mailed to The Rogue
Valley Boys & Girls Club,
P.O. Box 2636, Cave Junc-
tion, OR 97523.
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Library system funding group progressing well
Other than during Na-
tional Library Week, April
13-19, Josephine Community
Libraries is encouraging peo-
ple to become members and
help reopen libraries in Cave
Junction, Grants Pass, Wil-
liams, and Wolf Creek.
National Library Week,
sponsored by the American
Library Association, began
in 1958 as a way to celebrate
the many ways libraries and
librarians contribute to society.
“We want to honor li-
braries by bringing ours back
to the community,” said
Doug Walker, president of
the Board of Directors of
Josephine Community Li-
braries Inc.
And Cynthia Fuller, co-
ordinator of a penny drive for
Grants Pass School District 7,
announced that the final de-
posit from the drive raised the
total to $1,000. Students at
Highland Elementary donated
more than $300, and librari-
ans across the district were
awed by the dedication of
students to reopen libraries.
While the drive
officially ran from Feb. 7 to
March 7, students continue to
donate.
Besides the $1,000 raised
from the penny drive, $6,000
was raised for the libraries by
the Murder Mystery Week-
end, brainchild of Josephine
Community Libraries board
member Brady Adams. He is
president of Evergreen Fed-
eral Bank.
Overall, Josephine Com-
munity Libraries has raised
more than $75,000 in cash,
and has pledges of cash and
in-kind goods and services
totaling approximately
$120,000.
Once the organization
raises $300,000, it can apply
for matching seed money
pledged by the Josephine
County Board of Commis-
sioners.
The organization’s
fund-raising efforts will be
based on the public radio/
public television model, in
We have light colors for
which memberships are sold,
but everybody has access
regardless of membership
status. This will contribute
not only to the libraries
reopening, but to their long-
term sustainability, a spokes-
man noted.
The libraries in Josephine
County closed almost a year
ago, on May 17, 2007.
In September 2007, commit-
ted community members
formed Josephine Commu-
nity Libraries Inc. It is a pri-
vate nonprofit organization
dedicated to reopening and
operating the libraries in Jose-
phine County.
Those interested in get-
ting involved with the library
effort
can
e-mail
info@josephinelibrary.org.
Those interested in mak-
ing a contribution can make
their check or money order
payable to “RCC Foundation/
Josephine Community Li-
braries” and mail it to
P.O. Box 1684, Grants Pass
OR 97528.
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