Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Page 6
Oregon
supports
National
Nurse idea
Students of the Month
Evergreen Elementary School honored its
students of the month for March with a pizza
party on Friday, April 24. Pictured are (not in
order) 1st graders Alicia Newlun, Vanessa
Long and Alexa Zabriskie; 2nd graders Gisele
Pimental, Kaylee Hicks, Cheyenne Nickels
and Rebecca Colbert; 3rd graders Lily Webb,
In the Service
Ethan W. Anderson
Air National Guard
Airman Ethan W.
Anderson, a 2008 gradu-
ate of Illinois Valley
High School, has gradu-
ated from basic military
training at Lackland Air
Force Base at San Anto-
nio, Texas.
He is the son of Paul
and Anita Anderson, of
Cave Junction.
The airman com-
pleted an intensive,
eight-week program. It included training in military discipline
and studies, U.S. Air Force core values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits to-
ward an associate-in-applied-science degree through the Com-
munity College of the Air Force.
Anderson will be stationed at Kingsley Field in Klamath,
Ore.
Diamond Barbosa and Taylor Hammers-
Whitney; 5th graders Brian Everson, Mariah
Haynes and Brenna Janoski. 4th graders
Hailey Nolan, Silas Arias and Gwen Joines
were on a field trip, and are not pictured.
( I.V. News photo)
Ba k e Sa le
N ift y & Gift y Th r ift
Sa t u r da y, M a y 2
1 0 a .m . t o 2 p.m .
I m m a nu e l Un it e d M e t h odist Chur ch
2 0 0 W . W a t k in s, C.J.
‘Dig It!’ poster contest announced
A poster contest with the
theme — “Dig It! The Se-
crets of Soil” — is open for
students in Illinois Valley,
said I.V. Soil & Water Con-
servation District (IVSWCD).
The theme is being used
nationwide by conservation
districts. Local districts, like
IVSWCD, will enter their
first-place winners in the state
contest sponsored by the Ore-
gon Association of Conserva-
tion Districts. Oregon’s state
winners will be entered in the
national contest, sponsored
by the National Association
of Conservation Districts.
All entries must be re-
ceived by Monday, May 25.
The contest, with cash prizes,
is open to kindergarten
through 12th-grade students
in public, private or home
schools.
Entries should be taken
to the IVSWCD office in the
Josephine County Bldg. in
Downtown Cave Junction.
The office is open weekdays
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. En-
tries also can be mailed to
P.O. Box 352 in Cave Junc-
tion 97523; or school offices
can contact IVSWCD at 592-
3731 for other options.
Commenting on the
t h e m e ,
IVSWCD
said, “There
are so many
fascinating
things that
can be found
in
and
around our
soil. We en-
courage the
valley’s
young artists
to
express
what
they
find
espe-
cially inter-
esting about the soils beneath
their feet.”
All entries must be hand-
made (no computer graphics
or photos). Entries can be any
size between 8.5-by-11
inches (minimum), and 22-
by-28 inches (maximum).
All entries must have a com-
pleted and signed entry form
attached to the back of the
poster. Contest flyers with
entry forms will be distrib-
uted to students by school
personnel. Flyers can be re-
quested from IVSWCD.
IVSWCD will award a
grand prize, as well as three
prizes each in five grade lev-
els: K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, and
* Biscuits & Gravy * Pancakes
* Eggs * Bacon * Sausage
* Coffee, Milk, Juice
10-12. First-place winners in
each grade level will receive
$25 cash; their posters will be
entered in the state contest
and they will be eligible for
the grand prize.
Second-place winners
will receive $15; third-place
winners $5. The grand prize
winner will have the honor of
their poster being the cover of
the 2009 IVSWCD Annual
Plan, distributed statewide. A
guest and the main winner, as
guest of honor, will be invited
to the IVSWCD annual din-
ner meeting on June 25.
For more information,
phone 592-3731.
Adults - $6
Children 12
& under - $3
Josephine
Community
Oregon lawmakers last
month voiced their unani-
mous support of SJM 5, a
joint resolution urging the
U.S. Congress to enact legis-
lation creating an Office of
the National Nurse (ONN).
Oregon joins the State
Houses of Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, and New York,
which also unanimously have
passed similar resolutions.
Sen. Laurie Monnes
Anderson, also a nurse, intro-
duced the legislation after
nursing students of Portland
Community College; faculty
member Teri Mills, a regis-
tered nurse; and Alisa Schnei-
der, another nurse, brought
the idea to her attention.
“Establishing an Office
of the National Nurse offers
common sense solutions to
our country’s health-care cri-
sis,” said Anderson. “I am
pleased to be working with
leaders of the National Nurse
campaign to address these
areas of concern in public
health care.”
Rep. Michael Dembrow
(D-Portland) was the chief
sponsor in the House and
carried the bill on the floor.
“This is a special bill for
me because the effort to cre-
ate the ONN had its genesis
with two of my colleagues at
PCC,” said Dembrow. “As a
nation, we need to move to-
ward a focus on preventive
care, and it’s important to
spotlight the role that nurses
play in our health-care sys-
tem.
“Creating an Office of
the National Nurse will in-
crease attention on these criti-
cal issues. The intent of creat-
ing an ONN is to focus on
strengthening the work of
existing groups such as the
Office of the Surgeon Gen-
eral, Medical Reserve Corps
and community agencies
through a more robust and
modernized nursing leader-
ship presence.
“Nurses are well posi-
tioned to provide this much
needed change as they are 2.9
million strong, the most
trusted of all health profes-
sionals, span all cultures, and
are accomplished health edu-
cators,” Dembrow said.
Rotary Club of Illinois Valley salutes
Evergreen Elementary
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