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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 MAURER MEETING - A town hall meeting set in Cave Junction by District 3 Rep. Ron Maurer (R-Grants Pass) will be held Saturday, May 16 beginning at 10 a.m. Maurer will be available in Cave Junction City Hall for an hour to answer questions about the recent legislative session. MIX MASTER - A joint mixer at The Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument will be held Friday, May 15 by the Grants Pass and Illinois Valley chambers of commerce. The open gathering will run from 5 to 7 p.m. It will coincide with an open house at The Chateau as part of the celebra- tion of its 75th anniversary. SELMA HAPPENINGS - Saturday, May 16 is sched- uled to be a busy day at Selma Community & Education Center (SCEC). From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. there will be a spring starter plant sale outside under the farmer’s market pole shed, and inside the gymnasium a flea market will be held. At 6 p.m. SCEC will host a Mexican dinner. Phone 592-3759 for information about the plant sale; phone 597- 2455 for flea market information. BOOK LABOR - A work day to clean up the Illinois Val- ley Branch Library grounds is set for Saturday, May 16, be- ginning at 10 a.m. Volunteers with items including rakes, brooms and large garbage bags are asked to bring them. The lawn needs to be mowed. “I might be able to get a vol- unteer with a riding mower, but if not, we will need a few people with push-type mowers,” said organizer Linda Nay- dol. For more information phone 592-3289. FLOATIN’ BAND TO BOATNIK - “Float the Band to Boatnik” is the theme for a fund-raiser, as the bands of Illi- nois Valley High School and Lorna Byrne Middle School are combining again this year to compete in the Boatnik Parade in Grants Pass on Saturday, May 23. “They need commu- nity help,” said Sean McKee, music director for both schools. “Last year was a great success,” he said, “with the bands earning second place in the high school category, beaten only by Grants Pass High. With budget cutbacks and a growing program, we are asking for donations from the community to help get the band to Boatnik. Any amount will help.” Support for music in the valley can be shown by taking cash donations to either school to McKee’s attention. ‘GRRRREAT’ FLAKES - Todd Kaberline notes that “Illinois Valley has some of the world’s best kids and the poorest economy in the area. At I.V. High School we need a new track-and-field facility, new softball and baseball fields; and our weight room is way too small. We feel that if we had a new sports field we could have equal opportunities for scholarships, learn great work ethics and provide champi- ons to the world. We are working through the local Rotary clubs for new sports facilities. Our kids at heart are champi- ons and usually get through the seasons with few or no wins, but they have the keep-going attitude that conquers adversities. Kellogg’s is offering to rebuild school sports fa- cilities in small communities: 30 schools with the most votes will win. We are barely on the map with 212 votes. We ask people to support IVHS and to get their friends to do the same by voting at frostedflakes.com.” GOT BALLOT? - Those who might not have received their vote-by-mail ballot for the Tuesday, May 19 special election should phone Josephine County Clerk Art Harvey at 474-5243; or visit sos.state.or.us/elections/ and click on “Am I a registered voter?” The ballot includes a race between incumbent Dusty Bouchard, 62, and challenger Ron Humphfres, 50, both of Selma, for a seat on the Illinois Valley Fire District Board of Directors. Incumbents Larrick Jones and Sam Michel are seeking the seats they currently hold. Bouchard, who’s been on the board for two years, is a former medic; Humphfres served 15 years with the district as a volunteer firefighter. MEMORIAL DEADLINE - Because Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day) is set as a holiday for most, all items for the May 27 issue of Illinois Valley News must be submitted by 5 p.m. Thursday, May 21. “We will appreciate everyone turn- ing in their ads and notices by the deadline,” said Michelle Binker, editor-in-chief. NOTEPAD - Last Chance to win a Letterman’s jacket. Tickets can be purchased at IVHS main office or phone Heather at 592-2116. Ticket prices are 1 for $2 or 3 for $5 … A Police Memorial Week public ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 13 at noon at Newman United Methodist Church across from the county courthouse in Grants Pass ... Free Antique Road Appraisal Show on Thursday, May 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Countryside Village, 1700 Kellenbeck Ave. in Grants Pass. Phone 956-0999 for info ...The Cha- teau at Oregon Caves National Monument will observe open house on Friday, May 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. … Free clothing will be offered during the Takilma Bible Church semi-annual give-away on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 10343 Takilma Road … I.V. Little League will hold a rummage sale at Jubilee Park on Saturday, May 16 begin- ning at 9 a.m. along with baseball games ... Search And Rescue of Josephine County will have a display and yard sale at Ray’s Food Place in Merlin on Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will include a treasure hunt for children ... A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at I.V. High School on Thursday, May 21. The actual date for Me- morial Day is Monday, May 25. Watch I.V. News for details … Callie Harland, a junior at I.V. High School, gained the best-of-show honor during the recent Vision 2009 annual high school art competition underwritten by the Southwest- ern Oregon Community College Foundation. Her Self Por- trait watercolor earned her a $250 cash purchase award and a two-year tuition waiver at SWOCC ... Randy Kent, well-known at I.V. High School as head custodian for some 20 years, has retired after 23 years with Three Rivers School District ... IVHS graduation for the Class of 2009 will be held on Thursday, June 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m. ... A unique “doll house” that’s a replica of The Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument will be raffled. Tickets are available at Illinois Valley Visitor Center, and Sterling Savings Bank (Cave Junction). The drawing will be held on July 5 during the annual I.V. Alumni & Friends picnic. Pro- ceeds will benefit the group’s IVHS scholarship fund ... T- shirts: *I’m the product of a secret government project. *Everything I say can be substantiated by my own opinion. *Life is too short to worry about how short life is ... Bumper stickers: *Ideal thesis subject. *Unapologetically brilliant. *Dare to be indifferent. LAST WORDS - Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. (Carl Sandburg) (Continued from page 2) domestic violence pandemic has been occurring for hun- dreds of years, causing high levels of mental and physical illness, death, social disrup- tion, and economic loss. There have been 12 mass killings during the past 52 days in the United States. In 11, the killer had a history of abuse against women or they were directly related to or defined as domes- tic violence. Some 68 people have been killed in those mass killings including 20 children and seven police officers. We can honor those who have been killed in the pan- demic of domestic violence flu by identifying their killers and listing them. Among the 12 incidents they include: March 10: Michael McLendon, 28, killed 10 peo- ple, including his mother, grandmother, aunt and uncle, and the wife and child of a sheriff’s deputy in rural Ala- bama. He then killed himself. The worst mass killing in the history of Alabama killed: Virginia White, 74; James White, 55; Tracy Wise, 34; Dean Wise, 15; James Star- ling, 34; Lisa McClendon, Michael’s mom; Bruce Maloy, 51; Andrea Myers, 31; and Corrine Gracy Myers, 18 months. March 21: Lovelle Mixon, a parolee with a his- tory of violence against women, sexual assault, and other violent crimes shot and killed four Oakland Police officers; Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40; Officer John Hege, 41, SWAT Sgt. Ervin Romans, 43; and SWAT Sgt. Daniel Sakai, 35 before he was shot and killed by police. March 29: Robert Stew- art, 45, shot and killed eight people at Pinelake Health and Rehab Center in Robbins, N.C.. He came to the center seeking to kill his wife, Wanda Neal, 43, a nurse’s assistant. She was working in the Alz- heimer Unit when he entered, and survived after herding residents into the TV room and locking the door. The dead were Tessie Garner, 88; Lillian Dunn, 89, Jessie Musser, 88; Bessie Hendrick, 78; John Goldston, 78; Marga- ret Johnson, 89; Louise Decker, 98; and Jerry Avent, 39. Jerry, a newly hired nurse at the facility, was shot 27 times, but continued protecting patients until the final shot. Police estimated his efforts saved at least 10 other patients and staff members. So, we are not done. We all must redouble our efforts to raise awareness, call for more resources in the war by men against women and children. We must call it what it is it is, not Violence Against Women. It is most often Violence By Men Against Women. All the killers in the mass killings of the past 52 days have been men. The next time you hear someone say they cannot af- ford to keep a Family Justice Center or domestic violence shelter program open because of the economy, ask them to read this article. Next time, you hear someone say that we don’t need any new, evolving, innovative approaches to fam- ily violence prevention be- cause our current service de- livery models are doing the job well; ask them to read the list of 68 names from the most recent 52 bloody days of do- mestic violence in 2009. Don’t be silent; don’t let elected officials, or policy- makers, or bureaucrats, or disinterested community members ignore the tragedy of domestic violence. We must address swine flu in America and around the world, but we must also take guns away from men who are violent and start spending the time, energy, and money nec- essary to stop the pandemic of violence by men against women that is destroying families, killing women, men, and children, and continuing to destroy the lives of so many. Page 3 (Casey Gwinn is a former San Diego City Attorney. He founded the internationally recognized San Diego Family Justice Center credited with reducing domestic violence homicides in San Diego by more than 60 percent. He now serves as president of the Na- tional Family Justice Center Alliance. He is co-author of Hope for Hurting Families: Creating Family Justice Cen- ters Across America.) Selma Community Center 18255 Redwood Hwy., Selma Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Spring Starter Plant Sale & Flea Market Mexican Dinner (6 p.m. $8) Clothes Give-Away! Saturday, May 16 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Takilma Bible Church 10343 Takilma Rd. City Council ... (Continued from page 1) nance on Feb. 23 that was less strict. Bowler had supported that measure. However, Section 3 of the new ordinance repeals it. In other matters, the coun- cil voted 5-0 to: *Approve a request from the Illinois Valley High School Alumni & Friends to use a pub- lic address system during its July 5 picnic at Jubilee Park. *OK’d a resolution extend- ing the city’s Workers Compen- sation coverage to city volun- teers. *Passed a resolution enter- ing into a three-year contract with City County Insurance Services (CIS), the city’s long- time carrier. For the first year, the cost will be approximately $32,000 and includes general property, liability and vehicle coverage, said City Recorder Jim Polk. ~Scott Jorgensen County airport advisory board seats to be filled Applications for people interested in being on the Illi- nois Valley Airport Advisory Board are being accepted by the Josephine County Board of Commissioners. Application forms are available at co.josephine.or.us. Commissioners will fill seven positions and are look- ing for a representative from the chamber of commerce, a Senior Nutrition Menu Sponsored by Meals are served in the CJ County Bldg. 592-2126, 955-8839 FRIDAY, MAY 15 HOMESTYLE PORK PATTY Whip potatoes with gravy, cut green beans, whole wheat bread, pineapple crisp MONDAY, MAY 18 CHICKEN POT PIE OVER BUTTERMILK BISCUIT Stewed tomatoes, garden vegetable salad, lime whip WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 BEEF LIVER & ONIONS Whipped potatoes with gravy, cut green beans, rye bread, birthday cake representative from a civic/ business organization, a repre- sentative from an economic development organization, two airport tenants, and two mem- bers-at-large. Said the county board, “The airport represents a sig- nificant opportunity for the community to attract tourist spending and business devel- opment to Illinois Valley. “Thanks to Commissioner Sandi Cassanelli, county air- port liaison, for going out of her way to assure the commu- nity hears about this opportu- nity.” Alpaca farm open days set May 24, 25 A free family event -- Alpaca Farm Open Days -- is set for Sunday and Monday, May 24 and 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will include alpaca spring babies in the pasture, and a shearing dem- onstration Monday starting at 11. And there will be alpaca fiber, yarns, rugs, socks and other fiber products. For more information, phone 415-2614. The Apostolic Pentecostals of Southern Oregon are joining together to present a “Holy Ghost” Celebration Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. American Legion Hall, 2110 Caves Hwy. Speaker: Diego Torres translated in English & Spanish All are welcome and invited! 592-4716 or 621-2006 Safe & Sober Grad Night Annual Dinner & Silent Auction Fund-raiser Cougars Show Your Spirit— Let’s Paint the Night Red and White! Thursday, May 14, Illinois Valley High School • Doors Open at 5:30 p.m. • Silent Auction Begins at 5:45 p.m. • Dinner Served at 6 p.m.: meat or vegetarian lasagna • Live Auction Begins at 8 p.m. • Dinner: $11 per person, $20 per couple • FREE Admission for Silent Auction Only Phone Bobbie Loyd 541-659-2028 for info.
