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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Safe & Sober Grad Night a community effort
Since 1990 the Illinois
Valley High School Safe &
Sober Grad Night Commit-
tee’s mission has been to en-
tertain senior students and
celebrate their success while
providing a safe, sober, and
fun grad night celebration.
So states Bobbie Loyd,
committee chairman. She
further notes that there will be
100 graduates; that 504 hours
are used to prepare for the
party; and that 25 volunteers
are needed.
“Why do we do this?
Because graduation night is
typically one of the most dan-
gerous nights of a teen-ager’s
life,” she said. “Statistics
show a sharp increase in alco-
hol-related accidents, fatali-
ties, and sexual and physical
assaults, as well as alcohol
overdoses.
“By and large, these are
‘good kids’ who make a bad
choice to use alcohol or
drugs. This choice can nega-
tively affect their lives and
the lives of others as long as
they live. They may just be in
the wrong place at the wrong
time and pay a very high
price. It is not just the gradu-
ates who endanger them-
selves when they drink and
drive, but their actions affect
anyone else on the roadway.
“We want our graduates
to make it to their futures by
celebrating graduation with
their classmates in a fun, ap-
propriate environment,” Loyd
continued. “That is why the
committee works year-round
Lorna Byrne
free concert
set May 27
Lorna Byrne Middle
School Music Dept. will pre-
sent “Spring Concert,” a free
program for the community,
on Wednesday, May 27 be-
ginning at 7 p.m.
It will be the final per-
formance of this school year.
“Our students have ac-
complished so much this
year,” said Sean McKee, mu-
sic director, “so come see the
rewards of their hard work
and efforts.”
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to raise funds and public
awareness to be able to pro-
vide Sober Grad Night in
Illinois Valley.”
It is an all-night, drug-
and-alcohol-free celebration
for Illinois Valley’s graduat-
ing seniors. They will spend
the night of Thursday, June 4
enjoying music, dancing,
games, activities, karaoke,
refreshments, hangin’ with
friends and a huge raffle.
Said Loyd, “It promises
to be an unforgettable night
for our seniors, the perfect
send-off after 13 years of
hard work.
“This event is not spon-
sored by the high school,” she
said. “It is produced and spon-
sored by IVHS parents and the
generous community of Illi-
nois Valley. Sober Grad Night
typically provides a special
time – maybe the last time – to
be with high school friends.
“We are a team of parents
and friends with kids graduat-
ing from IVHS. This group of
parent volunteers began meet-
ing as much as a year before
the event. Their activities in-
clude fund-raising, ticket
sales, entertainment, food,
decorating, and prizes.
“Committees have been
working on the various areas
and meeting weekly to coor-
dinate the planning. Anyone
can attend the weekly meet-
ings and lend ideas. Commit-
tees are entertainment, prizes,
food, donations, decorations,
set-up/clean-up, ticket sales,
keepsakes, security, and reg-
istration/check-in.
“Without the commu-
nity’s efforts,” said Loyd, “we
could not pull off this event. It
is a party that we, as parents,
give as a parting gift to our
graduating children.”
Anyone considered an
IVHS 2009 senior can attend.
This includes those who may
not be quite ready to gradu-
ate, but will finish during the
summer, or those who just
need a couple of extra classes.
Hummer Facts part 2:
It might surprise some birders to learn
that many hummingbirds regularly
supplement this sugar-rich diet with
other food, primarily small insects. In
fact, hummingbirds prove quite adept at
capturing tiny insects, and they often
seize them directly from the air like a
fly-catcher. Some of you may ask, why
bugs? Diets of pure nectar lack protein
and many species consume insects to
gain protein.
“Traditionally,” Loyd
continued, “90 to 95 percent
of the graduates attend this
incredible, fun party. It will
be held this year at IVHS
beginning at 10 p.m. after
graduation and continue until
5 a.m. the next day.
How To Get Involved
“We would love to see
every parent of every graduat-
ing senior take part in creat-
ing this unforgettable Grad
Night for our students. A
party of this magnitude does-
n’t just happen; it’s pulled
together by legions of volun-
teer parents, each of whom
can contribute in some small
way to make Grad Night a
night to remember.
“No skill is required; just
a willingness to paint, sew,
cut, and paste great decora-
tions while renewing old
friendships and having fun.”
For information or to
volunteer phone Loyd at
(541) 659-2028, or leave a
message at IVHS, 592-2116.
(All 21st Century events are open to
parents of students at any I.V. school.
Also open to homeschoolers.)
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and even extracting them from tree sap.
Yes, I said sap. Researchers have
watched hummers foraging at sap wells
created by woodpeckers. It was unclear
if they eat the sap directly or eat the in-
sects mired in the sap.
Hummers get the needed protein and
minerals from different sources. Here
are some examples for you: It’s been
documented that some hummers will eat
wood ashes at the edges of fire pits or
naturally burned areas during nesting
season. They’ve been seen eating sand
Some species nest in very dry climates
grains and in another scenario, drinking
and others may nest in wet and cold
salt water from a calm bay. When they
climates, reaching from southeastern
need a quick way to replenish the miner-
Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in South
als lost in the bird’s high energy forag-
America. In many of those areas the
flower plants with nectar are scarce. The ing activity, especially during high cost
nesting activity, they will use whatever
hummingbird has to rely on other food
sources are available to them.
sources to a greater extent, such as
varying types of insects.
There’s nothing better than to sit on the
Notoriously early spring migrants, like porch and watch these little birds. They
the Rufous hummingbird and others who always bring smiles and a joyful good
come north to our area here in Southern feeling to my household. So, get those
feeders out of storage and break out
Oregon, follow a spring migration
those smiles. I hope you enjoy them as
starting in February and March. Those
who nest this far north in early spring eat much as Cheryl and I do.
lots of insects due to the shortage of
Join me and other bird lovers at Mi-
flowering plants.
chelle’s Restaurant Saturday mornings for
breakfast and “bird talk.”
Hummers eat various insects ranging
from tiny midges to spiders. They use
All tips are from, Wildbird Magazine, Pro-
many foraging techniques including
ject E-Bird, and by Harry Johnson.
hawking or fly-catching, gleaming from
birdwatching@frontiernet.net
leaves in warbler fashion, picking
insects from spider webs while hovering
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