Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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Illinois River-Eight Dollar Road clean-up
slated Saturday, May 1 by CEEN, SOLV
Medicinal
herb walk
Saturday
Want to get to know
some medicinal plants that
grow in the Illinois Valley?
Join Debbie Lukas Satur-
day, April 24, rain-or-shine,
for a 10 a.m. to noon Spring
Herb Walk at Illinois River
Forks State Park off Hwy.
199 just south of Cave Junc-
tion, across from Dillon’s
Nursery and Garden Center.
Meet at the Forks park-
ing lot at the end of the road.
During the herb walk the
class will discuss identifying
characteristics, habitat, parts
used, collection techniques,
preparation and uses of herbal
plants. As the season changes,
different herbs will be
viewed, as well as the differ-
ent stages of growth of the
same plants.
The cost is $5 to 15 per
walk. Preregistration is not
necessary. Bring water, rain-
gear, sturdy shoes, notebook,
as needed. Terrain is some-
what uneven, “but we will be
moving slowly and looking at
lots of plants.”
Lukas has been studying
and preparing herbs for more
than 20 years. Her herbal
products are available via
siskiyouherbs.com or the
Frog Farm.
Other spring herb classes
will include, Beginning
Herbal Pharmacy Intensive,
on Saturday, May 8, from 10
a.m. 4 p.m.; and Lotion &
Cream Making May 22 from
2 to 5 p.m.
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Cave Junction
541-471-7487
Grants Pass
541-469-7545
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22
* After Hours - 21st Century:
homework help, driver
training, sewing, home-style
cooking, knitting @ 3:30 p.m.,
indoor soccer @ 4:30 p.m.
* Golf at Red Mountain
JV boys & girls @ 4:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
* Track at S. Medford
Bob Newland Classic FR
Co-ed @ 4 p.m.
* Softball at Brookings Harbor
JV girls @ 4:30 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 26
* After Hours - 21st Century:
homework help, orchestra,
college prep / ASPIRE, home-
style cooking @ 3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27
* Golf at Illinois Valley
Varsity boys @ 11:30 a.m.
* After Hours - 21st Century:
homework help, martial arts /
tai yuan tao, music tutoring,
driver training @ 3:30 p.m.
* Golf at I.V. Golf Course
JV boys & girls @ 4:30 p.m.
* Softball vs. Hidden Valley
JV girls @ 4:30 p.m.
* Baseball vs. Hidden Valley
Varsity boys @ 4:30 p.m.
* Softball at Hidden Valley
Varsity girls @ 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28
* After Hours - 21st Century:
homework help, scrapbooking,
IVHS annual, SMILE / science
& math club @ 3:30 p.m.
(All 21st Century events are free, open to
students, homeschoolers, staff and parents/
guardians of students at any I.V. school.)
For Saturday, May 1 the
Cultural & Ecological En-
hancement Network (CEEN)
is teaming with SOLV for a
clean-up on public land along
a section of Illinois River and
Eight Dollar Mountain.
The area is home to
unique Darlingtonia Fens and
rocky serpentine slopes, Co-
bra Lilies and rare wildflow-
ers. Billed as a fun and educa-
tional event, it will conclude
at 2 p.m. with a free barbecue
for volunteers.
The co-sponsors are
Business
PC classes
Patiently painting and sprucing up the children’s area at the
Cave Junction Branch of Josephine Community Libraries Inc.
was a volunteer activity that occurred Sunday afternoon,
April 18. Among those who showed up to donate their labor
were (from left) Kate Lenstet, Linda Naydol, Celeste & Bob
Clinton, and Anita Savio. (Photo by Illinois Valley News )
LBMS student project
aids Haiti quake victims
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
On Jan. 12, a catastro-
phic earthquake struck the
Caribbean island of Haiti,
causing major devastation.
That tragedy inspired
some students at Lorna Byrne
Middle School in Cave Junc-
tion to collect money to aid
relief efforts.
Led by Bobbette Heern,
a retired Evergreen Elemen-
tary School teacher who fills
in as a substitute at LBMS,
the program began as a ser-
vice project class. Sponsored
by the Baha’i faith, it is a
worldwide program that in-
cludes a spiritual component,
Heern said, but does not pro-
mote any particular religion.
After the Haiti earth-
quake, 13-year-old Melyndee
Solorio, and 14-year-olds
Seth Arias and Cedar River
Freeman, with other students,
began putting jars around
town to collect money to send
to the poverty-stricken nation.
The students gathered the jars
every week for more than a
month, and ultimately ended
up sending $500 to Haiti.
“The generosity of this
town is huge,” Heern said.
She added that the pro-
gram’s primary purpose is to
teach students how to plan
and execute civil service pro-
jects.
Last year, the students
participated in a Pennies for
Peace program, aimed at rais-
ing money for schools in Af-
ghanistan. Heern said that the
goal was to fund the construc-
tion of schools, purchase sup-
plies and pay a full year’s
salary for a teacher there.
The group raised $600 by
staging a contest among its
members, with an ice cream
party awarded to the winner.
“It helps us connect with
the real world in some way
and do our part,” Heern said.
As part of those efforts,
one student developed a com-
prehensive PowerPoint pres-
entation and showed it to
various community groups.
“The response from the
kids makes my eyes well up,”
Heern said. “They have a lot
of compassion.”
Projects haven’t just been
limited to international needs,
as the group also has made a
difference at the local level.
Students have picked up
trash around town, helped
fold clothes at the Illinois
Valley Family Coalition, col-
lected canned food, planted
trees, worked with Illinois
Valley Garden Club; and vis-
ited Siskiyou Field Institute in
Selma, and Royale Gardens
nursing home in Grants Pass.
Now, the group plans to
offer its services to individu-
als in the community, by do-
ing everything from fund-
raising to performing yard
work.
“Basically, the kids are
here to serve the community,”
Heern said.
Students don’t receive
class credit for their activities,
but say that they plan to con-
tinue when they reach high
school. Many of the students,
who started with the program
in sixth grade, are now in the
eighth grade.
The program has gained
and lost some students along
the way, Heern said, but the
focus never has diminished.
Heern said that she really
appreciates the fact that the
students can demonstrate just
how responsible young peo-
ple can be.
“I really love this age
group,” she said. “This age
group gets a bad rap.”
Some students in the
program are ones that Heern
taught at Evergreen, and she
said that she’s really enjoyed
watching them grow up.
The group meets every
Friday after school at the
county building in Cave Junc-
tion. For more information,
phone Heern at 541-592-
5234.
The Illinois Valley Busi-
ness Entrepreneurial Center
will offer Microsoft Excel for
Business or Office classes in
Kerby.
Each three-hour class will
be held Thursdays, May 6
through June 3 from 6 to 9 p.m.
at the RCC/Kerby Belt Bldg.
There is a fee for each class or
save by registering to take the
entire series.
“Getting Started” -- Learn
the basics of Microsoft Excel
to create spreadsheets for man-
aging information. May 6.
“Formulas” -- Create cus-
tom formulas and use built-in
functions. May 13.
“Charts” -- Create various
chart types to display informa-
tion at a glance. Discover the
pros and cons of embedded
charts and chart sheets, and
format charts for easier inter-
pretation. May 20
“Databases” -- Learn to
create, manage, and manipulate
database lists. Additional topics
include sorting, filters, subto-
tals, importing and exporting
data, and hiding and unhiding
rows and columns. May 27.
“Object Linking and
Imbedding – OLE” -- Share
information among work-
sheets, workbooks, and with
other Windows applications
using formulas and OLE op-
tions. June 3.
Tuition assistance is avail-
able. Phone Cheryl Johnson at
541-956-7400 for more infor-
mation or email cjohn-
son@roguecc.edu.
looking for volunteers to join
the adventure: “Meet us at 9
a.m. on Ray’s Food Place
parking lot in Selma (near the
intersection of Hwy. 199 and
Deer Creek Road.) We can
car-pool from there.”
The cleanup will include
the Eight Dollar Mountain
Botanical Wayside, Little
Falls Trail, and a portion of
the T.J. Howell Botanical
Drive.
“This is a beautiful area
along the Illinois River, so
you will enjoy spring wild-
flowers and a gorgeous view
while you help the environ-
ment and your community.
Knowledgeable folks will be
on hand to help identify
unique and interesting plants
and wildflowers we will see.
“During pre-event scout-
ing we have been seeing a lot
of wildflowers in bloom in
this area -- Waldo Rockcress,
Koeler’s Rockcress, Camas,
Hall’s Violet, Wedgeleaf
Violet, Brook Trillium, Hen-
derson’s Shooting Stars,
Phlox, Fawn Lily and Siski-
you Mat (to name a few),
with lots of other wildflowers
looking like they will start
blooming any day.
“So come see what is up,
and enjoy the beauty of
springtime in the Siskiyous.
“You should dress com-
fortably for the weather and
for walking. Some sections
will be relatively flat, but
there are also some steep
slopes, so there is something
for everyone. Bring work
gloves and tools if you have
them. We also need a pickup
truck or two.
“The project is sponsored
in part through a grant from
SOLV, a nonprofit organiza-
tion bringing people together
for the improvement of Ore-
gon.”
For more information,
phone CEEN’s Suzanne Vau-
tier at 541-592-3939.
Following are alarms to
which Illinois Valley Fire
District responded through
Sunday, April 18:
block Garner Road
Friday, April 16
*11:57 a.m., M.A., 100
block S. Kerby Avenue
Saturday, April 17
*6:37 a.m., motor vehicle
collision, 30000 block Red-
wood Hwy.
*6:43 p.m., M.A., 700
block Logan Cut
Sunday, April 18
*10:46 a.m., M.A., 5000
block Rockydale Road
*12:26 p.m., M.A., 900
block Caves Hwy.
*9:14 p.m., M.A., 20000
block Redwood Hwy.
Monday, April 12
*12:28 a.m., Medical
Assist (M.A.), 100 block S.
Redwood Hwy.
*8:29 p.m., M.A., 20000
block Redwood Hwy.
Tuesday, April 13
*3:21 p.m., ADT Alarm,
400 block Pine Cone Drive
*8:19 p.m., M.A., 3000
block Rockydale Road
Thursday, April 15
*10:27 a.m., M.A., 900
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