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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Cedar Knoll (left) and Jon Kale repaired bicycles. (Photo by Zina Booth, IVN )
Selma Skillshare a huge success
By ZINA BOOTH
IVN Staff Writer
Alternatives from alpacas to Z-Packs
provided entertainment for everyone at the
third annual Selma Skillshare on Saturday,
April 17 at Selma Community Center.
This free, community-building event
showcased some of the sustainability pro-
jects of Spiral Living Center in Takilma.
Teachers from throughout Illinois Valley
taught workshops ranging from massage
techniques to making sourdough bread and
fermented foods.
Children were happily hammering, mak-
ing wooden planter boxes and planting
strawberries under the watchful eyes of
Jennie and John Reed.
Kelpie Wilson was producing Bio-
Char, building soil with stoves made
from tin cans, a recent project of Dome
School students.
Cedar Knoll and Jon Kale restored a
cobweb-covered bicycle that had been in
a shed for 10 years, using a “fourth-
hand” tool to replace rusted brake and
gear cables. I.V. Bikespace at Spiral
Living Center helps cyclists with their
needs without leaving Illinois Valley.
Steve Orr and Eric Hanson sharp-
ened axes and repaired tools brought by
workshop attendees. Donations are appreci-
ated for the Takilma Tool and Sustainable
Book Library, which has 1,400 volumes.
Carol Ronan brought a mild-mannered
goat and its Great Pyrenees guard dog for a
class on raising goats for fiber and meat.
Quality Angora fiber can sell for up to $26
per pound.
Christine Perala-Gardiner discussed
“Alpaca Husbandry”, and extolled the virtues
of “Paca-poo: the Champagne of Compost.”
She brought three alpacas from Suri Futures
in Cave Junction, a brown huacaya with
thick brown fleece-like merino wool, and
two white suris with fleece-like silk.
Inside Selma Community Center, edible
and medicinal plants were displayed in the
hallway. Orville Camp explained “Ecostry:
Seeing through Nature’s Eyes.”
Students sipped Deb’s decongesting al-
lergy-relief tea, made from ingredients such
as bayberry root bark, licorice and elder-
berry. They sipped as they learned about
natural healing for seasonal allergies with
Dr. Margaret Philhower, who has a doctorate
in naturopathy; and Debbie Lukas, herbalist
from Siskiyou Mountain Herbs.
Lukas suggests soothing eye compresses
made from black tea bags or cucumber
slices, and inhaling eucalyptus essential oil
to open the respiratory passages and prevent
infection.
“Dr. Margaret” recommends Bromelain
enzymes, vitamin C and probiotics, as well
as seven homeopathic remedies such as Sa-
badilla or Natrum muriaticum, from sea salt.
Spiral Living Center has been promoting
sustainability and self-sufficiency in Illinois
Valley since 2006. The I.V. Food Coalition
helps Illinois Valley have food security, and
will sponsor a Farm Festival on Sept. 11 at
Jubilee Park in Cave Junction.
I.V. Gleaners distribute excess crops
between landowners, the Food Bank, those
who pick the food, and one-quarter for wild-
life and seed.
The Spiral Living Center office now is
open Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m.; phone 541-592-3642.
A new welcome sign at the south end of Illinois Valley on Hwy. 199 was installed Thursday,
April 15 by a donated crew and equipment from Bridgeview Vineyards Winery. The installers
were Ron Hicks on ladder and Jason Day at bottom of ladder. The $3,000 painting was by J.
Maust of Grants Pass. Lelo Kerivan of Bridgeview served as chairman and chief fund-raiser for
I.V. Chamber of Commerce. The funding was assisted by a $1,500 grant facilitated by county
Commissioner Dave Toler. (Photo by Zina Booth, Illinois Valley News )
LBMS gains
honor unit
members
The Lorna Byrne Middle
School Junior Honor Society
Chapter gained 29 new mem-
bers during an induction cere-
mony Friday, April 16.
To be eligible for mem-
bership, students must main-
tain a 3.5 grade-point average
for any two semesters, and
must maintain a 3.0 gpa to
remain as a member.
Inducted were:
Eighth-grade -- Brittney
Brown, Erric Fisher, Edilet
Rodriguez, Kim Rodriguez,
and Jay Tetone.
Seventh-grade -- Taylor
Byrne, Trina Castle, Elijah
Chavez, Patricia Gleason,
Sierra Hanni, Samantha Har-
ris, Savannah Hoyle, Alexis
Johnson, Chloe Martin-
Ptacek, Melissa Myers, and
Christina Sanders.
Sixth-Grade -- Patrick
Anderson, Alexis Conde,
Kiona Craft, Oberon Fayland,
Jasmine He, Kurt Hertler,
James Kymala, Aubrey
Nolan, Kynam Nordal, Alia
Parker, Alex Ralston, Kiana
Stiles, and Torun Zook.
Besides gpa records,
student members are selected
by the faculty because of
demonstrated potential in
scholarship, service, leader-
ship, character and citizen-
ship.
The guest speaker on
Friday was Briena Andrews-
Baxman, president of the
National Honor Society
Chapter at Illinois Valley
High School.
Mandatory hunter orange
under FW consideration
Oregon’s Fish & Wildlife Commission is considering mak-
ing it mandatory that hunters wear “hunter orange” while hunting
“due to concerns about vision-related hunting fatalities.”
The commission has asked Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
staff to review data and gather information related to wearing
hunter orange to help it make its decision. Specifically, the com-
mission wants to know if wearing hunter orange reduces hunting
accidents or affects the success of hunters.
Staff will present its findings to the commission during its
June 4 meeting in Salem. If there is a decision on the matter, it
would occur during an Oct. 1 meeting.
Public comments are welcome and can be sent to
ODFW.Comments@state.or.us or via the postal service to ODFW
Information & Education, 3406 Cherry Ave. NW, Salem OR
97303; or faxed to 503-947-6009.
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RCC limiting
tobacco use
Jim Lewin from SOOF (Southern Oregon Outreach Foundation) in Cave Junction donated
nearly 6,000 half-gallons of ice cream on Tuesday, April 13 after his refrigerator freezer
truck experienced a malfunction. Lewin phoned churches, restaurants and schools -- and peo-
ple arrived by the carload for some delectable (and free) ice cream. Lewin hopes to eventu-
ally raise enough money for freezers for frozen food storage to expand his capacity to serve
Illinois Valley. (Photo by Zina Booth, Illinois Valley News )
A new policy restricting
tobacco use on the Rogue
Community College Grants
Pass campus will go into ef-
fect July 1 with smoking per-
mitted only in designated
smoking areas.
“The board is committed
to providing a safe and
healthy environment for its
employees, students and visi-
tors,” said RCC President
Peter Angstadt. The board
had considered two other
versions of a tobacco policy:
a ban on all tobacco use, in-
cluding smokeless products,
and a ban on smoking.
But after months of sur-
veying students and staff, the
board opted in March to des-
ignate certain sites for smok-
ing. A task force is working
to identify several locations
on each campus where smok-
ing will be permitted.
The policy might not
apply to specific activities in
connection “with the practice
of cultural activities.” How-
ever, the president of RCC or
a designee must approve any
exceptions in advance.
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