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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
Poet Laureate Petersen to visit GP Library branch
Oregon’s Poet Laureate,
Paulann Petersen, is sched-
uled to appear at the Grants
Pass branch of Josephine
Community Libraries Inc.
(JCLI) on Friday, Oct. 1.
Petersen will read po-
etry and discuss the topic
“Poetry is Everyone’s Do-
main” starting at 7 p.m. The
library is located at 200 NW
C Street.
As part of the Oregon
Days of Culture week and
First Friday art walk, the
award-winning poet’s works
will be illustrated by inta-
glio prints by Portland artist
Barbara Mason. Her 12 so-
lar intaglio prints form a
dazzling series entitled
“Bilingual Light.” The eve-
ning will open with music
provided by the Grants Pass
High School quintet starting
at 6 p.m.
“We are honored and
delighted to have Ms. Peter-
sen’s presentation here in
Grants Pass,” JCLI Execu-
tive Director Kate Lasky
said. “It’s a special gift to
our whole community.”
Petersen was named to
a two-year appointment as
Oregon's sixth Poet Laure-
ate by Gov. Kulongoski on
April 26.
"Paulann Petersen is the
perfect choice to serve as
Oregon's poet laureate," said
Kulongoski. "Her wonderful
poetry and her commitment
to sharing her craft with the
people of Oregon through
her teaching and service
exemplify the kind of per-
son that is ideal to serve in
this position."
Petersen was born and
raised in Oregon and spent
half of her adult life in
Klamath Falls. She is a
widely published poet, with
four collections – The Wild
Awake (2002), Blood-Silk
(2004), A Bride of Narrow
Escape (2006) and Kindle
(2008) – and three are avail-
able in the library.
Petersen has received
several awards, including
Stanford University's Wal-
lace Stegner Fellowship in
Poetry, two Carloyn Kizer
Poetry Awards, and Literary
Art's Stewart Holbrook
Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Oregon's
Literary Life. Her poetry is
featured on TriMet public
transportation in Portland as
part of Poetry in Motion, as
well as in many publica-
tions. She is a committed
teacher who has taught high
school English and led doz-
ens of workshops in school
libraries, colleges, and writ-
ers’ conferences across Ore-
gon.
Senior Nutrition Menu
Sponsored by
Meals are served in the
Cave Junction County Bldg.
541-592-2126, 541-955-8839
FRIDAY, OCT. 1
COUNTRY MEATBALLS
WITH GRAVY
Whip potatoes with gravy, cut
green beans, cornmeal bread,
hermit bar
MONDAY, OCT. 4
BEEF ENCHILADA BAKE
Country trio vegetables,
pineapple mandarin salad,
bran rye roll, chocolate
pudding
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6
ORIENTAL SHOYU
CHICKEN
Mixed vegetables, garden
vegetable salad, dinner roll,
almond cookie
The poet laureate posi-
tion is a collaborative pro-
ject of the state's five state-
wide cultural partners, Ore-
gon Arts Commission, Ore-
gon Heritage Commission,
Oregon Historical Society,
Oregon Humanities and
State Historic Preservation
Office. The position is
funded by the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust and managed by
Oregon Humanities. More
information on the poet lau-
reate program and history is
found at oregonpoetlaure-
ate.org/.
The libraries in Jose-
phine County closed on
May 17, 2007. In Septem-
Mike’s Gulch hike set for Oct. 2
Join veteran hiker and historian Greg Walter on Saturday,
Oct. 2, as he will lead a walk out to the Mike’s Gulch area to
show and explain the mining that took place there at different
times in the past 150 years.
The walk will start at 10 a.m. at the Boardwalk Trail, T.J.
Howell Fen, on Eight Dollar Road and will continue down-
river at the Mike’s Gulch trail parking. That is located off of
the 023 road, about half a mile from the green bridge. The
hike will conclude around 2 p.m.
This event is sponsored by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and U.S. Forest Service archeology department, Lisa
Brennen and Dave Knutsen.
Hikers are advised to bring a lunch and plan on a two-
mile hike. There will also be a small stream crossing at
Mike’s Gulch to walk out and see the Chinese Walls, and
much more.
Walter said he plans to display several early photos to
help discuss the area’s mining history.
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
~ Victor Borge ~
National Newspaper Week October 3-9
Cave Junction
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Sunny
High--78 Low--52
Thursday, Sept. 30
Sunny
High--79 Low--51
Friday, Oct. 1
Sunny
High--78 Low--51
Saturday, Oct. 2
Sunny
High--77 Low--50
Sunday, Oct. 3
Sunny
High--71 Low--48
Monday, Oct. 4
Sunny
High--72 Low--48
Tuesday, Oct. 5
Sunny
High--74 Low--47
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall
recorded at The End of the
Road in O’Brien by Cheryl &
Harry Johnson:
*Fri., Sept. 17 74 58 .00
*Sat., Sept. 18 65 56 .00
*Sun., Sept. 19 66 52 .00
*Mon., Sept. 20 71 45 .00
*Tue., Sept. 21 67 48 .00
*Wed., Sept. 22 70 50 .00
*Thu., Sept. 23 80 41 .00
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures and rainfall
recorded by Oregon Builders
Guild in Cave Junction:
*Fri., Sept. 17 74 57 .23
*Sat., Sept. 18 62 55 1.38
*Sun., Sept. 19 65 51 .94
*Mon., Sept. 20 74 44 .00
*Tue., Sept. 21 65 48 .00
*Wed., Sept. 22 76 50 .00
*Thu., Sept. 23 76 38 .00
Read & Recycle
ber 2007, committed com-
munity members formed
JCLI, a nongovernmental,
nonprofit organization dedi-
cated to reopening and oper-
ating the libraries in Jose-
phine County. People inter-
ested in getting involved
with the library effort can
send an e-mail to
info@josephinelibrary.org.
Those interested in becom-
ing members can send their
check or money order pay-
able to “Josephine Commu-
nity Libraries” to P.O. Box
1684, Grants Pass, OR
97528 or make a secure do-
nation on the Web site,
www.josephinelibrary.org.
After solving the crossword, write the indicated answers into the blanks to discover the theme:
“ ____________ : ____________ ____________ ____________ for ____________ ____________ .”
30-Down
17-Across
46-Across
11-Down
37-Across
67-Across
Find puzzle solution on Page A-6
ACROSS
1. Rhyme writers
6. Any of Aesop's stories
11. Bed in boot camp
14. "___ Like It"
(Shakespeare play): 2 words
15. Laborers' group
16. "___ to Billy Joe"
17. Part of the theme: 3 words
19. Veto, slangily
20. Discussed, with "out"
21. Get a glimpse of
22. Badminton barrier
23. Cancel, as a space flight
26. The Kentucky Derby, e.g.
28. "The Inferno" author
31. Spherical object
33. Stones
36. Lamb's mother
37. Part of the theme
40. Six-sided state
41. Hound's "hands"
43. Singers Sedaka and Young
44. Sweat gland's outlet
45. Estimator's phrase: 2 words
46. Part of the theme
48. Very cool, to a teen
49. Lukewarm
51. Bart Simpson's age
52. Rosters
54. Drinks in English pubs
56. Frankincense or myrrh,
for instance
58. Kind of code found on
envelopes
60. Call ___ day (quit working):
2 words
62. Puts on a pedestal
66. Extreme anger
67. Part of the theme
70. Substance in cigarettes
71. Sewing machine inventor Howe
72. Metal bolt at a construction site
73. Smartness statistics: Abbr.
74. Color differently, as fabric
Puzzle by Patrick Jordan
75. Gardener's packetful
DOWN
1. Trail
2. Org. that tracks industrial
accidents: Abbr.
3. Holes in sewing needles
4. Item on Mr. Peanut's head: 2
words
5. Wager that can't lose: 2 words
6. Amusement
7. Picnic pest
8. Prejudice
9. One who doesn't socialize much
10. Make beloved
11. Part of the theme
12. Garfield's canine companion
13. Send a Tweet, perhaps
18. Wedding vow: 2 words
24. Chinchilla or chipmunk, e.g.
25. Mobile home
27. Governmental overthrow
28. Train or bus station
29. Cognizant
30. Part of the theme
32. Reporter's name on a story
34. Unit of gold fineness
35. Backyard buildings
38. Performance artist Yoko
39. Nine-digit ID: Abbr.
42. Dirt
47. Liquid medicines
50. Wintertime gadget at an airport
53. Requiring an extra inning: 3
words
55. Took illegally
57. D.C. title: Abbr.
58. Tube-shaped pasta
59. Baghdad's country
61. In the center of
63. Being broadcast as it happens
64. Prepared to drive, in golf
65. The Concorde and others: Abbr.
68. April follower
69. Find a purpose for
Grief relief
offered in GP
A grief support program
for children and their fami-
lies is scheduled to meet
every Tuesday from Oct. 12
to Nov. 23 at Lovejoy Hos-
pice in Grants Pass.
The program, entitled
Good Grief, is a family and
peer support group for chil-
dren who have experienced
the death of someone impor-
tant in their lives. Through
the program, parents learn
new ways to support griev-
ing children and themselves.
Topics will include un-
derstanding grief, preserv-
ing memories, coping with
fear and anxiety, moving
into the future and others.
Pre-registration is re-
quired. To enroll, call Walt
at 541-474-1193. There is
no cost for the program.
Poetry Reading
Oct. 6 at SLC
There will be a poetry
reading at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 6, upstairs
at the Frog Farm in the Spi-
ral Living Library, located
at 9044 Takilma Rd., Cave
Junction.
The Spiral Living Cen-
ter has gathered a library of
books that are related to the
theme of sustainable living
for the reading. To celebrate
the opening of the library
the center will host a poetry
reading for the local com-
munity and all are welcome.
The theme for the eve-
ning is: living locally, living
sustainably. People are in-
vited to share poems that
they have written or per-
sonal favorites on the topic.
A discussion will follow and
refreshments will be pro-
vided.
The library opened in
May, 2010, after years of
planning. Experience Works
employees Terry Davis and
Celine Marten, and volun-
teer Amy Miller, organized
the books and created a
catalog. It has grown to
2,035 volumes. There is a
tool library being planned as
well.
“The books in the li-
brary are some of the most
popular contemporary publi-
cations on the subjects of
Permaculture, animal rais-
ing, natural building, seed
saving and general garden
knowledge,” Davis said.
The Spiral Living Cen-
ter is a non-profit organiza-
tion promoting sustainable
living skills and community
self-sufficiency in the Illi-
nois Valley. The center of-
fers workshops, programs
and free skill-sharing work-
shops throughout the year.