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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
Acorn Festival scheduled for Quilt show will be a little crazy
Saturday, Oct. 16 in Selma
Folks that have ever
wondered about using
acorns as a food source but
have been unsure what to do
to make them edible will
find the third annual Acorn
Festival is a good place to
start.
The event is set to run
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 16, at the
Selma Community Center,
located on Highway 199.
Last year, around 200 peo-
ple attended the Acorn Fes-
tival.
Organizers said that the
festival provides instruction
and hands-on activities that
teach both contemporary
and traditional Native
American methods of proc-
essing acorns along with
opportunities to watch Na-
tive American methods of
cooking acorns in a tradi-
tional cooking basket using
rocks heated in an open fire.
Suzanne Vautier, one of
the event’s organizers, said,
“I’ve been working with
acorns since 1984 and peo-
ple began asking me for
help. There were so many
people asking that I realized
there was a lot of interest in
the use of acorns as a food
source.”
Vautier also noted that
oaks and acorns have been a
large part of the local cul-
ture and a food source that
people are not taking advan-
tage of. She added, that,
“My mother was Lakota and
took me hunting for wild
edibles when I was a child.
This is how I got interested
in acorns.”
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As part of the festival,
an optional fieldtrip will be
conducted by Joel King,
retired Forest Service dis-
trict manager for the Illinois
Valley area, who will lead
the group to a nearby stand
of oak trees to discuss chal-
lenges of restoring and
maintaining oak woodlands
in this region.
(Courtesy photo)
Young hands enjoy the
festivities at the 2009
event.
There will be a variety
of displays set up for those
who want to drop by for a
short visit but cannot spend
the day. Displays include
oak gall medicine by Deb
Lukus from the Spiral Liv-
ing Center, traditional tools
and fishing gear by Tom
Smith of Ancient Trails,
traditional Native American
basketry by Lena Hurd of
the Yurok Tribe, rawhide
rattles by Jill Talise, and
much more.
Native American acorn
stories and children activi-
ties round out the day which
ends with an opportunity to
sample several dishes of
food and desserts made with
acorns. Many of these
dishes will be prepared by
Tim Leyba, who noted, “My
grandmother was Olgala
and Apache and I was raised
using the old way of cook-
ing using pine nuts and
acorns.”
Leyba added that one of
the things he likes the most
about the Acorn Festival
was the meal at the end of
the day.
“I really liked the feel-
ing of community unity
when we all sat down to-
gether,” he said.
Vautier also noted that
there are several species of
oak that grow naturally in
the local region.
“If you want to know
what type of oak you have
growing on your property,
bring photos or a few leaves
and acorns from your trees
and we will see if we can
answer your questions for
you,” she said.
The event is organized
by the Cultural and Ecologi-
cal Enhancement Network
for the purpose of helping to
make the community sus-
tainable by sharing the proc-
esses that tap into a sustain-
able food source.
“The Acorn Festival is
an all day event,” Vautier
noted, “so please feel free to
drop in anytime during the
day to enjoy the demonstra-
tion, displays and learn
about acorns as a sustain-
able food source.”
An event schedule and
more information on the
Acorn Festival can be found
on Highway199.org.
The Valley Girls are
ready to display their crazi-
ness — and beautiful quilts
— with their third annual
quilt show, set for Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 15-16 in
Cave Junction.
The show is set to run
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Illinois Valley Senior Cen-
ter, located 520 E. River St.
Admission to the event is
$2.
Organizers said that
more than 80 never-before-
shown quilts will be on dis-
play. The event gives Illi-
nois Valley quilters a
chance to show their work
and help educate the com-
munity on the art of quilt-
ing. The featured quilter is
Helen Deuel, a relatively
new but talented and prolific
Cave Junction quilter, who
will have a special display
of her quilts on hand.
The show will feature a
silent auction of quilt and
sewing-related items. There
will also be luncheon items
and desserts available for
purchase. Attendees will
receive a gift bag.
A highlight of the show
will be a drawing for the
group’s 2010 “Valley Girls
Gone Crazy” quilt. The
jewel-tone crazy quilt fea-
tures quilting, embroidery
and beading by the group
members. Raffle tickets can
be purchased for $1 each or
$5 for six at the show.
The show and the an-
nual raffle quilt raise funds
to support local organiza-
tions. This year, proceeds
will benefit the Illinois Val-
ley Boys and Girls Club and
the Illinois Valley High
School Booster Club track
project.
(Courtesy photo)
The “Valley Girls Gone Crazy” quilt will be raffled during the Valley Girls third
annual quilt show.
Chili Feed Fund-Raiser
for Illinois Valley Volunteer
Firefighters Association
Saturday, Oct. 16, 12-5 p.m.
Meals are served in the
Cave Junction County Bldg.
541-592-2126, 541-955-8839
FRIDAY, OCT. 15
BEEF MUSHROOM PATTY
Herbed potatoes, steamed
spinach, sunflower seed
bread, molasses cookie
MONDAY, OCT. 18
CHICKEN POMODORO
Fresh zucchini, mixed
vegetables, onion bread,
oatmeal raisin cookie
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20
ROAST TURKEY WITH
GRAVY
Whip potatoes with gravy, lima
beans with peppers, cracked
wheat bread, birthday cake
Lunch: chili, burgers and fries
$3,000 goal for matching grant -
monies raised will help purchase
life-saving equipment.
Questions or to donate,
phone 541-592-2225
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Selma
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3-cheese baked macaroni,
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FRIDAY, OCT. 15
Baked chicken nuggets, bean
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burger, classic chef salad,
veggie sub
MONDAY, OCT. 18
Baked chicken bites, baked
cheese ravioli, totally turkey
frank, Caesar salad, ham &
cheese sub
TUESDAY, OCT. 19
Toasted cheese sandwich, big
taco Tuesday, chicken patty
sandwich, popcorn chicken
salad, veggie wrap
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20
Hot ham & cheese melt,
pepperoni or cheese pizza,
hamburger, southwestern taco
salad, Minnie Mouse pinwheel
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