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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 9, 2011
A few months back I
attended a Lorna Byrne Middle
School girls’ volleyball game. The
kids were playing a well-funded
St. Mary’s team. What caught
my attention was the fact that
our kids were wearing basketball
uniforms and the visitors were
wearing real volleyball uniforms.
I later talked to some friends
about this discrepancy and
eventually made my way to LBMS
Athletic Director Darrell Erb’s
office. I told him about an idea to
get the kids some new uniforms.
At one point, Mr. Erb asked
Life in the
Valley
of Riches
By DAN MANCUSO,
Publisher
me why I wanted to do this. My response
was that our children feel better in real
uniforms. When our children feel better, they
hopefully will play better and the program
will flourish. The cost to procure 25 home
and 25 away uniforms, with warm up jackets,
will near the $3,500.00 mark. It is assumed
that the uniforms will last 10 years or more.
All donations can be made here at
the Illinois Valley News office or can be
deposited at the South Valley Bank location
here in Cave Junction. All donations,
anonymous or otherwise, will be listed in the
paper to recognize the donors’ generosity.
Terry Frank has offered to be the second
signer on the account for the new uniforms.
No money can be withdrawn without both
of our signatures. The money will sit in the
account until we reach our goal. At that time
the money will be withdrawn and a check to the
LBMS volleyball team will be cut. Any extra
monies will be donated to other groups in the
school system that needs help with funding.
I recognize that there are a lot of different
groups that need help throughout the year with
additional funding, but I think that helping out
the middle school with a ten-year investment
makes a lot of sense. Our kids deserve it.
Thanks for picking up this weeks paper,
enjoy!— djm
Red Cross announces February blood drives
The American Red Cross has seven more blood
drives planned for February in Josephine County.
The Cave Junction drive is scheduled
for Thursday, Feb. 24 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the
Illinois Valley Senior Center on 520 East
River St. The sponsor code is IVCOMM.
Interested donors will need to schedule an
appointment before giving blood by calling 1-
800-733-2767 or visiting www.redcrossblood.
org. Sponsor codes for each location are
provided as part of the registration process.
Grants Pass blood drive locations are as follows:
•
Friday, February 11: 11 a.m. – 4
p.m.
Cascade Room 2 and 3, Three Rivers
Community Hospital. Sponsor code: 3Rivers
• Wednesday, February 16: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Student Center, Rogue Community College (RCC),
3345 Redwood Hwy. Sponsor code: RCCRWC
• Thursday, Feb. 17: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Basement/
Fellowship Hall, Newman United Methodist Church,
132 NE ‘B’ St. Sponsor code: GRANTSPASS
Obituaries
• Wednesday, February 23, 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.,
Multi-Purpose Room, Seventh Day Adventist Church,
1360 NE 9th St. Sponsor code: GRANTSPASS
• Friday, February 25: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30
p.m. Fellowship Hall, Calvary Lutheran Church,
909 NE “A” St. Sponsor code: GRANTSPASS
• Monday, February 28: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
YMCA Conference Room, YMCA, 1000
Redwood Ave. Sponsor code: GRANTSPASS.
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Feeling Egypt
Cave Junction
These days I’m almost em-
barrassed to be considered an
American. Not really, but you
know what I mean. I don’t
know how things got this way.
I also know there is a lot more
to fixing things than just agree-
ing that something is very
wrong and assigning elected
officials, or should I say, store-
bought officials, responsibility
for fixing things while we go
on busy with our lives. We are
quick to assign blame and by
God, people should be held
accountable. Complacency al-
lows evil to run amok. Reli-
gion wants to blame it on the
“Devil”. I’ve heard the devil is
in the details. So often the de-
tails can be found in the mirror.
Retirement Kudos
Thank you, to everyone who
came to my retirement party,
and to Jerry and Bertha Miller
for giving me a great party.
I’ll miss all of you, but I’m
having fun. Viv Morton
Cave Junction
Playground
Equipment
So what’s this I hear that
the city has to pay for new
playground equipment for Ju-
bilee Park? We’ve been need-
ing that for a long time. Over
the years it’s been “used and
abused”. It’s not safe anymore
for the kids. And that’s due to
the weather and “over-aged
William schneider
adolescents” playing on them.
Copeland Sand & Gravel
is donating the gravel and
Rough and Ready is donating
the wood chips. (Your family!)
Hey, Kurt Krauss, how
come you’re not donating the
playground equipment? I can
remember when there were
times this town needed help
and the Krausses were the
first ones to be there. Your
family is what kept this town
going. Your great-grandfa-
ther helped keep this town
from becoming a ghost town.
If we needed building
material for whatever, your
dad and Uncle had no prob-
lem donating it. You have
anywhere between 50 to 100
people working for you. Your
annual revenue is $10 to $20
million dollars. And you’re
making your hometown pay
for playground equipment
from you? Are you hurting
for money? Is China charging
you an arm and a leg for parts?
What happens if we can’t
come up with the money? Are
you going to be the one to
tell the kids “If the grownups
don’t pay, you can’t play”!
You know how bad this
town is hurting, so I’m ask-
ing you, Kurt, find it in your
heart to donate the play-
ground equipment. Do it
for the kids. Thank you.
From Allison Ballard
Cave Junction
Eulalia
Pauline
Mommer
Eulalia Pauline Mom-
mer, formerly of Checotah,
OK, died on January 31,
2011 at age 87 in Macedon,
New York. Eulalia was
born in Hitchita, OK, and
is survived by her husband
Charles W. Mommer; sis-
ter Hattie Shields; children,
Donna Lee Smith, Stanley
Wayne (Mary Elizabeth)
Halvorsen of Oregon, Rick
B. (Mary Ann) Halvorsen;
step-son Craig A. Mom-
mer; six grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren;
great great-grandson; and
many nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was
held at Payne & Murphy
Funeral Home in Macedon,
N.Y., with a private Com-
mittal Service. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be
made to Alzheimer’s As-
sociation in her memory.
Here, There & Everywhere
As of January 21st, the Illinois Valley Gar-
den Club will be back to meeting at the Kerby
Belt Building. The Illinois Valley Garden Club
meets the 3rd Friday of the month with cof-
fee hour at 12:30pm and meeting at 1:00pm.
The first meeting of 2011 will have Amelia
Benson-Atkinson speak about “Pollinator in
Your Garden”. Horticulture/Show & Tell Ta-
ble, Garden Beauty in Mid-Winter. You are
invited to write out questions that you have
on plants and gardening and place them on
the table. For information call 541-592-4257
EVERy WEDNEsDAy
Wild River Pizza – Open Mic. 6-8pm
Contact Todd Kaberline or Jim No-
lan
541-646-0975
or
541-660-8572
FEBRuARy 12
Illinois Valley Youth Soccer Club – Spring
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at
541-659-9678
FEBRuARy 19
Illinois Valley Little League presents their
2nd Annual Chili Feed & Chili Cook-off
contest. Evening entertainment, silent auc-
tion & live band. From 4-7pm at the Coun-
ty Building. $5.00 per meal includes chili,
corn bread, dessert & drink. To sign up for
the cook-off call Shelly Davis at 541-415-
1718 or Chasty Cavazos at 541-287-2113
FEBRuARy 11
Valentine Dinner/Fund Raiser at Bridgeview
Church to benefit the Pregnancy Center.
Starts at 6:30pm & the cost is $10.00 per per-
son, advance ticket purchase is preferred.
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FEBRuARy 12
Jubilee Park Playground Renovation Fund-
raiser – A group working to move and renovate
the playground at Jubilee Park is currently in
the midst of a fund-drive to support that effort.
The Illinois Valley class of the Ford Family
Foundation’s Institute of Community Building
will hold a fund-raising brunch from 8am to
noon on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Illinois Valley
Senior Center, 520 River St. in Cave Junction.
The menu will feature pancakes, biscuits and
sausage gravy, eggs, Taylor’s ham, cereal & fruit,
juice & coffee. Suggested donation is $5.00.
For information about the fund raiser please con-
tact Ann Padgett at 541-592-4678. Information
on the park project will be available at the brunch.
FEBRuARy 12
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FEBRuARy 24tH & 25tH
The Illinois Valley High School Performing
Arts Department will present the Gilbert Sul-
livan Operetta, H.M.S. Pinafore on Febru-
ary 24th & 25th. The production will be held
in the IVHS commons at 7pm. Tickets are
$3.00 or $2.00 with a student/school staff.
H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic operetta (a shorter,
lighter opera) which examines romance and
social classes onboard a fictional nineteenth-
century British war ship. Lavish costumes
and memorable characters make this period-
piece one of theatre’s most beloved works.
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