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Established 1937 50c illinois-valley-news.com Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 3 Sections, 20 Pages, Volume 74 No. 14 Published Weekly Cave Junction, Oregon 97523 City council hears permit request By Darcy Wallace IVN Staff Writer The Cave Junction City Council, with member Dan Fiske absent, passed four resolutions and discussed a live music permit application as part of the agenda at the Monday, June 13, meeting at city hall. The resolutions, all of which passed 4-0, concerned a special city Inside : Special Graduation section allotment, reserve account funding authorization, worker’s compensation coverage for volunteers and liquor license renewal recommendations. Jenessa King of Dos Gringos Restaurant in Cave Junction applied for a live music permit June 6 for permission to play amplified music for the entertainment of customers on Thursday evenings. Cave Junction municipal code restricts “unnecessary” noise including sound amplifying devices, but states permits can be issued to “reasonable persons or organizations for the broadcast or amplification of programs of music, news, speeches, or general entertainment as part of a national, state or city event, public festivals or outstanding events of a noncommercial nature.” Recorder Ryan Nolan said according to city attorney Patrick Kelly, businesses could be considered noncommercial if they were not charging guests for the music, which would require different restrictions. As Dos Gringos is not charging a fee for the music, city councilors appeared to agree King was eligible for a permit for amplified music. Continued on A-7 Tab Local Farming Page A-4 Signal Concerns Continue Page A-7 LBMS Moving up Page A-8 IVRAC Music fest Page B-1 From the Mayor’s Desk Page A-3 Sudoku Crossword Classified Blotter A-8 A-8 B-3 A-5 (Photo by Darcy Wallace, Illinois Valley News) Sky Grace Hanna shakes hands with Mayor Carl Jacobson during the ceremony honoring homeless veterans Friday, June 10 at city hall. IVHS alumni gear up for reunion bash By Darcy Wallace IVN Staff Writer Calling all Illinois Valley High School alumni, family and friends: the IVHS Alumni and Friends reunion is almost here. The 2011 IVHS Reunion is scheduled for Friday, July 1 through Sunday, July 3, bringing together Cougar grads of all generations and Kerby Union High School (KUHS) alumni for a weekend packed with activities. Just some of the entertainment includes a Kerbyville Museum guided tour, the silent auction, a dinner and dance at the Junction Inn, the I.V. Golf Club tournament benefiting the IVHS boys golf team, the 17th annual meeting of the Membership and class celebrations all weekend long. Alumni from KUHS (1924 -1949) plan to gather July 3 during the Reunion Weekend breakfast and silent auction at Jubilee Park to keep the memories of KUHS alive. During the Meeting of the Membership at 12 p.m., July 3 at the Jubilee Park Pavilion, IVHS alumni will announce the 2011 recipients of the Alumni Scholarships, elect board members and decide on next year’s scholarship amounts. This year, IVHS students from Kristen Valenzuela’s history class put together an illustrated book “The Illinois Valley: Digging Beneath the Surface.” The 80-page illustrated book is the result of more than three months of hard work and research by nine students with help from a local historian. H o m e l e s s V e t s Onward Class of 2011 recognized By Darcy Wallace IVN Staff Writer By Darcy Wallace IVN Staff Writer Though events like Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day honor several veterans in the community, some have not been honored for their service. According to Cherokee elder and veteran Sun Bear, several homeless people in the area are combat veterans. But instead of receiving recognition, they have frequently been unfairly treated and misunderstood by some. On Friday, June 10, Illinois Valley residents met outside City Hall in Cave Junction to formally recognize all veterans in the community. Cave Junction Mayor Carl Jacobson Jr. read aloud a proclamation expressing thanks for their service. A group of community members, including local veterans De Spellman, Sun Bear, White Bird, Grace Hanna, Glenn Morrison and American Legion Post 70 Commander Bob Soria, were among those present Friday. “We encouraged other veterans to see to it that some of these homeless veterans are recognized,” Sun Bear said. “If they choose not to, that’s their right also. A lot of them have been through trauma. They want to forget; they want to be left alone. When it comes to veterans, they deserve to be treated respectfully.” Sun Bear also read a recognition piece he wrote for the ceremony, saying the name “America” spawned from the Iroquois words “Ama,” meaning water, and “Rica,” meaning land mass. Put together, “Ama - Rica” means “land surrounded by water,” Sun Bear said. “Young men and women of our tribes have always volunteered to fight in conflicts, to preserve the natural rights and freedoms of this land, and the Constitution and Bill of Rights,” Sun Bear wrote. De Spellman said the ceremony was planned to award medallions to two homeless veterans, but they did not want to attend for fear of repercussions from police. A few years ago, she said an influx of people, many of them homeless from outside areas, caused many disruptions that motivated city officials to write an ordinance restricting the homeless. “At the time, it was necessary. What they were doing was inappropriate. I get it,” Spellman said. “I want to work with the city to see if there can be some kind of compromise.” “Whether [the veterans] chose to be homeless, or whether they are homeless due to [circumstance], it makes no difference. They’re still veterans,” Sun Bear said. Sun Bear and others said they wanted to recognize more individuals in future ceremonies. On the weekend of Saturday, June 5, the annual Rogue Valley Veteran’s Powwow was held in White City, Ore. for Southern Oregon veterans. After 12 years of classes, homework, sporting events, field trips, projects and exploration, the Illinois Valley High School class of 2011 celebrated the end of its grade school career at graduation Wednesday, June 8. With females in white gowns and males in red, 78 Cougars earned diplomas Wednesday, certified of completing Three Rivers School District requirements for graduation. Seventy- seven were present, as one senior, Margaret Ruiz, was already at boot camp for the military. Principal JoAnn Bethany opened the ceremony introducing the graduates and thanking parents, teachers and staff, giving the outgoing class a final “lecture” as they move on to the next phase of their lives. “Don’t lose sight of your dreams,” Bethany said. “I look out at you and I see nothing but potential. You have been given many gifts and talents. Please go out and choose to do good things with them.” Bethany also honored graduates with loved ones no longer there who would have wanted to see their graduates achieve this milestone. “Milestones such as graduation are bittersweet for graduates who are missing a loved one who is no longer here,” Bethany said. “That loved one was supposed to be here, wanted to be here for you tonight…as you are missing them, find peace and joy knowing that tonight you are accomplishing one of the dreams they had for you.” Graduates with purple tassels, ten in the class, had completed Demonstration of Essential Skills Certification. Students with blue and gold tassels and a gold cord, 23 in all, were members of the National Honors Society for academic excellence. Those with red and white cords maintained 96 percent or better attendance throughout their high-school careers. Two seniors, Celilo Nordal and Brittany Mosley, set themselves apart with extremely high attendance records: Nordal had missed four days total in all of high school. And according to Bethany, Mosley managed to miss less than five days of school during her entire public school career. Bethany also acknowledged the many audience members who were IVHS graduates themselves, including new county commissioner Simon Hare, who made an appearance. Three Rivers School District Superintendent Dan Huber-Kantola also spoke at graduation, remembering a year full of highlights such as Academic Masters, hosted by Illinois Valley, the homecoming parade, and both the football and basketball teams making state playoffs. “IVHS is the one high school in our district where there’s a real community,” Huber-Kantola said. “I don’t know of a town anywhere in America where they shut down the whole [downtown] for the homecoming parade. It’s incredible what this community does for kids.” Continued on A-7
