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The county’s animal control department declined
to comment on the current situation, though Gilbertson
confirmed that an Animal Protection Officer visited the
property last week.
Crow, 63, is on probation and is court-ordered to
not handle animals.
Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Pat Wolke,
who presided over the earlier case that involved more
than 177 miniature horses, goats, cats, dogs and other
animals in various stages of starvation and emaciation,
had told Crow to stay away from animals and to avoid
possessing even “a hamster” or she could face “serious
consequences.”
Crow had relinquished those animals, some of
whom had to be euthanized, to receive a cap on restitu-
tion and to allow the county to auction off the surviving
animals once they were healthy enough.
The club also had many contribu-
tions come in from different organiza-
tions. Some of those included the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, the senior
center and many other service groups.
During the first hour families flowed
through the doors of the County Build-
ing non-stop, but then slowly started to
trickle in. There were plenty of volunteers
on hand to deal with the flow of traffic
during the toy giveaway. Volunteers con-
sisted of not only Rotary members but
church groups, community members and
people who just wanted to help someone’s
holiday be a little more special. Santa was
also on hand to help with the festivities
and make sure the kids were being good.
“It’s just tremendous how people are
coming together,” Heller said of the count-
less volunteers that showed up throughout
the day.
Rotary Club president Ryan Nolan
would like to extend his gratitude to all
the businesses that made contributions to
make the toy giveaway possible. Though
there are too many to list, here are a few:
Toys for Tots, Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, the bikers of the Valley that par-
ticipated in the Poker/Toy Run, the banks
and restaurants that had the donation
boxes in their place of business and to the
countless other businesses, organizations
and individuals that either volunteered
during the annual toy giveaway or made
other types of donations to make the event
happen.
“There was a lot of help from a lot
of groups. The community also did a lot
to help put this on,” Nolan said.
Each child received one large toy,
one smaller toy, a stuffed animal and ei-
ther a book, game or puzzle. While many
parents brought their children to help
pick out the toys, many parents chose to
leave their children at home, making for
a Christmas morning surprise. With rows
of tables piled high with hundreds of toys,
by the end of the day, the toy supply was
diminishing, with almost not enough toys
to serve those coming through the doors.
“We ran really low on toys near the
end, especially for girls. With an accurate
count, ages and gender of the kids listed
on the sign-in sheet, we will have a better
representation of toys for next year,” said
Carol Ronan, a Rotary member.
Ronan also said that any of the toys
that were left over stayed at the County
Building for any children in need of a toy
that attended the Christmas dinner which
was served on Christmas Day, also held at
the County Building.
Last year the Rotary Club had 196
families come through for the toy give-
away. This year that number was nearly
doubled with 298 families coming through
the doors and 312 children were recipients
of toys, putting a little extra smile on the
faces of some needy families.
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Illinois Valley Baptist Church, which Power Equipment, Dr. Joe’s Pet Hospi-
currently holds Sunday worship services tal, I.V. Trophy & Collectibles, My Place
at the county building, was the major Café, the Pregnancy Center, Reflections,
sponsor of the event, teaming with the River Valley Café, Tony’s Appliances,
Doug Hoskins Resource Center, formerly Tropical Island Tans and Valley Evangeli-
the Lifelines Food Bank. The resource cal Free Church.
center, now managed by Fountain of Life
Reed also thanked the I.V. Rotary
Assembly of God is located on S. Junc- Club and the I.V. Toy Run motorcycle
tion Avenue right next to the church.
group for donating remaining toys and
Josephine County Master Food Pre- gifts following their giveaway event on
servers, including Reed, were also part December 24. As a result of that donation,
of the organizing team for the successful children at the December 25 dinner were
event, which took place between noon also able to choose toys. All the remain-
and 3 p.m. on Christmas Day. Reed hailed ing food was donated to food banks and
food and supply donors for the event in- the Warming Center at Immanuel United
(Photo by Jenna Larkin, Illinois Valley News)
cluding Coffee Heaven, Dave’s Outdoor Methodist Church.
Santa visits with Bram (left) and Ever Ponders Dec. 24 in CJ.
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