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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Cave Junction
Thursday, May 22
Partly Cloudy
High -- 86 Low -- 53
Friday, May 23
Partly Cloudy
High -- 81 Low -- 47
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Saturday, May 24
Clear
High -- 79 Low -- 46
Sunday, May 25
Partly Cloudy
High -- 80 Low -- 46
Monday, May 26
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Today
Mostly Cloudy
High -- 75 Low -- 44
Tuesday, May 27
Wednesday, May 28
Clear
High -- 78 Low -- 44
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Following are the high & low temperatures,
and rainfall recorded at The End of the Road
in O’Brien by Cheryl & Harry Johnson:
May
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
High
Low
Rain
54.0
61.2
72.5
80.6
88.7
93.6
80.8
43.9
39.7
34.0
36.7
41.9
46.2
50.2
.31
.16
May Rain: 1.79” YTD Rain: 47.59”
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Workers build forms prior to the pouring of concrete at the skate park May 8.
Park ... Continued from A-1
About the same time, Williams learned that the famous
skateboarder Tony Hawk was coming to Grants Pass to do
a demonstration. She was also aware that Hawk’s foundation
made grants to help communities build skate parks and ap-
proached him during his visit. Together with Connolly, Williams
won a grant from Hawk’s foundation and parlayed that money
to acquire a $60,000 grant from Oregon Parks and Recreation,
which required nearly $29,000 in matching funds and in-kind
contributions.
“We compliment each other,” Connolly says of Williams.
“She’s the visionary and I’m the reality.”
Volunteer and in-kind efforts have included daily bobcat
work from Connolly’s son, Arley Tree; excavator work, cash
and in-kind donations from Tony Smith, including the use of a
storage container; and roller work from Ronnie Fuson, which
is worth over $200 a day. Randy and Shelly Merrill have vol-
unteered to camp at the site for the entire construction period,
guarding the fresh concrete at night.
“This community should be so proud of what we’ve ac-
complished here,” Connolly said. “If we hadn’t gotten this lev-
el of support from the mayor, city council, all the donors and
the musicians who’ve played for our benefits, we wouldn’t be
here.”
Over the past few weeks, local eateries including Com-
mune I Tea, Rosie’s Inferno, Subway and Taylor’s Country Story
have provided lunch for the volunteers. Southern Oregon Out-
reach Foods has provided water and Diggin’ Livin’ has delivered
snacks. Connolly and Williams have been at the construction
site daily to help wherever possible. Last Friday, Williams drove
to pick up lunch supplies, then built sandwiches for the hungry
workers.
“We’ve been getting as many as ten volunteer workers a
day to help shape the iron rebar and tie the bars together,” Con-
nolly said.
She is especially complimentary of the young laborers who
have turned up to help with the project.
“Dave told me that these kids have been fabulous,” she
said. “Usually, having volunteers makes the project take longer,
but our volunteer skill level is so high, he’s only had to show
them once and they get it right away.”
Connolly asks that anyone interested in volunteering labor
simply show up and ask for Sage or “the boss,” since there’s still
plenty to do. Construction takes place during ten-hour days dur-
ing the week. The project is scheduled to be completed by the
end of June.
“It’s impressive that so much of this work has been done by
volunteers with their strong backs and great attitudes,” Connolly
said, recalling an exchange with one young helper who said,
“Why wouldn’t we work hard? We want to skate this thing!”
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