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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Illinois Valley Gardening News: Kathy Lombardo
The mild, wet fall weather was great
for late summer-planted vegetables, such
as lettuce, carrots, cabbage, kale, chard and
Brussels sprouts. It is amazing how much
food we can grow in our yards. Merely a few
weeks into winter and it is time to salvage that
produce before it “tips out” as a past Illinois
Valley Garden Club member would say. These
cold, dry and sunny days are perfect for prun-
ing trees and shrubs. Fruit trees should have
dead wood cut out first, then back up, and look
for branches that cross over or are too crowded
and remove those. Fire-wise thinning around
the home can be done now for a safer summer
in 2015.
The Illinois Valley is special in its
“tucked in between” mountain position, where
the coastal fog pours over into the Valley like a
quilt batt slides off the sewing table, and where
on a cold sunny day here, the mountains east
and south are getting snow. January is time to
appreciate the forest, washed of its summer
dust and the delicate beauty of the forest in
snow. The first blooms of the year are Silktas-
sel. Garrya elliptica is a native shrub which
can be found at the Rough and Ready Botani-
cal Wayside. Cultivars of garrya are available
with more flamboyant blooms. They are Gar-
rya “Evie” and G.’James Roof. The flowers are
catkins and the shrub is either male or female
with the male flowers more lovely. Oriental
Hellebores and Lenten Rose do very well in
our climate and are blooming now. On the
coldest mornings, the leaves of camellia and
rhododendron bushes may be curled under and
drooping down. This is a type of temperature
sensitive leaf movement called “thermotropic”.
Another way to enjoy trees in winter is the
ancient art of Bonsai. Tim Early will be pre-
senting a lesson on Bonsai at the Illinois Valley
Garden Club, Jan. 16. See “Save the Date” for
information.
Kathy Lombardo,
IVGC
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Save The Date For more listings go to www.ivcalendar.org
Jan. 16
IVHS Speech/Debate: Varsity Tour-
nament Away versus Grants Pass High
School
IVHS Wrestling Boys Varsity Meet
Away versus Redmond High School (Wres-
tlers will leave for Redmond at 12 p.m. Jan.
15.)
IVHS Girls JV Basketball at Home
versus Rogue River High School at 4 p.m.
IVHS Girls Varsity Basketball at
Home versus Rogue River High School at
5:30 p.m.
IVHS Boys JV Basketball at Home
versus Rogue River High School at Lorna
Byrne Middle School at 5:30 p.m.
IVHS Boys Varsity Basketball at
Home versus Rogue River High School at
7 p.m.
Jan. 16
The IV Garden Club’s meeting on Fri-
day, January 16 will feature guest speaker
Tim Early on the care of Bonsai. The IV
Garden Club meets the 3rd Friday of the
month at United Methodist Church, 200 W.
Watkins (across from Shop Smart) in Cave
Junction. Social and finger foods at 12:30
p.m. Meeting at 1 p.m. Visitors welcome.
E. River St. Cave Junction ~ 6:30 – 8:30
p.m.
Coffee & Tea provided – Treats &
Goodies Welcome.
Jan. 17
IVHS Wrestling Varsity Meet, Away
versus Redmond High School
IVHS Speech/Debate Varsity Tour-
nament, Away versus Grants Pass High
School
Jan. 19
As fate would have it, our next Pre-
cious Dirt/Freedom from Pesticides meet-
ing falls on the observance of Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. Day.
A perfect opportunity to have an open
discussion centered around rights. Or per-
haps the fact our state continues to system-
atically take away our rights, as in the right
to say no to Pesticides or GMOs and be-
yond.
Join us as we explore these topics,
what our future looks like and where do we
go from here.
The Illinois Valley Senior Center, 520
J an. 24
Illinois Valley Health & Wellness
Fair Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the
IV Senior Center: 520 E. River St., C.J.
Local health and wellness providers share
their knowledge, demonstrate services and
sell their goods. For a schedule of events
or more information you can go to www.
healthyucenter.org or call 541-592-4888.
J an. 26
The Josephine County Board of Com-
missioners will be hosting a Town Hall
Community meeting in the Illinois Valley.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday,
January 26, 2015 at 6:30 p.m., Cave Junc-
tion County Building, 102 South Redwood
Hwy. Cave Junction, Oregon.
All County residents are invited to at-
tend.
WHERE’S
THE ALARM?
Friday1/9/2015
800 blk INDIAN CREEK RD, Lift Assist
Illinois Valley Fire District
3200 blk LAKESHORE DR, Medical Emergency
The volunteers and staff of the
responded to these recent Emergency calls…
Monday 1/5/2015
28400 blk REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
3200 blk LAKESHORE DR, Lift Assist
700 blk LONE MOUNTAIN RD, Traffic Accident
300 blk N HUSSEY AVE, Medical Emergency
2100 blk CAVES HWY, Medical Emergency
300 blk BURCH DR, Medical Emergency
100 blk N OLD STAGE RD, Medical Emergency
Tuesday 1/6/2015
100 blk DEER CREEK RD, Outdoor Smoke/Odor
Saturday 1/10/2015
3200 blk LAKESHORE DR, Lift Assist
100 blk BONANZA DR, Medical Emergency
Sunday 1/11/2015
3200 blk LAKESHORE DR, Lift Assist
Wednesday 1/7/2015
N REDWOOD HWY / E RIVER ST, Fire Assist to Public
200 blk BEAVER MEADOW RD, Flue Fire
100 blk KEN ROSE LN, Open Burn
18400 blk REDWOOD HWY, Open Burn
100 blk HOLTON CREEK RD, Medical Emergency
200 blk HONEYBEE LN, Medical Emergency
REDWOOD HWY / BURCH DR, Traffic Accident
Thursday 1/8/2015
400 blk SCHUMACHER ST, Open Burn
200 blk SHADOWBROOK DR, Medical Emergency
Jan. 27
Community Meeting
Tuesday, 5 to 8 p.m. at the County
Building by the CJ Post Office. Potluck,
Neighborhood Watch Updates, Forum for
concerns of citizens, Emergency Prepared-
ness topics, Law Enforcement Levy Pros
& Cons, Short Film on Geoengineering,
Conclude with Open Mic and music. For
Agenda, to include your presentation or ta-
bling contact coordinator Guenter at 541-
592-4124 or cmec@cavenet.com
March 7
SOS Run For The Law, A Commu-
nity United! 10k Run or 5k Walk/Run &
Kid’s Dash For details and registration
see this page: http://securingoursafety.
org/run-for-the-law-a-county-united/
For more information contact: Holly
Lidey (541) 660-8186.
Keep your chimney clean:
Keeping chimneys clean is a key step in
preventing chimney fires. If you don’t
use your fireplace or wood stove very
often, or you just moved, you might not
know whether your chimney is clean or
not.
The following signs indicate a chimney
in need of a cleaning:
Burned wood odors coming from the fireplace when it's not being
used.
Fires that seem to burn poorly or that dump a bunch of smoke into
the room.
A black damper. Since it sits right above the firebox, the damper
is often the easiest thing to see and reach and it gets caked with
creosote. Look or reach inside, and see what you can find. If you
see black gunk or you can pull out chunks of the stuff, there's a
good amount of creosote built up inside.
How often you need to clean your chimney depends a great deal on
how much you use it. The kinds of fires you build and the type of
wood you use also govern frequency. As a rule of thumb, it's a
good idea to have chimneys cleaned at least once a year.
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