Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, July 6, 2016
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IVHS class of 1971 reunion IVHS spring
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Kathie Cornett Chapin
(front left), Wanda
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Moine, Donna Fulk
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Community raises $10,000 for local man
By Dan Klapheke
IVN Staff Writer
The Valley community banded together,
June 29 to support a local man seriously
injured in a motorcycle accident.
Jesse “Krunk” Keating, born and raised
in Cave Junction, was heading southbound
on I-5 when he slammed into the back of a
semi truck near milepost 33 Thursday, June 9.
Keating survived, but suffered serious injuries
and has been in the hospital since.
In wake of the accident, Michael
Hickerson, a former Illinois Valley High
School classmate of Keating’s, thought of
holding a benefit and was searching for a
venue. He found Gabriella Salas, owner of
The G Spot Bar and Grill, who jumped at the
opportunity.
“If we don’t take care of each other,
who’s going to?” Salas said.
The two decided a raffle should also be
involved, and they recruited Heather Thoms-
Denham to organize it. The raffle featured
handmade items, including homemade jewelry Keating’s wreck, Hickerson fired up his Get
and glass. One piece of glass made by Mike
UP Facebook page.
Luna went for $1,000.
“I did that just to handle their daily bills,”
Other than the raffle,
Hickerson said of how he
money was also raised through
uses the page for people in
donations, which totaled over
Keating’s situation. “They’re
$500, as well as a contribution
broken, so how can they pay
from the bar. G Spot donated
their bills?”
25 percent of its gross receipts,
Hickerson started the
and ended up donating $1,000.
Get UP page a few years
Overall, Salas estimated the
ago, when a friend needed
event raised nearly $5,000 for
help paying bills while
Keating.
hospitalized. He also set up a
Salas said 250 people
GoFundMe, and since then he
came throughout the night, and
uses it when a friend or local
the bar was at max capacity
needs help paying bills beyond
the entire time.
medical expenses.
Jesse “Krunk” Keating
Outside the event,
“If you have thousands
Hickerson said a GoFundMe
of friends and people who
page has raised over $3,000, and estimated that love you, it’ll explode,” Hickerson said. “And
$10,000 has been raised overall after factoring
obviously that kid is very liked.”
in community donations.
Salas said part of the reason she was
Hickerson, senior vice president of Bake
eager to be involved with the benefit was
Me A Wish, said he and Keating only knew of
because she was in the same situation 15 years
each other growing up. But when he heard of
ago, when doctors discovered a brain tumor.
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Her friends came together and put on a similar
event to Keating’s benefit, and raised nearly
$10,000.
“I always said, if it ever came up, if any
of my friends ever need something like this
that I would do whatever it took,” Salas said.
“And so when Jesse got hurt, I started thinking
like, ‘what are we gonna do for him?’ And
then I got a call from Michael and it came
together.”
Salas and Hickerson said there aren’t
any plans for another benefit for Keating, as
the money raised should help out for a while;
but if another event is needed, Salas said
she’ll look into it. Also, Keating’s mother flew
in from Alaska and is staying until her son
recovers.
Salas said she hopes the benefit will show
the Valley what the people can do for each
other.
“We need to take care of each other,”
Salas said the day after the benefit. “I do
believe the whole community should think like
that, and we proved it last night that we do.”
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