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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Lorna Byrne track team crosses the finish line
Jason McMillen
IVN Contributing Writer
The track season at Lorna
Byrne Middle School came to its
conclusion as of March 11 and the
students, who clearly strove for
victory, managed to set 10 school
records.
The record setters among the
girls were: Haleigh Freitas, Violeta
Garcia, Alyvia Miller and Alexis
Gomez for the 4x100-meter relay,
Alexis Gomez for the 400-meter
sprint, Sophia Smale for 100-meter
hurdles and Daisy Tree for the
javelin throw.
For the boys, the record setters
were: Skylar Larkin, Tristen Konrad,
Dequan Burton, and Andrew
Mendoza for the 4x100-meter
relay, Ryan Mattocks for 100-meter
hurdles, Josh Polk for 200-meter
hurdles, and Andrew Mendoza for
high jump.
“They went after it this year,”
Bob Clark, assistant coach, said,
summarizing the staggering amount
of records set this season. Although
none of the students qualified for
the state competition this year they
can rest assured that their efforts are
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Councilor Lindsey Gillette expressed
her fear that a sudden rate hike could
endanger local rivers and streams by
motivating unscrupulous consumers to
seek free water sources.“I think a gradual
increase will be accepted, and we can go
from there. I worry about going too far too
fast,” she said. Council agreed to move to
the $0.03 per gallon rate and revisit the
topic after this summer.
The council also unanimously
voted to appoint utility clerk Becky
Patton as the new city recorder. Current
city recorder Ryan Nolan will be leaving
the position after seven years. Patton is
already well-versed in what the job entails
and will be able to step into the position
with minimal training. Nolan addressed
the council at the end of the meeting
something to celebrate and that their
excellent attitude towards victory is,
without a doubt, as contagious as it
is respectable.
Clark admitted that he was
quite impressed with this season’s
results because, like so many other
sports this spring, the team was
forced to battle with the weather
constantly and, despite the hardship,
they managed to improve each and
every week. Though the season
went quite well, Clark said that he
and the other coaches identified
some things that need to be worked
on more extensively next year but
saying, “I love this town, it’s a great town.
This has been a very fun job. And even
though people pick on the city of Cave
Junction, and government in general, I
think it’s the perfect example of the way
that government is meant to work, where
there are representative people who don’t
have axes to grind or some sort of special
interest, who want good things for their
town. If people want to get things done,
there is a process for that to happen.”
The council also voted to not waive
this year’s Little League park-use fees after
finding out that Little League had received
enough donations to cover the fees. A
portion of the fees were raised by the
local Clampers, and one meeting attendee
pledged $300 on the spot to help the Little
League.
The Cave Junction City Council
meets the second Monday of each month
at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 222 W. Lister Street.
The public is welcome to attend.
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added that all of the current coaches
are returning with what they have
learned and will put that knowledge
to good use.
Reportedly, about half of
Clark’s student-athletes will
be returning to the team next
year for another chance to hone
their skills and have fun in the
process. Additionally, many of
these returning athletes will be
experienced eighth-graders that
will no doubt boost the team’s
competitiveness and provide peer-to-
peer coaching for some of the newer
members. A great deal of students
who graduate this year, according
to Clark, have said that they want
to continue doing track events at
the high school level so the Illinois
Valley High School track team will
likely be as healthy as ever next
season.
In a concluding statement,
Clark said that he wanted to give a
special thanks to the coaches and
track team members of the Illinois
Valley High School who, without
hesitation or apprehension, guided
his young athletes whenever and
wherever they could.
Former C.J. Mayor Carl Jacobson Jr. (left) and Nina Horsley watch the
Pet Parade Saturday, April 29 at Jubilee Park.
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