Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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In addition to the bird walk, there will also
be two short and very mild natural history hikes
hosted by doctor Tom Atzet who has worked as
an operations ecologist in Southwest Oregon
for over 40 years. “Tom really knows how the
forest and the animals and ecosystems interact
and what makes this area so unique,” said Kathy
Mechlin, board president of the SFI.
The funds raised will go directly to the SFI
and will help fund its youth education program,
basic day-to-day operations and outreach
initiatives. “The thing we really try to push is to
get more folks into nature, really appreciating
the amazing natural resources we have in our
backyard and promoting cooperation with other
natural groups,” Mechlin said.
Birds and Brews will also be host to
Wildlife Image’s rehabilitated “ambassador”
raptors, otherwise known as birds of prey, and
will be shown to event goers between the hours
of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. At noon, food and drinks
will be available for purchase and live music,
featuring a nationally awarded blues group
called Broadway Phil and the Shouters, will
start at 1 p.m. Donna Beaudin and the Fringe are
set to play from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Chetco Brewing
Company, Standing Stone Brewing Company
and Wild River Brewing & Pizza Company are
all confirmed to be selling their microbrew beer
at the event. Wild River’s locally crafted root
beer, and root beer floats, will also be available.
The food will be catered by Kevin Gillette,
owner of Bagel Junction, and there will also
be chili dogs provided by City Councilor Mark
Dillinger.
Additionally, there will be a silent auction
for Yanase Jewelry, gift certificates for the
Oregon Caves and other local recreation sites,
and hand crafted art items. There will also be
a raffle, of which half of the ticket’s cost goes
to funding the Siskiyou Field Institute, but the
prize is to remain a secret until the day of the
event.
For children, Pacifica’s Caterpillar
Learning Lab will be there most of the day
and is loaded with hands on learning activities
regarding, you guessed it, caterpillars. Another
activity for children will be hosted by the
Siskiyou Audubon Society and will involve
building nest boxes for small local birds to use
for their spring-time homes. Lastly, there will
likely be face painting and a “low rope course”
in which children can swing around on.
The cost of entry is a “sliding scale” from
$10 to $40 meaning event goers can donate as
much as they are willing or able to within that
range. That said, children can get in for free.
The new library district includes the city of Cave Junction
and Kerby. Residents of those areas will automatically gain
library membership, as their taxes will reflect the 39 cents per
$1,000 of assessed property value increase. However those living
in the rural Illinois Valley can “opt in to the district” by filling out
paperwork (available both at library branches and at the county
clerk’s office after June 15), which means they’ll be able to vote
for library board members. Lasky also explained that those living
outside the taxing district will probably have the option to pay
an annual fee to gain library membership. She added how these
fees might be waived by simply volunteering a few hours at the
library. Volunteers shelve books and help with the children’s story
time.
“When the district board takes over, they’ll open the
libraries for more hours, start buying more materials and overall
improving services. It’s going to take some time,” Lasky said.
“There’s going to be public meetings seeking input and a
community survey is planned to find out what hours are best for
each community and what materials and resources people want
updated. This includes technology as well as books, newspapers,
programming and services. Volunteers can be a part of shaping
this new district, we need them more than ever: their help as well
as their great ideas. We do not want to lose that.”
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In addition, a special
commemorative event will take place. An
Oregon State historic marker honoring
the 555th Parachute Infantry and the first
smokejumper casualty in history will be
dedicated.
History exhibits, Smokejumper
Museum tours, presentations and
youth craft activities are also planned.
Participating groups include I.V. Garden
Club, Illinois River Valley Arts Council,
Rusk Ranch Nature Center and Valley
Girls, among others.
The 555th was a special African-
American segregated unit commissioned
during World War II. Their assignment
was to put out fires started by Japanese
incendiary bombs carried to the Pacific
Northwest by 9,000 balloons, each 30 feet
in diameter.
Because the U.S. government did
not want the Japanese to know the success
of this aerial assault, efforts to extinguish
fires and collect unexploded ordnance
were kept secret.
The 555th was assigned to work
with the Forest Service and were the only
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Lasky also noted that the nonprofit she currently works
for is “potentially going away, so I’ll need to apply for my job.
Everyone working at the libraries who want to take that next step
will apply for their current jobs. It’s a lot of work, but it’s the best
kind of work,” she said. Lasky began working at JoCo’s libraries
in 2009 as volunteer coordinator and became the executive
director in 2010. She has a master’s degree in education.
One local volunteer who went on to a leadership position is
Cave Junction’s current branch manager Roberta Lee. Her story is
a great testament to how volunteering can seed successful career
development. “I had no idea that I’d end up working in a library,”
she said. Lee began volunteering five years ago and said “it just
snowballed and turned out to be an exceedingly rewarding place
to be. I was just lucky enough to stumble into a relationship with
Kate Dwyer and the library.” Lee and her husband David Smale
have lived in the Valley for 20 years. The pair have two daughters,
Kiana and Sophia. “We’re here for the duration,” she added.
Lee also expressed gratitude to the volunteers that have kept
the operation afloat. “Now we’re all really excited about the new
district and we’re really looking forward to continuing to move
ahead. And, now that it’s summertime, we’re also looking forward
to getting as many kids as we can into the library.”
The Summer Reading Program begins Saturday, June 24 at
11 a.m. and runs for six weeks. Activities that coordinate with the
reading program theme of “Building a Better World!” will include
‘Crafts with Barb’ each week from 11 – 1. ‘Bugs R Us’ will be at
the library June 30 from 11:30 – 12:30; and ‘ScienceWorks’ will
be featured August 5 from 11 – 12:30.
military unit in history to work as aerial
firefighters.
Bombs landed in Murphy, Jackson
County, and across the northern United
States.
On August 6, 1945, a team of 555th
soldiers was dispatched to an area north
of Crater Lake. The parachute of a medic
named Malvin Brown got tangled in a tree
that leaned over a deep ravine. He was
unable to climb to safety and fell 150 feet
to his death.
Local historian Roger Brandt, who
is organizing the dedication with Oregon
Travel Experience said, “The close
association with Forest Service history
and their unique association with smoke
jumping is why the Oregon State historic
marker will be installed near the Siskiyou
Smokejumper Museum at I.V. Airport.”
Featured speakers on the 555th story
will include Dr. Robert Bartlett, from
Eastern Washington University, Gwen
Carr from Oregon Black Pioneers, a
nonprofit dedicated to researching African
American contributions to Oregon history.
Brandt will give a presentation on the
balloon bombs. He is chair of the I.V.
Community Development Organization
(IVCanDO), which is a co-sponsor of the
event.
The morning’s activities are free
and free parking is available at the former
Rough and Ready Mill parking lot next
to the airport. Breakfast is $6 for adults,
$5 for seniors and $3 for youth. For more
information, visit www.highway199.org.
For the Apollo 14 Moon Tree Run,
registration will begin at 8 a.m. and both
the 5K and 10K races will start at 9 a.m.
The race is a benefit for the Siskiyou
Smokejumper Museum, the oldest
standing smokejumper base in the world.
A professional timing system will
be used. The fee to compete in the 5K
remains $20 and the fee for the 10 K will
be $25. Registration will increase by $5
on the day of the race.
Due to a limited number of youth
entrants, there will not be a separate age
event this year.
It’s advised to register
in advance by visiting www.
siskiyousmokejumpermuseum.org.
Participants are asked to present email
payment confirmation as a receipt on the
day of the race.
The Moon Tree Run commemorates
the Apollo 14 command module pilot and
Siskiyou smokejumper, Stuart Roosa. He
carried tree seeds to the moon and back;
one of which was eventually planted at the
smokejumper base.
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