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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 23, 2017
I.V. Lions ready to roar during Labor Day event
Jason McMillen
IVN Contributing Writer
The Illinois Valley Lions Club Labor
Day weekend festival is just around the corner
and so far, although they are undermanned
following a considerable drop in membership,
they are pushing ahead with every ounce of
their ability to make it a successful event. All
profits made during the festival go to the club’s
hearing and sight fund which stays local and
assists the community.
The majority of the club’s members,
including their new president, Marty Haynie,
have not participated in organizing the event
before. “It’s all new to me and all new to a lot
of the guys,” Haynie said, “We’re just learning
really.”
Potential float makers, commonly
seen as the centerpiece of the event, are still
being pursued via mail but so far there’s an
estimated 15 to 20 registered parties ready
to march down the highway in one of Cave
Junction’s finest hours of the year. Last year,
some 48 floats participated and Haynie, the
man primarily responsible for organizing the
parade, hopes that they can beat that number.
Unfortunately, the club began advertising a bit
later than intended but at this time it’s not clear
if that will affect the turnout negatively.
The Tuff Truck race preparations are so
far proceeding amicably but, due to a lack of
manpower, plans to change the track around
will not be implemented this year. “We were
thinking about changing the track around but
I don’t think that’s going to happen because
nobody’s got any time this year,” Mark Camp,
organizer of the Tuff Truck race, said. Haynie
added that the club is always looking for
volunteers and that interested persons should
not hesitate in contacting them.
When asked whether or not the lack of
membership and volunteers could lead to the
end of the annual event being hosted, Camp
optimistically said that they should be fine
for the “foreseeable future.” Although club
members and volunteers are in short supply,
vendors are not. David Anderson, the man
in charge of organizing the event’s market
said that there will be an estimated 65 to 70
vendors selling their wares, perhaps surpassing
last year’s amount.
The softball tournament, according to
Richard Miller, the tournament’s organizer,
will have up to 12 teams participating and
though he can support more teams the event
usually hosts between 10 and 12 teams every
year. At least three of the teams are reported
to be local to the Illinois Valley while the rest
are from Brookings, Crescent City, Grants Pass
and Medford. Unlike many of the other club
member’s inexperience with organizing the
festival, Miller has been running the softball
tournament for about 10 years.
Miller also is responsible for organizing
the Corn Hole tournament, a sport with a lot
of similarities to horseshoes, and also runs the
famous Lion Burger booth alongside Adam
Newman.
The only thing that needs to be done to
make the event legally ready to go is obtaining
the proper permits which alsogot a late start
this year. Right now, Haynie said that there’s
about 25 letters related to the permitting
process that are outstanding and are waiting
for approval. Although permits are still in the
works, the club has received approval to hang
the event’s banner over Highway 199 in Cave
Junction.
On a side note, Haynie wanted to remind
the community that the Lion’s Club can supply
Fire destroys home on Caves Hwy.
According to a press release, Thursday, Aug.
17 at 2:07 a.m. Illinois Valley Fire District personal
along with Rural Metro Fire Department and Oregon
Department of Forestry responded to a reported
structure fire located near the 7600 block of Caves
Highway.
Upon arrival, units found a fully involved structure
with some spread to wild land. Units arrived on scene
and began an immediate fire attack. Next incoming
apparatus provided water supply to the primary engine.
Additional water tenders were used to shuttle
water to the scene which provided a constant
supply of water for the primary engine. It took
fire personnel approximately 44 minutes to
knock down the fire and another 2 hours and
nine minutes to complete mop up and overhaul
operations. No personnel was injured during this
fire. The residents of the structure were out of the
home prior to the arrival of fire personnel. The
cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
hospital equipment like beds, wheelchairs,
walkers, canes, toilet seat risers etc. to senior
citizens or anyone else in need,free of charge.
All that’s required is some information to
insure that they get their equipment back when
the borrowers are done with it.
“We’ve been doing it for a long time and
there’s still people that don’t know about it,”
Haynie said. Anyone who’s interested can call
John Waltameyer at 541-659-1074 or Haynie
at 541- 538-8298 with the possibility of same
day service.
2016 Tuff Truck entry.
Tree Service companies
are fully operational
during fire season
Beeler’s Tree Service would like to help inform the
community about fire danger and the restrictions. Many do not
understand the difference between the public restrictions and
the industrial fire restrictions. What is being discovered is that
many people are in misinformed about fire danger levels and
the restrictions for public and industrial company so we’d like
to help.
Beeler’s Tree Service has noticed that there is little to no
mention of the industrial restrictions with in the community
and we’d like to help I.V. News readers uncover this important
information. Beeler’s Tree Service feels that because of the
limited information the community is receiving, it is being
misguided and this is impacting local tree service businesses in
Southern Oregon.
For more information about fire season regulations.
http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/Restrictions.aspx
http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/
firePreventionDocuments/
2017%20Fire%20Season%20Requirements.pdf
http://www.swofire.com/p/fire-season-regulations.html