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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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Hatch dreams of stomping out cancer
By Laura Mancuso
IVN Editor
make a difference,” said Hatch.
“Our team was called ‘The
Proactives’ and we won the Rookie
Team of the Year Award. After that
I joined the committee (Relay For
Life) for the next three years.”
Personally, Hatch is no
stranger to cancer. She said that
she has had two bouts with cancer
and July 15 celebrated her “second
birthday.” Hatch explained that
it has now been two years since
her last radiation treatment due to
breast cancer.
Her second birthday was
celebrated at Sportsman Tavern
where a Stomping Out Cancer
awards ceremony was held.
Hatch distributed certificates
and trophies to the businesses
that collected donations. The
following businesses received
awards: PAPA’s Dispensary,
PAPA’s Sporting Goods and
More, R Hog Farm, Sportsman
Tavern and Illinois Valley News.
The participating businesses sold
squares for a minimum of $1 a
piece and then the person donating
“Stomping Out Cancer One
Step at a Time” is the goal of Cave
Junction resident Susan Hatch.
On Saturday, July 14,
Hatch went to North Valley High
School in Merlin to participate
in Josephine County’s American
Cancer Society Relay For Life.
While she was there, Hatch
presented the event coordinator
Stephanie Baker with a $900 check
in donations from the Illinois
Valley community and then walked
the “Survivor Lap” around the
track.
Baker was very excited to
accept the check donated from
Cave Junction and said, “I’m
actually from Cave Junction; I’m
an I.V. High Alumni!”
Hatch first started
participating in Relay For Life in
2007 after her husband, David,
died from prostate cancer in 2006.
“I made a promise to myself that
I was going to stay involved and
put their name on the square which
was displayed in the business.
Bagel Junction donated food for
the awards ceremony and local
artist Mandalynn Sage created the
drawings on the squares.
The next step in Hatch’s
promise to David is to create a
2019 Stomping Out Cancer event
just for the Illinois Valley. Her
vision is to hold a fundraising
event at the I.V. High School
track and all the proceeds would
stay right here in the I.V. to help
community members cope with the
high cost of cancer treatment.
If you feel you’ve missed
your chance to donate to the 2018
Relay for Life, it is not too late
to help the cause. I.V. News is
still accepting donations that will
be kept for the 2019 Stomping
Out Cancer in the I.V. fundraiser.
You can still buy a $1 square and
have your name displayed in the
window. For more information you
can visit Laura Mancuso at Illinois
Valley News, 221 S. Redwood
Hwy. or call 541-592-2541.
(Photo by Laura Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Susan Hatch (left) is handing over a $900 check to the Relay
For Life event coordinator Stephanie Baker at North Valley
High School Saturday, July 14.
Grab your fiddle and get ready to put on your dancing shoes
Sharissa Smith
IVN Contributing Writer
The Siskiyou Folk & Bluegrass Festival is
going to be livening up Lake Selmac July 28!
Stop by between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 7 p.m. around the Boy Scout area. Rotary
Club’s Jannie Crocker elaborated on the event:
“We will have seven bands including Rogue
Trio, The Brothers Reed, Umqua Valley
Bluegrass Band, Mark Kroos and AcoustaNoyr.
“If you’d like to experience this exciting
Bluegrass Festival firsthand come join us for
an admission fee of $20 and that includes a $5
parking fee that is charged by the county.” You
don’t have to worry about purchasing tickets
ahead of time, “You just get there and pay,”
A LL
Crocker added.
Crocker also mentioned that to
compliment the music there will be food
available for purchase. “We will be selling hot
dogs and hamburgers. The food is donated by
Wild River Pizza. We will have beer and wine
too.”
This fun event is being hosted by The
Rotary Club of Illinois Valley with Ted Crocker
as the coordinator.
However, all this fun isn’t without
an excellent purpose, “The money that we
are raising for this is going to go toward
scholarships for a senior next year at Illinois
Valley High School. Our club has been in
existence for 11 years now and that was one of
the very first goals we made. We wanted to be
able to establish some kind of a scholarship.
So when we were able to get ahold of this
bluegrass festival and do it ourselves that
enabled us finally to meet our goal of being
able to offer a scholarship. We just hadn’t made
enough money to provide scholarships along
with the other projects we do. It’s something
the club has been wanting to do for 11 years
now.”
If you have any questions about
this upcoming event you can contact the
coordinator Ted Crocker or Jannie Crocker at
541-592-3667 or 541-415-0548.
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