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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Page A-9 ‘Let’s write’ workshop covers all writing genres Not your usual writers’ conference, Let’s Write!really will be a day of writing, and sharing – with inspiration and edification from an exciting and varied group of writer-facilitators – all in air-conditioned comfort at the Guild Gallery and Art Center on the RCC Kerby Campus, Saturday, August 4. The day begins with registration and a light breakfast at 8:00 am and proceeds through a series of writing, learning, and sharing experiences throughout the day to an Open Mic at the end of the day. The public is welcome for the Open Mic, but Let’s Write participants will have priority for performance spots. Oregon slam poetry champion, MOsleyWOtta (aka Jason Graham) is coming from Bend to be part of Let’s Write! He’ll lead us into “The art of Freestyle BEYOND Hip Hop”, starting with one of the segments during the morning writing intensive and digging deeper in a longer afternoon session. He will also MC the Open Mic, which will include optional musical accompaniment for performers. To get a taste of who MOsleyWOttas is as an artist, search for him online and check out the video of his Oregon Art Beat appearance. Dynamic teacher and playwrite, Kaci Elder, will manage the morning intensive. Starting at 9:00 am sharp, each of the five accomplished writers will conduct their own segment. Elder will lead one of the morning writing segments, each of which will begin with a sensory prompt to help get creativity flowing. Kaci is co- coordinator of the Whirlwind 24-hour Playwriting Festival in the Illinois Valley and will conduct an afternoon workshop on Whirlwind Playwriting. Well-known nature writer and personal essayist, Diana Coogle, will join us from the southern Oregon mountains above the Applegate Valley to inspire participants to begin exploring the depths of their experiences with nature during the morning session. In her afternoon session, she will support writers in utilizing all the tools in the writer’s toolbox to create a powerful personal piece of work. Diana will also examine the question, “Am I a Writer Yet?” during lunch. Coogle is a prolific writer with many publications, awards, and years of regular commentaries on Jefferson Public Radio. Her latest book, At the Far End of Life: My Parents’ Aging – and Then My Own, Laughing Dog Press, was published this year. Two poets, Vincent Wixon and Michael Spring, will collaborate to offer the fourth afternoon workshop. Both Wixon and Spring are many-times-published and award-winning poets with years of experience leading poetry workshops. They will address the challenge of finding ways of getting poems started and keeping them going, a challenge well known to those who write poetry, whether regularly or on occasion. Vince will present the approach used by acclaimed 20th century poet and Library of Congress and Oregon poet laureate, William Stafford, to keep a creative work moving forward. Michael will offer an exercise that will help the writer find direction from music and experience how repetition can infuse new ideas and rhythm into the words. Michael’s morning segment will also incorporate music. Well-earned by a lifetime of writing, research, and teaching, Vince Wixon and his wife Patty received the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for contributions to the literary life of Oregon. His most recent book of poetry is Laying By, published by Flowstone Press. Michael Spring is co-editor of Cobra Lily – A Review of Southwest Oregon Literature and Art, published by Left Fork Books,and author of numerous books of poetry, including Unfolding the Field. After lunch, Let’s Write participants will choose between MOsleyWOtta’s workshop, “The Art of Freestyle, BEYOND Hip Hop”, and Kaci Elder’s workshop on Whirlwind Playwriting for their first 90-minute workshop. The second set of workshops presents the choice between Diana Coogle’s “A Writer’s Toolbox”, which offers the writer a choice of genres, and the dedicated poetry workshop, “New Pathways in Poetry”, with Vince Wixon and Michael Spring. Included in the day are a light breakfast during registration, a bag lunch, and wine-tasting and snacks at the Open Mic. Let’s Write will end with Open Mic performances of work created during the day or at some other time. With MOsleyWOtta as MC and the option of musical accompaniment, this is sure to be a lively celebration. The Open Mic will end at 6:00 pm and you might also want to stay for the beginning of the Whirlwind 24-hour Playwriting Festival. It begins immediately and will end with a 6:00 pm performance on Sunday. Fee for “Let’s Write” is on a sliding scale of $35 to $55. Student fee is $20. Prior registration will guarantee a place and is available online at www.southernoregonguild. org . Or, you can register by calling 541-592-5019 or in person at the Guild on the RCC Kerby Campus, 24353 Redwood Highway, Kerby, Oregon.For financial hardship scholarship information, call 541-659-3858or email guild@ southernoregonguild.org ‘Summer’s Last Blast’ is the theme for I.V. Lions Labor Day Parade Sharissa Smith IVN Contributing Writer As summer moves right along we’re launched into Labor Day festivities and preparations! Illinois Valley Lions Club parade chairman Marty Haynie gave an update regarding upcoming preparations for the annual parade. He explained how to register a float: “They can fill out the application. You can pick one up at City Hall, I left some there, or you could call me.” Parade applications are also printed in the Illinois Valley News and you can mail them to I.V. Lions, P.O Box 396, Cave Junction, OR 97523 or email to hayniem@cavenet. com. More floats make for longer parades with more candy. Haynie said, “Usually people do come out to get their kids some candy. Even last year we had a good turnout and stuff but a lot of people canceled because of all the smoke.” Despite the smoke Haynie still has high hopes and expectations. “We are trying to get it bigger than last year. Last year was a record we had! We’d like to have it as big as possible, you know, and you can throw candies to the kids on the sidewalk and stuff. Last year we didn’t want the kids to get run over by running out, but you got to throw it over, you know, so they don’t run out in the street.” For all those who want to be in the parade, Haynie said, “At the beginning of the application it has that Evergreen School is where to check in starting at 8:30 a.m. and then you receive a number, the number you can be [in line].” The parade route starts at 10 a.m. sharp and then ends back at Evergreen Elementary School. Every year the theme changes and this year the theme will be “Summer’s Last Blast.” If you would like to look at all the parade entry categories, they are listed on the official parade application. Haynie wanted to express the I.V. Lions Club’s need for volunteers: “We are always looking for people and we do quite a bit for the community.” He listed some of the venues and ways that the I.V. Lions gives to the community that include: Medical Equipment Loan Program, eyeglasses and hearing aids, donations to the Boys and Girls Club and Little League sponsorship. “We are always looking for younger people to help out if they want to help the community. This year we are having a fish fry!” The All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry will be Saturday, Aug. 18, at Jubilee Park from 4-8 p.m. The prices will be adults $12, children 8 -12 $6 and children 7 and under are free. Finally, Haynie gave this word of encouragement to all: “Everybody come out! Anybody can register to be in the parade. Old cars, and stuff ... I encourage everybody to come on out and join the party!” For any questions, or if you would like more information about the I.V. Lions Club, please contact Marty Haynie at 541-538-8298. Obituaries Loretta Marie Cutler (Packard) 11/26/1944 – 7/13/2018 In celebration of the most incredible woman, mother and person a family could ask for; we say farewell until we meet again. You will be missed more than you could ever know. Your life is a testament to faith, love, strength, compassion and kindness! There are many more things that we could say about Mom but most of all we are grateful that God chose you to be our Mother. You taught us how to be good human beings and children of God by your example. We thank you for the life and love you have given us. To those who knew you; you were not just a great mother or friend but a true child of God but to your kids you were a Saint always willing and ready to do whatever God asked of you. Our tears of grief will eventually dry but your memory will never fade. We want to say thank you for this life you gave us but are happy that God has called you home and no longer are you in pain or suffering. You can once again dance in heaven with Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Uncle Donald, the Angels and Jesus by your side. Farewell sweet Momma…. Lori is survived by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Kimberly Thurman and her children: Michael Cutler, Steven McClanahan, Christina Coronado, Joshua Coronado, Cassie Thurman; Audra Johnson and her children, Jamie Dobler and Eric Johnson; Arthur Cutler and his son Kai Cutler; and Charles Cutler and his children, Jacob Cutler and Emma Cutler. Lori is also survived by her brother, Rev Kenneth Packard, and her sister, Leona Campbell. Also survived by her great- grandchildren: Mathew, Jacob, Ryan, Zoey, and Lilly Cutler. Austin, Cali, Natalie, and Savanah McClanahan; Isabelle Coronado; Eleanor Coronado; William Mitchell; along with countless friends, including Sharon Tinley, her sister in Christ. Preceded in death by her father, Charles Edward Packard; and mother, Flossie Marie Packard (Sledge); and her brother, Donald Packard. There will be a Celebration of Life for Lori on Sept. 22 at Reinhart Park (All Aports Park) in Grants Pass at the Harry and David Pavilion, from 12- 5 p.m. We will be having pot luck and sharing stories and pictures. All are welcome! Come help us celebrate Lori’s “life well lived”! Diana Savage Frost, age 75, of Selma, died July 28, 2018 at her home Arrangements are pending with Illinois Valley Funeral Directors. H&R Block 210 W. Lister St. Cave Junction 592-3667 Ted Crocker, LTC Bob Litak, LTC Licensed Tax Consultants B14914 Loretta Marie Cutler
