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I’ve said it before and will do so again – the “V” in Jacksonville stands for “volunteer!”
As you flip the pages of this issue, take notice of the number of events happening – from the annual Woodlands Hike-A-Thon, a special Easter Sunday Egg Roll on the Beekman House lawn, several art exhibits, Movie Night at Old City Hall, collection day for the Medford Food Project, The Britt Bash, the Garden Club Sale, Sanctuary One’s Bachelor Auction, and so many more! The Review thanks everyone involved – none of these events would be possible without volunteers selflessly donating their time, energy and money to improve our quality of life and make this a more interesting and enjoyable place to live.
In his column this month, Mayor Becker has personally recognized and thanked another set of citizen-volunteers - the dozens serving to make our city government function. Don’t miss “A Few Minutes with the Mayor” on page 5.
Another group of volunteers making Jacksonville a great place to live is our passionate writers and contributors here at the Review. Did you know that in any given month, forty to fifty of our neighbors, business professionals, merchants, elected officials, and others take time from their busy lives and careers to write articles and produce content for this publication? Without them, this publication would not exist. End of story! Because of their effort, the Review presents a more
interesting and accurate picture of Jacksonville life than would be reflected by paid journalists. It bears repeating here: when deciding where to spend your money, please think of our local merchants and professionals first and keep your dollars here in Jacksonville whenever possible.
I’m pleased to announce that our website (www.thejacksonvillereview.com) is up and running smoothly. The site is being managed by my wife, Jo, who just retired from her sales management job in Medford. (I think she really missed being in Jacksonville all day!) The site now provides a place to keep you up to date on news and events between issues. After nearly three years in print, we decided to build the site. Jacksonville’s Hannah West of Hannah West Design built the site – she writes our Southern Oregon Artists Resource directory each month. Jo worked with Hannah and John Trivers of Rogue Valley Computing (he writes our “Tech Talk” column,) to produce a user-friendly place we hope you visit often. Thankfully, Jo and I took some great advice just before purchasing the Review three years ago. It was from Mark Portrait, owner of Snap Shot Marketing Group here in Jacksonville. I can still hear Mark saying, “Don’t launch a website until you’ve nailed the hard side!” Thanks Mark! Having nailed the hard side, I’m looking forward to watching Jo mold a website that’s as terrific as the print version she recreated in 2008!
Happy Spring and thanks again to all the wonderful volunteers in Our Small Town with Big Atmosphere!
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The Beekman House on California Street is the focus of several community events this month including the 18th Annual Jacksonville Woodlands Hike-a-Thon on April 16 and an Easter Sunday Egg Roll on April 24. Photographer and artist Jeanena WhiteWilson produced the cover incorporating Jacksonville’s famous lily, the Gentner’s Fritillaria, which can be found growing wild in the Woodlands trail system. See articles by Carolyn Kingsnorth on pages 7 & 9.
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In the wake of the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the Jacksonville Fire Department
and CERT Team (Community Emergency Response Team) would like to remind everyone to BE PREPARED!
The following is a partial list of suggested home survival kit items that every resident should keep on-hand in case of emergency. For more, see www.redcross.org or call the Fire Department at 541-899-7246.
WATER Store water in plastic containers such • as soft drink bottles. Avoid using containers that will decompose or break, such as milk cartons or glass bottles. A normally active person needs to drink at least two quarts of water each day. Hot environments and intense physical activity can double that amount. Children, nursing mothers, and ill people will need more. Store one gallon of water per person • per day. Don't forget your pets. Keep at least a three-day supply • of water per person (two quarts for drinking, two quarts for each person in your household for food preparation/sanitation). Change this water every six months.
FOOD Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, • vegetables. Canned juices, milk, soup • Sugar, salt, pepper • High energy foods such as peanut • butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, trail mix; foods that will not increase thirst. Vitamins • Foods for infants, elderly, persons • with special dietary needs Comfort/stress foods: cookies, hard • candy, sweetened cereals, lollipops, instant coffee, tea bags. Pet food, at least one ounce per • animal pound per day. Avoid foods like rice, pasta and • dry beans that require a great deal of water to prepare. Remember to restock your food once a year.
FIRST AID KITSterile adhesive bandages in • assorted sizes Assorted sizes of safety pins • Cleansing agent/soap • Latex gloves (2 pairs) • Sunscreen • 2-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6) • 4-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6) • Triangular bandages (3) • Non-prescription drugs such as Pain • relievers, Anti-diarrhea medicines, Antacid, Syrup of Ipecac (used to induce vomiting with the advice of a Poison Control Center), Laxatives, Activated charcoal (used with advice from the Poison Control Center) Various roller bandages • Scissors • Tweezers • Needle • Moistened towelettes • Antiseptic • Thermometer • Tongue blades (2) • Tube of petroleum jelly or other • lubricant
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES Paper cups, plates, and plastic • utensils Battery-operated radio and extra • batteries Flashlight and extra batteries • Cash or traveler's checks, in case • banks are closed in the days following an earthquake Non-electric can opener or a utility • knife Small fire extinguisher • Pliers • Tape • Matches in a waterproof container • Aluminum foil • Plastic storage containers • Signal flare • Paper, pencil • Needles, thread • Medicine dropper • Wrench, to turn off gas and water •
The other day, Turner Classic Movies ran a 1930’s film titled COME AND GET IT. The film
starred Edward Arnold and Joel McCrea. I knew Joel, and had even had him and his beautiful wife, Frances Dee, to dinner once. So, I decided to watch the film. A major fiction writer of the day, Edna Ferber, wrote the story, a well-spun tale of a lumber tycoon stripping the 1880’s Wisconsin forests without replanting. Edward Arnold played the tycoon magnificently, a man interested only in money and power with little or no concern about how the land is ruined. In the end, his son is so appalled at the damage he sees done to the land, he leaves Arnold, alone, without friend or family.
Watching this tale made me think of our city. What does it have in common with a forest, you might ask? Well… both depend upon proper management. With the forest, it is land management; with our city, it is management by means of the city government. It would take another article to discuss land management, but after ninety days as your mayor, I can tell you that the city couldn’t operate without the large number of volunteers who contribute their time, energies and devoted efforts without pay and often little recognition. We are blessed to have them. Do you know how many there are? Their number is impressive.
There are 18 fire department volunteers… 10 on CERT… 5 on the
Land/Bldg Committee… 5 on the Utility Committee… 8 on the Movie Committee (or do you know we have a Movie Committee?)… 7 on the Parking Commission… 2 on OSHA… 10 0n Public Safety… 8 on Parks, Recreation, Visitors and Services Committee… 7 on the Cemetery Commission… 8 on HARC…8 on Planning… 7 on Transient Lodging Tax… in addition to the City Council, 7 on the Budget Committee… and 7 with the City Council and the Mayor. Then there are the Boosters, the Garden Club, the Kiwanis, the Chamber volunteers, the Senior Center and other groups. Adding up the numbers of people who contribute their time to our City… it is more than ten percent of the entire population. That is a staggering number, reflective of the deep love and appreciation which you, the residents, hold in your hearts for your town and its quality of life.
You are the true heroes, the real story, of our city. You, the volunteers, are the platform, the catalyst, which enables Jacksonville to function as a community. From every background imaginable and from different circumstances, this diversity brings new ideas and new approaches to the ever-challenging tasks of maintaining our city and its way of life. For all those who would stand on a platform of government action on every level, I would suggest they look at you, our volunteers. This government couldn’t exist without you.
April’s Movie Night at Old City Hall brings us the screwball comedy “Carefree,” starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. “Carefree” is unique among the Astaire/Rogers films: it’s the comedy, rather than the musical and dance numbers, that make it a delight. And the person who drives the comedy is Ginger Rogers. This time it’s Ginger, not Fred, who’s the star.
So what’s it about? Ginger plays a radio star who can't quite bring herself to marry her suitor, Ralph Bellamy. So she agrees to go to a psychiatrist to find out what’s holding her back. That psychiatrist is played by, of course, Fred Astaire. All goes well until he calls her “just another maladjusted woman” and for the rest of
the film – well, let’s just say that things get complicated. And wait until you see “that kiss” – the longest ever between the stars.
“Carefree” will screen Friday, April 15, at 7:00 PM. Be there or be square!
Movie Night at Old City Hall
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LETTERS & MORE
Paul Becker•Duane Bowman•Bob Budesa•Mary Ann Carlson•Tom Carstens•Robert Casserly•Kathleen Crawford•Julie Danielson•Janet Eastman•Paula & Terry Erdmann•Kay Faught•Bruce Garrett•Adam Haynes•Devin Hull•Kate Ingram•Susan Jansson•Constance Jesser•Darla Jochum•Ginger Johnson•Nan King•Carolyn Kingsnorth •
Amy Kranenburg •Margaret LaPlante•Louise Lavergne•Gates McKibbon•Sandy Metwally•Jared Murray•Tami Rogers•Kathy Tiller•Debbie & Don Tollefson•John Trivers•Cheryl Von Tress•Allison Weiss•Kristi Wellburn•Hannah West•Jeanena WhiteWilson•Gaye Wilson •
Paula Block•Mike Tupper•Carolyn Kingsnorth•Jeanena WhiteWilson•
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On behalf of the Jacksonville Woodlands Association, I would like to thank Doctors Douglas & Kerri Hecox of Jacksonville for their generous donation in support of the Britt Woods drinking fountain.
The fountain, which was recently installed near the upper Britt parking lot kiosk, will add to the Woodlands experience by the many runners and hikers who use the trails.
Additionally, the JWA thanks Jeff Alvis and his terrific public works crew for their help.
Sincerely, Charley Wilson, PresidentJacksonville Woodlands Association
A Fortunate Fountain
A big thank you and much appreciation to everyone who turned out on Saturday morning, March 19, for our Spring Clean-up of the cemetery grounds. Some 62 volunteers from the Boosters and Rotary Clubs, the Masonic Lodge, the
community, and the Friends of Jacksonville's Historic Cemetery filled close to 300 bags, and piled branches on the side of the roadways. You did an amazing job in helping to clean-up the cemetery and prepare it for spring and all our visitors.
A special thank you to our friends at the Masonic Lodge for not only helping with the clean up work but, for preparing and serving a wonderful hot lunch to all the volunteers who helped. The lunch was a special treat
and very much appreciated by all. It was a very rewarding and "feel good" day!
Thank you everyone, Dirk J. SiedleckiPresident - FOJHC
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City SnapshotAt the March 15 City Council • meeting, Police Chief David Towe formally recognized and thanked Linda Graham, Clara Wendt, Terry Erdmann, Paula Block, Milo Smith and Art Krueger for their outstanding volunteer efforts to remodel the new police station – the Hinger House on 3rd Street. Towe noted that volunteer cleaning, painting and electrical updating efforts resulted in a significant savings to the city. Once the weather improves, another volunteer effort will be launched to paint and spruce-up the exterior. Towe thanked the public for their support and noted that the police force is thrilled with their new home!The Review was pleased that County • Commissioner Don Skundrick attended the March 15 City Council meeting. He told the Review, “I have made it one of my missions to do what I can do to break down
barriers, real or perceived, among our county's governments. One of the ways is to for me to witness first-hand the various councils and their respective dynamics. This also provides me an ear as to issues concerning city citizens.” Although the meeting was rather un-eventful, Skundrick was impressed by the number of citizens in the audience.March 17: The City Council held a • special meeting to discuss whether to grant temporary use of the prep kitchen in the music room of the Bigham Knoll Campus. After hearing testimony and public comment, Council voted 5-2 to permit the use until April 13 when the Planning Commission is expected to debate the matter. Mayor Becker, along with Councilors Schatz, Jesser, Lewis and Duane, voted in favor of the temporary use while Winterburn and Hayes voted against.
Please see www.thejacksonvillereview.comfor full-length approved City meeting minutes.
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Hidden behind the Beekman House on East California Street is a Jacksonville gem – the Beekman Arboretum, the only arboretum in
Jackson County and the only native plant arboretum in Southern Oregon. The three acre Arboretum, a featured part of this year’s Jacksonville Woodlands Hike-a-Thon, contains more than 175 tree, shrub, and herb species from eight plant zones in southern Oregon. The story behind the Arboretum is really the story of landscape designer Alan Horobin, who designed and created it and continues to devote long hours to its care and maintenance.
Alan describes himself as “a farmer at heart” although he didn’t start out that way. Born in Detroit during the 1920s when his father was working for the Ford Motor Company, he grew up in London. “My father lost his job during the Depression, so he decided to move the family back to England. When I was 14, I was apprenticed as a tool and die maker.”
When World War II began, Alan was too young to be drafted. “But I was with the Boy Scouts, and I was part of the Home Guard. We had a couple of rifles and a Tommy gun, and we made stuff. There was a gun called a Northover Projector that we made out of a piece of drain pipe. You’d put a milk bottle with phosphorus in it and a percussion cap on it, and you could hit spot on for 200 yards.
“We would cordon off areas that had been bombed and not let anyone in. We put in Morrison shelters for the elderly. They were sort of like a metal table with wire around it. You could climb into it for protection. We went on maneuvers. I remember hiking through the woods, and the bombs were stacked like cordwood. And the gliders were there. And we’d see the planes—the American planes going during the day and the British planes going at night.”
Alan had just gotten off the train for a visit to his grandmother in Coventry, England, when the Germans dropped the first bomb on that city. “The sirens sounded, and we went into the local shelter in the park. We heard this one explosion. The bomb hit a movie house. No one was killed. But the next morning the newspaper had a picture of the shell of the movie theater with the marquee reading ‘Gone with the Wind.’”
After the war, Alan began working as a tool and die maker. “I had just about finished my apprenticeship, but I hated the factory environment. I asked myself what I wanted to do in life, and said a teacher or a doctor or a farmer. Well, I’m not academic; at the time I had a chronic stammer; and I needed to be outside. So I decided to be a farmer.”
He applied to and was accepted by the Monmouthshire Institute of Agriculture, but an entry requirement was two years of prior farming experience. So he spent the next two years working on farms in England. Upon graduation, he went to work on a farm.
“I liked farming. I never felt the need to have
another vocation – I enjoyed every day. But this was an English farm – a mixed use farm, not like American agribusiness.”
While there, a Canadian came around recruiting people to immigrate to Canada. “My adventurous spirit kicked in, and I found myself on a dairy farm in British Columbia. Our life was a lot like that of the pioneers who settled Southern Oregon.
“The four brothers who owned the farm had arrived by riverboat. All of our neighbors were the original pioneers. The first ones had come into the valley after World War I. Then after the Second World War, another influx came in. The main occupations were logging, trapping, and prospecting. People had small farm holdings, but being so far north, they couldn’t get a living out of it. Our farm had about 30 dairy cows. It was probably the most northern dairy farm on
the North American continent, so we always wound up being interviewed by the media.”
After working there for a short time, Alan hooked up with a Scotsman, and set up a logging operation and sawmill. His “adventurous spirit” also took him on a three month bicycle trip through Africa (“I went over a mine field and didn’t get killed”) and led to a stint as a fisherman in Alaska.
“But I missed the growing things,” he recalls. So Alan relocated to the San Francisco Bay area, where he worked with the Marin Parks Department. Alan eventually became Parks Superintendent for a district in Marin County. He also worked for himself as a landscape designer.
“I went to the College of Marin. I took classes at the college, and then lectured there. I had joined the Native Plant Society, and I became a guest lecturer on native plants. We would take these field trips all the time. I learned the Latin names for all the plants. I loved it!”
Alan started his first arboretum in Marin. “I felt fortunate to be able to design it. Then I did one for the Audubon Society. I put in a redwood habitat and designed the front of the building with small native plants.”
He emphasizes, however, that he is a landscape designer, not a groundskeeper. “I only maintained one place because it was absolutely gorgeous.” His wife describes him as “a landscape artist. He’s a better artist than gardener. In fact, he used to take sculpture classes at the Art Institute in San Francisco.”
Alan tries to explain the link between gardens and sculpture. “It’s about relationships. A garden needs
to have good bones. If the land has been cut right and molded right, it will come out well.”
The Beekman Arboretum was Alan’s idea and design. It came into being 14 years ago at a Jacksonville Woodlands Association meeting. He recalls, “We had just put in the one mile Beekman Canyon Loop trail behind the Beekman House. It was blocked by an overgrowth of poison oak, brambles, and other native shrubs. The area was wet and a dumping ground for garden trash and building materials.
“At that meeting, I mentioned that nobody will want to go hiking through that mess and suggested that we turn it into a native plant garden or arboretum. It was greeted by the community with utmost enthusiasm.”
The first task was to arrange transfer of land ownership from Jackson County to the City of Jacksonville; the second was to raise working capital. “We got the land ownership changed, and, in the summer of 1997, we got grants from the Jacksonville lodging tax, Parks Committee, and the Oregon Community Foundation. We were under way!”
The next job was cleaning up the area and shaping the land. “We were fortunate in getting Byron McAllister, a contractor working for Jacksonville at that time. For only the cost of labor, he supplied all the needed machinery.
He formed the seasonal creek, tying in the drain to a swale on the northwest corner of the property. The creek was originally just a three foot ditch running on one side of the area.
“Later the rockery was installed by Byron with a waterfall and pond. Serpentine soil was brought in from BLM land north of Grants Pass. Then the Lions Club put in two bridges over the newly formed creek. The land was coming to life.”
Plantings were the final step. “Only native plants from Jackson
County were and are used. Still, that’s a large area covering the Siskiyous to the Cascades. There are over 100 different trees and shrubs and over 60 herbaceous plants. In Jackson County, there are 23 different species of conifers, and we have them all in the Beekman Arboretum.”
An arboretum, by definition, is a collection of woody plants for scientific and/or educational purposes. “Beekman Arboretum has been designed mainly as an educational venue,” Alan explains. “It has eight life zones, and each tells the observer where these plants may be seen in the wild. But it was also designed to be a pleasant place for those not interested in the botanical aspect.
“Some of the plants are better known in Europe than here where they are native. I recently saw Oregon grape, our state flower, and flowering currant in many
The Jacksonville Woodlands Association (JWA) and the Jacksonville Heritage Society (JHS) invite everyone to attend the 18th Annual
Hike-A-Thon on Saturday, April 16. This year’s theme is “Hiking to Preserve History.” Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. in Doc Griffin Park followed by an informative program, home tour and hike.
The event includes a tour of the Beekman House and Arboretum, a narrated Woodlands hike and a picnic lunch for the suggested $15 Hike-A-Thon registration fee. A reissued Woodlands T-shirt will be available for sale along with custom-designed coffee mugs by local artists Ray Foster and Warren Straus.
After the program, a docent-guided tour of the Historic Beekman House and Arboretum provides a great opportunity to learn more about these special places.
At 11:15, those interested may take a hike led by Larry Smith from the upper portion of the Beekman Arboretum and traverse the Beekman Ridge Trail, crossing over to The Grove. Along the way, hikers will be treated to native wildflower displays, including the rare and endangered Fritillaria Gentneri.
After a few stops to answer questions, the group will return down 3rd Street to Doc Griffin Park in time for a great picnic lunch provided by Jacksonville Chiropractic Clinic – Dr. Jason and Jacque Williams, and Jana Jensen of Cycle Analysis.
Hike and home tour participants will be helping the JWA and the JHS preserve the natural and cultural history of Jacksonville - 100% of all money raised will be used to continue the preservation of Jacksonville’s
rich history. The mission of the JHS is to preserve, restore, maintain, and manage historical properties and insure the continued vitality of these primary elements of Jacksonville’s National Historic Landmark District. The JWA cares for more than 16 miles of trails on 320 acres of land.
One of four properties under the stewardship of the JHS is the Beekman House. During the home tour, attendees will learn about its owner, banker Cornelius C. Beekman, whose progress from an apprentice carpenter
to founder of the second bank in the Pacific Northwest is a classic pioneer tale. The home reflects the lifestyle of a well-to-do 19th-century businessman and still contains the original furnishings.
ARBORETUMThe Beekman Native Plant Arboretum, located directly
behind the Beekman House, is a three-acre arboretum featuring trees, shrubs and herbs from eight zones of the Siskiyou and Cascade Mountains. The Arboretum contains more than 175 species from the high deserts of Eastern Oregon, high-altitude sub-alpine slopes around Crater Lake, and serpentine soils of the
Siskiyou Mountains. The arboretum was designed by Alan Horobin in collaboration with the Jacksonville Woodlands Association.
18th Annual Hike-A-Thon to Showcase Beekman House & Arboretum
Schedule of Events:9:30 Registration at Doc Griffin Park9:30 Kid’s Activities10:00 Hike-A-Thon Program10:35 Hike to Beekman House10:45 Tours of the Beekman House and Arboretum11:15 Gathering in the Arboretum to continue the guided hike to The Grove12:00 Lunch served at Doc Griffin Park12:30 Hikers return to Doc Griffin Park and lunch
The Beekman Arboretum Team (L to R)John Isaac, Tony Hess, Ed Rova, Alan Horobin,
Dick Ames and Will Naumann.
The Beekman Arboretum and Alan Horobin: Jacksonville Gems!by Carolyn Kingsnorth
Jacksonville Gems! - Cont'd. on Pg. 32
Alan Horobin at the Beekman Arboretum
Alan Horobin will be leading tours of the Beekman Arboretum on Saturday, April 16, between 10:45 and 11:30 a.m., as part of the 18th Annual Jacksonville
Woodlands Hike-A-Thon.For more information on the Hike-A-Thon,
see the schedule of events above.
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SPOTLIGHT
All animal lovers – ladies, and gentlemen! alike, get your Sunbrellas out for the Second Annual Bachelor Auction, benefitting Sanctuary One . Last year’s Bachelor Auction, the first in the Rogue Valley on a grand scale, was such a fundraising and entertainment success that it’s going to be raining men AGAIN! The lively Bachelor Auction, takes place on Saturday May 7th, again at Bigham Knoll ‘s newly renovated event center, and promises to be even MORE fun this year.
Please become acquainted with the four-year-old nonprofit Sanctuary One at Double Oak Farm on Upper Applegate Road in Jacksonville. It is the first care farm in Southern Oregon, a working farm where people, animals and the earth work together for mutual healing. Sanctuary One specializes in rescuing animals from rescue groups and overcrowded agencies that have run out of options to preserve an animal’s life. The Sanctuary not only works to place animals in loving homes, but also provides lifelong quality care to those that are unlikely to be adopted. This focus is combined with another important priority of the Sanctuary; offering programs and partnering with schools and social service agencies to heal people of all ages through volunteering in animal and horticultural therapy on the 55 spectacular acres of the Sanctuary. Connecting with animals and gardening have been shown to ease loneliness and stress, lower blood pressure and help with self-esteem issues.
Getting back to the Auction, there will be plenty of opportunities to support the
Sanctuary during the evening, which not only includes the live auction with twenty -five of the Rogue Valley’s most eligible bachelors strutting their stuff down the runway to the tune of their choice, and a paddle auction, but also a Silent Auction with very desirable items from generous donors, retailers, artists and businesses in the Valley, including a fabulous Mexican vacation. The bachelors graciously donate a date package that is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Packages are published in advance in the evening program. The date can be adventurous, cultural, romantic, or a service (yard work, etc, don’t get the
wrong idea…) .The purpose of this event is to benefit Sanctuary One, and does not purport to be Match.com. However, we wish all the participants a good time, and, …ya never know!
Maria Kelly of Jefferson Public
Radio will be our emcee and Ron Burgess as the Auctioneer this year. Spotters for the auction will be some of last year’s bachelor candidates (lots of opportunities to connect ladies) and, Toki Cavener, local world-class photographer will be capturing the evening and will also help put a calendar together, twelve months of memorable photos, to sell.
Last year’s Auction was a sell-out event. Make certain to purchase tickets early for this fun-filled evening. Tickets are $45 each or $360 for a table of eight and entitles a guest to appetizers, dinner, dessert, coffee and two complimentary glasses of wine. A cash wine bar will also be available. Semi-formal attire required. Tickets will be sold online only at www.SanctuaryOne.org and seating is limited. Don’t miss out!
It's Raining Men – Again!
The 2nd Annual Jacksonville Bike Fest Super D races returns to Jacksonville’s Forest Park on April 9 & 10. The event is geared for serious mountain bikers looking to ride technical terrain within the superb setting of Jacksonville's Forest Park. Last year’s event was a huge success and drew a nationwide group of mountain bikers who were seriously impressed with the Forest Park’s trails.
This year, riders will again challenge some of the most diverse terrain in the State of Oregon, according to Joe Davis of Echelon Events LLC, who is again sponsoring the event.
Saturday's race starts at 11:00am above the Motorcycle Racing Association's Lily Prairie at 3854’. Racers will leave every minute and be blown away as they fly down the trail, traversing a seven mile course with a 2000’ elevation drop. A 2.5 mile addition to last year’s course will now offer a hillside with rolling climbs, banked corners and more high speed fun. A couple of short but steep climbs will put the racers on some of the best trails Southern Oregon has to offer. The day will conclude with an awards presentation – the Saturday times will then be combined on Sunday to determine the fastest racer on the mountain.
Recommended areas to watch the race on Saturday:
Finish Line, at the Jacksonville 1. Reservoir. Please park next to the Forest Park Kiosk (just below the reservoir), or at the MRA Unloading Zone (just above the reservoir).Red Rock parking area. Follow 2. Jacksonville Reservoir Road past the MRA Unloading Zone. At the fork, follow the road to the right and park at the next large turn-out (Red Rock). Walk down “Granite Trail” about 100 yards to view the race course.Lily Prairie is about 10-15 minutes 3. up the road. It is the largest parking area and easy to view the racers blasting down the trail.
Items you may want to bring: Water, • Sturdy Shoes, Hat, Sunscreen/Umbrella (depending on the weather), Camera, Binoculars, Snacks.Bathroom facilities will ONLY be • located near the Registration area.Bringing Kids? The terrain is not • stroller-friendly and there are no food services at the race, so please prepare accordingly.Please keep dogs on a leash.•
On Sunday, the racers move east where the mountain offers a new epic course. Racers will start at 3245’ elevation and blast through 4 miles, dropping 1000ft. and be a test of one’s nerve and bike handling skills. As they descend, riders will be challenged by a changing terrain offering smooth to sandy to rocky trails and everything in between. As they drop into the tree line, all racers will be greeted by banked turns, and beautiful views.
Sunday's event will be followed with an awards ceremony and generous raffle. Bike Fest is sanctioned by the Oregon Bicycling Racing Association www.obra.org.
For more information visit www.echelonrace.com , www.echelonevents.webs.com or contact the Race Director, Joseph Davis at [email protected] Directions: California St/HWY 238 (Jacksonville's main street). Follow about 1 mile to Jacksonville Reservoir Rd. Turn right. Follow approximately 1 mile, pass the Jacksonville Reservoir to the Motorcycle Riders Association (MRA) Loading Zone.
Bike Fest is Back for the 2nd Annual Super D
After a decades-long absence, Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus Brewhaus at the Bigham Knoll campus is thrilled to announce the return of the "Mai Fest" to Jacksonville. Celebrated as early as the 1860’s and as recently as the 1930’s here in Jacksonville, the May Day event will feature a traditional colorful Maypole , for dancing, flower crown making, field games, and a home brew contest to honor Jacksonville’s rich Germanic heritage. In keeping with tradition, an honorary May Queen will preside.. According to Bigham Knoll’s Brooke Ashland, “We hope this becomes a yearly celebration on the first Sunday of every May to commemorate one of Jacksonville’s earliest community
festivals.” This photo, from the SOHS archives, was taken around 1910 near Walker Creek at the start of the last century and includes children dancing around the May Pole as the Jacksonville Brass Band played. In the past, May Day
was a big event for school children who would make flower-filled paper baskets. The children would then leave the baskets on a neighbor’s porch, ring the bell and run away before someone had the chance to
open the door! The Mai Fest celebration will be held at the Bigham Knoll campus, 525 Bigham Knoll Drive, Sunday May 1st, noon-6pm.
For more information, call 541-899-1000 or visit www.fraukemmling.com.
Celebrate May Day at Bigham Knoll
Jacksonville Maypole Dance – Circa 1910
Mike & Heidi Smith have big thoughts these days…about flowers. The Central Point couple own All About Metal where they specialize in iron and steel fabrication projects such as fencing, gates and decorative iron works. “Mike has always had an artistic side. This winter, when our business slowed a bit, Mike got creative and started fabricating larger-than-life flowers from aluminum,” Heidi explains. Mike’s artistic metal working talents reached new heights after he completed a metal shaping course where he learned new techniques. Traditionally, metal shaping schools have taught skills for automobile body and aircraft skin building, but Mike has learned to apply them to flower-crafting. The Smith’s floral creations are generally purchased by landscape architects and interior designers who locate them in private and public locations such as city parks, office buildings, gardens and other locations.
At the Smith’s “Steel Lyfe Art” home studio located on the grounds of their business, a shiny new metal hammer and shaper have come in handy for production of the huge flowers Mike is
crafting. To date, he’s turned-out tall tulips, daisies, cyclamen and Echinacea flowers. During the Jacksonville Woodlands Hike-a-Thon on April 16 at Doc Griffin Park in Jacksonville, Mike will unveil a 9 foot-tall rendition of the Gentner’s Fritillaria lily. “We’re really excited about and interested in producing
rare flowers,” Mike says. “I first learned about the Gentner’s Fritillaria from Chris Gilman last year. When he was a City Councilor, Chris headed-up J’Ville’s Outdoor Gallery and worked with metal artist Bryan Pancheau on a hand railing project near the Britt Garden steps on California Street. They visited me at All About Metal to check out my shop and ask some questions about a piece Bryan was working on at the time.” It was then that Mike learned of
the rare lily growing in the Jacksonville Woodlands. After hiking the Upper Britt Woods trail and seeing the lily firsthand, the couple were instantly inspired to produce one from aluminum. Mike recalls, “The second I saw the Gentner’s Frit growing in the wild, I knew I had found another great subject!” Call 541-772-9889 or visit SteelLyfe.com for more.
Larger-Than-Life Lily Coming to Jacksonville!
7:00pm at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater23. S. Central Ave, Medford, OR 97501Lobby opens at 6:00 pm; Theater at 6:30 pm Reception to follow at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center
An exhibition of Eugene's art and work byEugene Bennett Scholarship Recipientswill be on display April 22 - April 30
Eugene Bennett Tribute Friday, April 22
The Jacksonville Review Page 9April 2011
A dark period in America’s history began on April 12, 1861 when the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina. To honor the Civil War Veterans who are buried in Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery, the Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery will present a very special one hour Memorial Service on April 12, 2011 at 10 a.m.
According to Dirk Siedlecki, FOJHC President, the commemorative event was inspired last year after he read an article about the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. “Last year, an article in the Oregonian talked about how cities around the country were having difficulty coming up with funding to help recognize and commemorate the war and honor its Veterans. I thought about all the Civil War Veterans that are resting in our cemetery and thought it would be nice to do something to honor them and their sacrifices.”
In addition to sharing Jacksonville’s historic cemetery with residents and visitors, FOJHC organizes the Cemetery Clean-up Days, sponsors educational programs, writes, applies for and obtains cemetery enhancement grants, and is leading the restoration and maintenance effort for historic headstones and gravesites. “As for the event,” Dirk notes, “it presents another opportunity
to showcase the cemetery and its rich history. We will read the names of all Civil War veterans buried here while Jacksonville resident, Bob Budesa plays bagpipes in the background. It will be a very inspirational and interesting event.”
This not-to-be-missed memorial will also feature Pastor Richard Evans of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville offering words of remembrance and conducting a brief prayer service. Robert
Hight will read the poem, “The Blue And The Gray,” by Francis Miles Finch (1827-1907), and share a very moving letter written by Civil War soldier, Sullivan Ballou to his wife Sarah, and a short historical recap by local Military History buff and Northwest Civil War Association member,
Joseph Jones. As this service will be held outdoors, attendees are reminded to dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. You may park in the cemetery and then follow signs to the Civil War grave site block where the event will be held. Additional parking is available in the “D” Street parking lot.
For more information, please contact Dirk Siedlecki at 541-826-9939 or [email protected]. Visit the FOJHC website at: www.friendsjvillecemetery.org for additional details about this and other cemetery educational events.
Civil War Memorial Service to Honor Jacksonville’s Civil War Veterans
New Cemetery Programs Starting in AprilFriends of Jacksonville’s Historic
Cemetery (FOJHC) is pleased to announce that a New Program called “History Saturday,” will be presented on Saturday, April 9, and continue through December 2011, on the second Saturday of every month. The programs will all take place in the Jacksonville Cemetery and start promptly at 10:00 a.m. Please meet your Docents at the Sexton’s Tool House, near the flag pole, at the top of the Cemetery Road.
Each month, a new topic and subject matter will be reviewed and discussed. The series promises to be an interesting up-close and personal look at Jacksonville’s treasured Pioneer Cemetery, shared with you by a team of very dedicated and knowledgeable Docents.
The program in April will start with an in-depth look at the history of the cemetery, how, when, and why it all began, how the cemetery was platted, changes made over the years, and the future plans for the cemetery.
May’s program will cover Victorian Mourning Customs, cemetery symbolism, styles of markers and the materials used, where the markers were made, and restoration and preservation efforts.
Beginning in June, a different Section of the cemetery will be visited. You will learn the history of the various fraternal and religious organizations that make up the cemetery and visit the grave sites of those buried within that Section. Some are well known names while others are not, but all have interesting stories.
Sections will be visited as follows:June – Independent Order of Odd • Fellows
July – Ancient Free and Accepted • MasonsAugust – Jewish• September – Catholic• October – Improved and Independent • Orders of Red MenNovember – City• December – City (continued)•
The Program is free and open to all who are interested in learning more about the cemetery’s history and of the people who helped settle Jacksonville and the Rogue Valley. Each Program is approximately an hour to an hour and a half long. Donations are always appreciated and go towards on-going restoration and preservation projects.
Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. You may want to bring along a bottle of water to drink, a notepad and a camera.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars and plan on joining us each month for “History Saturday.” Program dates are on Saturdays as follows:
you to the Program and Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery.
Check out our website for additional details and events at: www.friendsjvillecemetery.org.
Dirk J. SiedleckiPresident – FOJHC
A mini-version of the famed White House Easter Egg Roll comes to Jacksonville on Easter Sunday afternoon when the Jacksonville Heritage Society hosts an old fashioned Easter Egg Roll at Jacksonville’s historic Beekman House from 1 to 3 p.m.
“The White House Easter Egg Roll began in 1878, just three years after Cornelius Beekman moved his family into their new home on California Street,” explains Kerri Hecox, one of the event’s organizers. “Egg rolling on Easter was popular entertainment in the 1870s, and what better way to celebrate this important period of Jacksonville’s past than by having an Easter Egg Roll at the Beekman House!”
For those not familiar with an egg roll, children roll hard boiled eggs over the grass using a long wooden spoon. The first child to roll an egg across the finish line is declared the winner.
“We’ll be holding the races on the Beekman lawn,” elaborates Christin Sherbourne, co-organizer of the event. “There will be five race lanes. Each child will start at the top of a lane and work his or her way down to the fence. Everybody will get a token prize and the winner will get something special. We’re hoping to have toddler, pre-school, and school-age heats—that will depend on how many children come.”
The Egg Roll will be only one of the afternoon’s activities. Prior to the event, children will have an opportunity to personalize their eggs with markers, stickers, and other craft items. The Beekman House will be open for tours, the Apple Cider Gang will be providing light jazz and easy listening music, and well-known local photographer David Gibb will be taking family photos.
There’s also an opportunity for older children and adults to join in the fun.
“After the Egg Roll we’ll be having an Egg Toss or a Spoon Relay for anyone who wants to participate, “says Christin. “It will just be for fun. Some of those eggs will be hard boiled…and some won’t!”
She continues, “We’ve been wanting the community to see and enjoy this wonderful historical building and space that doesn’t get used enough. I see this as a memory maker for my own family and friends that we can continue from year to year.”
Kerri echoes that sentiment. “We hope this will be the first year of our own local tradition. The Beekman House can play an important role in building community in Jacksonville—it’s a great venue with historic ties to the past.
“The event is free, although donations are welcomed. So we are asking the community to join us for an afternoon of live music, Beekman House tours, and of course, Egg Roll races!”
The Jacksonville Heritage Society manages four historic properties in Jacksonville—the Beekman House, Beekman Bank, the Courthouse and Jail complex, and St. Joseph’s Catholic Rectory. The purpose of JHS is to preserve, restore, improve, maintain, and manage historical properties in Jacksonville to ensure the continued vitality of these primary elements of Jacksonville’s National Historic Landmark District designation. JHS will host the Beekman House Easter Egg Roll on Sunday, April 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the historic Beekman House, located at 425 East California Street in Jacksonville. See ad on page 2.
The Jacksonville Heritage Societyis on a Roll…an Easter Egg Roll!
A r t E v e n t C a l e n d a r - A p r i l 2 0 1 1by Hannah West
April 1 - 30: Art Exhibit at the GoodBean:This month we’re proud to present works by well-known watercolor artist Marilyn Hurst, member
of Jacksonville art groups the Artists Workshop and Art Presence. Enjoy!April 2, 1 - 3 pm: FREE painting demonstration at Creator's Gallery
by Stefan Baumann, renowned plein-air artist and host of the PBS series "The Grand View." "Learn to paint from life with desire and passion." "Express what you see and feel."
Call 541.899.6902 to reserve your place.
Now - April 18: “Spring Awakening” - Southern Oregon Society of Artists at Hilltop GalleryAbstract artist and 2011 Vice President of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists Alexandra Fox,
formerly of Jacksonville, will be featured in a group exhibit of works by members of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists at Hilltop Gallery, 857 Mountain Ave. in Ashland
April 8, 5:30 - 8 pm: Artist Reception at Creator’s GalleryJoin us at the Creator's Gallery in the historic Karewski House on the corner of 5th and C Street
for a reception in honor of our Featured Artist David Moody on the second Friday in April.Call 541.899.6902 for more information.
April 16, 11:30 am: Southern Oregon Stitchers MeetingSouthern Oregon Stitchers invite all needleworkers/embroiderers to their monthly meeting. Guests are welcome to join us at 11:30 am. Central Point Presbyterian Church, 456 W Pine St., Central Point.
For more information, contact Liz at 541.488.4082, [email protected]
April 22, 7 pm: Rogue Gallery & Art Center’s Tribute to Eugene Bennettat the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23. S. Central Ave in Medford, honoring this long-time
Jacksonville resident, founder of the Rogue Gallery & Art Center and lifelong advocate of the artsin southern Oregon. Lobby opens at 6:00 pm, theater at 6:30 pm. Tribute begins at 7pm, with
a reception to follow at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center. An exhibition of Eugene’s art and work by Eugene Bennett Scholarship Recipients will be on display April 22 – 30.
Congratulations to Jacksonville artist Dianne Erickson on the acceptance of “Free Fall,” a beautiful abstract painting in encaustic on birch panel, to the First Annual Rogue Valley Biennial show!
Calls to ArtistsIllahe Studios and Gallery is currently taking submissions for their First Annual Juried Mosaic Exhibit in October 2011. Deadline: May 2, 2011. Interested artists please request
application information from: [email protected], attention: Mosaic Exhibit.
Classes & WorkshopsEvery Friday from 3 - 5pm: Kids can drop in after school for a children's art class with teacher
Mindy Pfrimmer at the Creator's Gallery on 5th and C in Jacksonville. $5.00 per child. Call (541)899-6902 for more information.
Every Wed from 2 - 5pm: Rogue Gallery & Art Center’s After School Art Studios for kids 7 - 14.$15/day ($5/hr per child, pre-registration required).
April 11, 9am - 1pm: Kids Drop In & Draw Day. 3$/hr per child, ages 6-12. No pre-registration required. Contact RGAC Education Director Holly Kilpatrick at (541) 772-8118 or
Visit www.roguegallery.org for their new Spring/Summer adult classes and workshop schedule!____________________________________________________________________________________
ThereÕs always more information than we can Þt...Check our blog for details on these events and more: blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/
Subscribe to the Southern Oregon Artists Resource online calendar! www soartists com/calendar htmlCompiled by Hannah West Design, LLC. Submit your art event to soar@soartists com or call 541.899.2012
by Carolyn Kingsnorth
The Jacksonville ReviewPage 10 April 2011
Madrone TrailPublic Charter School
The Unfettered Criticby Paula Block Erdmann & Terry Erdmann
Reflectionsby Gates McKibbin
For more than three decades Willie Nelson’s Stardust album has been an enduring favorite of mine.
Among other selections, it includes his inimitable rendition of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch over Me.” Often the lyrics get me thinking of what it would be like to meet a man who is comfortable celebrating my fierce independence and watching over me. Since no one with that distinctive combination has ever come along, I have remained steadfastly self-sufficient.
That approach to life worked well for me until a few weeks ago, when I fractured a bone in my ankle. I realized the moment it happened that I would have to cancel my impending trip to London. A broken ankle is a vacation deal-breaker, especially when the destination requires me to be on my feet all day exploring new neighborhoods, visiting museums, shopping and running up and down tube stop stairs.
After I accepted the fact that I would not be taking a trans-atlantic flight any time soon, I faced an even greater challenge – getting through the day. The doctor had prescribed an ankle boot and crutches. That sounded reasonable, except that I could not drive to the medical supply store to pick them up. Then there was the newly impossible feat of cooking my meals, not to mention retrieving my mail from the community box up the road and hauling the garbage and recycle cans down my long driveway to the street.
I rarely slow down, and I have never been literally stopped in my tracks. Even worse, my tenacious spirit of autonomy rebelled against the notion
that I would have to depend on others to assist with the daily necessities. But in the absence of my own ability to accomplish even the smallest tasks, that became an imperative.
I called Whit and Jo Parker, who live across the street. Immediately they were at my door with dinner and suggestions regarding how they could help. It was a relief to surrender my mailbox key to them, along with a portion of my can-do attitude. Word spread faster than a tweet from Ashton Kutcher, and soon Anne McAlpin was chauffeuring me to the pharmacy in Phoenix to get my “gimp” paraphernalia.
With each passing day I relaxed a little more, grateful for my friends’ generous and uncompromising support. Whit actually drove to my doorstep to pick me up so that I could watch the Oscars at their house, my booted foot securely propped up on an ottoman.
I can now accomplish simple things I used to take for granted, like playing a CD. As I was listening to Willie this morning, the words of the Gershwin classic meant something altogether different to me.
I have someone to watch over me – a number of someones, in fact. They are my steadfast friends and neighbors, my community in sickness and in health. I do not need to accomplish everything on my own all the time.
How reassuring – and liberating – is that?Gates McKibbin moved to Jacksonville after working and living in the Bay Area for three
decades as a consultant to major corporations. This column contains her musings about this
remarkable community and her new life far away from the fast lane.
If you’ve ever picked up a musical instrument or tried to write a song, or even if you just enjoy music in
general, you’ll be captivated by two recent autobiographies: “Chronicles” by Bob Dylan; and “Life” by Keith Richards. The combined musical output of these two men has illuminated the lives of a generation of fans. Now these biographical confessions illuminate the corners – some very dark indeed – of their own lives.
But beware; the trips from then ‘til now aren’t always light reading. Both books will tell you everything you want to know about how to write a song and what life is like “on the road.” But you may learn more than you anticipated. It’s impossible to talk about Richards’ life without using the words “heroin,” “syringe” and “cold turkey.” Dylan, on the other hand, got into motorcycles; the crashes and crushed bones may be as uncomfortable for the reader as they were for him. And yet these books will engross you—and there’s a magical symmetry to reading them together, as illustrated by the juxtaposition of certain events, which weave themselves into one fascinating era of music.
Once upon a time a kid named Robert Zimmerman dropped out of a mediocre rock ‘n’ roll band in Hibbing, Minnesota and drove to Fargo, North Dakota to play piano for a kid named Robert Velline. At the time, Velline was a rockabilly singer in need of a piano player. Zimmerman didn’t stay in Fargo for long. After all, he didn’t really know how to play piano. And he had a vague dream of going to New York City.
Velline’s dream was more concrete. Months after he’d met Zimmerman, he traveled to Los Angeles, switched from rockabilly to pop, signed with a manager, and changed his name to Bobby Vee.
Settling in Greenwich Village, Zimmerman hung out in clubs listening to folk singers, read everything from Lord Byron to William Faulkner, and finally decided that he wanted to be a storyteller. And he changed his name to Bob Dylan.
Around the same time, in a London suburb, a kid named Keith Richards daily walked to school hoping to bump into a cool kid he’d heard about from the next neighborhood: Mick Jagger. Even before the pair finally got together, each dreamed of only one thing: American blues. Richards’ Uncle Gus showed him a few guitar chords, and he and Jagger formed a bluesy band they called The Rolling Stones.
A few years passed and the Rolling Stones were booked for their first American tour as opening act for – yes, it’s a small world – Bobby Vee. Vee’s
touring took him to New York City. Zimmerman, now Dylan, attended the show, and afterwards met with Vee backstage. He left the concert encouraged, and not long after began writing folk and rock hits like “Blowin’ In the Wind” and “Mr. Tambourine Man.” In the meantime, Richards was writing the melodies and opening lyrics to dozens of rock anthems like
“Satisfaction” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Vee continued to enjoy worldwide fame with pop hits like “Take Good Care of My Baby” and “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.” While history has consigned him to a less recognized tier in music’s pantheon, Vee hasn’t been forgotten by the public nor the stars who worked with him.
In l997, Bob Dylan was recognized as an American Icon at that year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. Keith Richards eventually beat his demons to add cinema icon to his resume, appearing as Johnny Depp’s old man in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Reading about how they reached those vaulted positions—and what they went through to get there—will keep you turning pages for days, while familiar tunes spontaneously spin on the turntable/cd player/mp3 device in your mind.
Paula and Terry each have long impressive-sounding resumes implying that they are battle-scarred veterans of life within the Hollywood studios. They’re now happily
relaxed into Jacksonville.
It’s Only (Reading About) Rock ‘n’ Roll, But We Like It
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Jacksonville Kiwanis HonorsMarch Student of the Month
In March, the Kiwanis Club of Jacksonville honored Alan Bylund as Student of the Month.
Alan is a senior at South Medford High School, the son of Adam and Andrea Bylund of Jacksonville, and carries a 4.0 grade point average. He was honored once before during the 2009 school year. Most of his class subjects have been Honors courses including English, Geometry, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, and Pre-Calculus. He is currently taking AP Calculus and a fifth year of Spanish this year.
He has many activities and is quite active in track and cross country running. Alan was a finisher in the Napa Valley
Marathon, and a member of the Rogue Valley Challenge Relay 100k SMHS Team for three years. He is a member of
the Torch Honor Society, Academic Challenge Team, Link Leader Program, and is active in his church.
His goal is to attend a four-year college and major in science or engineering. He has already been accepted at five universities. He would like to become an engineer.
Alan says his parents have influenced him the most, instilling in him the
importance of education and academics, and supporting him in the many different activities he has undertaken. They have taught him to be a kind, compassionate person, and to put all his effort into any assigned task.
For further information, contact Gay Wilson at 541- 899-1934, e-mail: [email protected].
The Jacksonville Review Page 11April 2011
What happens when you mix fashion, dance, shoes, and Hollywood? You end up with
this year’s most glitzy and glamorous event: a fashion show of gowns from Ginger Rogers’ personal collection.
I trust that everyone reading this is old enough to remember Ginger Rogers, the highest paid movie star of her time, the most famous dancer from the heyday of Hollywood movies, and one of the Rogue Valley’s most famous residents. Those of you who have lived in the Rogue Valley for years will also remember that Ms. Rogers purchased a 1000 acre ranch in 1940, the Rogers Rogue River Ranch, to which she retired in 1969. It seems that everyone I meet nowadays has a story to share about how they ran into Ginger in various public places. Others remember Ginger shopping at their stores, eating at their restaurants, and becoming close friends with local residents.
The Glitz and Glamour fashion show is a collaboration between the Southern Oregon Historical Society and community volunteers. The event is the brainchild of Sharon Wesner Becker, an active member of Belles and Beaus Old West Victorian Society of Jacksonville and wife of Mayor Paul Becker. Mayor Becker was close friends with Ms. Rogers and has maintained a relationship with her former secretary, Roberta Olden, who owns a large collection of things that belonged to Ginger, including her beautiful gowns.
This being the 100th anniversary of Ginger Rogers’ birth, Sharon approached the historical society with the idea of putting on a fashion show to end all fashion shows. Thus was born the event that we will all be remembering for years to come: Glitz and Glamour on a Sunday Afternoon. In addition to a fashion show featuring twenty of her gowns from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, there will be live
music; a presentation by Roberta Olden; a recreation of the famous Rogers-Astaire dance to “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes;” a silent auction of glamorous goodies including Ginger Rogers’ clam baking dishes, signed art work, Hollywood-era publicity photographs, and (my personal favorite) her shoes! That’s right. Place the winning bid at the silent auction and you can be dancing in Ginger Rogers’ shoes!
There are many other surprises planned but because I can’t keep a secret, I will tell you one of them: several of the gowns from the fashion show will be part of a live auction concluding the event! (You did not hear this from me!) Need I say that all of the gowns are perfectly stunning – sequined, feathered, furred – exactly what you would expect a Hollywood legend to wear. We are encouraging everyone who attends the event to come in your finest evening wear so we can all be stars for the afternoon. One week prior to Mother’s Day, this would also be a great mother-daughter outing!
So whatever you do, don’t miss this spectacular event to be held on Sunday, May 1 at 2 pm at the Rogue Valley Country Club. Purchasing a $50 ticket is easy but seating is limited to 300 and tickets are going fast. To purchase a ticket, visit La Boehme in Jacksonville, Terra Firma in Medford, or Renaissance Rose in Ashland; make an online purchase at www.sohs.org/ginger.htlm; or send a check to SOHS 106 N. Central Avenue, Medford OR 97501. For more information, please call (541) 773-6536 ext. 1002. Remember you can have all of this fun and $32 of your ticket price is tax deductible, a charitable donation to the Southern Oregon Historical Society.
From 1909-1913, August Singler worked as a Constable for the Medford Police Department
where he earned the nickname, “Sherlock Singler,” due to his successful track record of capturing criminals. Singler was the first law enforcement officer in Southern Oregon to use bloodhounds to track criminals and is also credited with introducing fingerprinting. In 1912, Singler decided to run for Jackson County Sheriff. In an effort to illustrate that he was not running as a politician but rather as a family man, he had his photograph taken alongside his wife and their seven children. His campaign slogan, printed underneath the photograph stated, “The party I Am Working For.” When the Singler’s eighth child was born, August had the photograph updated showing the new addition to the family. Singler’s marketing efforts paid off and he won the election, taking office on January 7, 1913. He then moved his family to Jacksonville, including his baying bloodhound dogs, who were met with resistance from his neighbors. Mrs. Singler busied herself cooking meals for the prisoners in the Jacksonville Jail, for which Jackson County paid her a small fee for her services. On April 22, 1913, the new Sheriff received word that Lester Jones was back in Jacksonville. At the age of nineteen, Jones was one of Jackson County’s “Most Wanted,” with a criminal career that included burglary and a warrant for his arrest. Singler and another deputy went to the cabin where Jones was reportedly staying. When they approached the cabin with guns drawn, both Singler and the deputy
were immediately greeted with gunfire. Although two shots went into Singler’s lungs, he managed to open fire and shoot six rounds, killing Jones instantly. The other deputy rushed to the house to make sure Jones was dead and then discovered Singler in distress. Singler was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Medford, but succumbed to his injuries the following day. On the day of his funeral, every
business in Medford closed and the flag at the Jacksonville Courthouse was flown at half-mast. The funeral possession stretched for twelve blocks through Medford in which a horse-
drawn carriage carried Sheriff Singler to the Eastwood Cemetery where he was laid to rest. Along the route, people lined the streets to pay their respects to a man who had given his life to protect the community. Now a widow with eight children, Mrs. Singler continued cooking meals for the prisoners as her only means of supporting her eight children. A later request to the county to increase her pay to cover the rising cost of ingredients was denied. She continued cooking for the prisoners until she found a better job in Medford at which time the family moved to Medford. Today, a granite monument honors Sheriff Singler in the August D. Singler Memorial Justice Plaza outside of the Jackson County Justice building on 8th Street in Medford.
Margaret LaPlante is a local historian and author of the DeAutremont Brothers:
America's Last Great Train Robbery and On To Oregon: The Stories of 70 families who settled in the Rogue Valley. The books can be
April 30th marks the Third Annual “Rotarians at Work” day. The Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville-Applegate have selected two projects this year. The first is the repair and repainting of the Catholic Rectory and the second is the construction of a wheelchair ramp for a Rotarian “Sparrow.” Go online http://www.sparrowclubs.org/ to read more about Sparrows and Sparrow Clubs.
The Catholic Rectory was built in 1861 as a Catholic school for boys. From 1863 to 1888 Reverend Francis X. Blanchet was the parish priest of St. Joseph’s Church. Reverend Blanchet and several of his successors lived in the Catholic rectory located on the corner of North Fourth and East C Streets. Father Blanchet and the sisters of St. Mary’s spent endless hours caring for the sick during the small pox epidemic of 1869. The Catholic Rectory, like the Beekman bank, is owned by Jackson County. Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) has a lease agreement with the County to manage these and other County-owned Jacksonville buildings. In 2010, the Jacksonville Heritage Society (JHS) agreed to sub-lease and maintain the buildings.
Community members may remember the Jacksonville-Applegate Rotarians 2010 project of repainting and repairing the exterior of the Beekman Bank on California Street. The Beekman Bank (Wells Fargo), established in 1863 by C.C. Beekman, has remained unchanged since
1912. It is open to visitors and has many of the original furnishings, including a collection of Wells Fargo memorabilia. The Beekman Bank was Oregon’s first bank, opened during the Jacksonville gold rush in 1863 by Wells Fargo agent C.C. Beekman. The Beekman Bank, from 1863, was a place where miners could
leave their gold dust and money safely if they paid Mr. Beekman one percent a year for storage. C.C. Beekman acquired this building in 1862 for his express and banking office, which he ran until 1915. Millions of dollars in gold dust were handled in this building.
The Rotary Club of Jacksonville-Applegate donated in excess of
150 service hours to repair and repaint the Beekman Bank. The Rotarians were helped by the following individuals and companies who donated their time and
equipment: Rotarian Craig Funsten and Adroit Construction; Ray Greb and Belfor Environmental; Rotarian Rick Kaufman, WoodArt; Roland Hale
and Hale’s Signs; South Medford High Rotary Interact students, and the following Jacksonville merchants: Bella Union, Pot Rack, Jacksonville Inn, and MacLevins, who provided food and services to the Rotarians as they worked.
Rotary Roundupby Bruce Garrett
Catholic Rectory
Rotary crew in front of Beekman Bank.
A traveling exhibit on Vance "Pinto" Colvig, better known as Bozo the Clown, is on display at the Jackson County Municipal building, located at 10 S. Oakdale Road in Medford. The exhibit was created by the Southern Oregon Historical Society. It is open for viewing during regular county business hours and will be on exhibit until June 1. The exhibit was sponsored by the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Pinto Colvig, a native of Jacksonville, grew up to be the world's most famous clown and a Hollywood star, lending his voice to well-known Disney characters like Goofy, and the dwarfs Sleepy and Grumpy among others. He claimed that he modeled Goofy on Frank Willeke, a co-worker at the Medford railroad depot.
A talented illustrator, Pinto drew dozens of cartoons of himself and of people he knew locally. The historical society owns a large collection of his cartoon drawings, some of which are reproduced in this exhibit. The exhibit also displays some of his hand-made clown hats, a "corny" suitcase
(decorated with corn cobs), and a Bozo the Clown costume that was worn by his son, Vance Colvig, Jr.
The Pinto Colvig exhibit is the debut of the historical society's new traveling exhibit program, using custom-made modular units. "We designed the cases
so we can safely take exhibits on the road and place them in locations that don't otherwise have the capability of displaying museum-quality artifacts," says historical society Executive Director Allison Weiss.
The cases are part of a new program at the historical society known as "History: Made By You." This program
involves partnerships between the historical society and local communities, whereby historical society staff works directly with community volunteers to create traveling exhibits. Presently, an exhibit on the history of agriculture in Central Point is being developed.
For more information on the exhibit or on History: Made By You, please visit www.sohs.org or call (541) 773-6536.
Jacksonville Boy to World Class Clown: Traveling exhibit on Pinto Colvig on display
at County Municipal Building
Glitz and Glamour on a Sunday Afternoon
The Jacksonville ReviewPage 12 April 2011
Argh! They’re heeeere!!! The weather is warming up, and that means weeds are
sprouting! The weeds we should be most concerned about are noxious weeds – those that, by definition, cause economic loss, and harm the environment. Noxious weeds choke out crops, destroy range and pasture lands, clog waterways, affect human and animal health, decrease property values, and threaten native plant communities. Most of Oregon’s least desirable weeds are of European, Mediterranean, and Asian origin.
Luckily, we’ve a new team of dedicated, passionate residents who will be surveying and treating weeds around town. This does not mean YOU should stop treating weeds on and around your property! As a temporary property owner (that’s right, you’ll be gone one day), it’s your duty and obligation to take care of your property to the best of your ability! This should not come as a surprise! What you don’t do with your property can adversely affect your neighbors, so be considerate and control your weeds! Those new team members joining me are Molly Allen, Steven Grubb, Bev Helvie, Jana Jensen, Linda Kestner, Joe McAleavey, Rick Murdoch, Dirk Siedlecki, Steve Caseleggio and Rick Shields. If you know one of these fine folks, or happen across one this summer, please visit with them about how you might help.
The one weed we’re most familiar with around here, and is already popping up, is Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solsticialis). A tap-rooted, winter annual, it loves warm, south-facing slopes, but given the chance, will occupy almost any unshaded piece of ground. Seed output can be as high at 30,000 seeds per square
meter, with about 95% of the seed being viable soon after dispersal. Most seeds germinate within a year of dispersal, but some can remain viable in the soil for more than 3 years.
This is not a difficult weed to kill, but one has to be persistent if one expects to get rid of it. If you’ve got starthistle on
your property, you can bet there’s seed in the soil that will germinate either later this year, or next year, or the year after that, so you’ve got to stay the course.
Annual weeds, like starthistle, will succumb to a variety of treatments, from shovels and hoes, mowing and burning, to herbicides, goats, and insects. Five species of insects, or biological controls, have been
released for 20+ years in Oregon, so don’t invest too much time or energy in that. You’ve more immediate concerns, YOUR PROPERTY!
As mentioned in last month’s article, the best time to treat weeds is prior to seed production, which for starthistle is as early as late June. That doesn’t mean you have to wait until June – get busy as soon as you find it! To learn more (since I don’t have a lot of space here), go to http://oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS/. This website is one of the best, but if you’re armed with a computer, you already know how to search for information.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 541-326-2549, or email me at [email protected].
The Weed Wranglerby Bob Budesa
Garden of the Monthby Kay Faught
My Neighbor's Garden
When I opened the Blue Door Garden Store over 2 years ago, Whit and Jo
Parker were two of my first customers who immediately shared their love of gardening! Since then, we’ve talked garden frustrations, dirt, deer, worms, and composting. I finally cornered Whit, telling him that he needed to step-up to the garden plate and let me interview THEM for my column. So, here we are this month with a visit to a “yarden!”
It is always interesting when both spouses garden. Whit and Jo call what they do “yardening” because Jo loves the garden portion and Whit loves the yard and dirt part! They moved here 5 years ago and say the purchase of their home was based 90% on the yard and full acre of garden area! They knew anything in the house could be changed, but the garden just had good bones, thanks to the previous owner who designed it! No wonder the garden was the first criteria... Jo was raised in England until she was 13 by her master gardener mother. As a kid, she worked in her grandpa's “allotment” tending veggies, flowers, and roses. Gardens are in her blood. Whit grew up pulling weeds and mowing lawns and when his dad and stepmom bought and renovated homes, he worked on the yards and learned on the job. Their backgrounds have melded into a perfect “garden union” and it is evident that they both love it.
As you approach their Mary Ann Drive home, the circular driveway sidles up to a shielding bed of lavender, rosemary, perennials and ground cover, all beneath a sheltering olive. A walkway of moss-covered pavers leads to the welcoming red entry door! Over to the side of the home is a forest of rhodies and camellias sitting under large silver gray cedars! It is one of those beds you just love because it is such a nice “nature's garden,” allowing you to play with it, or leave “as is.” Both are equally rewarding! Continuing into the back yard, I pass one of the garden sheds, with its original shake roof covered with aged moss. St. John's Wort spreads under a huge evergreen in front of the shed and lines the pea gravel path that moves you into the back yard.
The view then opens wide to the expansive yard, and to the right, a large raised deck spans the entire back of the home. With a commanding view of Mt. McLaughlin, it looks down over the back yard acre, fenced to protect the area from becoming a deer smorgasbord! The entire outside edge of the yard has another wide border where a variety of large evergreens abound in variety and texture. The open setting is a contrasting surprise to the sheltering front entry.
A short, elevated river rock wall begins my “back yarden” journey, and draws my eye into the center of the yard, along the wide bed it creates. The bed, softly “s” curves through the park-like setting and divides it in a meandering fashion. It showcases roses, grasses, perennials and annuals, and offers a mellow visual
interest to the yard. Jo has pulled out much of the overdone Oregon Grape and rosemary, providing room for the bright red barberries to provide structural punch, color, and texture in a perfect mix. The grasses she tends dot the beds, standing tall over newly emerging perennials. English garden touches are evident everywhere but the clean, open, “yarden” feel remains. I love the feel.
Under the evergreens in the side bed, a large English holly hovers over a pure green gray, low, wide spreading juniper. Offering more soft gray, a row of blue fescue grass trails off and completes the soothing feel.
With all the deer fencing in place, the only frustration AND regret is Whit's ongoing gopher battle. I think he is winning but only after he “undid” all his raised garden beds and lined the bottoms with wire. In hindsight, he wishes he had trenched the outer fence line and installed a 2 foot deep, double-wire barrier to keep the little buggers away (ha!) A few gopher hills and bumps dot the “back garden” portion of the acre, where Whit's treasured veggie beds are located. Last year, he planted drought-tolerant lawn grass between his raised boxes and
added raised sprinklers. It is obvious where he spends his “play time.” In addition to his 15 raised beds with a soon-to-be harvested crop of winter onions and garlic, he tends his prized
compost worm box which yields buckets of rich “worm dirt.”
When asked why they garden, both easily named off a litany of reasons, including the fun, the challenge, the rewarding joy of care-taking and just watching things grow. They both truly love just being out there!
Their “favorite time in the garden” question was jumped on! They both enjoy every meal on their deck in the summer, but Whit and Jo treasure the special evening time with a glass of wine, taking in the beauty of all the green and enjoying “pink time.” When they mentioned that, I had an immediate visual of the time they were referring to, and I smiled. As the sun heads down and pink colors lay over the distant mountains, it casts a summer evening color that is like no other. I enjoyed my visit to their “yarden” and envy their “pink time” when the work day is done. I'm anxious for summer warm evenings.
Kay is the owner of Blue Door Garden Store, located at 155 N Third St. Specializing in paraphernalia for the home gardener; she carries garden gifts, decor and a wide variety of pots, tools, gloves, and organic product.
Bob Budesa moved to Jacksonville 20 years ago, retired from BLM after 38 years where he oversaw the noxious weed program with Medford District BLM (850,000 acres) for 20 years, worked in Wild Horse Program in 1970’s and was a member of JWA for 2 years.
Centaurea solsticialis
Weed it and Reap
The Jacksonville Review Page 13April 2011
Retaining walls not only serve a necessary function but can enhance your landscape. When
considering installing walls, there are many options available for materials, style, color and consistency to best blend with the style of your home and look of your landscape.
The number one reason walls are installed is for function. However, there are times when aesthetic considerations trump function and walls are used to add depth and interest to a sloped or steeply-graded area.
The installation of a retaining wall can be very labor intensive, with the length of the project and materials used determining cost.
In our area, the list of materials available includes, natural stone, block, block with veneer, stucco, free staked wall block, railroad ties, landscape timbers, and large boulders.
Here in Southern Oregon, natural stone retaining walls are usually built out of moss rock or river cobble rock, simply due to the fact that the materials are readily available. Other rock options exist but are not as available as the options mentioned above.
Block pillars and walls with a veneer finish have become very popular and widely used in new home construction during the past ten years. This finish works best when you can tie into the veneer used on the house. We recently created a wall around a pool using a veneer finish that tied into the front entryway, using the same veneer used on the fireplace chimney. The end result was a great continuity between the pool area and the exterior of the home.
Stucco finishes offer a very clean and
modern look. One of the most popular materials used is free staking wall block. In the last few years, the look of free staking wall material has come a long way with more color, size and texture choices
available. When installed to specifications, these walls can last a lifetime.
I’m pleased to report that the day of the railroad tie has come and gone! But back in the
day, these ties where the “big deal” for landscape retaining walls! Today, the use
of landscape timbers has replaced ties, and when used in the right area, results in a very clean look.
Large boulders are most effective when used to retain large amounts of square footage and serve to provide the best natural visual effect possible.
I recently installed a number of rock retaining walls for a client who wanted to create a garden area from a sloping back yard area that had been unusable. Now, the resulting project includes a terraced vegetable, rose and flower garden that’s a wonderful addition to the landscape.
Be sure to consider two of the most important things when designing and building retaining walls: hydrostatic pressure (from water in soil placing pressure on the back side of walls) and drainage.
So, as we head toward great weather and start drying out, remember that this is a great time to install a retaining wall, and love your landscape!
Love your Landscapeby Adam Haynes
Adam Haynes is the owner of Artisan Landscapes Inc. He can be reached at
541.292.3285 or [email protected]. See also www.artisanlandscapesinc.com
Imagine every town in the Rogue Valley growing enough fresh vegetables to help feed the hungry in their community. That’s the hope and mission behind two local programs geared toward those who know how to grow vegetables and those who wish to learn.
While so many people in our valley and in Jacksonville struggle to get by, the Food Share Gardens of Jackson County and Plant A Row for the Hungry project are two means for neighbors to help neighbors, and in doing so, create a community-based, fresh vegetable supply for families and individuals needing emergency food relief.
It is no longer those who are on a limited fixed income – seniors and the disabled – who occasionally need a hand. The Great Recession has taken its toll locally.
The lucky among us have only heard about, and not directly experienced, the layoffs and cutbacks and loss of local stores closing their doors. The not so lucky among us have been deeply affected by the economic downturn. For the first time in their lives, many of our fellow residents are in need of food relief. Nor is it clear just how long it will be before the job market rebounds and people get back on their feet. Until then, people will need help. And because a compassionate society wishes no one go hungry, they will need food assistance.
That’s where anyone with a love of gardening and anyone who wishes to grow their own food can have an impact on the lives of others in our community.
The Start of Food Share GardensLast year, as requests for
emergency food relief climbed up, up, up, ACCESS Food Share, the designated Regional Food Bank for emergency food distribution in Jackson County, sponsored the creation of Food Share Gardens throughout the area.
Individuals and organizations in many communities stepped forward to play a role in helping meet the demand. Through their efforts, Food Share Gardens were developed in Medford, Rogue River and at the VA SORCC in White City to create sustainable sources of fresh produce for the local food banks and food pantries they serve, and to give people an opportunity to learn how to grow their own.
Their inspiration comes from the community garden model in Gold Hill embraced by its garden manager, Curt Shuler, who has been a tireless advocate of communities creating their own locally sourced food supplies to alleviate hunger. Helpers at the Gold Hill garden tend crop rows rather than individual plots, and share in the harvest. The model is well-established and works. High production growing gardens have served local food banks in Marion, Polk and Lane counties for more than 20 years.
This year, in addition to our three existing gardens, Central Point will be supporting a Food Share Garden and the relocated Gold Hill community garden will be incorporated into the Food Share Garden fold.
Each garden is “hosted” by the property owner who also provides free water in exchange for fresh vegetables. ACCESS, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization that serves the elderly, disabled and low-income population in Jackson County, maintains oversight of the gardens which are managed and run by individuals within the community, many of whom have years of gardening experience and many who are learning the ins and outs of vegetable growing “on the job.”
Jackson County Food Share Gardens
follow sustainable growing practices so residents and families requiring emergency assistance receive the full nutritional benefit of organically grown vegetables.
To generate the needed poundage, the typical garden site ranges about 9,600 square feet, or 60 feet by 160 feet. That allows for many hundreds of pounds to be harvested each week and provide
ample fresh vegetables for the many families visiting a pantry.
Drip irrigation ensures efficient water usage, and the crops planted are popular varieties known for their productivity.
In the gardens’ first year of
operation, juicy, red tomatoes, summer squashes, green beans, sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplants, basil, parsley, cucumbers, summer melons and various winter squashes were enjoyed by the volunteer garden helpers and pantry clients.
Over 24,000 pounds of produce were grown, harvested and distributed from
the first three start-up gardens in Medford, Rogue River and the VA SORCC. The Gold Hill garden, which is double the size of our other gardens, generated another 28,600 pounds.
While Jacksonville may not as yet have its own Food Share Garden, that shouldn’t stop anyone from lending a hand at a nearby garden. Anyone
at least six years of age or older is invited to help. Families especially are encouraged so children understand where vegetables come from and how they are grown.
In addition to raising needed fresh produce, anyone who volunteers in the garden can’t help but acquire valuable growing skills and cooking ideas along with taking home and enjoying the tastiest fresh vegetables.
Plant A Row for the HungryThe shared camaraderie and friendly
exchanges that take place over plants are some of the pleasures of helping in a Food Share Garden. But for gardeners already growing all their vegetables at home, there is another way to help nourish the community called Plant A Row for the Hungry.
Like so many other effective grassroots efforts, Plant A Row started with one individual seeing a need and responding to it. In this case, Jeff Lowenfels, a garden writer in Alaska and a former Garden Writers Association president, asked readers of his column to Plant A Row of vegetables to donate to an Anchorage soup kitchen. They did, and the result was so impressive that the association launched Plant A Row as a national program in 1995. Since then, home gardeners have donated millions upon millions of pounds of produce to community food banks and soup kitchens nationally.
On a more local level, last year Rogue Valley gardeners participating in the Plant A Row program contributed over 7,000 pounds of homegrown produce to the ACCESS food bank.
The Plant A Row concept is rooted in the heartfelt tradition of gardeners sharing their bountiful harvest with others. So this season if you plan on planting a vegetable garden, consider adding an extra row or two and sharing the excess produce with a local food pantry. Call ACCESS of Jackson County for the nearest drop-off location near you.
People helping people can take many forms and work on many levels. Home
No Gardening Experience RequiredBy Nan King
Medford Food Share Garden
Medford Harvest:Plenty for all.
Gardening – Cont'd on Pg. 32
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The Jacksonville Lions Club just celebrated 63 years of service to the community. We are proud members of Lions Club International, the largest service organization in the world with 1.35 million members in 206 countries and geographic areas. In 1925, Helen Keller challenged the Lions to be “Knights for the Blind,” launching the prevention of blindness and sight improvement programs as our major focus. LCI is dedicated to service activities throughout the world and recently donated over $5 million for relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake.
The Jacksonville Lions Club is committed to local service projects, including providing sight and hearing
screening services for local elementary school children, sponsoring the spelling bee contest at Jacksonville Elementary School, providing assistance during their art show and annual Britt stage play and musical. We also award scholarships to local college-bound students, donate and deliver Christmas baskets in conjunction with Food & Friends and pick up trash on a section of Old Stage Road.
We meet for dinner twice a month to discuss current and future projects and bring in guests to inform and entertain us, as well.
We welcome inquiries about our work and encourage anyone interested to contact us at P.O. Box 582, Jacksonville OR 97530 or phone Dr. Jim Davidian at 541-499-0449.
Lions Club Cornerby Jacksonville Lions Club
Spring Plant Sale… Baked Goods… Fresh Flower Bouquets… Country Store!
Mark your calendar – Jacksonville Garden Club’s 26th Annual Plant and Bake Sale is Saturday, May 7th, 9am- 2pm, at the Historic Courthouse Grounds, 206 North 5th Street, Jacksonville.
Hundreds of plants – perennials, shade plants, house plants, and edibles – are available to purchase for your garden with complimentary planting advice and gardening tips from club members.
Remember that special someone with a fresh-cut flower bouquet, or some home baked goods – cookies, scones, muffins, and pies. New this year are locally grown dried herbs with ideas
for their uses. And don’t miss out on shopping at our Country Store.
Fear not when you find more to purchase than you can carry…. The Youth Garden Club will be on hand with wagons to assist you.
Money raised from Garden Club sales provides scholarships to students majoring in conservation or horticultural related subjects; planting four downtown civic gardens; and donations to support other local civic and youth organizations.
For more information about the sale or Jacksonville Garden Club events, please contact President, Susan Casaleggio at 541-899-2029. See ad on Page 12.
Plant & Bake Sale!
The Jacksonville ReviewPage 14 April 2011
2010/2011
SibeliusViolin Concertowith Steven Moeckel
BrahmsSymphony No.1
Tickets541-552-6398
www.rvsymphony.org
Students $5 all concerts,
all seasonLimited $10 seats in
Medford & Grants Pass
7:30pm · Friday, April 15SOU Music Recital Hall, Ashland$33–$40
7:30pm · Saturday, April 16Craterian Ginger Rogers Theatre, Medford $26–$33
3:00pm · Sunday, April 17GP Performing Arts Center, Grants Pass $23–$30
Free concert talk with Martin Majkut and Steven Moeckel one hour before each concert
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So. Oregon Artist Resource (SOAR) Art Event _Calendar. See ad page 9.
April 1: _ SNAP FiTNESS GRAND OPENiNG! See ad on Page 2.
April 2, 6:00-9:00pm: _ JACKSONViLLE BARN CO. SPRiNG OPEN HOUSE, 150 S. Oregon Street. Catered by Doug Todd, hosted Champagne and live music. In conjunction with Corks Wine Bar Grand Opening. See ad on page 21 or call 541-702-0307 for more information.
April 9: _ FOOD PROJECT PiCK-UP DAY .
April 12, 10:00am: _ CiViL WAR MEMORiAL SERViCE AT JACKSONViLLE HiSTORiC CEMETERY. See article on page 9.
April 14, 5:30pm: _ JACKSONViLLE CHAMBER MONTHLY GENERAL MEETiNG, held the second Thursday of each month at Bella Union. See "Chamber Chat" on page 24.
April 16, 11:30am: _ SOUTHERN OREGON STiTCHERS, Central Point Presbyterian Church, 456 W Pine St., Central Point. All needleworkers/embroiderers are invited to join. Guests are welcome. Contact Liz at 541-488-4082.
April 16: _ BRiTT BASH, Rogue Valley Country Club.
April 17, 3:00pm: _ A “HYMN SiNG” for all those who like to sing their favorite old hymns, at the Historic Presbyterian Church, 405 California Street. For more information call 541-899-1287.
April 20, 5:30pm: _ TRADiTiONAL SEDER CELEBRATiON & PASSOVER DiNNER at MacLevins Whole Food Restaurant, Jacksonville. Please make reservations as soon as possible but no later than Sunday, April 18 by calling 541-899-1251 or email [email protected].
April 23, 9:00am: _ FRANK CARTER EASTER EGG HUNT , Britt Grounds.
April 24, _ JHS OLD-FASHiONED EASTER EGG ROLL, Beekman House. See ad on page 2 and article on page 9.
May 1, Noon-6:00pm: _ MAi FEST Celebration, Bigham Knoll campus, 525 Bigham Knoll Drive. See article on page 8. May 7, 9:00am-2:00pm: _ JACKSONViLLE GARDEN CLUB'S 26TH ANNUAL PLANT & BAKE SALE , Historic Courthouse Grounds, 206 North 5th Street, Jacksonville. See article on page 13.
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C Street BistroUnique Local Fare541-261-7638 p. 21230 E. C Street*
Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus BrewhausGerman Fare - Great Beer!541-899-1000 p. 2525 Bigham Knoll*www.fraukemmling.com
Garden Bistro at McCully HouseSmall Plates & Wine Bar541-899-1942 240 E. California Street*www.thegardenatmccully.com
Gary West MeatsGreat Locavore Grill!541-899-1829* p. 36690 N. Fi� h Streetwww.garywest.com
Gogi’sFine Dining541-899-8699 p. 14235 W. Main Streetwww.gogis.net
Jacksonville InnFormal Dining or Casual BistroWine shop with over 2,000 wines!541-899-1900 p. 16175 E. California Street*www.jacksonvilleinn.com
Jasper’sGourmet Burgers541-899-3259 p. 16100 E. California Street*
La FiestaClassic Mexican Cuisine541-899-4450 p. 15150 S. Oregon Street*www.la� estajville.com
LodeStar BarGreat Drinks & Appetizers541-702-2400 p. 22105 W. California Streetwww.lodestarbar.com
McKee Bridge RestaurantOn the Applegate River541-899-1101 p. 219045 Upper Applegate Road*
Mustard SeedBreakfast & Lunch541-899-2977 p. 19130 N. Fi� h Street*
Pony EspressoCo� ee, Breakfast & Lunch541-899-3757 p. 19545 N. 5th Street*
� ai HouseFresh, Authentic � ai Cuisine541-899-3585 p. 4215 W. California Streetwww.thaihousejville.com
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Wine Talkersby Janet Eastman
Yep, it’s official. Google, who tracks such odd things as topics in English fiction, confirmed
that references to wine now appear more frequently than references to sex! Google statistics tell us the crossover happened sometime in 2007. Unfortunately I’m not going to speak about sex in this month’s column – sorry to disappoint. Still you may want to think of my column as advice about something more fun than sex. So let’s not tarry longer. On with the fun!
This month, let’s address a question I commonly get at the winery. I get this one often, “How long will wine keep after I’ve opened it?” Sounds simple enough but as with everything wine, the simple questions are often the most complicated to answer.
To start, let me explain just what “keep” means to me. First thing, let’s realize that all wines begin to change as soon as they’re opened. Bubbly ones change the fastest and depending on temperature can lose their sparkle in a hurry. So let’s think of “keep” as meaning the wine will remain “close” to what it was at its best after opening. Why “best?” Because many wines, and especially premium reds, need to breathe a little. They actually get “better” in that period after you open them. Those can be at their best anywhere from say 20 minutes to a few hours after opening depending on the wine and how much it’s exposed to air.
Now, not all red wines need that air exposure, and many, including many reds, won’t benefit at all from it. But it generally won’t hurt them unless you’re dealing with a top-notch aged wine where you want to experience what we call “bottle bouquet.” If you’re buying wines in that price range you probably don’t need my advice on how long that wine will keep. It’s doubtful that you’ll have any left to save. If you think you might, just invite me over to help you “evaluate” your prize wine!
For the rest of wines, let’s think of them as food. Opening the wine is like taking the food off the stove. It needs a few minutes to cool before it’s ready to eat. It’s at its best for a while and it becomes “leftovers” the next day. Wine works the same way. Like leftovers, still
wine can remain drinkable for a day or two once opened, though you can do a few things to help it last longer or at least be better for those couple of days. Here are some tips.
First, remove as much oxygen as you can from contact with the wine. That helps slow the wine’s rate of deterioration. It’s like wrapping those leftovers in plastic wrap.
You can do that in several ways. If it fits, you can just move the leftover
wine into a smaller bottle where it completely fills the
space. Alternatively, you can do what I most often do and use a hand vacuum pump to get a lot of the air out of the partially filled bottle. Third option, you can add an inert gas to the bottle to displace the oxygen. I prefer the vacuum
but those who like gadgets can usually find the latter at wine shops.
The second thing you can do is refrigerate the wine. I do this after I’ve “pumped” it – meaning after I’ve used my vacuum pump. Wines, like foods, deteriorate because they are interacting with oxygen. For those who remember their chemistry, warmer temperatures speed oxygen reactions. Cool the wine and you slow down the rate of those reactions.
Just remember that when you’re ready to drink that wine it still needs to come back to serving temperature. You do that by letting it sit at room temperature until it gradually loses its chill. Don’t microwave it!
So there you have it. An answer to the basic question of “how long wines will keep” and some tips on getting the most from those leftover wines.
If you have troubling wine questions, e-mail them to me at [email protected] and I’ll see about answering them here in this column. Until next month, keep drinking those fine local wines from our Applegate Valley wineries.
Speaking of Wineby Duane Bowman
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It’s a dynamic time for wine. More local brands will be offered at Britt concerts. The World of Wine
Festival is relocating to Jacksonville. And Canadian stock promoter Steve de Jaray has an opportunity to finally set up shop outside city limits.
Britt Gets GreenStarting this season, concertgoers will
have more food and beverage options on Britt hill and a nice flat place, named Table Rock City, in which to sit and listen to pre-concert shows.
The new offerings are to encourage people to spend more time and money on festival grounds. Britt executive director Jim Fredericks says many venues reap $3 to $12 a person in addition to ticket sales, whereas the Britt has averaged only 58 cents per person.
“Artists are increasingly taking all of the gate and we can remain competitive only if we can get people to enjoy their concert experience more and increase concession sales,” Fredericks said, adding that in the past, only 15 percent of ticket holders bought food at the Britt.
He hopes to ease concertgoers out of their pack-a-picnic habit by appealing to their desire to relax – why haul a cooler up the hill? – their interest in eco-friendly options – glasses of wine and beer will come from reusable kegs, so there will be no empty bottles to toss into landfills – and their cravings for a variety of convenient cuisines.
In the past, Rotary Club volunteers have served up burgers and hotdogs. Now, Dan Finley of West Coast Events, which caterers to crowds at the Gorge Amphitheatre, Coachella Music Festival and baseball spring training camps, has been hired to build a commercial kitchen and transform existing buildings into separate food and beverage centers.
“We will give people a quality product quickly,” he says.
The menu will always list Asian, Greek and American cuisine and specialties items geared to the event’s audience. Youthful? Chicken wings. Sophisticated: Caesar wraps, says Finley.
As many as 10 Southern Oregon wineries will be selling wine by the glass or bottle, including Valley View Winery, which has been pouring at the Britt for 30 years. More wines will be available to VIPs in the hospitality deck.
“This is a big change for us,” said Fredericks. “But it’s part of the master plan.”
Britt’s 2011 lineup will be announced April 6.
World of Wine to Party HereThe judging for the Southern Oregon
World of Wine Festival has been taking place in Jacksonville for years. It’s about time the awards were showcased here, too.
Since its beginning in 2003, the WOW party has been held at Del Rio Vineyards in Gold Hill. This August, the Grand Tasting, as it’s now called, will be at Bigham Knoll.
Moving the sold-out fundraiser to Jacksonville is only a part of the news.
Instead of one night, the festival may stretch to three days and include wine educational seminars, vineyard tours and a gala dinner. The new events are to draw even larger audiences and raise more money for local businesses as well as the nonprofit Rogue Valley Winegrowers Association and its new joint partner, JOBA (Jacksonville Oregon Business Association).
“We hope to make it a profitable event with funds going back to promoting tourism and the wine industry and a yet-to-be-named charity,” says David Jesser of JOBA.
If approved by the City, festivalgoers will jump onto shuttles to trundle up the knoll for the Grand Tasting on Aug. 27. As in the past, Southern Oregon wineries are invited to impressed out-of-state judges who will evaluate more than 120 entries then award gold and silver medals as well as Best of Show for both red and white wines.
Footstone Jive’s Next StepBeleaguered wine producer Steve de Jaray
disappeared from public view last year. He was no longer hosting pre-opening
parties for the Footstone Jive “dancehall” tasting room and distillery that never opened downtown. He was no longer pleading with the Jacksonville City Council to ignore his legal problems and endorse his liquor license. And he was no longer appearing at private parties to promote his venture in which he claimed he could sell 100,000 cases of wine a year made from local grapes.
But disappearing from public view doesn’t mean that Steven de Jaray has gone away.
A massive structure on South Stage Road outside of Jacksonville is being built to de Jaray’s specifications and could serve as a tasting room, custom crush facility and equipment storage, according to Alan DeBoer, a partner in Southeast Jacksonville LLC, which owns the land.
The roadside tasting room could be the gateway to a vineyard-themed housing
development on the 50 acres of farmland.
“It’s not a secret that we want to develop and put some homes in there, but not do a
maximum density thing,” said Alan’s son, Derek DeBoer, who added that the company has applied to the city to build four custom homes on an acre inside city limits. “We want to put up something that will be an asset to the community. I see a very attractive vineyard community. These are the first steps.”
A permit to build an agricultural building on the property was taken out in 2009. According to Jackson County Planning Commission regulations, the building must be used solely for farming. A tasting room or other public-invited entity would require new approval.
The tenant would also have to be granted a license to sell alcohol to consumers from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. No one has yet to apply at this address, according to Janet Ouellette of the OLCC. If that happens, there will be a public notice and people would have 14 days to comment.
Material salvaged from the old Ashland High School gym is being used for the building’s exterior walls. Derek DeBoer says he will not install the remaining two walls or the roof until he knows what the tenant wants.
The city will have some say in the final look of the building, said Derek DeBoer, as will de Jaray, if he signs the lease he was given months ago.
“It would depend on de Jaray getting his stuff together and I hope that he does,” said Derek DeBoer during a phone interview on March 17. “I think he has something to bring to the table to the wine industry, a unique vision to put Southern Oregon on the map.”
Although de Jaray has spoken to this reporter in the past, phone calls made on March 14 to his Medford office, in which he has a month-to-month lease, and his cell phone were not returned as of the March 23 deadline.
On Britt, WOW & Jive
Wine Talkers - Cont'd. on Pg. 32
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Soul Mattersby Kate Ingram, M.A.
Living the good life….it sounds wonderful doesn’t it? Have you thought about what living the
good life means for you? Think of the times in your life where you have been limited by your current fitness level. Without a healthy, fit body, opening your car door, balancing around your dogs greeting you when you get home, picking up a paper from the floor or opening a jelly jar could be difficult, if not painful. Maybe you don’t have any limitations today, but wouldn’t it be nice to keep it that way?
Imagine a day that starts with an easy roll out of bed, a quick stretch, and a skip downstairs to put on workout clothes and shoes and a trip to the gym for a 30 minute workout before work. If that were the way you started your day every day, how different might the rest of your day be?
Fitness and ongoing good living won’t happen by accident; in fact, it gets more difficult every day as your body fights the constant pull of gravity. Our best chance is to embrace our bodies as they are, make a commitment to learn how our body works, and find out what it needs to stay strong and healthy. And most importantly, take the steps to maintain the health and freedom a strong body provides us.
The first step, embracing your body the way it is, starts with a realistic evaluation of how fit and healthy you are today. It’s hard for most people to be objective about their own bodies, and most of the time people are reluctant to take this essential step.
But not you and not today! Start by taking a walk, either on the
treadmill or around the block. Walk for 12 minutes without stopping 1. and pay attention to these 4 things:a.) Can you talk without having to interrupt your sentence with your breathing?b.) Can you feel your heart beating and do you notice it is beating faster as you walk?c.) Where do you feel fatigue? Your legs, core, upper body?d.) Does the 12 minutes seem to go on forever, or does the time pass by quickly?
Write down your observations and use this as your baseline to begin building your cardiovascular strength. At first, walking will be enough, but soon your body will adapt and you will need to increase the work load to increase in strength. This “overload” principle is essential for improving your health, because if you don’t, aging and gravity will have their way with you, leading instead to gradual weakening every day.
These are the first steps to take care of
your heart and lungs. With a strong heart and lungs you can:
Live your life without struggling for 1. breath.Use your body effortlessly to perform 2. the work you do with daily livingBurn calories efficiently to maintain a 3. healthy body weight.
This means you can skip down those stairs, pick up your children or grandchildren and jog over to the park for a morning of play, and you can do it with ease. You will look fit and strong doing it and you will feel great!
Here is a warning: Your mind will tell you all kinds of excuses about why you don’t need to exercise. You need to stop listening to yourself! Without constant care, your body will weaken. Even with constant care, you can’t stop aging, but you will significantly delay the loss in body strength and function with a commitment to a fitness plan. Your plan will provide direction and focus to help you exercise effectively and efficiently throughout your life!
Over the next 5 weeks we will focus on 5 Facts of Fitness and how they will help you take care of your body. They are:
More exercises for cardiovascular 1. fitness (now that you have had 4 weeks to get stronger).The value of muscular strength and 2. balance for your fitnessHow much muscular endurance is 3. enough?Is my fat helping or hurting me?4. Stay flexible in mind and body.5.
You can find me, Susan Jansson and Snap Manager, Eric Acevedo, at the new Snap Fitness on G Street in Jacksonville. Come see us during our Grand Opening April 1st through 3rd and get started improving your health. We have a team of trainers that will help you develop your fitness strategies as well as help you stick with them over time.
With a strategic plan that includes taking care of all aspects of fitness, you can create and maintain a healthy body that contributes to living a good – and healthy life.
Susan Jansson, Snap Fitness owner of Jacksonville and Talent, Oregon SNAP locations is a 20-year fitness professional with multiple fitness certifications as well as worldwide accomplishments training, writing and speaking about her passion – health and fitness. She is CEO of HealthSPORT, a 5-location fitness organization in Humboldt County, California. Susan divides her time between Oregon and California teaching, developing uncommon fitness strategies, and mentoring both fellow fitness professionals as well as newcomers to the industry.
"A weak body commands. A strong body obeys." Andre Agassi
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Chamber Chatby The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to the new “Chamber Chat!” The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce is excited to now be sharing this monthly column with you, with updates, as well as upcoming events and information. We hope you grab your coffee, sit down with the “Review,” and join us each month for our “chat.”
Our first news is the welcoming of our new Board of Directors. Taking office Jan.1 of this year, are: Art Krueger – Green Electric Company, Judi Johnson – State Farm Insurance, and Kay Faught – Blue Door Garden Store. We also offer a warm welcome and thanks to Arlis Duncan – Page One Productions, as new Board President.
The Board is anxious to move forward, build a strong Chamber and enhance communication and involvement with the business community. The new excitement and energy was evident at our February,
2011 general meeting, held in the evening at the Bella Union. The meetings, held the second Thursday of each month at 5:30 pm, offer a relaxed, fun, and great time to socialize and connect with the business community. Several members commented positively that the new evening meeting time was a great change, evident by so many who stayed late, finishing dinner, getting to know each other, laughing, and talking.
The successful Chinese New Year celebration, held February 12, was a great success, with the colorful parade, music, and glorious weather. If it is indicative of the upcoming 2011, we are in for a great year!
For membership information on the Jacksonville Chamber, please contact the Visitors Center at 185 N Oregon St., (next to the Post Office) or call the office at 541-899-8118. Be sure to check our website at [email protected].
Spring has officially arrived at our house, heralded by the arrival of yellow daffodils poking up under
the walnut tree and six fuzzy, baby chicks peeping away in our bathtub-become-brooder. I am surrounded by Life, by the clamor of two children, eleven chickens, two rats, a Golden Retriever and a newly inherited, deaf, mostly toothless terrier named Henry, and I’m loving it. Spring is the renewal of life, and that little miracle brings me great joy and hope.
In the midst of this riot of rebirth, I’ve been listening to news of destruction: earthquakes and tsunamis, wars and reports of plastic leaching carcinogens into our food. It all makes me exceedingly sad and very angry. My heart breaks for the devastated people in Afghanistan, Japan, Sudan and elsewhere. I am enraged by the thought of my children developing cancer from the lunches I am packing for them, the air they are breathing, the radiation leaking into the atmosphere; cancer created by short-sighted and often willful profiteering.
So I sit in this dynamic of grief and joy, of the beauty of the the world and the simultaneous destruction we are wrecking upon it – and our own bodies--with our short-sighted technologies. The fall out from our technological “advances” speaks to the devaluation and disparagement of what are traditionally considered feminine values; nurturance, cooperation, mutuality and relationship. These values have largely been trivialized as nice, but not realistic, or of little value: witness the treatment and financial remuneration of teachers, childcare providers, the arts, the Department of Peace. Oh, right: There is no Department of Peace.
We live in a country that worships a male god and a Masculine value system, by which I am referring not to men, per se, but to qualities of masculine energy that are independent of gender. Our global culture is predicated on the masculine attributes of dominance, control and power to the degree that we have a $708 billion dollar defense budget, our foods are genetically altered and our homes are full of toxic substances. We have been indoctrinated to believe that this is progress, and progress is good, which of course is not exactly true.
Nothing is simply good or bad. To judge the value of something you must examine it’s upside and it’s downside, the whole of it. It is important to know, for instance, that all our convenient plastic is toxic. It’s important to make the link between driving your car and the war in Iraq, and to occasionally think about the fact that one million American children go to bed hungry every night while we spend a billion dollars a day on two wars. It serves to make the connection that entire rain forests are being cut down to make way for more McDonald’s hamburgers, and that when those rain forests are gone, the Earth’s ecosystem will be irrevocably altered.
We live in a world wide web far more intricate and powerful than the one built by human technologies: it is a
web of Life, a web of universality and oneness. In it’s strands is woven the First Law of Metaphysics: everything is one. Everything has an impact. Everything affects everything else. When the butterfly flaps its wings, the wind it generates sweeps across the entire planet and the web of life reverberates.
Masculine and Feminine are eternal partners in the dance of life, intricately bound together. It is essential to hold the tension of these opposing forces, to respect and have reverence for them both. It takes two to do this tango, each element bringing its vital energy of power and beauty. It is only when we separate these partners, when we value one over the other, that the dance – and our world – falls apart.
Case in point: As I write, a nuclear reactor in Japan is melting down. Everyone knows that this sort of thing can happen. We know it when we build the reactors – on fault lines. But the dangers are argued and minimized by those who stand to profit from them. Building reactors here was a calculated risk--not well calculated, I would argue, but a risk deemed acceptable. It begs the question: acceptable to whom and why?
Individuals and corporations and nations make these sorts of decisions every single day. What are our priorities? What do we value? Clean, safe energy or less costly, hazardous energy? An hermetically sealed sandwich, or a healthy child? These are questions of values. They are questions of short term gains for the few, versus long-term well-being for all.
The Iroquois Confederacy, upon whose wisdom we initially constructed our Constitution, understood the wisdom of holding the tension of the opposing dynamics of masculine and feminine attributes, of sustainability and decisive action. In these tribes, the men sat in Council but the women held the power of choosing – and removing – the Chiefs of the Council. Feminine and Masculine wisdom were regarded as equal, and in light of this mutuality, no action of any kind was taken without considering it’s relationship to the next seven generations.
In all of your deliberations...in your efforts at law making, in all your official acts, self interest shall be cast into oblivion...Look and listen for the welfare of the whole people and have always in view not only the present but also the coming generations, even those whose faces are yet beneath the surface of the ground – the unborn of the future Nation.
Daffodils and ziplock bags, baby chicks and nuclear reactors all balance together on this delicate, precarious web that we weave with each decision we make. The beauty and hope of another Spring is not guaranteed; it is entirely dependent upon our individual and collective decision to balance self-interest with conscious connection to the web of Life.
(To see a beautiful presentation of this theme, I invite you to watch “I Choose Love 2” on Youtube.)Kate Ingram is a writer, life coach and mother of a great many small creatures. To schedule a session, or for more information, please go to
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It’s Pear Blossom time and, as always, that leads me to thinking about running and the joints that are
involved. One of the most neglected of these is the ankle joint. No one pays much attention to the ankle until it gets injured, and it isn’t just runners that forget about their poor ankles. We all do.
On average, human feet walk 200 million steps in a lifespan. Anyone who participates in athletics knows that the ankle, along with the knee, is a potential weak link in the human body. The reason for this is the bones in the ankle are relatively fragile to be bearing the body’s full weight.
Also, because of this weight bearing function, if injured, the ankle is slow to heal. It is important that we keep the muscles around these bones strong to prevent getting injured in the first place.
So, which are the main muscles that support the ankle? The gastrocnemius, soleus, flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus are at the back of the lower leg and heel. The tibialis posterior and anterior are on the inside and outside of the lower leg respectively. The perroneus longus and brevis are on the outside of the lower leg and the extensor digitorum longus and extensor hallucis longus are at the front.
There are four basic motions of the ankle joint:
Plantar flexion – points the foot and ankle• Dorsi flexion – flexes the foot and ankle• Inversion – points the toes inward• Eversion – points the toes outward•
Most active people are familiar with stretches for the back calf muscles, so I’m going to suggest 3 simple exercises to strengthen the ankle in inversion, eversion and dorsi flexion.
Sit on the floor with your back 1. against a wall and your feet out in front of you, knees straight. (This can also be done sitting on the edge of a chair, working leg straight, other leg bent with foot on floor.)Slowly turn your left pointed foot 2. inward and hold position for 6 seconds.Now turn the same foot outward and 3. hold for 6 seconds. Repeat 10 times and change legs. For added difficulty, use a towel or theraband to provide some resistance, being careful not to hold too tight. This strengthens the inversion and eversion muscles.
For dorsi flexion, sit on the floor or on a bed with legs out in front of you, knees straight. If this causes discomfort in the lower back, place a firm pillow under your bottom. Loop a towel or the band around your foot and pull the
towel back until you start to feel a gentle stretch in your calf muscles. Hold the position for 30 seconds. Start by doing 3 sets of 5 exercises and work your way up to doing 3 sets of 10.
For those of you doing the Pear Blossom on April 9, I wish you an injury-free, cool, rainless day and hope you come in at your best time yet.
Good Luck!
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Joyfull Livingby Louise Lavergne
Are you letting go or are you giving up? Recently, a client identified some old
emotional issues that kept sabotaging his opportunities for success. “I thought I let that go!” he told me in frustration.
What does “letting go” mean? When a project or an aspiration doesn’t play out the way we want, it’s normal to feel disappointment, as well as sadness, anger and even depression. Painful emotions can make us want to shut down. We might say we are letting something go, but what we really are doing is giving up. Are you cleaning out the closet or just shoving everything in and slamming the door shut? This is a very common survival reflex. By ignoring our feelings, like defeat, disappointment and loss, we deny their importance. But without experiencing the emotional truth around those feelings, we are simply giving up. And so the emotional challenge just keeps coming back, over and over, in a wide range of scenarios.
If we take time to truly “feel” our feelings and think about what we can learn from the situation or challenge, we can come to a place of surrender and truly let go. Letting go makes you feel free, lighter and ultimately peaceful, just like spring cleaning. Simply say: “I am opening up to the opportunity in this situation.” Then ask yourself: “Is there something I can do now to fix or improve the outcome? Is there something I could have done differently that may be helpful in the future?”
If we keep blaming something or someone else, we stay stuck. As we take responsibility for our feelings and our part in the situation, the healing begins. It is equally important to acknowledge factors beyond our control. We can then begin the surrender process and self-forgiveness. Knowing you gave it all you could and embracing the lessons that will help you to make better choices in future situations will help in letting go. If you cannot see the lesson immediately, give yourself time. Facing ourselves honestly and staying open to feelings when we are in pain takes great strength and bravery. It is in this challenging process that we acquire emotional/spiritual muscles. “It takes great learning to understand that all things, events, encounters and circumstances are helpful." ~ A Course in Miracles
Here’s a simple Yoga Meditation for a peaceful mind, to help you process and “Let Go:”
Sit in a chair, or cross--legged on the floor, with a straight spine (Leaning against a wall can help). Relax your mind as you slow your breathing down. Look at the tip of the nose if you can, or simply close your eyes.
Man Suhaavee Mudra Kriya, the mudra which pleases the mind:
Create a triangle with your fingers, with the tips of the middle fingers together and the tips of the thumbs together with the pinkie and ring fingers curled into the palms. Bend the index fingers so that
they touch each other at the middle joint. Stretch thumbs
toward you, middle fingers point away. (This hand position is called a Mudra.) Now bend your elbows, bringing your hands level
with your heart, about four inches from your chest,
keeping your forearms parallel to the ground. As you inhale and gently hold your breath, mentally repeat twenty-one times: I am. Or say the word Peace. Or both together: I am Peace. Exhale and mentally repeat the same phrase eleven to twenty-one times. Within three minutes, your mind will become tranquil. To end, focus on your breathing pattern and, relax your hands. Allow your connection to your breath to deepen as you think about something you feel grateful for. Dwelling in that gratitude, begin to feel compassion in your heart and embrace yourself, your feelings and the individuals around the situation bothering you, without getting into “the story.” Just feel compassion. Allow your emotional waters to gently wash over you just like spring showers and take responsibility for your feelings.
You can start practicing for one minute and gradually build up to three minutes. Remember that only limiting thoughts can limit your life. Feel the joy as you truly begin to let go! Remember that it’s always a good time for spring cleaning and do take time to breathe.
Special opportunity to assist you in becoming more connected to the Joy of YOU: Transformative Sound Healing Meditation April 4 and 18 at 6 pm. Call or email for more info, and to reserve your space.
Survival Kit - Cont'd from Pg. 5Plastic garbage bags and ties • Plastic bucket with tight lid • Disinfectant • Household chlorine bleach • Poop bags and scooper for pet waste •
CLOTHING AND BEDDING Sturdy shoes or work boots (keep • near your bed) Rain gear • Blankets or sleeping bags • Warm clothing • Sunglasses (keep your spare • eyeglasses in the emergency kit, too.)
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Will, insurance policies, contracts • deeds, stocks and bonds Passports, social security cards, • immunization records Bank account numbers • Credit card account numbers and • companies Inventory of valuable household • goods, important telephone numbers Family records (birth, marriage, • death certificates)
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Whether you are a weekend-only gardener or a lawn-care specialist, you should protect your eyes when working outdoors, according to
the American Optometric Association. Each year, power lawn trimmers alone cause more then 1,500 eye injuries. Tree or bush branches can cause painful scratches to the eye, and burns or eye irritations caused by fertilizers and weed killers can also occur. The AOA offers this advice to help prevent eye injuries in the home garden environment:
Wear wrap-around safety goggles made of • polycarbonate – the strongest lens material available. You can find these at most hardware and department stores. Look for the label that says the goggles meet the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z87.1 standard.Don’t rely on ordinary prescription glasses for eye • safety. Although they are impact-resistant, they are not safety eyewear. In addition, chemical or spray dust can get around the sides easily and into the eyes.Wear sunglasses that block 99-100% of the sun’s • UVA and UVB ultraviolet radiation and screen out 75 to 90 percent of light. Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light over time can cause cataracts and may contribute to age-related macular degeneration, which are potentially blinding. Wide-brimmed caps and hats can only eliminate about 50% of UV radiation from reaching the eyes.Additional tips for picking out sunglasses: If you can • see your eyes through the lenses, the glasses are not dark enough. Look for a gray tint lens, which causes the least distortion of colors.
Cover the sharp tips of bamboo or metal stakes • (often used for tomato or climbing plants) with plastic wire nuts to prevent an accidental puncture wound.
If eye injury occurs, apply these emergency care procedures and then seek treatment immediately from an eye care professional or at a hospital emergency room:
For chemical splashes such as battery acid or paint thinner, flood the eye non-stop with clean water for 15 minutes to dilute or remove the chemical. For alkaline burns (such as lime, lye, ammonia, plaster of Paris, or fireworks powder), irrigate the eye for 30 minutes. After thoroughly washing out the eye, seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
For blows to the eye from a blunt object, lightly apply a cold compress; do not attempt to wash, rub or apply pressure, even to stop blood flow.
For penetrating injuries, bandage lightly.If an object is stuck in the eye, leave it there and
seek treatment.For foreign material in the eye, do not rub. Lift the
upper eyelid outward and pull it down over the lower lashes. This will cause tears, which can flush the foreign matter out. If not, seek treatment.
Last but not least, remember to have an eye examination every year or two. Protect your vision so that you may enjoy the splendor of your garden for many years to come.
Julie Danielson, an optometric physician, is available by appointment at 899-2020.
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Applegate Valley is blessed to have a truly unique resource: our very own community park on the banks of the Applegate River. Cantrall Buckley Park is a real gem in that it gives us a place for groups and families to enjoy picnicking, swimming, and camping, with full recreational access to our river.
Have you ever looked at the park’s entrance sign? It says: “Managed by your Neighbors.” A lot of folks think that it’s operated like other Jackson County parks. Until three years ago, the County did provide some money to help with major maintenance. Now, the park receives some money from the state tax on RVs, and last year that covered about 40 percent of park operations. The rest is funded entirely by user fees. That means WE fund the park. How did this arrangement come about?
Well, back in the summer of 1996, the county closed the park because of funding issues (sound familiar?). The plan was to sell off the land. That would have left us without a park and without river access. A small group of concerned citizens came together to save the 88-acre park. Throughout that summer, these dedicated volunteers kept the lawns mowed and performed minor maintenance to keep the park in usable shape. The next year these folks formed a non-profit organization that formally took over management of the park. This group eventually became the nucleus of the Greater Applegate Community Development Corporation (GACDC). A committee of the GACDC consisting of five Applegate residents has been running the park ever since. From user fees, the park hires a full-time resident caretaker, Rick Barclay. Rick is assisted in the summer by a part-time maintenance man and by a paid campground host.
Occasionally, the park receives assistance from grant monies that are chased down by the park committee. This is how major improvements to the park are funded. Recent successes have been the state-of-the art natural wastewater treatment system, brand new campground restrooms, and improved water lines. These improvements were made with support from Oregon Parks and Recreation, the BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, and Jackson County. Last year a grant from the Four Way Community Foundation allowed the park to buy new picnic table frames. The committee is currently trying to find a way to fund RV hookups for a much-needed campground expansion that would improve cash flow
and attract tourist spending in the valley.There are also many very mundane
projects that are begging for funds. As examples, the park’s road system is deteriorating, BBQ grills need replacement, playground equipment must be brought up to standard, pavilion roofs require repairs, and the picnic area restrooms require remodeling.
All of this costs money. Right now, the park takes in barely enough to stay viable. Last year, Rick trimmed expenses for operating the park as much as possible, down to about $70,000 compared with $77,000 the year before Park user fees taken in over the year added up to a little less than $42,000. When added to the RV money from the state, there wasn't much left over to keep things running for the winter. As you can see, there’s not a lot of leeway there. As Rick says, “ The only reason we’re still open is because nothing drastic has occurred.”
Okay, you ask, ‘So how can I help?’ It’s really very simple: PLEASE USE THE PARK! The park committee tries to keep the user fees as low as possible.
A day pass costs $4.00 per vehicle. • The park is open all year.A season pass costs just $20.00, or • $10.00 for seniors over 65, and is good for the entire year. These passes go
on sale May 1st. Previous passes, shown in the accompanying photo are designed by students at the Applegate and Ruch Schools.
There are • four reservable areas ideal for weddings, family
reunions, or organization picnics. These areas have picnic tables and barbecue grills. There are horseshoe pits, volleyball nets, and one area has a covered pavilion. Reservations are made through Jackson County Parks, but the reservation money goes straight to the park. Call 541-774-8183.A campground site costs only $12 per • night. The group campground can be rented for $65 for the first night and $50 per night after that. The campground is open from May 1st to the end of September.
Of course, tax-deductible donations would also be very appreciated. To contribute, please call or send a check to:
GACDC, P.O. Box 3107, Applegate OR 97530. We’ll mail you a proper receipt.
The GACDC loves to have additional volunteer help. A clean-up is on Wednesday, July 6 at 9:00am.
And, if you’d like to participate with ideas, you’re welcome to attend our park committee meetings. For more information, call us at 541-245-4741.
Cantrall Buckley: Your Community Park
TALENT Jacksonville Elementary is exploding with talent! Our March Talent Show featured nearly 20% of our student body, showcasing a wide range of talents including piano, electric guitar, band, singing, dancing, martial arts, jumping rope and even the egg-frying skills of Chef Jakie Hubbert! Jackosnville’s five-girl band “The Blank Notes” closed the night, performing a rock version of our school song and dedicating it to our outstanding music teacher, Wendi Stanek. Special thanks to Mrs. Stanek and Theresa and Sean McCoy for making the show a great success.
ART Last month, Jacksonville held its annual Student Art Exhibition. Many thanks go to the students, staff and volunteers who work together to experience art education. Special thanks to event coordinators Christin Sherbourne and Erin Thomas as well as the media chair, Prima Bohall. Also, thanks to the Art Committee which coordinated art instruction throughout the school year: Angie McCoy, Cristie Fairbanks, Tom Espinosa and Jessica Diaz.
FUN RUN On Tuesday, April 5th, (after school) students and parents are invited to walk or run a short course through the neighborhoods around Jacksonvillle Elementary School in
preparation for the Mayor’s Cup 1-mile Fun Run. (Saturday, April 9th at 8am). Go Pioneers!
ViSiTiNG AUTHOR Prolific author, Deborah Hopkinson will visit our school on Friday, April 29th. She will conduct a workshop with students and discuss several of her books. Ms. Hopkinson is the author of over 40 children’s books including Apples to Oregon, Sky Boys, and Abe Lincoln Crosses the Creek. The PTO is very excited to sponsor her visit and provide this enriching experience for students.
WRiTERS’ FESTiVAL More writing enthusiasts are needed to serve as moderators at our school-wide Writers’
Festival which will be held on Tuesday, May 31st at 6:30pm. Please contact Amy Kranenburg at [email protected] or Sandy Metwally at sandy.metwally@
gmail.com if you would be willing to participate. Moderators will faciliatate small-group discussions among 10-12 writers of all grade levels. Each student will submit a favorite piece of writing to be featured during the discissions. Please support our young authors!
VOLUNTEERS Jacksonville Elementary volunteers give more hours and service than any other volunteers in the district. Thank you so much to the many parents, grandparents, friends and community organizations who contribute to our school. Special thanks to the Jacksonville Lions Club for its recent help with the Art Show and school Spelling Bee.
Spring is here, and for many people in Southern Oregon that means it is time to prepare for the allergy season. With the flowers beginning to bloom and the grass being cut, there are all kinds of particulates in the air that will make us run to the pharmacy to stock up on allergy pills. However, for some people the allergy season is not just during the spring and summer months, it can last all year long, and their indoor air quality (IAQ) could be to blame.
It is no secret that there is a concern about the air pollution outside of our homes, but there is a growing concern about the quality of our indoor air as well. Studies by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have shown that in some cases the air inside homes has been many times more polluted than the air outside (epa.gov/iaq). Indoor air can be tainted by pollutants such as smoke, combustion fuel sources, mold, cleaning products,
and those are just a few of the potential issues that could be in your home. High levels of hazardous pollutants indoors can lead to sick building syndrome, allergies, respiratory problems such as asthma, and other health consequences.
There are three strategies that I would recommend for improving indoor air quality: eliminate pollutant sources, improve ventilation, and have a whole home air-cleaning device installed into your heating and cooling system. The best thing you can do is to have your home tested to find any issues and start working on improvements to your home.
You may not be able to control the pollution levels outside of your home, but you can control the air quality inside. I hope this helps you breathe a little easier.
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The Jacksonville Review Page 29April 2011
HomeWorxby Cheryl von Tress
Blossoms appearing on trees and shrubs. Bulbs showing off their long-hidden beautiful faces. Rain
showers creating reflective pools and puddles. Spring is here!
Spring cleaning rituals can be a time to make a few changes in home style and functioning. So, characteristic of the divergent thinker than I am, here’s a bit of this and that to place in your idea pantry.
PRODUCTS I LOVEMeyer’s® Clean Day Counter Spray
and Clean Day Surface Scrub. Why? The essential oils in these products provide natural antibacterial and antiseptic qualities to my cleaning. AND, they WORK and smell wonderful. The spray cleanser also softens baked-on foods which eases kitchen pot and pan cleaning. Not fretting about breathing or absorbing chemicals as I clean? That’s a great bonus. The vintage labels in contemporary colors are fun, too. Method® products are my second favorites.
Clorox® (my friends are thinking, “Cheryl said ‘Clorox?!!!’”) Glass Works or Natural Directions® Glass & Multi-surface Cleaner (available at Ray’s Food Place). Why? Virtually no streaks, even if I use paper towels. This is an affordable dishwasher rinse aid, too!
Woodpecker® Hardwood & Laminate Floor Cleaner (available at No Frills Flooring on Rossanley Road). I buy the concentrate and re-mix – lasts forever. This cleans our bamboo floors just great and dries quickly.
TIPS FROM THE PROSWindow and plate mirror cleaning got a
lot easier when I began using a squeegee! For large glass surfaces, I lightly mist the surface then draw the squeegee, wipe the blade and repeat until finished. Then, a quick polish with a lint-free rag or paper towel. P.S. I use short and long blade squeegees.
OUTDOORSGutter cleaning – best left to a pro,
unless you’re very agile and want to use a leaf blower from atop the roof and clean up the mess in the yard! Some people use a garden hose to direct water into the gutter and force the leaves out.
Concrete, deck and fence cleaning – Simple Green® Concrete & Driveway Cleaner and Deck & Fence Cleaner (Ace Hardware and Bi-Mart). Biodegradable, non-toxic (keep our creek water safe!) and good for use in pressure washing equipment.
REAL SIMPLE TOUCHESSituation: you want temporary
seasonal changes without investing in new goods. Affordable and pretty fabrics for Springtime decor can be found at Jeannette’s Fabrics (Central Point), Craft Warehouse, and Joann. A simple pillow
cover can be made by wrapping and ruching (multi-layer soft folds) the pillow, tying off the ends with ribbon or cording and then trimming the ends with scissors or pinking shears.
Want a more tailored look? Drape the pillow with fabric, mark where you want edges, iron fabric into shape and then apply Vel-cro® tabs or strips to a pocket fold on the back. Add a contrasting or complementary band for added flair – simply fold the band to size, iron
(or sew) the edges and then attach at the back. Fusible tape is also helpful with this project, easy to iron on.
TIME SAVERSIf you use plastic trash bags, place the
box at the bottom of your container under the refuse bag. Then, when you remove the trash, the next bag is readily available.
Store cleaning products in each room – no more running through the house for the cleansers you need. So much easier to ‘clean on the run’ when you have five minutes to spare.
Don’t forget to wear your string of pearls and pumps, girlfriends! Play some Rat Pack, reggae or salsa tunes! Grab your partner and dance your way to a re-freshened home.
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Cheryl von Tress Design works with clients in Southern Oregon and Northern California, specializing in homes, offices, cafes & gardens. Cheryl can be reached at 541.899.2824 or www.cvtdesign.vpweb.com.
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There is so much to learn about beer. It’s a universal beverage that has been around for literally ever. Those of us in the Valley know that there is high quality beer available in Oregon, including several local brewers offering their beers fresh on draught.
Considering Beer is a new column in the Review that is designed to educate, encourage you to consider beer, and bust myths. Beer, like wine, is a highly popular fermented beverage that’s always best fresh and enjoyed responsibly. I started Women Enjoying Beer to address the 50.9% of the human population that is female – yet only 27% of them engage in beer. Why is that? We’re here to find out and increase the conversation about beer. When we’re all in on the conversation, we all make progress. Feel very free to tell me what you are interested in learning about.
One way to learn more about your beer is to educate yourself. There are several high quality publications that can help you increase your beer enjoyment through increased knowledge. A few
of my favorites are magazines like All About Beer and The New Brewer (trade magazine). I’d also recommend online sites like Craftbeer.com and BrewPublic.com. They’re diplomatic, thought-provoking, fun, cover a wide range of topics swirling around beer, and feature knowledgeable accomplished writers.
Another avenue for education is to seek out movies and programs centered on beer. Beer Wars is a documentary film coming up that will be shown in the valley during American Craft Beer Week. Mark your calendars to join us and learn more about beer. Another opportunity will be Herstory: Women In Brewing (free talk + beer tasting following program) will be given as well at Louie’s in Ashland May 1st. It’s an herstorical walk through history (hint: the majority of brewers the world over are women! Come find out more.)
Education, beer, and friends. What a great combination for considering beer. Movie details: Beer Wars will be shown Thursday May 19th at Callahan’s Mountain Lodge, Ashland OR. Tickets can be purchased at WomenEnjoyingBeer.com/events until May 13th to secure seats.
American Craft Beer Week, May 16th- 22nd, everywhere USA.
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You are just in time for a tax-deductable donation to our Jacksonville Thrift Store at the corner of Oregon and Main Streets. Bag or box those items that no longer fit your family nor fit your crowded storage spaces. As all things in Jacksonville, the Thrift Store is making some transitions looking toward the younger generation.
Toy box and kids’ closets… Remember to check their storage space as well. We need more kids’ items donated to fill our wish list. If you have toys, puzzles, games, children’s books, young child or youth clothing and accessories that are in good condition, and are outgrown or just taking up your much needed space; we would love to have the donation.
Books… Have you come in lately to browse our large variety of used books? New titles, authors, and genre are added to our shelves daily for an unbelievably low purchase price. Book donations are always welcome, as well.
We also carry an interesting selection of jewelry, adult clothing, house wares, artwork, decorative items, and stationery.
Store Open for shopping or dropping off donations. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm.
All donations are greatly appreciated. Proceeds from sales help support community agencies and activities.
For more information, please contact Viola Davis 541 899-8019.
Unclutter Your Space – Donate to our Thrift Store!
The Jacksonville ReviewPage 30 April 2011
We are lucky to live in a sustainable area where you can purchase a lamb from a local farmer. Wanting to create something to use
the ground meat from the local lamb we purchased, this Moroccan recipe came to mind.
This recipe is quick and easy, perfect for a weeknight dinner, or elegant enough to make for a dinner party. The best part is you can make this all ahead of time and just reheat and serve. If you don't have lamb or don't like it, you may substitute beef, it's the blend of Moroccan spices that make this so special.
Roasted Vidalia Onion stuffed with Moroccan-Spiced Lamb & Cherries
(Serves 4)4 Large Vadalia Onions Peeled and cored1 lb. Ground Lamb2 teaspoons Garam Masala2 teaspoons Curry Powder3 Tablespoons Harissa Paste or powderSea Salt and Black Pepper½ cup dried cherriesOlive oil1 cup Panko Bread crumbs2 Tablespoons dried Oregano
Peel the onions and cut off the stem end so the onion sits flat on a surface. Core the onion by slicing off the top and scooping out the inside until you have about 2-4 layers on the outside of the onion left. Use a mellon baller or grapefruit spoon for this. Finely chop the removed pieces from the inside of the onion and reserve. Place onion “shells” on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover with foil and bake at 350F until soft, but not mushy about 15-20 minutes.
Mix the ground lamb with the spices and cherries.Heat olive oil in skillet. Add reserved onions and cook
until soft (approximately 5-7 minutes). When onion is opaque, add the lamb and cook until done. Drain the oil from the pan and reserve the lamb mixture. Taste, and adjust the seasoning if desired.
Stuff the onions with the lamb mixture, sprinkle with the Panko and Oregano and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350F or until the onions become caramelized and the bread crumbs are brown.
Serve with Cucumber Raita
Cucumber Raita
1 large cucumber peeled, seeded and chopped small
1 Cup Greek Yogurt or Crème Fraiche2 teaspoons lime juice1 teaspoon garam masala1 Tablespoon green onion chopped fine2 Tablespoons Chopped Mint2 Tablespoons cilantrosea salt – to taste
Mix all the ingredients together and refrigerate until use. Taste, then add salt to taste.
Happy Cooking Everyone!
The Review recommends pairing with this Cricket Hill wine which is available at Jacksonville Mercantile.
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Thanks to a number of improvements made in recent months to the Jacksonville Oddfellows Hall, the
Food & Friends meal site housed there is all the more welcoming for the seniors who come to have lunch and take advantage of visiting with their peers.
Materials for a new kitchen floor were kindly donated to the Oddfellows by a generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous. Our Meal Site Manager (who is also affiliated with the Oddfellows), Ileane, said that the new floor looks beautiful and makes a huge difference. She and the other members of the Oddfellows were grateful for the flooring materials, which were installed in early March. Food & Friends, being housed in this building, is also very appreciative of the improvement to the facilities.
Other recent changes include freshly-painted walls and ceiling courtesy of the Jacksonville Booster’s Club, with additional work done by several Food & Friends volunteers. The newly-painted walls are now adorned with lovely paintings and prints on loan from local artist and Food & Friends volunteer Mae Wygant.
Last but most certainly not least, the latest development is the addition of live entertainment. We are pleased to announce that we will now be hosting live
music on the fourth Tuesday of each month between 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The style is Country Western, and while much of the music featured is from the 1940’s, there is also
plenty of music mixed in from other decades. Homer Meeds, formerly of the band The Rogue Drifters, rounds-out the guitar-playing trio that includes Dean and Doris Adams. Although the group doesn’t yet have a band name, Homer said we can look forward to old-time favorites like “Faded Love,” made famous by Patsy Cline, as well as a variety of lively dance songs and other well-known favorites.
Senior lunches are served daily, Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM and there is a suggested donation of $2.75 per meal for those aged 60 or older. In addition, depending on availability, Costco often donates bakery items which are made available to seniors who come in for lunch on Wednesdays. If you are age 60+, come on down and join us for a tasty, nutritious lunch and a place where you can visit with some nice folks, all while enjoying fun music and a friendly atmosphere.
A “feral” cat is defined as the "wild" offspring of a domestic cat. Generally speaking, feral cats are a result of pet owners abandoning or failing to spay and neuter their pets. This failure to spay and neuter pet cats and allowing uncontrolled breeding is the major contributor to the feral cat population everywhere, including Jacksonville.
Cats can become sexually active at six months of age and produce 2 to 3 liters of kittens a year! A single breeding pair of cats and their offspring can produce 420,000 cats over a 7 year period, which can lead to an overwhelming population of cats in a very short period time. In fact, feral cats could quickly outnumber people in Jacksonville. You may have noticed feral cat colonies living around parks, alleys, and our historic buildings.
So, what can be done about the feral cat population problem in Jacksonville? One program, the Trap-Neuter-Release (or TNR) program is the most cost effective and humane way of controlling and stabilizing the population of feral cats. TNR programs involve the use of live traps to humanely trap a cat and transport it to a veterinarian who will alter the cat (remove the ovaries and uterus of female cats and the testicles of male cats) and then return it to the location where it was trapped. This can be done safely in kittens as young as 8 weeks old. Post-surgery, most cats recover fully and
return to their normal function in 36 hours. The goal of TNR programs is to stabilize feral cat colony populations and keep the number of cats at a manageable level. An added benefit of altering feral cats is that doing so reduces bad behavior associated with mating – that annoying roaming, spraying and fighting in tom cats, for example. Reduced fighting and mating also helps reduce the spread of diseases among feral cat populations such as feline leukemia and feline aids viruses.
Because feral cat populations can grow rapidly if left uncontrolled, the spread of diseases such as rabies and parasites impacts humans, as well. Rabies can be spread to humans through saliva and bites from an infected animal. Intestinal parasites, such as roundworms, carried by feral cats and spread through fecal waste, can also be a threat to people, especially children. Feral cats typically eliminate in lawns, flower beds and gardens. Children playing outside are then exposed to the infected feces and are at risk for becoming infected with roundworms. Roundworm infection in children can lead to blindness.
In Jackson County, residents can turn to SNYP (Spay and Neuter Your Pets). SNYP offers assistance with trapping and low cost spaying and neutering of feral cats. For more information on their programs or to make a donation, visit their website at www.spayneuter.org or call 541-858-3325.
Feral Cats in Jacksonville by Dr. Darla Jochum
It's Lamb-tastic!
The Jacksonville Review Page 31April 2011
Happy spring! It’s in the air, for sure!
Another thing in the air is birds. I get rather fixated on birds lately – especially big ones that
are flying REALLY high in the sky. If I’m in the house and see them “up there” through our sliding glass doors, I go a little nuts. I jump up and down, bark and whine – just to let my folks know that there’s something above our house that COULD pose a threat. Even though these creatures are about a mile up in the sky – I can SEE them.
I also stare at those large, flying birds when out walking. I have discovered that this can be hazardous, because when my eyes and nose are pointed skywards, I can’t see where I’m going. As a result, I fall in holes, down embankments and most embarrassingly, I almost ran into a mailbox pole the other day. Mom does try to warn me, but I am a really stubborn dog. When I set my sights on something – look out.
The huge storm that hit our town last week was very exciting…the best part? There were tons of branches, twigs and moss all over our street. So, walking was such
a treat. Not able to decide on which stick was the BEST one, I lunged from stick to stick to branch all over the street. Mom, who was on the other end of the leash, wasn’t too pleased about being yanked all over the place. She said something about her shoulder out of its socket...She’s fine – just a bit of a whiner.
Speaking of that storm – the downside was it was a little scary (not to mention power-outages, downed trees and damaged houses). I went out with my mom on the deck the wind was howling (she had to retrieve an outside carpet that was flying around and wrecking havoc on the gazebo). While she was battling the wind and the rain, the umbrella took off and smashed the glass table to smithereens. Wow! That totally freaked me out! Mother Nature sure is humbling…and this is nothing compared to the events in Japan.
My readers probably need a change from hearing all about my little issues and events, so if you have a quirk or something to share, please email me at [email protected]. I hate to think I am alone in my …ummm…situations!
‘Til next time!Annie
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In 2010 and early 2011, Oregon has identified numerous cases of animal rabies in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, including several cases of rabies in a coyote, foxes and a goat. Other than this geographic cluster, bats are the primary carriers of rabies in Oregon.
If you are bitten by any animal—even a household pet—and especially if the bite is from a wild animal, such as a bat, it is important to consult with your health care provider. According to the law, dogs, cats or ferrets that bite humans should be quarantined for 10 days. If any other animal bites a human, euthanasia and rabies testing of the animal is recommended.
Vaccinating pets (dogs, cats and ferrets) against rabies protects them and provides a “buffer zone” between humans and rabid wild animals. Oregon law requires all dogs to be vaccinated against rabies as early as three months of age. The state does not currently require cats to be vaccinated against rabies, however it is strongly recommended for reasons listed later in this article. Oregon law requires unvaccinated pets (dogs, cats, ferrets) that may have been in contact with rabid animals (such as bats) to be quarantined for six months or euthanized. The contact animal, such as a bat, is considered rabid unless it is tested and is negative.
Vaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to a rabid animal should be revaccinated immediately, kept under the owner's control, and observed for 45 days. Any illness in an isolated or confined animal should be
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Nationally, twice as many cats as dogs are reported to have rabies each year, which is why it’s important to vaccinate your cats for rabies. Cats are natural predators and may be attracted to bats, which could be rabid. Cats come into contact with bats far more often than other pets and, if not vaccinated, may have to be euthanized after such contact.
Bats play an important role in the ecosystem, especially in controlling insects at night. Bats emerge from hibernation in early spring and remain active until late fall; they are most active in warm weather. Most often, humans are exposed to rabies by picking up a seemingly injured bat. If you find a bat during daylight hours, it is most likely unhealthy and should be avoided. Anyone bitten by a bat should be vaccinated for rabies immediately if the bat is not available for testing. Cats increase this risk by playing with bats and taking them into homes. If you are scratched or bitten by a bat, immediately clean the wound. If the bat has been captured, do not crush the bat or throw it away, as intact bats can be tested for rabies, which can avoid post exposure rabies shots.
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The first reason to file is that there are “fail to file” penalties. If a tax return is filed late and has tax due, then, in addition to interest and “fail-to-pay” penalties, a “fail-to-file” penalty can be assessed. This penalty can be substantial if your return is very (years) late. If you have a very good reason for the lateness, you can petition for waiver of the penalty, but only after you have paid all of tax.
The second reason to file your tax returns on time, is that if you don’t file your return, the IRS may do it for you. Today, almost all wages, interest earned, brokerage information, and 1099 income amounts are reported to the IRS. In 2012, that reporting will become even more extensive. Unless you have a cash business, the IRS already knows how much money you made. If you do not file, eventually the IRS computer will look at your income and create a “Substitute For Return”. If a refund is due, the IRS
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The third reason to file your tax returns on time is that it starts the clock ticking. In most cases, there is a ten year time limit to collect federal income taxes owed. The clock starts when the return is filed. A tax return filed during February or March has a file date of April 15. If you don’t file, the ten year time limit clock does not start until you do file.
So the bottom line is that it is in your best interest to file your tax returns, whether you can pay the tax due by April 15 or not. Filing an extension by April 15 can preserve your ability to file on time. The IRS still expects that you pay your tax owed or the best estimate of the tax owed by April 15 to avoid penalties.
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gardens in England. Two hundred years ago, flowering currant paid for David Douglas’s plant hunting trip along the West Coast. Douglas was a Scottish botanist, one of the great plant hunters. He brought these plants to England where they became very popular. Plant hunters have brought back plants and seeds from the four corners of the world – the story of plant hunters is a story unto itself.” For the first three years, the Arboretum was a one-man show. “But more help was needed to make this Arboretum successful. Help came from Jim Marin, our local graphic designer, who designed our handsome and very informative brochure. Then three
helpers started coming every Wednesday morning – Dick Ames, Ed Rova, and Tony Hess. They continue to come along with Will Naumann and John Isaak, unstintingly caring for the plants.”
Alan, who has plant collecting permits from both the BLM and the Forestry Service, continues to add more plants each year. “Creating the Beekman Arboretum has been a wonderful journey. To quote a Chinese proverb, ‘A garden where one may enter in and forget the whole world cannot be made in a week nor a month, nor a year. It must be planned for, waited for, and loved into being.’”
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gardeners, schools, church groups, youth and community organizations, businesses, individuals, families….all can make a difference in their community and in the life of someone who is experiencing hunger.
While so many individuals and families must grapple with difficult choices on how best to allocate their limited financial resources, there is one experience no one
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Where is Steven de Jaray? His 6,500-square-foot house in Eagle Harbor in West Vancouver, B.C., sold for $6.2 million late last year. He then moved out.
People working with de Jaray say he is in Asia starting a bulk wine business. Andrew Powley, a winemaker hired by de Jaray in 2010, recently returned from Hong Kong. De Jaray may also be launching a new label called Portrait.
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Although de Jaray still has a color-copy of Footstone Jive’s pinup-girl logo taped to his Medford office front door,
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The DeBoers say they haven’t seen de Jaray in awhile. Still, de Jaray is their first choice as a tenant. During phone interviews on July 30 and again on March 18, Alan DeBoer, a board member of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, praised de Jaray and his business ideas.
“I do like his concept and direction,” said Alan DeBoer. “He would be good for the wine industry. He’s colorful, kind of like Donald Trump.”
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