the Three Rivers Tidings

October 2015

Volume 2, Issue 2

Inside this issue:

Williams Elementary’s “Great Pioneer Round-Up” Jog-a-thon

Williams Jog-a-thon

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Williams Elementary is gearing up for it’s annual “Great Pioneer Round-Up” Jog-a-thon. This year’s event will be held on October 15. Watch the promotional video on youtube.com! Last year’s event raised more than $10,000 to fund field trips, special programs, the annual school play, and the purchase of extended learning materials for all grades.

HVHS Pride

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IVHS Day of Service

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HVHS Photos

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Upcoming Community Events

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Important Dates

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Hey Parents! Did you know… 

October 9 is a Statewide Inservice Day. There are NO CLASSES October 9!

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Three Rivers School District has a Twitter feed! Follow us @3RiversSD or visit our website at threerivers.k12.or.us to view!

If you’d like to help support the Pioneers in their biggest fundraiser of the year, contact office manager Mindi Gallegos at 541-846-7224. Below and right: Photos from the 2014 Great Pioneer Round-Up.

Below: HVHS senior cheerleaders. Right: HVHS students show their pride.

Left: Evergreen Federal Bank sponsored a Hidden Valley HS football game. Evergreen President Jeff Hyde and Vice President Boyd Elkins presented HV Principal Daye Stone with a $5,000 donation to the sports complex.

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IVHS Students Hold 2nd Annual Dan Fiske Memorial Day of Service The 2nd Annual Dan Fiske Memorial Day of Service took place September 25th in Cave Junction. Pioneered by 12th grader Skyla Patton, the service day involves students from Illinois Valley High School teaming up for a half day of community service in Cave Junction. The Illinois Valley High School Leadership class, Josephine County Foundation (JCF), and Hidden Valley Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) partnered to plan this year’s Dan Fiske Memorial Day of Service. Dan Fiske was a former local veterinarian, city councilman, and service oriented person from the Illinois Valley. In memory of Dan, the students of IVHS donated their time to a number of projects. Chris Pendleton, Hidden Valley HS teacher, and Skyla Patton organized the high school work groups.

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The service projects this year included: 1. Rusk Ranch Nature Center—Students completed trail work, rebuilt a fence, and tidied up the pavilion area before getting a brief tour and education on butterflies and the center’s day-to-day activities. 2. Siskiyou Field Institute—Students pulled weeds near the main building and paved paths of the institute. 3. Evergreen Elementary—Students re-painted and finished handrails leading up to two outdoor portables that they had partially worked on last year. 4. Cave Junction Library—Students mulched and helped maintain the garden area in front of the local library by wedding, planting herbs, and moving soils.

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5. Illinois Valley Airport/Smokejumper Base—Students performed manual labor to help maintain the airport surroundings; work included moving rocks and weeding the surrounding areas. (No photo.) 6. Illinois Valley High School On-Campus Clean Up—Students helped clear trash from the school campus. 7. Lorna Byrne Middle School—Lorna Byrne MS students participated in this Day of Service from their campus by writing thank-you cards to veterans and engaging in various craft projects.

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7. Students and volunteers from Josephine County Foundation.

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Left: Students from the HVHS equestrian team present the American flag and their high school flags for the National Anthem before a football game. Below: The Josephine County Foundation sponsored an HV football game. Pictured are (L to R) Frank Ault, Silvia Marr, Chris Pendleton, and Brittni Dumas.

Upcoming Family-Friendly Community Events: 

Fort Vannoy Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch—open daily in October from 11am to 6pm. Activities include corn maze, pumpkin picking, hayrides every weekend, pumpkin cannon, old time tractor show, cow train, zip line, horse drawn wagon rides, and food/drink. Admission to pumpkin patch, hayrides, and old time tractors is FREE; corn maze is $6/person (5 and under free), pumpkins range in price from $.28/lb to .$.45/lb.

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Art Along the Rogue—Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4, 9am to 3pm. Street painting and music festival on “H” Street in downtown Grants Pass. FREE.  Hanley Farm Scarecrow Festival—Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, from 11am to 4pm at 1053 Hanley Road in Central Point. Hayrides, apple bobbing, heritage games, farmhouse tours, photo booth, face painting, and live music. Visitors can also make their own scarecrow and enter it in a contest for prizes (winners announced Oct. 11 at 3pm). Admission is FREE; scarecrow kits are $15 and farmhouse tours are $5.  Mansion of Fear Haunted House—Fridays & Saturdays October 9-24 from 5pm to 10pm. Friday October 30, 5pm to 11pm. Saturday October 31st, 11am to 4pm and 6pm to 11pm. Admission is $5/ person and benefits Brighton Academy.

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The King’s Screech (Stephen King themed Haunted House) - Preview night Thursday, Oct. 22, 6-10pm ($4). Admission to other dates is $5. Oct. 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31. Open 6-11pm Oct. 23, 34, and 29. Open 6-9pm Oct. 29. Open 6-12am Oct. 30 and open 1-4pm & 6-12am Oct. 31. Located in Grants Pass Shopping Center next to Astral Games and Allstate Insurance.

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The Graveyard Tour 2015—Saturday October 24, 4pm and 6pm. Guided tour of the Odd Fellows Cemetery off Foothill Blvd., presented by the Living History Players. $10/adult, $5 ages 12-17, and FREE for under 12.

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Fort Vannoy Farms Haunted Corn Maze—Friday & Saturday, October 30 and 31st from 7pm to 10pm. Presale tickets are $10/person.

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Safe Halloween Downtown—Saturday, October 31, 3pm to 5pm. Begins at Active Home Furnishings on the corner of 6th and G Streets downtown. Safe trick-or-treating at downtown shops. FREE.

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Grants Pass Shopping Center Halloween Festival—Saturday, October 31, 1pm to 4pm. Trick or treating at participating locations, bounce houses, face painting, balloon twisting, and hay rides. Monster Tea Party Costume Contest for kids ages 2-12 at 1:30pm, hosted by Annie the Clown.

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Board Meeting, 6pm at Lincoln Savage MS

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Happy Halloween!

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Three Rivers School District 8550 New Hope Road Grants Pass, OR 97527 Phone: 541-862-3111 www.threerivers.k12.or.us

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