From the mayor’s desk: Meadow Martell

November is upon us and there is a lot going on in our community. Nov. 4 there was a “Friends of Aggie” powwow dance at the Farmers’ Market site. I stopped by and listened to the drummers and watched the dancers attired in traditional clothing. Then, across the street at the Southern Oregon Guild and Art Center there was a well-attended expressive story telling event accompanied by music.
So far on my calendar, I have Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. for the Library Grand Opening and Nov. 9 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for the “Tire Take Back” for people to recycle up to 10 tires. The event will be behind the Chevron Station. No split rims and truck tires, please. At 6 p.m. KXCJ is having a story telling fundraising event at Bridgeview Winery. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1p.m. is the Rough and Ready Botanical Area Dedication. And there are probably other things happening that I have missed so check out the Illinois Valley Web Calendar at https://illinoisvalleyweb.org/calendar. Don’t ever let anybody tell you that Cave Junction is boring!
Cave Junction also has some of the kindest and most helpful people you will find anywhere. Last night I took my old Toyota Tacoma truck to first get some gas and then stop by Grocery Outlet. Everything was just fine until I tried to start the truck to go home. No spark, no nothing?! None of my neighbors answered the phone. It’s 7p.m. on a Sunday night and there I sit in the parking lot wondering what to do next. Out of the dark two different men came and asked me if there was a problem. We tried starting the truck several different times after fiddling with different things under the hood. No luck. So, my knights in plain clothes, Duane and Brian, said hang in there we will tow you over to Chevron. One of them went home to get their big white pickup. Between the two of them they towed my truck over to Chevron. There wasn’t anyone there at that hour to help, so I thought I would just leave the truck there. They said let’s try this first. They took off the distributor and carefully cleaned it (I think I have that right). They put it all back together and the truck started just fine, and everyone went home. Thank you, Brian and Duane. Now that is what I call a caring community.