Illinois Valley High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Cave Junction, OR)

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The Heat Is On! The start of the 1987 school year was not picture perfect. Forest fires, school budget levy defeats, no school busing, ond the threat of school board recoil distracted our focus from the usual concerns of the start of o new school year. One week before school began, lightening starred fires oil over Oregon. One of those fires was located above Tokilmo in the Longwood Complex. Although this fire ultimately scorched 10,000 ocres it only burned 1 residence ond there were no severe injuries. The fire storered lore on the evening of August 31 ond was finally controlled on September 9. Approximately 3,000 firefighters were shipped in from oil over the coun- try to fight the scattered fires in Southern Oregon. Tokilmo pulled together os o community to save their neighbor's homes. Many of the Tokilmo residents were asked to evacuate for safety reasons bur were able to return before school started. However, while the volley was blanketed in smoke ond the Tokilmo residents were busy evacuating their homes, there wos yet another concern. Earlier in the year, our school board decided that should the final levy vote foil, the current level of education would be moinroined and that busing would be eliminated if the choice hod to be mode. Voters were given two chances, bur foiled to pass the tax levy. The final vote wos the first held with moil-in ballots ond o surprising 77% of the voters participated. This levy foiled ond we were without buses for the first three weeks of school. Lock of transportation caused hardship for many students. Some traveled up to 30 miles a day to school. . . Students and community members from the county schools gathered at Hidden Volley to voice their opinions. Brian Proerr shows his support of activities with o balloon. of struggle The smoke mode by the various fires, often coused the sun to be on erie red. This picture reflects the mood of those few smokey weeks. Intro

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ILLINOIS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LAUREL AND RIVER STREETS CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON 97520 503-592-2116 ENROLLMENT: 410 CONTENTS ( 6 STUDENT LIFE A A ■ 24 ACADEMICS 36 INDIVIDUALS includes oil new MAGAZINE” ' SPORTS Ma 06 CLUBS A oc 1 ADS INDEX

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Towering columns of smoke rise above Rough and Ready Mill. Shortly after the fire started this scene provided o view of the things to come. Two signs warning of the fire danger, didn't stop noture os o little under 10,000 acres were burned above Tokilmo. Intro