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Monday, June 30, 2014

Family Vision Conference

Today is the LAST day to receive raffle tickets with your registration! Register now to receive THREE tickets!

http://www.familyvisionconference.com/

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Classical conversations

From Sarah Ochs:

Hi, my name is Sarah Ochs and I will be holding an information meeting at me home (1876 Roberts Rd Medford, OR 97504) this Monday June 30 at 6:30 p.m. Come and join me and see how Classical Conversations can help you as you homeschool your Junior High Student.

Monday, June 23, 2014

My Top 5 Ways to save money at the Jackson Co fair!

My updated list for 2014!

Looking for ways to save money at the fair? Here's my TOP 5 LIST:
#5~ PARKING
Regular parking fee: $4 at the fairgrounds
SAVE by parking for FREE at Crater High School and taking the shuttle over for $1/person (roundtrip). Of course, this is only a savings for groups of less than 4. Large family? Go ahead and park at the fairgrounds for $4/vehicle.
Parking at the fair is now FREE on FRIDAY (7/18) thanks to the Coquille Indian Tribe, and The Mill Casino

#4~ RIDE TICKETS
Regular price for ride tickets is somewhere around $1 each and you usually need between 3-5 tickets per ride, if I'm not mistaken. (We don't do a lot of rides, if any, when we go.)
SAVE by buying an all day unlimited rides wristband for the earlybird price of $25 (at the fair, it's $30), available at the fair office, Sherm's Thunderbird, or Food 4 Less. Looking to save more? Skip the rides all together! There's still plenty to see and do :)

#3~ FOOD
Fair food is a wide variety of overpriced fried "delicacies", but if you're like my family, there's that one treat you look forward to each year.
SAVE by eating a full meal at home! Keep your eyes open for the FREE water cups available to stay hydrated.  And when the time comes, only buy that "must have" treat...and share it! (Not recommended for ice cream cones, if that's your thing!)

By the way, if you want French fries, the basket of fries in the food court is a HUGE amount for 4 people to share and only a couple bucks. Just grab plenty of napkins!

#2~ ADMISSION
Regular adult admission: $10 per day
*NEW THIS YEAR*Kids 12 & Under: FREE!!
Seniors (Ages 62-74): $6
Ages 75 & Over: Free
Sunday is FREE Admission for everyone!​
The good news is they are offering Pre-Fair tickets fir only $9, available at the Fair Office, Food 4 Less, and Thunderbird.
For my family of 4, with only one "child", that means $27-30 right at the gate (plus the $4 to park!). If you have a larger family or plan to spend all day, this will eat up your funds real fast!
Which leads me to...

My #1 way to save money at the fair-
be a part of the fun!
GET A FREE ADMISSION TICKET by entering an open class exhibit! Children under 17 have to enter a minimum of 1 junior open class exhibit to get their FREE admission ticket, adults must enter at least 3 to get theirs. But HURRY! You only have until 5pm this Friday, June 27th to get your ENTRY FORM turned in!

Feel free to share YOUR tips for saving money at the fair!

For more Jackson Country Fair information, visit: http://www.attheexpo.com/Page.asp?NavID=30

Monday, June 9, 2014

Homeschool 101 Q &A

YOU'RE INVITED!
The HS Gathering, in conjunction with the TEACH homeschool group of Grants Pass, are hosting an Homeschool 101 Facebook party on Friday, June 27th at 7 pm. Bring your homeschooling questions and invite your friends!

For more info, email HSG at hsgathering"at"gmail.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thehsgathering

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Used Shoe Drive- DONATIONS NEEDED

From Kimberly Little:

Valley View Pathfinder Shoe Drive: http://youtu.be/fWp61cMe7lk

I would like to put out a challenge for all my friends, our Valley View Pathfinders are doing a used shoe drive and we are in need of 3000 pairs of shoes by the end of this month! If you would like to check with your local churches, businesses, and any other place you can think of, maybe they can all help us reach our goal. We will not be able to complete our goal without your help!! We would so greatly appreciate it. The shoes will help families in third world countries and it also will help our kids get to their International Camporee in Oshkosh, WI in August! Please help us!!!!! Please let me know if you are up for the challenge. Let me know what churches are willing to help, etc.

For more info, or to make a donation, please contact Kimberly at littlek"at"wwdb.org

Thanks!

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

JCHE USED CURRICULUM SALE

JCHE USED CURRICULUM SALE! JCHE Used Curriculum Sale will be held on Saturday, June 21st from 9:00am to 2:00pm, with the 1/2 price sale from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. The location of the Curriculum Fair is at West Main Church of Christ, 1701 W. Main St., Medford. Come and buy, or sign up to sell! Books that are to be sold will need to be brought to the location between 2:00 and 7:00 on Friday, June 20th. We are going to be doing this the way we have done in some previous years where you will label all your books and have inventory sheets with them. All the books are to be labeled with REMOVABLE labels - Avery labels #5436, which are 1" x 3" that are to be cut in half. If you are interested in selling, you must also volunteer for a 2 hour shift. Call Debbie Ripley or Sally Boerman for more information and to sign up to sell and for a position to work at the Used Curriculum Sale. Debbie Ripley - 541-535-3992 or email billdeb4him@yahoo.com or Sally Boerman - 530-842-6553 or email her at hillsdrv@yahoo.com. (Note that Sally lives in Northern California and her phone area code is similar to Portland’s!) ( Until June 9th, call or email Sally first, as Debbie is out of town.) The Used Curriculum Sale information packet is now available to download at JCHEnews.com, or call Debbie Ripley to get one from her. TABLES NEEDED! Do you have any size tables to donate for use that day? If so, they will need to be brought to West Main by noon on Friday, June 20th. Please label them clearly with your name and phone number. Just contact Sally if you can help!