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WAKE-UP CALL HOLIDAY Most government offices close today for King Day Medford city offices, including municipal court, will be open for business today. But just about everybody else except retail stores will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Federal, state and county offices, schools across the region, most banks and credit unions, and the Post Office will be on holiday. FATAL WRECK Central Point man killed when his car rolls over A 28-year-old Central Point man died Sunday following a 3:34 p.m. rollover accident on Wards Creek Road that left a passenger with minor injuries. Jackson County sheriff's deputies said Ronald Lee Murphy, 1255 Glen Grove Ave., suffered head injuries when the car he was driving went into a ditch, rolled an unknown number of times and landed on its roof. He was pronounced dead at Rogue Valley Medical Center at 6:46 p.m. Passenger Steven Leroy Paul, 42, of Rogue River, suffered cuts and scrapes in the accident but declined medical treatment. Deputies said neither man wore a seatbelt. Alcohol, wet road conditions and speed were factors in the accident, deputies said. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1998, Medford, Oregon USA