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56 °F Forecast | Road Cams Saturday, April 30, 2005 Today's News | Shop Our Valley | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery | Contact Us SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend April 29, 2005 SOHS will get a festive welcome ‘home’ Jacksonville throws a party as the historical society moves offices By SANNE SPECHT Mail Tribune JACKSONVILLE — The Southern Oregon Historical Society and the city of Jacksonville will co-host a "Welcome Back to Jacksonville" party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jacksonville Museum of Southern Oregon History. Mayor Jim Lewis will welcome SOHS back to town on behalf of the city. Live music by the Dixieland Fat Cats will provide the background for myriad activities including gold panning, log cabin building and face painting. The three-hour festival is being held to celebrate the society’s decision to relocate its administrative offices from downtown Medford to the Jacksonville Museum grounds, says Harley Patrick, SOHS public relations officer. Volunteers will play famous Southern Oregon historical figures for the event, says Patrick. "Peter Britt will be there," Patrick says. "And we believe the Beekmans will be there, too." Advertisement Steve Wyatt, curator of collections and exhibits for SOHS, says while the museum located at Fifth and C streets in Jacksonville will become home for the organization’s administrative offices, Medford will retain the reference and library materials. "The constituency in Medford wants a presence (in town)," he says. The society’s library and collections will remain at its current location in the old JC Penney building at Sixth Street and Central Avenue "for the time being," Wyatt says. Meanwhile, other possible Medford locations are currently being reviewed by Director John Enders, says Wyatt. Also appearing in Jacksonville on Saturday is mime and circus art performer Jill Fjeldheim. Fjeldheim will play the accordion while performing on stilts. Admission is free to both the Jacksonville Museum and the Children’s Museum during event hours, says Jacksonville Museum site manager Eric Peters. Peters says he and the construction crews are hard at work on the consolidation effort. Having SOHS administrative offices in Jacksonville "puts us all under the same roof," says Peters. While Adroit Construction continues to remodel the buildings in the back of the museum, Peters is busy getting ready for Saturday’s celebration. "I just shampooed all the rugs," says Peters. Reach reporter Sanne Specht at 776-4497 or e-mail [email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Free Music Downloads Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Online Poker Slippers Student Loans Tatoo tcg student loan consolidation teleconferencing Website Design & Marketing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoos Advertisement s