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Reuters News Service || National News || World News || USA Today Gage Johnson, 4, wades in the Applegate River at Cantrall-Buckley County Park. Photo by Jim Craven Sun shines on Cantrall-Buckley Volunteers' efforts keep county park alive By MARK FREEMAN APPLEGATE ­ When Jeanette Stobie used to drive into nearby Cantrall-Buckley County Park, she dutifully put her $3 entry fee in the box at the entrance. But the dutifulness has given way to glee now that park control has shifted from Jackson County ­ which closed the park last summer for lack of funds ­ to a coalition of volunteers determined to keep Cantrall-Buckley open and vibrant. (More...) Good deed makes life tougher Saving life worth cost, woman says By PAUL FATTIG Darlene Renish doesn't consider herself a heroine, just someone who was there when help was needed. But that help ­ giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation to someone who overdosed on drugs ­ has cost the laid-off mill worker a portion of her livelihood. Because of powerful hepatitis B immunoglobulin shots taken to prevent her from being infected, Renish, 42, of Medford, cannot for the next year sell her plasma to supplement her unemployment benefits. (More...) Students and teachers at Evans Valley Elementary School look at the million pennies Friday they collected for school activities. The Oregon National Guard helped out by loaning a truck to take the pennies to the bank. Photo by Bob Pennell Million-penny drive comes up heads Students collect $10,000 for school extras By JONEL ALECCIA ROGUE RIVER ­ Talk about a chunk of change. It took a flatbed truck and the Oregon National Guard Friday to haul away the results of a two-year penny drive at Evans Valley Elementary School, where students sent more than a million pennies ­ some $10,000 in all ­ to the bank. Loaded into cloth bags, the 7,000 pounds of pennies will be tucked away in an account at Valley of the Rogue Bank, to be used for reading programs, technology equipment and other extras, said Denise Fields, school secretary. (More...) Owner of beaten dog Miracle gets 10 days, $200 fine A dog owner arrested when police found his pet nearly dead from abuse was sentenced to 10 days in jail Friday and fined $200. Steven Kendrick, 46, of 1222 W. 10th St., Medford, also was sentenced to two years on probation by Jackson County District Court Judge Mark Schiveley. During that period, the judge ordered, Kendrick may not own a dog. (More...) Since You Asked ... Preserving Whetstone property might pay off If the city of Medford is so anxious to give away the Whetstone property, and if it is not accepted as a prison site, why doesn't the city give it over to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife as an addition to the Denman wildlife refuge? Or the city could give it to the Nature Conservancy so that the old dump site will not be disturbed and the land might be able to heal itself, if possible. ­ Anne W., Central Point (More...) Mail Tribune Home Page