Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
SALEM — The year is ending the way it began in Salem, with an aggressive owl going after people. At least two attacks have been reported more than a mile north of a park where joggers were attacked in January, said Julie Curtis, spokeswoman for the Department of State Lands. Dwight French said he was jogging from his office to a parking garage Monday when he felt a bump on the back of his head. He turned around and saw an owl fly into the trees and stare at him. As he crossed a street, th
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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We lost a 20-year-old red-tipped photinia a couple months ago. The leaves wilted and turned brown and it just died. We took it out and accepted the loss, but now a neighboring photinia is doing the same thing. We don't want to lose it, too. These things have always been bullet-proof. What could be going on? — Bobbie F., Medford Have you been target-shooting your shrubs, Bobbie? Other than that, Master Gardener Carol Oneal says, it could be many things. Did you change any pesticides or fert
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Local report The 10th annual Feed the Valley Christmas Feast will be held at ACCESS’ Olsrud Nutrition Center, 2020 Cardinal Ave., Medford  from 1 to 6 p.m. Christmas Day. The site is next to the ACCESS offices, west of Costco. The event is a collaboration between Rogue Valley Charity Events and ACCESS. The Feed the Valley Christmas Feast is open to everyone and attendance is expected to be between 500 and 750 people. Food, clothing, toys and other donated items will be distributed to
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Kyle Owings didn’t leave much to chance in South Medford’s Class 6A boys soccer first-round playoff game Saturday. The prolific Panther scored South Medford’s first three goals in a 6-1 romp past North Salem at South Medford High. The Southwest Conference champion Panthers (10-1-4) will travel to Portland on Tuesday to take on fourth-seeded Lincoln High (13-2-1) in the second round of the playoffs. “My boys were fired up and ready to go,” said South Medford coa
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Electronic media have become so integrated into the American experience it’s difficult to imagine a time when people used paper maps to navigate the streets in an unfamiliar town and had a conversation with somebody in a coffee shop. Still, the results of a recent study by Common Sense, a nonprofit “dedicated to improving the lives of kids, families and educators,” is enough to make even the most dedicated Tweetaholic park her iPhone in the top drawer, or at least set it to
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Members of the West Side Beautification Committee are hardly planting rose gardens and painting front doors in their efforts to make their neighborhood more livable. Tackling everything from shopping cart return and graffiti removal to gang outreach and trash pickup, a handful of the Facebook group's 1,000 members tackled the group's first "official" cleanup effort on Saturday, dubbing it the "West Mess-ford Holiday Clean-up Event." Randi Brock, one of the organizers of a Facebook group for the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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It seems like the roof has been falling in forever, but even after 139 years, Ernie Lyman's house refuses to die. Built of hand-hewn logs in 1871 by Ernie's step-great-grandfather, the house that sits along Highway 234 in Gold Hill is now owned by Beverly Ownby. "It's true that it's probably too far gone now," she said. "But that's not the important thing. People think that Ernie just wasted away, sitting there all alone for the last 20 years of his life. But that's all wrong." George Ernest Lym
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The city of Talent, a designated Bee City USA, has developed a procedure designed to remove unwanted bee swarms without using lethal measures. “When people find a swarm, they are really scared to death of it, and they start spraying,” said Dolly Warden, coordinator of the town’s Bee City USA program. “We are trying to overcome that type of behavior. There are people that really want these bees.” Talent became the second Bee City USA in 2014 after Warden led the
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A Rogue River man faces robbery and burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a house and striking a resident in the face with a gun, breaking out his teeth. Christopher Scott Vinas, 32, of the 600 block of North River Road entered not guilty pleas Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court to two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. He is being held in the Jackson County Jail on $250,000 bail after being arrested in late September. The
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Dear Mr. President … nah, too formal. Yo, POTUS ... hmm, might have to spell that one out for him. If you want to reach the man, you have to go to the source. Hey, #realDonaldTrump … Now we’re talking, sort of. Look, I might be a little late throwing my tinfoil hat into the ring, but even though you said this week that you’d narrowed down your choices to fill ol’ Tony Kennedy’s seat on the Supremes to jurists who don’t preside over TV courtrooms — which eliminated Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown and
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Always true to his muse, composer and recording artist John Nilsen never stops writing new material for solo piano or his five-piece rock band — a fact exemplified by 15 recordings on his independent label, Magic Wing, along with three made in the mid '80s on Eagle Records in Los Angeles. "I'm always pushing forward," Nilsen says during a telephone interview from his home office in West Linn. "I'm always writing new songs, reworking my own compositions. That never stops. My life wouldn't
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Unless you’ve time-warped here from sometime before 1843, you know the Scrooge story. A flinty-hearted old miser is redeemed by some well-meaning ghosts and a loving family that includes a lovable tyke on a crutch. Dickens’ best-known book has been made into almost as many musicals as straight plays. Leslie Bricusse’s 1992 musical version, adapted from the 1970 Albert Finney film, is one of the best-known and best-loved (there are theaters that do it every year and still dra
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Ashland Contemporary Theatre is offering a double dose of drama that explores both youthful and mature love against the backdrop of deeply religious and repressive Northern Ireland in the 1960s. “Lovers: Winners and Losers”  — a pair of one-act plays by Irish playwright Brian Friel — is directed by Susan Aversa-Orrego and features a cast of eight. “Brian Friel was a master playwright, and part of his magic is that he can subtly say a lot about society and
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The Klamathon Fire cracked 30,000 acres in size Sunday morning, with crews estimating about 25 percent containment on the blaze burning near the Oregon-California border. As of 7 a.m., the fire, which roared to life Thursday, was 30,500 acres in size. A contingent of 2,354 firefighters were working on the front lines Sunday, according to information from the Oregon Department of Forestry and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Several Jackson County areas remain under a le
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Paul William Gibson, 47, longtime resident of the Rogue Valley, passed away December 10, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nev. Paul was born in Simi Valley, California on January 12, 1968 to Arthur and Margaret (Kelly) Gibson. When his family moved to Southern Oregon in the mid 1970's Paul attended Talent Elementary and Middle Schools. He graduated from Phoenix High in 1986, having been a 2-time District Wrestling Champion and finishing 4th at the 1986 AA State Wrestling Championships. He was also a 2 year st
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PORTLAND  — A $12,000 gift from an anonymous donor has made the holidays easier for a Portland family whose father lost a job after a news article described his challenges as a low-wage worker. The Oregonian reports it confirmed the donation; it was made on Tuesday via an online fund set up for Keith Fons, his fiancee and three children. The donor told the newspaper she felt inspired by how much Fons does to take care of his family and outraged that he was fired. Fons' story of livin
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Felony Arrests Drugs — Aieriel Elizabeth Davidson, 26, of the 100 block of Army Street, Medford. Medford police Thursday arrested Davidson on charges of possession of heroin and methamphetamine and for third-degree theft. She was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail and released on her own recognizance. Drugs — Robert Michael Walker, 32, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Friday arrested Walker on charges of first-degree theft, possession of methamphetamine, fa
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In a physical back-and-forth affair Saturday night between host St. Mary’s and Riverside, the last foul proved to be the biggest in a Class 3A/2A/1A boys soccer thriller at U.S. Cellular Community Park. With 45.9 seconds remaining in the state quarterfinal match, St. Mary’s senior Hunter Rothfus was fouled in the box by Riverside goalkeeper Adolfo Bedolla Jr. — who drew a yellow card for the clash — to set up a spotlight moment that St. Mary’s senior Alec Rober
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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In 1859, the Jackson County Fair was the place for folks from around the region to share pies, jams, quilts, livestock, new inventions and ideas. Today it’s a summer festival replete with carnival rides, dozens of vendors, food, exhibits, live music, a rodeo and more. The biggest traditional attractions at the fair are the Junior Livestock Auction — a showcase of local 4-H and FFA youths and their market animal projects — as well as other competitive exhibits in which best entries can receive bl
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Felony arrests Money Laundering — Andrew Lee Tunnell, 30, no known address. The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement task force arrested Tunnell Friday on felony charges of laundering a monetary instrument, unlawfully possessing methadone, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, misdemeanor warrants charging him with failing to appear in court on previous charges of manufacturing, delivering and possessing heroin, money laundering and felon in possession of a restricted