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· snapshot 2018-06-29
ASHLAND — When Jud Parsons took over management of the family's forestland on the flanks of Mount Ashland in the 1950s, Southern Oregon was in the midst of a timber boom that saw clear-cuts on large swaths of private and industrial forestland with few reforestation successes. Parsons saw this cut-and-run mentality of the time and he wanted no part of it for a simple reason. "We didn't want to run," Parsons says. Six decades later, the family's Mountcrest Forest remains a working piece of
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
REDMOND, Oregon (AP) — Last year, Lindsey Pate and her husband, Christopher, bought 15 acres of high desert covered in junipers in central Oregon, where they planned to grow marijuana in greenhouses to sell for recreational use. In December, however, Deschutes County banned the recreational marijuana business in unincorporated areas, including the Pates' land. Underscoring the shifting tides Oregon is experiencing even after voters legalized marijuana in 2014, the county's commissioners,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
CENTRAL POINT — Standing in lower Jackson Creek with a long electric wand in hand, Ryan Battleson asks fellow state fish biologist Pete Samarin to turn on the electroshock contraption on his back. "Set me to tickle, not stun," Battleson says. Tickle it is, and later a small pulse of electricity jolts out of the mud a 3-inch version of perhaps the most fascinating yet least understood anadromous fish in the Rogue River Basin. This young Pacific lamprey, called an ammocoete and as much
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
PROSPECT — Federal forest managers are turning their eyes on a large swath of public land north of Prospect for an ambitious series of forest restoration projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk, improving stream and wildlife habitat and improving forest health. The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is proposing to thin more than 25,000 acres of timber stands and introduce prescribed fire to 10,560 acres to reduce future wildfire risks and intensities, according to the forest. This so-called
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
A White City man is on the lam after allegedly dumping garbage in a creek while operating an illegal White City auto-salvage operation he later abandoned, stiffing the landlord for the cleanup. A warrant was issued April 4 for 43-year-old Joshua Michael Smith after he failed to show up for a pretrial conference two days before he was scheduled to go on trial on two felony and three misdemeanor counts stemming from the operation in the 7900 block of West 11th Street. Smith's attorney at the time,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
With the local wolf population on the rise, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners decided Wednesday to set up a program that would help ranchers keep wolves at bay and compensate them if livestock are killed. The county has yet to have any confirmed killings of livestock by wolves. "It is inevitable at some point there will be some wolf depredation," Commissioner Rick Dyer said, noting there already may have been kills that could not be confirmed. Wolf OR-7 journeyed to the Jackson County ar
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· snapshot 2018-06-29
ASHLAND — Venture up the windy dirt road to the top of Mount Ashland and you'll discover two plants found nowhere else in the world — right next to the scratched image "TW♥DN." You'll also see plenty of Ashland High School acronyms scraped into ancient lichen growing on the peak's granite boulders. Plus several crosses. A pentagram. The grill logo for a Honda. Lots of cuss words. And close calls, like the well-manicured "Cluck U." "I got to hand it to whoever did that o
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-29
ASHLAND — The former head of the Ashland Independent Film Festival is set to become the new executive director of the Ashland-based Southern Oregon Land Conservancy. Cathy Dombi will replace Diane Garcia, who guided Oregon's first regional land trust the past 14 years, most recently shepherding SOLC's pending acquisition of a 352-acre ranch along the upper Rogue River. Garcia says she will take the summer off and then embark on a part-time career helping small, local, nonprofit organ
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-15
Danielle Jane Rogers and Jefferson Daniel Horn were married Aug. 30, 2014, at The Quechee Resort in Quechee, Vt. Pastor Gerry Piper from the United Methodist Church in Springfield, Vt., officiated the outdoor ceremony at Murphy's Farm. The bride is the daughter of Nancy and Scott Rogers of Springfield, Vt. She is a 2005 graduate of Springfield High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of Vermont in Burlington with a bachelor's of science degree in business administration. She is working
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-15
The lovely lavender blossoms of chives and luscious purple-green stalks of Northwest asparagus have been traditional harbingers of spring for eons. But it doesn’t get old for me. It begins with the quality. Even though many of us have already indulged in California’s crop, few would disagree that it’s only after the rich, deeply hued, purple-headed stalks from our Pacific Northwest fields arrive that we can be totally satisfied. Well, ready up the butter sauce. The harvest is in full swing. Of c
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· snapshot 2018-07-15
Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church Great Vespers will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox church, in the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z. Sunday Matins prayers will be offered at 8 a.m. May 6, followed at 9:20 a.m. with Divine Liturgy. After liturgy a potluck meal will be shared. A Matins service will start at 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 8. A class on forgiveness will be taught by Father Isaac Skidmore at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9. Vespers will be offered at 6 p
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Dreaming of a picture-perfect wedding? The sky’s the limit, because drone photography is the next big thing in wedding pictures. “The trend has been around a couple years, or about as long as the vehicles have been around,” said Parker Gyokeres, owner of Propellerheads Aerial Photography in Middletown, New York. “I do see an increasing role for qualified, professional operators to perform this service,” said Gyokeres, who is a multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle
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· snapshot 2018-07-15
Did I say that? You mean what? Sometimes the message we send with our words is not quite that which we intended. What if I offered understanding and sympathy for someone’s situation, explaining that his mendacity was his only choice. Then I condone and feel his habitual lying is OK? Lying is the meaning of mendacity, but I was probably referring to mendicity, or practice of begging. Another descriptive adjective is “ingenuous,” spoken of a person who is frank, open, candid. This could result in
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AGE: Lovely 4-year-old Tizzy the Torti would prefer to be the queen of her castle. An earlier adoption didn’t work out because she didn’t care for the resident cat. PERSONALITY: Tizzy’s former people say she tends to bond with one person whom she happily follows around the house. If there is no competition from other cats, she likes to sit by your side and enjoy any gentle attention you offer her, including scritches behind her ears. HIGHLIGHTS: She slept at the foot of her former owner’s bed an
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Erin Marie Trostel and Benjamin Lee DeCarlow were married Aug. 11, 2012, at Eagle Creek Estate in Eagle Point. John and Linda Tucker of First United Methodist Church of Medford officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Woody and Jean Trostel of Aloha. She is a 2006 graduate of Aloha High School and a 2010 graduate of University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She works as a classroom aide at Chiloquin Elementary School. The groom is the son of Dave and Linda D
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· snapshot 2018-07-15
Christina Grace Jung and Rohan Michael Murphy were married at sunset Oct. 4, 2012, at Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii. The officiant was the bride's father, Rev. Larry Jung, pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville. The bride is the daughter of Larry and Sally Jung of Jacksonville. She is a 2000 graduate of South Medford High School, a 2004 graduate of Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences and a 2005 graduate of Oregon Health & Science University with
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-15
The Whole Dish podcast: Phyllo makes delightfully crunchy crust for quiche The biggest cast-iron skillet I’ve ever seen, layered with greens and red peppers for a gorgeous frittata, dominated the spread at a recent weekend brunch. But vying for attention as the most impressive dish was a classic vegetarian entree, borrowed from traditional Greek cuisine. [...] Click here to read the full post
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-12
The 12 finalists in the Ashland New Plays Festival’s 2017 playwriting competition is the "strongest batch” in Kyle Haden’s three years as artistic director. "Any of them would make a good script for a good production,” he says. Four, however, rose as the cream of the crop. Powerful human stories with topics ranging from a police shooting to a 16th-century woman asserting her independence, the plays examine headline-making news and explore a maze of complicated relatio
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-13
Streams of light shimmered, slowly but ever-so gradually changing color and tone. For a brief time the evolving light show, like a gently turned kaleidoscope, was slightly filtered by the mesh covering the tent flap I’d intentionally left open the night before. Not for long. Up and at ‘em and outside. And from outside, my view scanned the horizon, watching with anticipation as the hues shifted, the skyline gradually becoming more electric with hints of orange and purple overlaid with increasingl
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-13
EAGLE POINT — The city will contribute $100,000 toward a $2.5 million rebuild of the historic Butte Creek Mill, a significant tourism draw that burned on Christmas Day 2015. The City Council approved the contribution Tuesday after initially delaying a decision until it could perform due diligence, members said. With former mill owner Bob Russell at the council helm as mayor, councilors wanted to first assure citizens that Russell had sold the mill to the Butte Creek Mill Foundation. Russell sold