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City Council to hear presentation on revived balloon festival Monday Feb 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier Grants Pass City Council today will consider helping sponsor a balloon festival later this spring. Event coordinator Caleb LaPlante is organizing the Rotary's three-day Rise Up For Kids Balloon and Kite Festival, which is scheduled to for June 2-4. Balloons will be lighting and flying out of the fields at South Middle School and landing at
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When waste is want Blue Sky Transportation delivers Tree Top food waste to Clay Charley's White City ranch on June 5, 2015. DEQ photo Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman For four years, the livestock on Clay Charley's ranch near White City were living the high life while Charley sat back like a ranching version of Tom Sawyer, getting paid to have someone else feed his cows. Since 2011 his herd had been feasting on tons of food proces
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Southern Oregon Journal: Give it up for the Oakland Oakers Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune This week we’ll visit a hidden jewel of a town situated a couple of hours up I-5 that's nestled among the valleys of Douglas County — Oakland — home of the Oakland Oakers. I first heard the term Oaker when my friend and former co-worker Kelly Lemley told me she grew up in Oakland and was a cheerleader there. I could see that.
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Healthy Aging: Everybody falls, so learn to do it right Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Sharon Johnson for the Mail Tribune “Don’t Fall for Me.” That’s the name of a presentation I have given in senior centers, churches and libraries over the last several years. I talk about fall risk and in-home fall prevention in practical (and as someone once told me “very powerful”) terms. If I could place a value on the impact of my words,
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SOHS library reopens with volunteers Monday Feb 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Southern Oregon Historical Society reopened the doors of its research library Wednesday after a nearly two-month hiatus. The facility, at 106 N. Central Ave. in downtown Medford, will be open to the public three days a week, from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. SOHS President Doug McGeary said the library has transitioned to an all-volunteer setup to ensur
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Columnist for a Day: Advice to pregnant women not always helpful Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Cheryl Gara for the Mail Tribune Oh, the things people say to pregnant women. “You think you have it all figured out — just you wait.” “You've never done this before — you're going to need help.” “You think you'll be on a schedule? Ha! That's cute.” I'll have to admit, my confidence was shaken slightly at times. After
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Since You Asked: Biddle Road goes deeper into Central Point than you think Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM I got a call from an old friend who was staying at the Super 8 in Central Point the other day. He told me was staying at the Medford Super 8 on Biddle Road. I know where Super 8 is, but that sure looks like East Pine Street to me. Can you enlighten this long-time resident about where Biddle Road ends and East Pine Street begins? — Warren K., Medford   As
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Super Bowl LI: Patriots stun Falcons with epic comeback, OT win The New England Patriots' Tom Brady celebrates after their overtime win in Super Bowl 51 against the Falcons Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 7:42 PM Feb 5, 2017 at 7:42 PM Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports, let alone Super Bowl history, lifting New England from a 25-point hole to the Patriots' fifth NFL championship in
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Since You Asked: TV, radio rights, shoe deals cover much of coaching pay Monday Feb 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Your answer to a recent question of how the money from Ducks paraphernalia is distributed prompted me to ask where the money for Ducks football coaches' salaries comes from. Mark Helfrich left with an $11.5 million buyout over the next two years. The University of Oregon has hired a new coach, Willie Taggart,$16 million over the next five years. That's a lot of money f
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Rain expected over the next week Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 7:32 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Coming off the wettest January in 11 years, the Medford area can expect to see a regular dose of rain for the next week. The 4.89 inches of precipitation was 2.46 inches above the normal reading. It also pushed the water year — beginning Oct. 1 — total to 16.58 inches, 6.51 inches above normal. It was the wettest January here since 2006, when 5.12 in
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Sheriff says money woes force him to ask for tax proposal Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 2:30 PM Feb 4, 2017 at 2:30 PM By Shaun Hall Grants Pass Daily Courier Sheriff Dave Daniel is asking the Josephine County Board of Commissioners to put a five-year property tax proposal before voters in May to fund county jail operations. Commissioners agreed to have a draft order drawn up for consideration next Wednesday, although board Chairman Simon Hare lobbied
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Emergency services, Feb. 4 Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Levi Michael Jonathan Wear, 29, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Wear Friday on an additional felony charge of possessing methamphetamine. Medford police originally arrested Wear Thursday on charges of possessing meth and criminal mischief. He remained lodged in jail Friday without bail. Coercion — David Flynn Saunders, 30, of the 900 block of Old
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Another view: Have a say on Oregon's beleaguered budget Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM from The Salem Statesman Journal Baseball, football and basketball fans should be familiar with the game, "You Make the Call." It's where armchair athletes second-guess rulings made by umpires, officials and referees. In February, Oregon's Democratic lawmakers will offer residents their own version of the game as they host six or seven town halls around the state (including one in As
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Trial to begin for Bundy 'gunmen and followers' Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 6:10 PM Feb 4, 2017 at 6:13 PM By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A federal jury in Nevada is about to be picked to decide whether a tense standoff pitting armed ranchers and rangers against federal agents over a herd of cattle in a dry river bed amounted to a peaceful expression of free speech and weapon rights, or an insurrection against the U.S. government.
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Getting their lion legs Jacelyn Pham, 16, of Vietnam, works on her lion dance at St. Mary's Saturday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 5:38 PM Feb 4, 2017 at 5:38 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat As the drums resonated through the St. Mary's gymnasium, Taylor Rose Tavares nearly forgot about her arms holding a lion head as she applied new steps in colorful costume.  "Keep your head up, you look like a sad lion," coa
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Since You Asked: When you're talking NTUs, you're talking dirty Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM I am new to the area and have become a fan of the Mail Tribune's Fishing Report every Friday in the Oregon Outdoors section. Lately there has been some references about fishing conditions that include something called NTUs. What exactly is an NTU? — Pete, online submission   Well, Pete, when it comes to NTUs, we're talking dirty in the Fishing Report. Dirty, as in
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Seven injured in two school bus crashes Friday in Josephine County Four people in a 2006 Hyundai Tucson were hospitalized Friday after hitting a school bus on US-199 in Josephine County. The two people on the school bus received minor injuries, according to police. OSP photo Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 10:10 AM Feb 4, 2017 at 10:25 AM Local report Two school buses were involved in crashes Friday in Josephine County, according a news release from Oreg
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Lane County employee alleges racial profiling Saturday Feb 4, 2017 at 6:16 PM Feb 4, 2017 at 6:16 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — A Lane County employee has filed a complaint with the state of Oregon claiming to have been racially profiled in Eugene last month by a Lane County sheriff's deputy, and accusing the county of not having a legally required racial profiling complaint system. The Eugene Register-Guard reports that Linda Hamilton,
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Jon Thomas Pappas Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jon Thomas Pappas, president of Sitco Lumber Company in Dallas, Texas recently passed away. He was 63 years old. Jon was born April 24, 1953, the son of Walter John and Pearl Evelyn Pappas in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He was a 1971 graduate of Medford Senior High and a 1975 graduate of Arizona State University. Following graduation from college, Jon began his career in the lumber industry; first in the softwood industry, a
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Pre-existing conditions gone for good, Walden vows Jessica Sage listens as cardiologist Junyang Lou reads a statement via Skype to Greg Walden about keeing the Affordable Care Act during a meeting Friday between Oregon District 2 Indivisible leaders and the Republican congressman. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Feb 3, 2017 at 6:22 PM Feb 3, 2017 at 6:53 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Walden told members o