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Winter Wings Festival aimed at birds and shutterbugs Cailleach, a Eurasian eagle-owl, takes flight off of master falconer Jana Barkley of West Coast Falconry during a past Winter Wings Festival raptor photo shoot at Running Y Ranch and Resort. [H&N photo by Kevin N. Hume] Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Kurt Liedtke Klamath Falls Herald & News The symbiotic relationship between photography and birding will be a focal point at the upcoming 2017 Winter Wings Festiva
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Literary Gardener: 10 plants with heart Violets have long said, "I love you." [123rf.com] Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 1:34 PM Feb 12, 2017 at 1:35 PM By Rhonda Nowak for the Mail Tribune "The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of." — Blaise Pascal, "Pensées," 1670   Before you buy a bouquet of red or pink roses on Valentine’s Day, you should know that for centuries the preferred flower for sweethearts was the viola
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Southern Oregon Journal: Completing the canon Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Bill Varble for the Mail Tribune There was Dogberry, Shakespeare’s constable buffoon, tooling around the stage on one of those Segway things. Don John, the villain, was a rumpled woman in a wheelchair. Actors carrying signs (shades of Brecht!), Karl Marx holding forth on money, puppets representing women. The images are from Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2015 production of 
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Area Blazer fans may remain left in the dark Wednesday Oct 29, 2008 at 12:01 AM A highly anticipated season for the Portland Trail Blazers opened on Tuesday night with a national broadcast on TNT. By Luke Andrews A highly anticipated season for the Portland Trail Blazers opened on Tuesday night with a national broadcast on TNT. Unfortunately for many local fans, Tuesday's contest is just one of 30 regular season Blazer games scheduled to appear on area television provide
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'The man for the job' Brent Barry, the new Phoenix-Talent School District Superintendent, talks Friday with teachers at Phoenix High School. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 7:11 PM Feb 12, 2017 at 7:14 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT The Phoenix-Talent School Board decided to skip a lengthy and expensive superintendent search as the district already had “the man for the job” on staff. Last week, Br
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Tell a Tale From left, Marshall Miller, 13, Joe Kidwell, 76, J.D. Miller, 8, and Holly Amann share a laugh Thursday at Pinehurst School. J.D. had just asked Kidwell, a student at Pinehurst in the 1940s, �Did you have to walk to school 10 miles in the snow barefoot?� Jim Craven Friday Feb 8, 2008 at 12:01 AM Thirteen-year-old Joe Kidwell was strolling to Pinehurst School one day in 1945 when he heard a sound similar to a baby crying, the telltale signs of a nearby cougar.
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Jack Wilson Love Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 2:00 AM April 21, 1923 - January 13, 2017 Longtime Rogue Valley resident, Jack Wilson Love, passed away January 13, 2017 in Great Falls, Montana. Jack was born April 21, 1923 at Levering Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri to Bertha Mae (Waldschlager) and William Washington Love. He grew up during the Great Depression and his childhood was shaped by the scarcity of the era and the development of a work ethic instilled by those hard time
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Since You Asked: Comics page fiasco wasn't funny at all Sunday Feb 12, 2017 at 12:01 AM Please tell me this a onetime error and not the norm! What have you done? Saturday I was disappointed to find the only relief to the day-to-day political drama — the comics page of the Mail Tribune — in shambles! All the best — yes, my opinion but that of many others, too — were missing from the day’s comics page, replaced by less desirable choices.
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OHP shift causing turmoil for patients Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 5:11 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 5:33 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A planned shift of Oregon Health Plan patients away from Jackson County Mental Health services is causing angst and confusion, with opponents of the move launching an online petition and about 30 county workers already leaving their jobs. Jackson County and AllCare Health were not able to reach an agreement in Jan
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Rogue Rowing aims to build $3.5 million boathouse at Emigrant Lake Members of the Rogue Rowing Club glide across Emigrant Lake. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Saturday Feb 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune When Rick Brown joined Rogue Rowing, then known as Ashland Rowing Club, in 2015, he knew that if he did his job right, the organization would need to add to its facilities to meet demand. Two years later, Brown, who became Rogue Rowing’s first
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Medford Apple outlet gets smaller, like its products Connecting Point has moved to a new location at the McAndrews Marketplace on McAndrews Road in Medford. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 4:50 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 4:50 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Connecting Point has relocated to the McAndrews Marketplace. The oldest existing Apple dealership — anywhere — has operated on Stevens Street
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Emergency services, Feb. 11 Saturday Feb 11, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Theft — Dylan Keith Hewlett, 25, of the 2000 bock of Lampman Road, Gold Hill. Central Point police arrested Hewlett Thursday on a felony charge of first-degree theft. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Thursday and released Friday because of overcrowding. Theft — Cortney Diane Gibson, 21, of the 2000 block of Lampman Road, Gold Hill. Central Point police arrested Gibson Thurs
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Experts: Warm seawater triggered bird die-off Wildlife biologists Rob Kaler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sarah Schoen of the U.S. Geological Survey examine body parts of a common murre during a necropsy in Anchorage, Alaska. Kaler and Schoen are among scientists attempting to find out the reason for a massive common murre die-off in the North Pacific that began one year ago. A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore
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Trolley wants to mix beer and pedaling in Medford Nathan Olsen of Medford would like the city of Medford to let clients drink while they're pedaling his Pint Rider Trolley. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 5:10 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 5:26 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Nate Olsen wants to spin his pub-crawling, pedal-powered business into a higher gear by allowing riders to drink beer as they cycle around town. "I'
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Karns' term extended in Ashland until end of 2017 Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 5:26 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 5:27 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — City Council members took steps this week to bring in a new councilor and keep the city's current interim administrator longer than originally anticipated. Members voted unanimously to extend Interim City Administrator John Karns' contract until the end of 2017. Councilor Stefani S
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Since You Asked: ODOT looks at ways to stop wrong-way drivers Saturday Feb 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM I heard California is experimenting with ways to prevent wrong-way drivers on highways. Is Oregon looking for ways to stop wrong-way drivers? — Driver Who Doesn't Want to Get Hit   The California Department of Transportation recently announced it has installed high-tech "Do Not Enter" and "Wrong Way" signs with flashing lights that will alert drivers they are trave
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Fishing Report: Friday, Jan. 27 Friday Jan 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: A small-craft advisory is in effect through Saturday afternoon, and the forecast reflects that. Today the forecast calls for 10-foot swells and five-knot winds, followed Saturday by more of the same. Sunday will bring five-knot winds and eight-foot swells. Still not good conditions. Too bad, because lingcod fishing was very good out of Brookings earlier this week when conditions
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Get Out: Friday, Jan. 27 Friday Jan 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, Jan. 28: Beginner and intermediate classic ski lessons begin at 11 a.m. each Saturday through March, weather and snow conditions permitting. A ski tour will follow at noon. Locations will vary depending on snow conditions, so confirm the time and meeting location with Michael Dawkins,
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Skiing from the summit of Mount McLoughlin Erik Weiseth takes in the view from the summit of Mount McLoughlin Jan. 19. Photo by Tyler Maddox Friday Jan 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Tyler Maddox and Erik Weiseth stood at the top of Southern Oregon with their skis pointing over the edge, surveying a world they had contemplated for decades. Beneath them was the steep northeast bowl of Mount McLoughlin, with all its winter beauty and danger
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'Gateway' project on the horizon in Talent Thursday Jan 26, 2017 at 3:22 PM Jan 26, 2017 at 5:36 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune A revitalized gateway into downtown Talent from South Pacific Highway could have commercial buildings, residences, open space or other features, as Talent Urban Renewal Agency gears up to develop nearly 4 acres of bare land. The agency will be able to pursue the project thanks to the purchase of two commercial lots th