Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-14
A former classroom volunteer known as “Grandpa Jerry” to children has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing two kindergarten girls at a Rogue Valley elementary school. Jerry Duane Lodge, 72, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to six years and three months in prison without the possibility of early release. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Lodge on Dec. 9, 2017 after investigating a report
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Oregon fish managers shot down a proposal to require anglers to release all the wild steelhead they catch in the Rogue River and other southwest Oregon streams, saying anglers should still have a choice whether to keep a few of these iconic fish each year. But the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission squeezed down what “few” means by lowering the bag limit on wild winter steelhead from five a year to three beginning next year. The commission also ordered state biologists to work on a regional ste
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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There’ll be dancing in the streets and parking spaces will be converted into miniature parks during a whimsical event to transform downtown Medford for an evening. On Sept. 21, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., local businesses and organizations will create PARK(ing) spaces, an idea that has taken off in other cities around America to do a temporary makeover of the parking spaces in the downtown area. “It’s whatever the imagination avails of you,” said former Mayor Lindsay Berryman, spokeswoman for the Dow
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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ASHLAND — Jamie North admits to favoring verbs when she names her eateries.{br class="hardreturn" /} First there was Amuse, the fine-dining establishment on North First Street in 2000, then Mix, an artisan bakery on North Main Street. Next month, North she will open a burger joint, appropriately called Flip, in the former Agave Mexican restaurant location at 92 N. Main St.{br class="hardreturn" /} "Amuse is from the French word bouche, which means to tease the mouth," North said. "Mix
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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The World Health Organization says depression is increasing at a huge rate. It was up more than 18 percent between 2005 and 2015. More than 300 million people around the world are dealing with this, according to WHO. In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about three daily habits that help her in dealing with depression in pregnancy and postpartum. Remember, these are tools to be used in conjunction with talking to a professional or being on medication. If you are feeling suicidal, please reach o
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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John Legend became an EGOT this week — receiving an Emmy for being a producer on NBC’s live version of “Jesus Christ Superstar” to complete the E-portion for entry into this acronymically select club of award exclusivity. Legend already has 10 Grammy awards to his name, an Oscar for writing the song “Glory,” from the film “Selma,” and a Tony for being a producer of the play “Jitney.” (For those keeping score at home, that’s the G, O and T.) The superstar can add another Emmy on Sunday … when the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK — Where’s the best place at Crater Lake National Park to watch a sunset? Just as the name implies, the Watchman, a place that lives up to its name. At an elevation of 8,025 feet, the Watchman, formally the Watchman Lookout Station, lives up to it name. Its summit provides a panoramic 360-degree view that’s deservedly best known because it towers over Crater Lake. But the sights also include several neighboring peaks — including Mount Scott, Mount Thielsen, Union Peak an
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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A 15-unit apartment complex offering much-needed rental space in Ashland proposed for a mostly vacant lot on Siskiyou Boulevard at Park Street seemed like a winner at Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting, until a dozen neighbors bashed the “dorm style” plan, saying that 60 potential adult tenants would greatly increase traffic and noise, degrading quality of life in their quiet, mostly single-family residential neighborhood. While neighbors lauded the goal of increasing apartments in town, thei
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Korean food is home cooking, but not of the meatloaf and macaroni-and-cheese variety. Ingredients in Korean cuisine are everyday — eggs, cabbage, beef, onions and, of course, tofu and seafood. It’s the spices, considered textures, companion condiments and presentation that make Korean food a unique culinary experience. You’ll find it all at Soo Rah, meaning “food for the king” according to owner Paul Sungku Yeo. It was early evening the Thursday we stopped in at Soo Rah at 38 N. Central Ave. in
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected] Outdoor Emergency Basics Wednesday, Sept. 19: Every time you step into the wilderness, be prepared to help yourself and others. This free program has a wealth of valuable information to better prepare you for your adventures, from a day in the state park to an extended backpacking adventure into the wilderness. The class starts at 6:30 p.m. at Medford REI, 85 Rossanley Drive, Medford. For details, see www.re
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A crackdown on black-market cannabis growers will get a significant boost from a $573,000 state grant to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. “We’re hoping to get rid of the perception that you can do things illegally and get away with it,” Sheriff Nate Sickler said. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission grant is in addition to another three-year federal grant of $250,000 that pays for two deputies tasked with marijuana enforcement. The new grant will pay for three detectives, one crime analyst
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A four-story, 84-room La Quinta Inn will be built adjacent to Interstate 5 in Phoenix, just north of the La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery on Grove Road as part of development on 6.2 acres. Design review for the lodging already had been approved by the city of Phoenix. Clearwater Property Group owns the 1.5-acre site that will house the hotel. An adjacent property will house a restaurant, and a third parcel also will be developed. “We’d love to break ground in the winter of 2019 and open within 12 mont
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At least one unit was significantly damaged and tenants throughout a Central Point apartment complex were displaced Thursday by fire, but officials say the people and pets who live there are safe without so much as a singe. A fire that reached two-alarm status broke out just after 3:12 p.m. Thursday in the third unit of a six-unit townhouse complex at 50 S. Ninth St., according to Jackson County Fire District 3 spokeswoman Ashley Blakely. By the time the first unit arrived — within five minutes
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-13
Northwest Nature Shop will host outdoor movies from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the shop, 154 Oak St., Ashland. Two short films, “Searching for the Gold Spot: The Wild after Wildfire” and “Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest,” each featuring the Pacific Northwest, will be shown. Empanadas will be available for purchase from the CABA food truck. The films begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free. See northwest natureshop/events or call 541-482-3241. Pet Adoption: The South Coast Huma
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‘Water Made to Rise’: When three men — played by playwright, actor and director Barrett O’Brein and Oregon Shakespeare actors Rodney Gardiner and Daisuke Tsuji — are trapped in a barroom by rising waters of a never-before-seen flood, they grapple with events that led them to be washed from their homes. O’Brien’s play dramatizes climate change, distilling it into a story about people and a place. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in the historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Let's pretend — just for a minute, this won't take long — that someone adapted Susan Kirtley's professional life for a comic book. In the first panel, the Medford native is huddled over a comic book on the Jefferson Elementary School playground. She isn't yet an associate professor of English and director of rhetoric and composition at Portland State University, she's just a kid with her nose buried in a book, carried away by the words and pictures that combine to tell a story.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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TALENT — Pioneer John Beeson didn’t have Twitter, Facebook or other technology to alert the nation that Native Americans were being abused and swindled, but he kept up “a steady drip” of tactics to make the 19th century public aware of the problems. Author Jan Wright came to that conclusion as she wrote her book “Oregon Outcast: John Beeson’s Struggle for Justice for the Indians, 1853-1889,” now available online from Lulu.com. Beeson settled in Talent in 1853 but spent much of his time in the Ea
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A federal appeals court upheld Oregon’s ban on suction-dredge mining in the Rogue River and other wild salmon streams Wednesday, rejecting miners’ arguments that federal mining laws trump state law on public land. Miners say they may appeal a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s ruling that the ban championed by the late state Sen. Alan Bates and supported by the federal government does not infringe on the right to mine under federal laws, but bans only one form of mining and only in some s
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Homeless people armed with gloves and brooms are cleaning up the messes left by other homeless people in downtown Medford. A pilot project got underway this week in which homeless people are tackling the dirtiest of jobs, picking up everything from drug bags and cigarette butts to used condoms and dog poop. “I think it’s a great idea for the homeless to get out and clean up a lot of the area that they made a mess of themselves,” Medford resident James Cox said. “It helps them be productive and l
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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REDDING – Caltrans District 2 says Interstate 5 north of Redding is open with limited traffic control after a week of closures because of the Delta fire, which broke out on Sept. 5. The fire started at about 1 p.m. two miles north of Lakehead and quickly spread to both sides of I-5, where truckers fled and left their rigs to burn. Officials said the fire was human caused but exactly how was unknown. All truck restrictions have been lifted, Caltrans said in a release. Ramp closures will remain in