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Gary and Nancy Payton of Trail celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 19, 2015. Gary Payton married Nancy Adams June 19, 1965, in Palo Alto, Calif. They have two children, Greg Payton (wife Heather) of Tualatin, and Julie Moody (husband Bruce) of Wilsonville, and five grandchildren, Davis and Andrew Payton, and Carter, Landon and Quinn Moody. The couple met at Newark High School in Newark, Calif., where they both started their teaching careers.  Gary grew up in Fremont, Calif., grad
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Jimmie and Marilyn Robbins of Medford celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 26, 2015.{br class="hardreturn" /} Jimmie Robbins married Marilyn Fry June 26, 1955, in Garden Grove, Calif. They have three children, Tosca Mehl of Medford, Kevin Robbins of Medford and Tileese Mesa of Portland, along with six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.{br class="hardreturn" /} The couple met in 1954 at a Christian camp, Camp Pinecrest, at Big Bear Lake, Calif. Marilyn lived in Santa Ana at the tim
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Sandi and Clarence Davis of Central Point celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner reception given by sister Pam Snow and daughter Jackie Thorsness on Aug. 23 during a North Umpqua River camping trip. About 40 people attended. Clarence Davis married Sandi Wittkopf on Aug. 22, 1964. Initially they traveled around Idaho, Washington and Oregon as Clarence worked in the field in the fire-protection industry. In 1973, they settled in Central Point and have lived there ever since. Both
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Arthur and Carolyn Grimmesey of Medford celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Friday, July 31, 2015. Arthur N. Grimmesey married Carolyn Sue Miller July 31, 1965, in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Shawn and Kevin Grimmesey, both of Medford, and three grandchildren. The family moved to the Rogue Valley in 1973. They moved to Ashland in August of 1973, and then to Medford in 2003. They plan to hold a celebration event with family and friends at a later date.
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Hemp prohibition ended in December in the U.S., and Southern Oregon producers of this marijuana cousin are feeling heady. “In the short term, there will be a massive rush to get hemp products to market,” said Brie Malarkey, founder and CEO of Sun God Medicinals in Central Point. While growth opportunities for local producers will abound in 2019, the federal legalization will also open the doors for other states to grow their own hemp crops, potentially flooding the market. “I t
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Jurors on Friday convicted Illinois Valley miner Ronald Eugene Spears, 63, of first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon in the April 2009 shooting of Gregory Glen Graybill, 55. Minutes after the two argued in Spears' camp, the miner followed Graybill and his friends to a second location, the victim testified. Enraged, Spears rammed his 12-gauge shotgun into Graybill's ribs. When Graybill reflexively shoved the gun off his chest, Spears pulled the trigger. The point-blank blast basically
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Josephine County residents and supporters of the embattled Sugar Pine Mine exchanged words Friday morning at a demonstration in front of the Josephine County Courthouse, with protesters saying the mine's armed security volunteers are hurting the county's public image. The demonstration, organized by about a dozen residents calling themselves "concerned citizens," was intended to protest what the residents said was the exploitation of a local issue by outsiders with an anti-government agenda. Arm
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Olivia Padovich got an early start in life, much to the surprise of her parents. The Rogue Valley’s first baby of 2019 arrived at 1:29 a.m. Tuesday at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center — five weeks before her due date. Although Olivia’s arrival was a bit premature, Grants Pass residents Chad and Maren Padovich said she followed a path blazed by three siblings — Jack, 10; Ryan, 8; and Emily 7. “They’ve all come progressively earlier,” said Chad Padovic
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The Boone & Crockett Club recently certified a Rocky Mountain elk killed by an Idaho hunter in September 2008 on public land in Utah as the largest elk ever killed in the wild. The elk’s antler measurements totaled 478-5⁄8 inches to overtake the old non-typical American elk record by 13 inches. The giant bull, which has been nicknamed “spider bull” for its unique antler configuration, had 9 antler points on the left beam and 14 points on the right beam. The larger antler has
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CENTRAL POINT — Long-needed restoration work at Hanley Farm will begin on three major structures early next year. The Southern Oregon Historical Society operates the 37-acre historic farm, which dates from the 1850s. The work will be funded by grants and donations. SOHS last week signed a contract with HamCon Builders of White City that will include work on two barns — referred to as the large barn and the old barn — and a wooden water tower. “This work has needed to be d
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It’s one thing for a community to embrace tech-oriented companies paying high wages, it’s another to grab their attention. The 16th Annual Southern Oregon Business Conference, focusing on innovation and building high impact communities, will consider what it takes to attract such companies on Jan. 31 in Medford. “What often happens right now is a city and jurisdiction say they want to attract companies or high-wage professionals, and then thinks they will just come,” said
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A suicidal woman who kept Medford police at bay for more than 4 hours today was ultimately safely taken into custody.. Officers had responded to a possibly armed suicidal subject at 2020 Grandview Ave. Most of the street, which runs between Crater Lake and Whittle avenues in north Medford, was been blocked off. "We are asking for folks to stay clear of this area until it is resolved," police posted on their Facebook page. "North Medford High School has been made aware of the situation and o
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Weather, tragedy and entertainment kept the presses running in 2018. Headlines inspired Rogue Valley residents to debate online, make their voices heard and give back to the community. We browsed our 2018 papers and compiled a list of our top stories and then voted to create the top 10. While there are other stories worthy of making the list, here is what we came up with: Smoke Residents of the Rogue Valley are breathing easier now that the summer smoke is gone, but the impact of having the wors
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Heading into 2019, ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum Director Dan Ruby wants the facility to be a champion of science — and not just science for children. That philosophy is reflected in new vision and mission statements that emphasize “inspiring curiosity and creating meaningful science experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds” and to do it “through engaging and interactive experiences.” “We make art, and we do science. Those are things that human beings
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New Year's Eve celebrations of all sorts — and for young and old — promise good times to ring in 2016. 1. New Year's Eve Community Dance Party This is an annual favorite. Jerry Attrick & The Pacemakers will play a mix of classic rock, funk, jazz, Latin and klezmer tunes during the "Rock of All Ages" dance party at 8:30 p.m. at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St., Ashland. The band — David Young on guitar, Gary Wade on bass, Gabe Young on sax and oboe, Dennis Freese on sax, flu
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When Bob Shand and his wife moved to the corner of Alice and Beatty streets, he was a newlywed and a soon-to-be father, excited to raise children in the rose-colored house built in 1908. “It was a nice, cool house built at the turn of the century — affordable, centrally located, close to everything that we needed it to be,” he said. “It was lacking in parts, but I really couldn’t afford an east side house.” Even as the Shands have stayed in and enjoyed their h
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PORTLAND — A shelter volunteer has filed a $675,000 lawsuit against the Gospel Rescue Mission of Grants Pass, alleging it should have done more to protect her from an enraged man who wanted to see his wife and daughter. The lawsuit and a police report from the 2013 incident say Toni Sue Burrows was pepper sprayed and beaten by Matt Cortez. A grand jury indicted Cortez on assault and other charges, and a warrant is out for his arrest. The lawsuit filed this week in Grants Pass says the mis
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With many mountain roads closed for the winter, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is warning drivers to use common sense when it comes to following driving directions from a GPS device or cellphone map app. Sheriff’s Office search and rescue deputies have already responded to calls involving people who followed directions provided by their phone’s mapping system — and ended up stranded on closed or unmaintained roads. Sgt. Shawn Richards pointed to the example of Forest