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ScienceWorks' 'PokéScience' explains the science behind the craze Colleen MacGilvray demonstrates the effects of pressure change by introducing a hot aluminum can into cold water as part of PokeScience Day at ScienceWorks on Saturday. Mail Tribune / Larry Stauth Jr. Saturday Sep 3, 2016 at 3:17 PM Sep 3, 2016 at 3:18 PM Pokémon lovers learned the science behind the game Saturday during “PokéScience” at Scien
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Local and global at Jenny's Thyme Falafel is the centerpiece of Greek plates served at Jenny's Thyme food truck. Mail Tribune / Sarah Lemon Friday Sep 2, 2016 at 12:01 AM Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune @thewholedish Hungry for something different, Medford resident Jenny Huva left her job in the health-insurance industry to cook full time. Less than a year later, Huva began serving a different take on street cuisine at her Jenny’s Thyme food truck. “I did
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Representative spends a night in sobering center, voluntarily Rep. Duane Stark rests Wednesday before being released from a 12-hour overnight stay at the Grants Pass Sobering Center, where he spent the night to experience the operation first-hand. photo by TIMOTHY BULLARD / Daily Courier Thursday Sep 1, 2016 at 5:38 PM Sep 1, 2016 at 5:41 PM By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier State Rep. Duane Stark didn't have anything to occupy him other than h
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Our View: Districts forced to juggle PE, academics Friday Sep 2, 2016 at 12:01 AM Oregon schools are beginning the last lap of a 10-year effort to provide a minimum number of physical education minutes to public school students, and most districts are lagging far off the pace. The local exception is Medford, but its experience is not typical. Concerned about rising levels of childhood obesity, Oregon lawmakers in 2007 passed a law giving public schools 10 years to provid
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Kid in a Park passes available Friday Sep 2, 2016 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman All incoming Rogue Valley fourth-graders and their families can claim a free Every Kid in a Park pass, which allows free entry into national parks, federal forests and recreation areas from Sept. 1 through next Aug. 31. To print out a voucher, visit the program's website at www.everykidinapark.gov. Students and their families can redeem those vouchers for more durable
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Emergency services, Oct. 29 Saturday Oct 29, 2016 at 12:15 AM Felony arrests Criminal Mischief — Martin Antonio Ramirez, 33, of the 500 block of Alice Street, Medford. The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement task force arrested Ramirez Thursday on felony charges of first-degree criminal mischief, attempted second-degree assault, attempting to elude police in a vehicle and manufacturing, distributing and possessing methamphetamine, misdemeanor charges of driving
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Complete Care Health Center Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 4:58 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 4:58 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The owners of Ventana Wellness and Age Defying Dermatology closed the doors of their State Street clinic at the end of business Friday and will reopen Monday as Complete Integrative Care. Four medical providers will carry on at the Medford office under the umbrella of Complete Integrative Care, a sister organization of
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Finding housing becomes a challenge Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 5:49 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 5:49 PM The Associated Press SEASIDE — Finding housing on Oregon's north coast has become a challenge for seasonal, part-time and lower-wage workers. Demographics from the Oregon Employment Department show that an aging, affluent population, most of them second home owners, occupies most of the housing in the Seaside area. Meanwhile, they are driving the dem
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Two vie for Phoenix mayor Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 5:04 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 5:04 PM The following are candidates for Phoenix mayor, a two-year term. Ballots were mailed Oct. 21 and must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to the Elections Office or 24-hour ballot drop boxes outside the libraries in Rogue River, Central Point, Ashland and Eagle Point. Chris Luz Age: Not given Occupation: Phoenix software consultant, Personalized Software of Phoeni
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Grandma dropped off at Walmart can't find place to live Suzanne Ricci, 70, was rescued after being abandoned by family at the North Medford Walmart and taken in by Natalie Bogart of Phoenix. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 6:15 PM Oct 29, 2016 at 9:55 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Choking back tears during a phone call from a local hotel Thursday night, 70-year-old former Sams Valley resident Suzanne Ricci said she co
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Guest Opinion: Sense of urgency needed on climate change Friday Sep 2, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Eric Dittmer As an environmental studies professor for two decades, now retired but still alert, I have noted the increasing importance of climate change in both the scientific and academic community — for good reason. As I write this column, multiple fires burn in California with another here in Jackson County. Comments from fire captains indicate that, because of persisten
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Mel Gibson talks about hand-to-hand combat, bombs and bullets, and heroism Mel Gibson prepares for a shot on the set of "Hacksaw Ridge." (Cross Creek Pictures) Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 9:00 AM Oct 28, 2016 at 9:00 AM Ed Symkus More Content Now Say what you will about Mel Gibson’s proclivity for abhorrent behavior while under the influence of alcohol or the fact that many people, in and out of the film business, think he’s a nutcase. B
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Village at Valley View will provide secure care for dementia patients Construction is underway on a 48-bed memory care facility near the Lithia Springs Resort in Ashland. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 3:48 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 3:48 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A 48-bed residential memory-care complex that could cost up to $7 million is under construction at the corner of Highway 99 and Valley View Road in Ashland. "We
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US takes key step to implement sage grouse conservation plan In this April 20, 2013, file photo, male greater sage grouse perform their mating ritual near Walden, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Thursday Sep 1, 2016 at 8:15 PM Dan Elliot The Associated Press DENVER  — Federal land managers issued guidelines Thursday for restricting energy development, livestock grazing and other activities on public land in the West to protect the greater sage grouse,
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Scientists call for breaching dams to save orcas FILE - In this July 31, 2015, file photo, an orca whale breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. Whale researchers who track the small endangered population of Puget Sound orcas say three whales are believed dead or missing since summer. The Center for Whale Research says that as of Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, there are only 80 animals. Two females and a 10-month old calf are believed gone
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Since You Asked: Having someone deliver your ballot not recommended Saturday Oct 29, 2016 at 12:01 AM This past week, my husband received a phone call purporting to be from Alan DeBoer's headquarters (no way to tell if it was) offering to pick up our ballots. It seems to me that in the process of picking up ballots, it creates an opportunity to destroy them and possibly to alter them. — Roberta S., Medford   We at Since You Asked headquarters are particularly
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Spooky Skate Spectacular set for Sunday Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 1:40 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 1:40 PM Proceeds from a Halloween ice skating event will benefit the Dysautonomia Support Network, a nonprofit that provides education, resources and support for those suffering from neurological disorders that affect the autonomic nervous system. The Spooky Skate Spectacular will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at The RRRink, 1349 Center Drive. There w
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Fishing Report: Friday, Oct. 28 Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: Forecasts call for 10-knot winds and four-foot swells today, followed by winds up to 15 knots and 11-foot swells with rain Saturday. Sunday's forecast calls for winds up to 15 knots and nine-foot swells. That's not very promising for bottomfishers knocking up on the end of halibut fishing. Rockfish anglers can now venture past the 20-fathom line, but there is not much need to be
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Florals, animals and abstracts fill First Friday's art walk "Seeds in the Wind" and other watermedia abstracts by local artist Lynda Hoffman-Snodgrass will be displayed through September at Art&Soul Gallery in Ashland. Thursday Sep 1, 2016 at 8:00 AM Sep 2, 2016 at 4:59 PM Acrylic paintings by Suzanne Etienne and raku ceramics by Lorene Senesac will be showcased in an exhibit titled "Vessel, Bird and Branch" during the Ashland Galleries Associati
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Jury acquits standoff leaders of federal charges Defendant Neil Wampler is greeted by supporters as he leaves federal court in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. A jury exonerated brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five others of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 5:11 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 9:33 AM By STEVEN DuBOIS and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associa