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Get Out: Friday, Feb. 17 Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, Feb. 18: 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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SOCCA celebrates the Year of the Rooster Lion dancers perform during the Chinese New Year parade in Jacksonville. [Mail Tribune file photo] Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Chinese New Year promises something for everyone, with events that include a run, cooking and art demonstrations, history presentations, acrobatics, tai chi and the ever-popular downtown parade. Organized by the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association, the
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Fair shrimp wrangling Molly Morrison searches Tuesday for fairy shrimp in a vernal pool at the top of Upper Table Rock. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Molly Morrison pulls off her hiking boots Tuesday and reaches into her Trader Joe's bag for a pair of flowery rubber boots that any botanist worth her weight in Draba verna would have for a foray into a giant puddle atop Upper Table Rock. Morrison gra
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Wood-fired pizza at Rosario's in Medford Smokehouse Special pizza at Rosario's Italian Restaurant in Medford. [Photo by Sarah Lemon] Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune @thewholedish There’s pizza. And then there’s wood-fired pizza. Every now and then, I’m lured from our regular pizzeria by the promise of a smaller, even less elaborate pie that redeems itself with incomparably crunchy crust and that telltale whiff of wood
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Third Fridays bring new art exhibits to Medford "Queen," oil by Ashland artist Doug Wallace, at Art du Jour Gallery. Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Dots will be under the art lamps during February and March at Art du Jour Gallery in downtown Medford. Ashland artist Doug Wallace will show his paintings of Byzantine queens and mythical maidens at the gallery, 213 E. Main St. Wallace works with oil to create the images he calls "eclectic Romanti
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Religion briefs, Friday, Feb. 17 Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church Great Vespers begins at 6 p.m. Saturday Feb. 18, at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church, in the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z. Matins prayers begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, with Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m., followed by a potluck brunch, the last to include meats and dairy before Great Lent. Early Matins begins at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. Vespers will be
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Latino businesses close, school absences rise as part of protest Margarita Castillo closed El Gallo and her surrounding businesses on West Main Street in Medford Thursday in support of The Day Without Immigrants strike. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 7:00 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 7:00 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A nationwide protest hit home as several Latino-owned businesses closed their doors and hundreds of students
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Since You Asked: Old fire station's future yet to be determined Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Now that Medford has a shiny new regional firehouse on Stewart Avenue, what are the plans for the neighborhood fire station on West Eighth Street? — DeWayne S., Medford   Medford Fire-Rescue Chief Brian Fish is understandably excited about his department's new station on Stewart Avenue, which will provide improved service throughout southwest Medford. As for the ol
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Closing bell: Stocks slow down after a record-setting run This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks around the world pulled back Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, following a record-setting run that marked the longest winning streak in over 3 years for the S&P 500 index. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 2:02 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 2:02 PM Stock markets around the world paused Thu
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At AHS, 'Our Town' gets a pro's touch Nicole Preston, left, and Chris Haulk work on a scene from "Our Town," an Ashland High School production that will feature directing and acting by longtime TV and Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor Doug Rowe. The play opens tonight. Bob Pennell Friday Nov 3, 2000 at 2:00 AM Feb 16, 2011 at 8:26 AM Bill Varble Learning — every, every minute ASHLAND — Nicole Preston says Doug Rowe taught her how to m
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Medford wary of new homeless shelter Heather Everett, administrative director with Rogue Retreat, is working with the city of Medford to keep open the Kelly Shelter at First United Methodist Church in Medford. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 5:09 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 5:46 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A good-hearted effort to rapidly open a homeless warming shelter this winter in Medford has hit a rough patch as p
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Why Alba, Italy? Medieval towers, along with castles and palaces, are a common sight in Alba. [123rf.com] Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Rebecca Scott for the Mail Tribune Thirty students from North and South Medford high schools will spend their spring break in the land of wine, white truffles and Nutella: Alba, Italy. It's part of a Sister City exchange between Medford and Alba that's nearing some 60 years. "It feels like we have extended family in Italy," says Lis
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Oregon judges ask Legislature for more pay, bigger pensions Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 6:25 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 6:25 PM By Saul Hubbard The Register-Guard SALEM — A contingent of Oregon's roughly 200 state judges visited the state Capitol this week on what has become a familiar quest: more pay and, indirectly, bigger pensions. Since 2014, lawmakers have given elected state judges raises of between 17.4 percent and 18.6 percent, depending on t
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Owner of White City Metals indicted on sex abuse charges Donald James McLaughlin Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 12:27 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 12:29 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The owner of White City Metals was indicted Wednesday on multiple sex abuse charges for allegedly having sexual contact with several minors during a period that goes back more than a decade. Donald James McLaughlin, 46, was charged with first-degree sodomy, four counts of fi
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White City Metals owner indicted on sex abuse charges Donald James McLaughlin Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 12:27 PM Feb 16, 2017 at 4:26 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The owner of White City Metals was indicted Wednesday on multiple sex abuse charges for allegedly having sexual contact with several minors during a period that goes back more than a decade. Donald James McLaughlin, 46, was charged with first-degree sodomy, four counts of first-
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College students wanted for summer jobs in the Oregon wilderness Alex Relph, a member of a Siskiyou Mountain Club trail crew, helps to build a section of steps on the new Pilot Rock Trail. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Friday Feb 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Zach Urness Statesman Journal Ever wanted to spend a summer working in Oregon's most remote wilderness areas? If so, the Siskiyou Mountain Club wants to talk. The Ashland-based nonprofit is hiring interns — primarily
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Hilarity spot on in 'Noises Off' The cast of Oregon Cabaret Theatre's "Noises Off," running through April 9. Photo by Christopher Briscoe Wednesday Feb 15, 2017 at 5:50 PM Feb 15, 2017 at 5:50 PM By Katherine Hannon for the Mail Tribune Doors and sardines. That’s what it’s all about. It’s the last-minute dress rehearsal for another one of those smarmy 1980s British sex farces that rely on split-second slamming of multiple doo
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Competition, demographics concern Oregon Lottery director Wednesday Feb 15, 2017 at 6:13 PM By Anna Marum The Oregonian/OregonLive PORTLAND — One of Oregon's critical revenue sources, the Oregon Lottery, could be in jeopardy. Aging players, increasing competition from tribe-operated casinos and a shrinking retail base threaten to cut into revenue the state budget counts on, lottery director Barry Pack told the House Revenue Committee Tuesday. The lottery, with ove
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Emergency services, Feb. 16 Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Assault — Daniel Quintero, 26, of the 2300 block of Table Rock Road, Medford. Medford police arrested Quintero Tuesday on a felony charge of fourth-degree assault, and on misdemeanor charges of harassment and fourth-degree assault. He remained lodged in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday without bail. Drugs — Ryan Lee Brashears, 23, of the 1300 block of Black Thorn Drive, Medford. M
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Religion News: Bill passes to allow religion in schools in Kentucky The Kentucky State Senate recently passed a bill that would allow students to express their religious beliefs in public schools. (Leon Brooks/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Thursday Feb 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM More Content Now WEEK IN RELIGION Students wishing to express their personal religious beliefs in school could soon be allowed to in Kentucky after the state senate passed a bill that would allow al