Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) articles from November 2002

Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) archives from November 2002

Medford, Ore.-Area Workers Take Holiday in Stride.
November 29, 2002... Byline: Bill Varble Nov. 29--The woman in the red car wants a regular mocha, a mocha Dutch freeze and a double chocolate mocha brain freeze. OK. The espresso machine huffs and hisses and gurgles as Tanner Borgnino and Amanda Clifton...

Entrepreneur Buys Comfort Inn North in Medford, Ore.
November 28, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 28--The 52-room Comfort Inn North at 1100 Hilton Road has been sold by Sonmar Management Corp. of Fargo, N.D., to Minesh "Mike" Patel. The sale price was not disclosed. Patel, 36, has grown up in the...

Fargo, N.D., Company Sells Medford, Ore., Comfort Inn.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 27--The 52-room Comfort Inn North at 1100 Hilton Road has been sold by Sonmar Management Corp. of Fargo, N.D., to Minesh "Mike" Patel. The sale price was not disclosed. Patel, 36, has grown up in the...

Ashland, Ore., Shop Can't Use Word 'Apothecary' in Name according to State Law.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Sean Wolfe Nov. 27--What's in a name? If you're the proprietor of Alchemy Botanicals, which until recently billed itself as "an Herbal Apothecary," the answer is about $15,000 in business cards, literature, mailing materials and...

Effects Linger from Hydroelectric Plant Oil Spill near Prospect, Ore.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Damian Mann Nov. 26--Environmental cleanup crews scoured the upper Rogue River Monday, mopping up any sign of oil washed downstream after a water line broke Sunday inside a hydroelectric power plant near Prospect. PacifiCorp...

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., Business Question and Answer Column.
November 25, 2002... Byline: Shari Downhill Nov. 25--Thomy Barton is the founding partner of Barton White Associates, a consulting firm with a focus on trust building and high performance attitudes in the workplace. The Ashland firm began in 1991. Barton was...

Environmentalists Promise Protestors at Oregon Timber Sale.
November 24, 2002... Byline: Paul Fattig Nov. 24--If you think the Peak timber sale drew protesters, just wait until next year, says George Sexton. "The Sturgis sale is going to make the Peak sale look like a picnic," warned the environmental activist....

Medford, Ore., Coffee Shop Owners See Nothing Wrong with Their 'Bad Ass' Brand.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Meg Landers Nov. 22--Owners of a new coffee business say their suggestive name refers to a donkey. The Bad Ass Coffee Company, at 143 S. Riverside Ave., is scheduled to open 6 a.m. Monday. "It's really a story about a...

Jackson County, Ore., Home Sales Rise Again.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 22--Jackson County home sales continue to rise. After a gain of 24.3 percent in October, 2002 sales are now 4 percent ahead of 2001 in urban areas. Transactions are flourishing despite an inventory well below...

Medford, Ore., Retailer of Furniture, Gifts Moves Into Larger Space.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 19--You never know where Molly Reed is going to pop up next. The little Bartlett Street store poked its head onto Central Avenue 14 years ago, combining an array of furniture and kitchenware before shuffling back...

Medford, Ore., Area Is Entrepreneurial Hotbed.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 18--Stuart Baker decided it was time for a career change when his wife became pregnant with their 10-month-old girl. The 34-year-old Medford resident set aside his auto body and paint business of a dozen...

Forest Fires Damage Tourist Season for Rouge Valley Area of Medford, Ore.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Tony Boom Nov. 18--Smoke put a damper on the Rogue Valley's tourist season. A strong start in May and June didn't continue after nearby forest fires filled the valley with smoke in July, tourism officials and data indicate....

Self-Starters Make Their Own Way in Jackson County, Ore.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Greg Stiles Nov. 17--Stuart Baker decided it was time for a career change when his wife became pregnant with their 10-month-old girl. The 34-year-old Medford resident set aside his auto body and paint business of a dozen...

Medford, Ore., Timber Group Questions Validity of Toxics Study.
November 14, 2002... Byline: John Darling Nov. 14--Calling it expensive and unnecessary, the Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association has come out against the Oregon Air Toxics Program, designed to reduce a dozen unhealthful chemicals in Rogue Valley...