Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) articles from October 2007

Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) archives from October 2007

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., Homegrown Business column.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1--Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon. DAVE'S CENTRAL MARKET: --Owner: David Lefebvre --Age: 61 --Address: 750 Hopkins Road, Central Point...

A future written in ink.
October 24, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Oct. 24--Bob Clement discovered trial and error goes with the territory, but once he hit on the right idea, the business he started after retirement took flight. After a couple of false starts, Clement found his...

Medford co-op plan runs out of steam.
October 25, 2007... Byline: Meg Landers Oct. 25--Medford's first food co-op is folding before it ever opened its doors, and the board of directors has set a meeting for Monday to vote on dissolving the organization. The co-op is terminating its lease in...

Auto retailer Lithia Motors keeps profit steady in tough quarter.(Financial report)
October 26, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Oct. 26--Lithia Motors Inc. continued to earn a profit in increasingly difficult financial terrain during the third quarter of 2007. The Medford-based auto retailer said earnings for the three months ending Sept....

Powerboat manufacturer finds that sales to Russia ease crunch in U.S.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Oct. 26--Boulton Powerboats was roaring along, hydroplaning and spitting out a nice rooster tail in its wake two years ago, extending a hard-earned streak of expanding sales dating back to the 1990s. Then the real...

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., business briefs column.(Column)
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN WHITE CITY SETS OPEN HOUSE: WHITE CITY -- The first phase of Auburn Estates, a development specifically designed to bring affordable housing to first-time home buyers, is ready. Developer Lynn Nash...

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., Homegrown Business column.
October 29, 2007... Oct. 29--Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon. QUESTION: What do you do and how long have you been doing it? Michael Warren: I run a chiropractic clinic,...

Housing woes dampen retail sector, growth, Oregon developer says.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Oct. 31--The waiting game is afoot for Northgate Centre. "We expected to be in construction next March -- now we're probably looking at June or July," says Steve Morgan, managing partner of the 42-acre Alba Village...