Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) articles from September 2007

Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) archives from September 2007

Alternative schools will work together.
September 3, 2007... Byline: Sarah Lemon Sep. 3--Medford School District's new partnership with an alternative high school will double classroom time for its former night students and ease their access to counseling services. Students of Medford's...

People, along with factories, still demand Oregon corn.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 6--Far from the tug-of-war between cattle feedlots and alternative fuel producers in the Midwest, Southern Oregon corn growers found plenty of demand for human consumption of their product this summer. Some...

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., Homegrown Business column.
September 10, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 10--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? ANSWER: I'm a lumber...

Hospital to pay $100,000 to woman injured after mix-up.
September 10, 2007... Byline: Anita Burke Sep. 10--Rogue Valley Medical Center must pay $100,000 to an Eagle Point woman whose throat was burned when she mistakenly swallowed coffee pot cleaner at the hospital, a jury determined Friday. "I'm ecstatic,"...

Oregonian builds Oaxaca, Mexico, niche in Ashland-area tourism sector.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 12--ASHLAND -- When the typical traveler thinks of an excursion to Mexico, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta are more likely to come to mind than Oaxaca. Yet Oaxaca (pronounced wah-HA-ka) is where...

Stickley furniture road show to visit Medford, Ore.
September 14, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 14--Mike Danial has seen the best of times and the worst of times at Stickley Furniture. He's been in the Manlius, N.Y., factory outside Syracuse when there were scarcely two dozen workers, and he's seen the...

Cemetery's new owners look to restore it.
September 17, 2007... Byline: Paris Achen Sep. 17--At ages 6 and 2, sisters Jemina and Lavina Gregory died within three weeks of each other in fall 1868. Sharing a small headstone, the little girls are interred side by side among the graves of other family...

Entry park in Rogue River, Ore., ready for visitors.
September 17, 2007... Byline: Sanne Specht Sep. 17--ROGUE RIVER -- The homely little patch of dirt in downtown Rogue River has finally transformed into the beautiful centerpiece it was destined to be, city officials say. "It's like a big smile," said...

Painters hired to paint Wal-Mart, but their paychecks bounce.
September 20, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 20--The thought of a $2 an hour boost in pay appealed to Richard Villegas. So the 47-year-old Umatilla father of five left the company he'd been with for six years, took his 19-year-old son with him and signed...

Job fair helps vets in return to civilian life.
September 24, 2007... Byline: Damian Mann Sep. 24--Unlike those coming back from other wars, new veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan got a head start on life after combat Sunday at a job fair that attracted veterans from throughout Oregon. "I think...

Viticulturist sniffs out soil problems in Oregon vineyards.
September 26, 2007... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 26--Marcus Buchanan strolled between vine rows, auger in hand, digging out samples as he searched for clues to a mystery that has stymied the operators of Quail Run Vineyard. He repeated the process about 20...