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Beck Field Closed: Dangerous Dog
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Murphy Co. Protests ‘Excessive’ Fees

Murphy Co. is asking the City of Rogue River to roll back what it considers to be “excessive fees” assessed on a $1.5 million expansion project already underway at the North River Road plywood mill. In a letter presented to the City Council on Jan. 19, John Murphy Sr. said that building permit fees have “jumped dramatically” since his Eugene-based company purchased the mill in 2010. An increase in the street (Subscribe for full story)

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Loved, Accepted, Included Down Syndrome Association Spotlights Hanby

Ariel Rogers will tell anyone who listens that she is much more like any other teenager than she is different. She may have an extra chromosome, but who’s counting? At Hanby Middle School, she has found that true friends don’t count chromosomes. At Hanby Middle School, the eighth-grader is loved, accepted and included. Ariel had a captive audience when she spoke about Down syndrome at (Subscribe for full story)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hats Off to EMC
Quietly, Firm Gains National Market

Not many in Rogue River know that a company that sells its products across the country is located within three blocks of the town square. Emblem Manufacturing Company, or EMC, creates everything from emblem patches and logo-based embroidery on items like hats and jackets to silk-screened T-shirts. The multi-faceted local company that started in 1980 in Lee Beaumont, Sr.'s (Subscribe for full story)

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Lending a Hand to Mother Nature
Gold Ray Riparian Rejuvenation Continues

Volunteers from a variety of local groups came together Jan. 21 to repair a patch of land laid to waste when Gold Ray Dam, north of Gold Hill, was removed from the Rogue River in the summer of 2010. “Our idea was to get in and kind of give Mother Nature a jumpstart, get some pieces back in here, and then have her fill in around that,” said Craig Tuss, project manager with the Rogue Valley Council of Governments. “We planted things like cottonwood, willow, pine and oak trees, along with some upland and wetland species.” The Tolo and (Subscribe for full story)