Rogue River--- A routine investigation in a hit and run property damage incident resulted in an exciting “Sunday drive.”

Rogue River--- By summer 2011, the residents of Rogue River will be lapping up the water flowing from a new 1.2- million-gallon reservoir. Less than a week after winning the contract, Ward-Henshaw Construction, Inc., is busy excavating the ground for a concrete tank that will more than double the city’s water storage capacity.

A teacher may have a positive influence, maybe even a life-changing effect, on a young person’s life. “I hope I make that kind of impact on children,” said Rhonda Schock, owner of the newly-opened great Beginnings Childcare & Preschool. Schock recently purchased the building and the business, previously called Rogue River Rascals, from Char Lovie, who is retiring. Schock is a parent and member of the Rogue River community. She has five children; the youngest is 11- years old and attending Rogue River Middle School.

Rogue River--- Two 16-year-old juveniles were arrested August 18 after city police officers chased down and apprehended a 15-year-old runaway who the pair allegedly assaulted during a party one of the boys threw at his grandparents’ vacant home.

Grants Pass- It was a short summer, Charlie Brown...but, the antidote to such bitter endings is the sweet jazz rhythms of pianist George Winston. “There are three composers that I have at one time or another tried to play all of their songs: New Orleans R&B pianist Professor Longhair, The Doors, and Vince Guaraldi...Vince Guaraldi and his music are so much a part of the deep heart and soul of San Francisco, and of the experience of childhood, and beyond." - George WinstonIn 1996, Winston released his first album of Guaraldi compositions, entitled Linus and Lucy...

I'm pretty sure that is what the people living in England in the late 1400s and early 1500s were saying when the Sweating Sickness was killing hundreds of people with no cure to be found. Doctors at that time were self taught with experience. They usually would look at the many people dying and come to conclusions on how to either make the spreading of the disease stop or how to try and save a life one at a time.

MERWAN LEROY “ROY” SPENCER, a resident of Grants Pass, OR, passed away at the age of 80 on August 18, 2010 at the Three Rivers Hospital in Grants Pass, due to complications brought on by Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia. Roy was born August 16, 1930 in Oakland, CA, the youngest child of LeRoy and Iva Spencer, and the younger sibling of Jennie Gagon and George Spencer. Roy was educated at San Francisco State University, studying Electrical Engineering. He continued his education with the United States Army while serving in Germany during the Korean War. Roy was married to Dolores Cabeceira on March 10, 1951 and was blessed with five boys: Russ, Barry, Dane, Kris, and Jason. Roy spent his first few years working at RCA as a Repair Technician. In his later years, he worked for Dalmo Victor as a Microwave Engineer for 38 years in Belmont, CA. Roy was remarried to Gloria May Wolff on June 15, 1991 and was blessed with...