JAN. 15, 1981 Rogue River Middle School had been holding intramural sports since the early part of the school year. They have had kickball and are now playing basketball, and they are looking forward to volleyball. There were 4-6 students in a team per grade, and they played against each[Read More…]

JAN. 8, 1981 Cheerleaders Crash-Last Friday, as our gals headed toward their destination. A freak accident occurred. The girls were with two school advisors, Lorraine Pronobis and Evelyn Herring. Imagine this –Fire trucks, police cars, 13 cheerleaders, two school advisors, and vehicles nose to nose in the early hours of[Read More…]

JAN. 1, 1981 On the morning of December 24, 1980, at Jay and Andrea DelSavios residence, a devastating event occurred. A most intense fire destroyed their 110-year-old barn. The DelSavios’ resided on West Evans Creek Road and have brought much Christmas spirit to the valley by hosting yearly Christmas parties[Read More…]

DEC. 25, 1980 Mrs. Markey’s 5th-grade class just finished up a unit on nutrition with the preparation of a full-scale (balanced) breakfast for their class. A prior assignment involved preparing a meal for the family, with or without parents’ help. The menu for this fifth annual breakfast included toast, cereal,[Read More…]

DEC. 18, 1980 If your child attends Evans Valley School, you can rest assured that a great deal of thought and experience is going into the planning, cooking, and serving of school lunches. Beverly Quick was the head chef, assisted by Sharon Keech. Even though the State regulations governing nutritional[Read More…]

DEC. 11, 1980 Rogue Valley Cable TV, serving approximately 1,000 customers in the ten-mile area between Savage Creek Dam and just the other side of Gold Hill, was sadly saying goodbye to Channel 13 KTVU, an independent station based in Oakland, CA. KTVU’s daily programming consisted of Northern California sports,[Read More…]

DEC. 4, 1980 Dec. 4th, Crater wrestling opens at home against Medford. The Comets, coming off a 27-0 dual record in 1979-80, will take on a young but talented Tornado team. Some exciting matches will take place at the 106-pound weight class. A class where Medford has returning district Champ[Read More…]

NOV. 27, 1980 Fifteen Indians and eight Pilgrims came for Thanksgiving dinner on November 20th at the Evans Valley School Cafeteria. They were all students from Mrs. Boyle’s first-grade class. The students have been studying about the first Thanksgiving in their Social Studies class and made pilgrim and Indian hats[Read More…]

NOV. 20, 1980 The Rogue River Christmas decorations were put up earlier than usual, so a local TV crew could film Santa and decorate Rogue River for a fall TV promotion. A special thank you to Marna Ricks for using her pony, Mr. Hardly, and cart to get Santa around[Read More…]