MAY 13, 1981 Rogue River Chamber of Commerce honored longtime community gardener May Ellis, 87, for more than 20 years of beautification work throughout Rogue River. Ellis founded the Beautification Project in the early 1960s, organizing the planting and care of flowers and shrubs throughout the city. A bronze plaque[Read More…]

MAY 6, 1981 Mrs. Hugh Ellis, a longtime area resident, will receive a Bronze Plaque from the Rogue River Chamber of Commerce for her longstanding efforts in Plant Beautification of the Rogue River and Wimer areas. 85-year-old Mrs. Ellis had been chairman of the school district 35 beautification project for[Read More…]

APR. 29, 1981 The fourth annual Rogue Valley Roundup was presented by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Posse in Central Point over the weekend. The event featured a parade Saturday morning, a dance that night, and three days of rodeo in the arena at Jackson County Expo near Central Point. Big[Read More…]

APR. 22, 1981 Irrigators in much of Jackson County have little to look forward to this summer if the region’s precipitation levels are not far above normal through June. State water master Dave Hendrix said this week precipitation at the Medford airport is 60 percent of normal for this time[Read More…]

APR. 15, 1981 Rogue River- Have you ever been short of change and had to break a bill or larger coin? It’s the pennies that can be a help or a hindrance. Pete Zwinkel of Pete’s Beetle Barn may have solved the problem for local shoppers and merchants. Zwinkel entered[Read More…]

APR. 8, 1981 Grants Pass- The proposed Elk Creek Dam project was moved a large step closer to reality, after a decision this week by the State Water Policy Review Board to support construction of the dam. With little deliberation, the seven-member board passed a resolution supporting the project by[Read More…]

APR. 1, 1981 Southern Oregon has two Federal Bureau of Investigation officers stationed in Medford to enforce more than 200 U.S. statutes. And those two men are kept jumping, mainly by timber thieves and fraudsters, according to Special Agent Michael Miller. The FBI had 60 agents stationed across Oregon, who[Read More…]

MAR. 25, 1981 One Jackson County commissioner is eager to fight any attempt to place a state prison in the Rogue Valley. One has mixed emotions on the issue. And one won’t say. Commissioner Pete Sage said in an interview that the idea of locating a regional state prison in[Read More…]

MAR. 21, 1981 Sometimes it seems you can’t win. In the last decade, when fuel and electrical heating costs soared, people in the Rogue Valley discovered they could drastically reduce their home heating costs by installing wood stoves. With wood in the valley plentiful, many heating problems seemed solved. Ah,[Read More…]