By Rep. Dennis RichardsonThe holiday cheer, the lights, the gift giving, the carols, the shopping and delicious treats are all part of our holiday excitement. Christmas and Hanukkah’s Festival of Lights are times of joy and celebration, but this season is also a time of introspection and humility. We who have sound minds and bodies…
Mill Creek Memorial Festival, May 28
May 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The 2nd annual Mill Creek Memorial Festival is this Saturday, May 28. Festivities will begin at 7 a.m. with a cougar Run Walk or Bike Race. After that will come a good old fashioned hometown parade on Mill Creek Drive. There will be a flag retirement ceremony, live music, booths, free children’s activities. Highlight of…
Quilt show
November 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Material Girls of Shady Cove will be having their annual Quilt Show on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6 and 7, from 10-4 p.m. at Shady Cove School, just off Highway 62. The admission remains at $2 donation and the show will include a bazaar, a bed turning, vendors, and our traditional raffle “baskets”. For…
Quilt show
October 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Material Girls of Shady Cove will be having their annual Quilt Show on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6 and 7, from 10-4 p.m. at Shady Cove School, just off Highway 62. The admission remains at $2 donation and the show will include a bazaar, a bed turning, vendors, and our traditional raffle “baskets”. For…
Cascade Pool adjusts classes to prepare families for start of school
August 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
By Rae MooringFor the Independent I can almost hear those school bells ringing. We at Cascade Community Poolknow sometimes getting our children to bed early and back on a routine can be difficult.Our September lessons are tailored to help your children be able to continue with theirswim classes and make this adjustment easy. Our schedule…
Prospect prepares for May 29 festival
May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Prospect is going to reach out to help its own with the first Mill Creek Festival to be held on May 29. Wh They care about the many veterans in the Prospect area, actually in the 97539 zip code and are putting together a huge variety of activities to raise money to help them. The…
Mill Creek Festival to benefit veterans needs
April 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Some groups plan and plan and plan to put on a major event. Others find their plan in enthusiasm and forging ahead, never mind that what they have in mind should have been planned a year ago. Such is the background for the organizers of the Mill Creek Festival to be held in Prospect May…
Keith Winton Specking
September 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Keith Winton Specking, 90, of Medford, died Sept. 18, 2009 at his Eagle Point home. Mr. Specking was born in Hanson, Ky. in July 1919 and spent his early years in St. Louis, Mo., working to support a large family after his father died. He joined the Army in 1941 and was stationed in Hawaii…
Corps complete notching of Elk Creek Dam
October 20, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Downstream view of the now notched Elk Creek Dam. The long-awaited disposition of the state of Elk Creek Dam has finally been completed. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has nearly completed work on the project, with just minor clean-up work remaining by the two major contractors. Elk Creek Dam has been controversial since construction…
Navigability "study" could change land titles along Rogue
February 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Living on the river, especially a river like the Rogue, is the ultimate by most any measurement. For most, it means fishing, having a dock from which a small boat can be launched and a place where friends and family can picnic down by the river. Beyond that is the pure beauty of the Rogue….
