There’s nothing quite like music to sooth ones needs and feelings. At the foundation of musical enjoyment is the piano. The piano is played at weddings, at funerals, at festive events, and as an integral part of endless activities, big and small, important and even those things that are less important. Those who have recently…
SB 666, a bill beyond reason
February 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Sen. Doug WhitsettDistrict 28 The most audacious bill yet introduced in the current Legislative session may well be Senate Bill 666. The aptly numbered bill was introduced in the committee on General Government and Small Business Protection late last week. It seeks to establish foster parents as public employees for purposes of labor activities….
SC Water District turns off spigot
December 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Going…going…gone! Like it or hate it, the Shady Cove Water District is officially no more. In a special meeting on Nov. 23, the board met and passed two resolutions; the first declaring the voters approved the dissolution, the second enacting same. Now the former board members are officially the trustees of the district and will…
Rogue Valley Corvettes donate BIG to Skills USA
February 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
{gallery}/02_02_10/corvettes{/gallery} Members of the Rogue Valley Corvettes came to EPHS on Friday to deliver this BIG check for $2,500 to Skills USA members.
LIttle Butte scratches its way to success
April 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Lynn Scott, principal at LBS and Phil Ortega, D9 attendance officer with symbolic check from the Oregon Lottery With ice scrapers in hand and lots of rub-a-dub-dub, Lynn Scott, principal of Little Butte School, Phil Ortega, D9 attendance officer, Brian Morton, KDRV news anchor and Derek Kevra, KDRV weatherman, pushed those scrapers to $2,459 in…
PremierWest gives big check to URCC
April 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Bank gives money away. No this is not a typo; yes this is a current news paper. At 2 p.m. on April 16, David Rayburn and Kathy Trautman of PremierWest Bank presented a check in the amount of $25,604.00 to the Upper Rogue Community Center. The check amount isn’t a typo either. …
SC Water changes rules, sits and judge and jury
April 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Tuesday’s Shady Cove Water District meeting was an exercise in efficiency. From Roll call to adjournment, the meeting ran a sleek 18 minutes. Remarkably discussions and decisions can be made in that brief amount of time. There were two key discussions in this “mini meeting”. First, Jim Collier reported that a check was sent to…
1st place winner decorating contest
December 17, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Winners of the Eagle Point Home Decorating Contest, Heath and Traci Ashley, 585 Crystal. You?ll find Santa waving from a rowboat the featured part of the display. They received a check for $100 from the Eagle Point Community Association.
Eagle Point bank was one of only three banks not to close in the state in 1933
December 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s note: It is with mixed emotions that we continue to offer articles by Anna Zander. We were deeply sadden by her death last week. She contributed a great deal to this newspaper in its formative years. She cared deeply about Eagle Point and as her daughter told us last week, she cared deeply about…
