By State Rep. Dennis RichardsonFor the Independent I cannot remain silent when surrogates for a teachers’ union encourage 100 Eagle Point High School (EPHS) students to break school rules, march off campus and stage a protest to “respect the teachers.” Such a stunt, implicitly intended to pressure the school district to accept the union’s final…
Open house
February 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Shape N Up, a women’s fitness center at 151 W. Linn near U-Haul, in Eagle Point, will host an open house and free “Spring into Health” mini health fair Saturday, Mar. 24, from 10-3 p.m. Ladies will be able to have their blood pressure checked, their body mass index calculated and their percentage of body…
Stockmen honor Mel Morris, name new officers
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jackson County Stockmen’s Association held their annual meeting January 14, at the Jackson County Expo. According to Association Secretary Jeremy Kennedy, 28 members and two guests attended the afternoon business session where committee heads gave reports. Treasurer Mel Morris, giving his final report, stated that the general account had a balance of $10,703, and two…
Stockmen honor Mel Morris, name new officers
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jackson County Stockmen’s Association held their annual meeting January 14, at the Jackson County Expo. According to Association Secretary Jeremy Kennedy, 28 members and two guests attended the afternoon business session where committee heads gave reports. Treasurer Mel Morris, giving his final report, stated that the general account had a balance of $10,703, and two…
Regence increase less than their request
July 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) rejected a 22.1 percent health insurance rate increase request from Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon and instead approved a 12.8 percent increase. The increase affects about 59,000 Regence customers who buy individual health plans directly from the company. It is an average, meaning some Regence members will…
Governor’s budget has ideas from Democrats and Republicans
February 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Governor Kitzhaber has released his 2011-2013 budget, recommending fundamental shifts in service delivery and funding priorities to balance a $14.76 billion General Fund and Lottery Fund budget severely impacted by the recession and the loss of one-time federal revenues. Shifts include funding proven job creation programs, consolidating disparate early childhood programs and restructuring health care…
Community Health Center receives Carpenter Foundation Grant
January 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Community Health Center is the recipient of a $12,000 grant from the Carpenter Foundation to provide health care services to newly unemployed and uninsured Jackson County residents. “The recession continues to make life difficult for families in Jackson County,” said Community Health Center Executive Director Peg Crowley. “We are experiencing a significant increase in requests…
“Pass the Book” library program
January 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Storytelling Guild of Jackson County is once again collecting gently used and new children’s books for its “Pass the Book” program. Each year the Storytelling Guild distributes children’s books to agencies in Jackson County to share with the families they serve. From Head Start to the Children’s Advocacy Center, from the Dunn House to…
Sign up children for health insurance by Dec. 31
November 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Oregon families that want to sign up children for an individual health insurance policy – or change a child’s coverage – can do so from now through Dec. 31. Children can no longer be turned down for health reasons. Employer-based plans are already prohibited from denying coverage to children and adults based on health. Federal…
Hilma “Dolores” MacInnis
October 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Dolores passed away Friday, October 15th surrounded by her family. She was born July 23rd, 1924 in Berkeley, CA to Alfred & Hilma Koistinen. She married “Mac” Percy Brent MacInnis on August 30th, 1942. They raised 5 children together. Dolores worked as a school cook for many years. She then became a CNA working in…
