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            Hi!  I’m Joe Charter and I’m running for Circuit Court Judge position 8 in the November 4 election.  I’ve been a resident of Ashland for 8 years and a resident of the Valley for 18 years.  I have two daughters in Ashland High School, one of whom was the…

A lot of us grow up in the shadows of our fathers, always looking for his approval or trying to upstage his accomplishments. Imagine for a moment if your father was Henry Ford the inventor of the Model T!He was one of the most pioneering men of the 20th Century…

Marshall Umpleby:  One who was one writes about the boys of summer     By M J Daspit         You don’t have to love baseball to love baseball books.  Just as Ray Kinsella found the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in his Iowa cornfield, so skilled writers…

Every Year, the Rogue Gallery & Art Center hosts the Artist Teen Mentoring Project (ATMP), which pairs local area teens, ages 16 to 18 with professional artists to create artwork. This program presents teens with the opportunity to learn  new skills while working in the private studio of a professional…

The Frye Company was founded in 1863 by John A. Frye, a prominent English shoemaker. It is the oldest continuously operated shoe company in the United States. Run for nearly 50 years by Mr. Frye himself his family continued to run the company after his death in 1911 until 1945.…

1. What does the Jackson county commissioner do? If you look at the responsibilities, the list includes water supply issues, forest planning, air quality, emergency management, economic development and on and on. But the real impact of the County Commission is how it affects every family in the county. The…

Let’s talk about cats for a moment. I have two living in my house which may be two too many. The oldest cat, Sadie, kinda reminds me of a bulldog. You know short legs, stocky, and a cropped tail. She has mellowed over the years but touch her funny short…

Everything needs a well-oiled engine to keep it running at optimum power!  And, nonprofit organizations are no exception. The engine of nonprofit organizations is the invaluable support of its volunteers. No matter what type of nonprofit organization, human services, faith-based, schools, political, or advocacy, they all rely strongly on their…

1.  Tomb Raider 2.  Great Escape 3.  Matrix Reloaded 4.  Terminator 2 5.  Die Another Day  

1.  Steel Magnolias 2.  Death at a Funeral 3.  Harold and Maude 4.  Four Weddings and a Funeral 5.  Eulogy

1.  Easy Rider 2.  Breaking Away 3.  American Flyers 4.  Quicksilver 5.  Worlds Fastest Indian 6.  Long Way Around 7.  Wild Hogs 8.  Rad 9.  On Any Sunday 10. Wild One

1.  Quiet Man 2.  Majestic 3.  Because of Winn-Dixie 4.  Waking Ned Devine 5.  Matchmaker 6.  Happy Texas 7.  Hope Floats 8.  Station Agent 9.  Mumford 10. Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain