Month: August 2022

News from 100 years ago The following news items were taken from the Mail Tribune archives 100 years ago August 5, 1922 JULY VERY HOT, MERCURY WENT TO 108 ON THE 2ND The outstanding feature of the official weather report for July is that it was one of the hottest months in and around Medford in many years with an average high of 96 degrees. The hottest day of the month was 108 degrees on July 2nd. The average low was 53.3 degrees, the low was 44 on the 23rd and the average was 74.7. The first week of July…

Arrests for crimes Forgery – David Louis Bertik, 45, of the 600 block of Queens Branch Road, Rogue River. Medford police charged Bertik Wednesday with new charges of first-degree forgery, first-degree theft and identity theft. Medford police arrested Bertik Monday on previous charges of identity theft and second-degree burglary, an out-of-county warrant and for violating his probation for possession of methamphetamine. He was also cited Thursday on warrants for failure to appear on earlier charges of first-degree forgery, first-degree possession of a forged instrument, first-degree attempted burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was held in the Jackson…

Cascade Lakes Relay Runners race in view of Mount Bachelor. [Photo by The Oregonian/Oregonlive] This weekend’s Cascade Lakes Relay is his last year to run and walk deep in August. Organizers announced plans to move Central Oregon’s largest annual sporting event to June 2023 for its 16th year. The move, organizers say, is intended to provide a “safer … more enjoyable” event with cooler temperatures and a reduced likelihood of wildfire smoke. “In the past five years, we have experienced extreme temperatures, poor and sometimes unhealthy air quality, and wildfires that threatened our ability to safely produce CLR on the…

OCEAN PERSPECTIVE ALL THE COAST: A small craft advisory remains in effect until Friday evening. Winds of up to 25 knots and 6-foot swells are expected in the afternoon on Friday, followed by winds of up to 20 knots and swells down to 5 feet on Saturday. Sunday’s forecast calls for winds to drop to 5 knots and swells to drop to 4 feet. Ocean salmon fishing has slowed a bit for a mix of chinook and coho salmon in southern Oregon as the currents shift. Chinook fish on downriggers from 80 to 150 feet with anchovies. Cohos get caught…

Olive oil poached albacore tuna filled bagel sandwich from Laika’s Lox & Bagels food truck. [Sarah Lemon/Mail Tribune] Olive oil poached albacore tuna filled bagel sandwich from Laika’s Lox & Bagels food truck. truck [Sarah Lemon/Mail Tribune] The “Baja” is a breakfast bagel at Ahuva Bagel Company in Central Point. truck [Sarah Lemon/Mail Tribune] The “Mansfield” is an open-faced turkey bagel preparation at Ahuva Bagel Company in Central Point. truck [Sarah Lemon/Mail Tribune] Sun-dried tomato and basil cream cheese is one of 17 spread options on a toasted bagel at Ahuva Bagel Company in Central Point. truck [Sarah Lemon/Mail Tribune]…

Phoenix will cut the ribbon Saturday on a new playground at Blue Heron Park Patrick White, with Building Between The Lines Carpentry, broke ground on the newly constructed Blue Heron Park playground in Phoenix on Wednesday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] The benches and tables are ready to be placed in the new Agsa Blava park, which is officially opened on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] The Blue Herons Park playground, destroyed when the Almeda fire tore through Phoenix in 2020, will reopen Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Federal disaster funds and local donations have created…

The origin of the name of the National Park feature is unknown, but the appeal of the area is clear Plaikni Falls, a classic waterfall, is an easy one-mile hike in Crater Lake National Park. [Photo by Lee Juillerat] Lightning Springs water flows gently from its source in Crater Lake National Park. [Photo by Lee Juillerat] The Pinnacles Overlook and Trail offer views of the spectacular volcanic activity in Crater Lake National Park. [Photo by Lee Juillerat] Sometimes the timing is right. Our timing for a hike at Lightning Springs, a relatively unvisited area below the West Rim Drive in…

Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church The church, at the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z, Phoenix, will hold High Vespers services at 6 pm on Saturday, August 6 and Wednesday, August 10. A service of the Divine Liturgy will be Sunday at 9 am. , August 7 and at 8 am on Thursday August 11. Call 541-690-8822 or see gabriel.church. Lutheran Church of the Ascension The church, at 675 Black Oak Drive, Medford, will hold an in-person, live worship service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. For more information or a link to the live stream, call 541-773-3594 or…