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Michelle Wilfong informs students on what goes into a healthy breakfast on Wednesday. CHI Mercy Foundation’s Healthy Kids Outreach Program (HKOP) is helping to educate Douglas County’s youth about dental health. Michelle Wilfong, Dental Education Specialist, said, “The Healthy Kids Outreach Program provides twice a year prevention clinics with screening, fluoride varnish, silver diamine fluoride, Continue Reading
Morales pitches during the USA Softball All American Games in Oklahoma City at the Hall of Fame Stadium in August 2021. Jasmine Morales, 8th grader at Fremont Middle school, started playing softball when she was in just 3rd grade. Ever since she has practiced her hardest to be the best softball player she can be. Continue Reading
Quinn Coopride, 11, front, Parlor Adevai, 11, middle, and Bridge Adevai 15, back at practice on Thursday, September 2nd. Umpqua Valley Composite Youth Mountain Bike Team is made up of grades 6-12, from Roseburg and surrounding areas. According to their Facebook page, “As members of the NICA Oregon League, our vision is to empower the Continue Reading
Grace Huselton, 4th grader, reads a book in front of the Fiction book display. Fullerton IV Elementary recently hired a new librarian, Holly Knox. She wants to make the library a place where students want to be. Knox said, “I wanted to update the library into a more inviting place so that students that already Continue Reading
Olivia Taute (Left) as Nala and Evan Lewandowski as Simba stand conversating in character on Tuesday. The Umpqua Actors Community Theatre is putting on The Lion King Jr at Wildlife Safari. The opening night is tonight! Melody Schwegel, Executive Director for UACT, said, “The Lion King Jr is a UACT production with our Youth Summer Continue Reading
A basket full of cucumbers from Norm Lehne Garden and Orchards ready to be pickled on Friday! It’s pickle season! If you are looking for something to do this summer, you may want to try making your own pickles. Norm Lehne Garden & Orchards has plenty of pickling cucumbers. Glen Lehne, director of farm operations Continue Reading
Callie Batchelor, 6, holds up her ball and is ready to bowl on Wednesday. Ten Down Bowling, located at 2400 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, opened in 2007. For the last nine years of business, they have participated in a program called Kids Bowl Free. This program allows children in the community to bowl for free. Continue Reading
A small cluster of olives on a branch on Thursday. Many people do not realize that olives are being grown right here in Douglas County. In 2010, the first olive tree for River Ranch Oregon Olive Oil was planted. Now, it is one of roughly 20 commercial olive orchards in Oregon. It is owned by Continue Reading
Loki, a Wild Type Axolotl stares through the glass of his aquarium on Thursday. Axolotls are amazing creatures. If they lose a body part, it usually grows back! Rosemary Whitney has been an axolotl breeder for one year. “What is an axolotl?” you may be asking. Well, Whitney knows all about them! Whitney said, “Axolotls Continue Reading
One of the many beautiful peacocks at Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park on Monday. Mildred Kanipe, a farmer, passed away in 1983, leaving her ranch to the public to be a county park. Mildred’s ranch had 1,100 acres of land. On this, there are pastures, creeks, rolling hills, orchards, forests, and an ostentation of peacocks. Midge Continue Reading
