Umpqua Dairy earns national production award
Umpqua Dairy Products is celebrating — again. The family-owned Roseburg-based business won three awards at the Quality Chekd Dairies conference late last month in New Orleans. Umpqua Dairy received the 2013 Production Excellence Award as the best si …
Read More »UCAN’s Mike Fieldman passionate about social justice
Mike Fieldman grew up surrounded by the very poor and the very rich in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Chicago. He developed his passion for social justice at an early age. Today, Fieldman, 62, directs the United Community Action Network, one of …
Read More »Caroline Brown of Glide honored in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Glide High School senior Caroline Brown was honored for her volunteer work as a recipient of a Prudential Spirit of Community Award at a ceremony on May 5 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Douglas County Farmers Co-op reaps rewards of seed planted long ago
A handful of Douglas County farmers formed a cooperative in 1921 to secure supplies and save money. The original name was the Douglas County Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange. Today, the business is known as the Douglas County Farmers Co-op, and it’s …
Read More »News-Review photographer and reporter win regional SPJ awards
News-Review photographer Michael Sullivan’s image of a triathlete preparing to swim took first place for sports photography in a regional journalism contest. Winners of the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism c …
Read More »On The Drawing Board: Student Artwork
Watercolor painting by Glide Elementary School second-grader Olivia Sconce. If you would like to submit student artwork or if you have information about school-related events, honors or awards, email schools@nrtoday.com or call 541-957-4202. …
Read More »Roseburg merchants say downtown parking enforcement finds a good spot
Roseburg Park Smart’s Ron Sanders seems more like an old-fashioned beat cop than a typical parking enforcement officer. Sanders makes a point of dropping in to downtown businesses to say, “Hi,” and see how things are going. He also contacts police …
Read More »Jayne Gautreau: Take time to notice
Everyone is so busy these days, running here and there, doing life; they are busy being busy. Have you noticed that if you slow down in the midst of being busy, you may actually notice some pretty small but significant things? There are so many thing …
Read More »Jazz rains on Canyonville
CANYONVILLE — Lots of cities host a jazz festival. Fewer host a second annual. One key to success is having someone involved like John Gronberg, a Canyonville music teacher and former pro trumpet player who on Saturday at Pioneer Park was seeing thr …
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