Meet Your Merchant: Jake Young embraces roles of mechanic and Canyonville booster
CANYONVILLE — Jake Young started working at Fearless Fred’s 76 Union gas station in May 1970 at age 13. His father, Fred Young, leased the station. Forty-three years later, Jake Young, now 56, is still working at the same location on Canyonville’s m …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Hanson Jewelers a bright business in downtown Roseburg
Frank and Jere Bartley faced a decision back in the early 1980s as they contemplated life after retirement from the military. They could take other government jobs and live in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area. Or they could join the family jewelr …
Read More »Homegrown in Douglas County: Southern Oregon Log Scaling and Grading Bureau
Editor’s Note: The following is the 16th in a monthly series — Homegrown: Made in Douglas County — that appears on The News-Review Business page. Profiles of companies with roots deep in Douglas County will be featured in this series. To suggest a co …
Read More »Caregiver Cards earn vote as best idea at Roseburg Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend was a great step up for Barbara Worthington. After two long days of developing business plans, Worthington’s venture, Caregiver Cards, was judged to have the most potential. The Startup Weekend, the first such event in Southern Ore …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Barco Supply provides a clean living for years
Steve Adair’s livelihood has been full of spots and stains, and helping people get rid of them. Adair has owned the cleaning products business Barco Supply since 1972. “With this many years in the business, solutions to cleaning problems are repetit …
Read More »Sutherlin High class growing a blooming business
SUTHERLIN — Growing plants at Sutherlin High School has blossomed into a full-blown business. The plants had been a horticulture class project, but last fall a new class — agriculture business, leadership and economics — took over management of the …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Treasures of the Heart a gifted, crafty business
TRI CITY — “This is like a girl’s amusement park,” said a young girl. “Is this where Santa lives?” asked a little boy. Belinda Legg beams when she hears such comments. Her store, Treasures of the Heart, is full and colorful, featuring gifts and home …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Oakland Lockers ‘meats’ local food needs
OAKLAND — Josh Witten remembers waiting at the corral on his grandparents’ place for the mobile slaughter truck. He said he was intrigued by the process of turning a beef animal into a carcass and then later enjoying a steak or hamburger on his dinne …
Read More »Meet Your Merchant: Young’s Garden Gift & Pond changes with the seasons
With one semester left to earn a civil engineering degree, Scott Lander received a phone call that redirected his future. Lander was a senior at Brigham Young University in Utah back in 1976 when his father, Dale Lander, called to inform him Young’s …
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