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A 25-year-old quilting group at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Roseburg meets every Friday and has sewn around 3,000 quilts for Lutheran World Relief, which delivers the blankets to people in need around the globe. more...
  01/29/2010 1:23pm
I have never missed a deadline in my 60-odd years as a journalist, but there is always a first time. The News-Review features editor, Craig Reed, asked me to join readers and write 100 words about the wonders of the 100 valleys of the Umpqua for an...
  01/28/2010 4:31pm
As homeowners begin trying to squeeze food gardens into their limited landscape space, people have started to experiment with blended food and ornamental gardens.
  01/22/2010 2:05pm
We are living in strange times. Never in history has there been such an explosion of ways that humans communicate. Everyone, except maybe me, is tethered to a cell phone 24/7. Never have so many people listened in on other people's telephone...
  01/21/2010 12:29pm
Weed identification and control, pesticides and equipment, and conservation practices will be featured subjects at the Douglas County Weed Day 2010 that is scheduled for Feb. 3.
  01/20/2010 11:38am
We are a people of storytellers. Evidence of that is the scratching found on the walls of ancient caves. Ever since language evolved, man has been putting stories to words by writing them down for future generations.
  01/14/2010 3:51pm
DAYS CREEK — What started as a single strand of Christmas lights a half-century ago has evolved into an elaborate display that provides a heaping dose of holiday cheer in this community.
  12/24/2009 12:32pm
Being Scottish, my patron saint is St. Andrew, one of the most neglected saints among us.
  12/11/2009 9:51am
By now most of us have heard that October was Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Well, I sure as heck was a lot more aware of breast cancer this October than I was last October because now I know that I have it.
  12/04/2009 3:54pm
One of the biggest wasters of electricity in the average house may be one that doesn't attract a lot of attention.
  11/06/2009 11:52am
If you were early to church last Sunday and got up too early for work on Monday it was because the clock was off by an hour. By now, you should be settled into the new time in the semiannual ritual of losing an hour in the spring and gaining it back in...
  11/05/2009 5:42pm
Home sales in Douglas County increased slightly in September, with the 102 pending sales during the month representing 14 percent of the total for the year.
  11/02/2009 12:06pm
A Quintus Park planting party was done to celebrate National Making a Difference Day, the 19th annual volunteering day that encourages neighbors to get invested in projects large and small.
  10/24/2009 7:09pm
At our house ... yours, too, I imagine... we're running into new ways the current national economy crunch is affecting everyday life. One of our more personal disappointments is in giving to worthwhile causes as Barb and I have done much of our...
  10/16/2009 5:43pm
Twenty seconds, tops.

That's how long it would take Umpqua's Larry Sutton to tell you if the spider beside your azalea is male or female.
  09/25/2009 3:10pm
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