Food & Agriculture
Mount Ashland Ski Area expansion revived
Marty Pennanti, 13-03-2010 - 04:03
After two years of delay caused by federal court injunction, a new round of analysis and comment is scheduled for April.
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Gardening for beginners classes Saturday March 13, 2010 Jackson County Extension Center OSU
Vanessa Houk, 02-03-2010 - 00:48
Info on the County Extension Office's upcoming gardening classes.
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Seed Swap in Cave Junction on March 6, 2010
Vanessa Houk, 27-02-2010 - 00:42
On Saturday March 6, the Center for Spiral Living is hosting a free seed swap. Read full story below.
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Ashland Concert for Haitian Earthquake Relief
Musicans Rally for Haitian Relief Tonight!, 21-01-2010 - 22:02
UPDATE: SUCCESSFUL CONCERT HELD THUR. JAN. 21.. REPORTS SAY OVER $12,000. RAISED
When trying to contact Ashland's Caldera Tap House the following automatic email comes back...
"Hey, this is David with Caldera Tap House! We are away from the offices and pub for the next day doing a benefit at the Ashland Armory for a Haiti relief concert being held tonight. Check out the (following) info if you would like to attend."
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mutual aid for haiti
stu o'neill, 19-01-2010 - 14:41
(rogue imc editor note- stu o'neill is a long time activist & community organizer in southern oregon)
hi friends,
i know folks are probably feeling inundated with requests to support the relief effort in Haiti, but i wanted to direct your attention to a project that is seeking support right now. a good friend of mine is helping pull together this group and they could really use your help. these are folks who were on the ground in New Orleans after Katrina and were a part of the Common Ground Relief effort that has served so many people in that city. please check out their website and consider sending your contributions to this crew. feel free to share this with your friends and family. i may be sending out periodic updates as they come in. if you are not interested in receiving those, please let me know and i will make sure to remove you from future emails.
in solidarity with the people of Haiti, stu o'neill
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti 
http://www.mutualaiddisasterrelief.com/
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Time for Senator Wyden to be a Fair Trader...
STOP DESTROYING THE WORKING CLASS, 02-01-2010 - 20:59
Senator Ron Wyden gets very high marks for much of his work. However for Trade Issues his grade is a big fat F! His support of corporate America at the expense of workers has led to the loss of living wage jobs for Oregonians which in turn has destroyed families and put strains on communities from Astoria to Lakeview and from Pendleton to Brookings. Profit over People hurts us deeply.
Senator Wyden: STOP supporting greedy corporations. START supporting working people. NOW is the time to turn the economy around. We need FAIR trade not FREE trade. Stop following Senator Gordon Smith, he is gone, we sent him packing... Follow the good lead of Smith's replacement and join Senator Jeff Merkley's positive stand for Oregon.
Senator Ron Wyden: NOW is the TIME to support "THE TRADE ACT"
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Elected 2009's National Scrooge of the Year
J O B S * W I T H * J U S T I C E, 21-12-2009 - 21:54
DECEMBER 21, 2009--Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice (SOJwJ) announces: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Elected 2009's National Scrooge of the Year.
The Chamber's narrow, radical agenda advocating for anti-worker, profit-focused solutions to the broken health care, labor, and environmental systems garnered them the most votes for the national Jobs with Justice "Scrooge of the Year" award.
Southern Oregon has been alarmed at local Chambers of Commerces with First Amendment violations waged by the City of Ashland's Chamber after its sponsorship of the 2007 Fourth of July Parade. In 2008 SOJwJ and ACLU of Southern Oregon gave the Ashland Chamber of Commerce a Free Speech lesson http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/07/13203.shtml
This year's Scrooge contest pitted the Chamber of Commerce against Bank of America, nominated for their role in the sub-prime lending crisis and failure to extend credit to small businesses. SOJwJ previously shouted out a patriotic warning about BoA on Dec. 12, 2008 with the People's Bail-Out Rally in Medford, Oregon http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/12/14290.shtml
Keep readin' for the full story about the just-elected "2009 National Scrooge of the Year"
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Eagle Point School Board Trashes Workers
GRINCH HURTS WORKERS RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 20-12-2009 - 01:56
Sodexo successfully gets the Eagle Point School Board to turn over its nine food service managers to this greedy company who makes money by paying workers less, decreasing their benefits and taking away their voice at work. This is what union busting is all about.
The December 17, 2010 School Board meeting was timely for union busting since a new Oregon State law (HB2867) about "transparent outsourcing contractual requirements" does not take effect until January 1, 2010. This is just plain sleazy!
Wow--this is what being a Grinch looks like, trashing workers just before Christmas. The vote was divided with 3 voting for Sodexo and 2 voting for the workers. Three lumps of coal for the three Board Members who voted to trash workers!
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Medford Walmart heads towards Oregon Supreme Court
Medford Citizens for Responsible Development, 11-12-2009 - 23:21
Medford, Oregon, December 11, 2009--Medford Citizens for Responsible Development (MCRD) has not given up on the fight against powerful Walmart's legal team and the Superstore planned for South Medford. The fight continues and so do the worries about traffic congestion. Building such a monster store will bring on a super traffic nightmare, yet Medford refuses to do a traffic study which is required in their code. The area is already becoming a traffic nightmare even without building a Walmart Superstore.
MCRD has now petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court requesting a review of the earlier Court of Appeals Decision to Overturn a LUBA Ruling in the Matter of Requiring a Traffic Study for the Wal-Mart Superstore. (LUBA is Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals)
We anticipate a decision by the Court to consider our appeal within 30 to 60 days.
Attached below is the petition for review delivered by MCRD's attorney to the Oregon Supreme Court earlier this week.
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D5 Mobilization to Portland against the WTO
SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 04-12-2009 - 07:25
SOUTHERN OREGONIANS ARE HEADING TO PORTLAND DEC. 5 TO JOIN THE CONVERGENCE
Vans & Autos will car-pool up and back the same day ($30. roundtrip in a van includes pizza).
Call NOW to reserve a seat 541-482-6988 or email 
brain@mind.net
D5: Mobilization Against the World Trade Organization http://www.December5.org
Saturday, December 5th * March & Rally * Downtown Portland
12:00 Noon - Gather at Tom McCall Waterfront Park (under the Hawthorne Bridge)
1:00 pm - March to the World Trade Center, Federal Building and Wells Fargo Building
2:00 pm - Indoor Rally and Concert at Portland State University
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WTO 10 yrs. ago SAT on Rogue Valley Access TV
SOUTHERN OREGONIANS REPORT BACK--ON FILM, 04-12-2009 - 06:31
"WACHET AUF, The People's March in Seattle"
Saturday, 12/5/09, 4:04 PM
Cable Channel 15 - Jackson and Josephine Counties
10 YEARS AGO -- 1999 in SEATTLE -- CITIZENS SHUT DOWN THE WTO
*Southern Oregon Citizens Report Back on the Battle in Seattle*
This video offers first hand testimony from Southern Oregon citizen activists who just days before had been in the streets of Seattle, Washington
This is a Must See! The 10 year anniversary broadcast on 12/5/09 coincides with Southern Oregonians going north again on Saturday, 12/5/09 - http://www.december5.org/
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Court Rejects GM Sugar Beets
The Organic Beets, 01-11-2009 - 17:12
This is an update about the court battle and Genetically Engineered Beets that are being grown in the Willamette Valley.
Back in August Rogue IMC posted the article below about the GM Sugar Beets that are being grown here in Oregon.
GM Sugar Beets in the Rogue Valley http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2009/08/15255.shtml
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World boycott campaign to Chiquita for its support of the Coup d’ Etat in Honduras
Comité Internacional por el Boicot a Chiquita, 11-10-2009 - 05:21
we are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. It is very important to spread the word in these critical moments and to try to help the Resistence to defeat coup participants.
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