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4 Summer 2016 Applegater •••BIZ bits••• Welcome to BizBits, a section that highlights businesses new to the area, holding special events, or offering new products. If you are a business owner, let us know when you move into the area or to a different location, hold a special event, expand your business, or mark a milestone. Email gater@applegater.org. • • • Applegate Valley Realty. The Applegate office has been relocated to Sunshine Plaza, 7380 Highway 238, Ruch. Don and Debbie Tollefson (Team Tollefson) opened their first office in Applegate in 2009 and a second office in Jacksonville by the gas station in 2015. Visit their new office and meet agents Carol Milazzo and David Jesser. 541-261-0949. Call Debbie Tollefson at 541-973-9184 if you need notary service. Applegate Valley Realty specializes in rural properties and works with both buyers and sellers to find or sell rural properties. • • • Food House. Offering non-GMO grass-fed and antibiotic free meats, organic and local produce. Menu includes breakfast burritos, sandwiches, coffee, lunch bowls, wraps, sushi. On Tetherow Road behind Williams General Store. Open 9 am - 6 pm on Monday and Wednesday, and 9 am - 3 pm on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. • • • Fox Run Farm. Celebrating 20 years of growing and selling apples, fruits, and vegetables. Duane and Laura Goodman, owners. 3842 West Main Street, Medford. 541-608-7886 • • • John Michael Champagne Cellars. Tasting room now open at a new location: 1425 Humbug Creek Road, Applegate. Featuring fine wine and champagne, sparkling sake, healthy gourmet (local, organic, non-GMO) foods, handmade pizza, and music. Plans are to add beer, family games, movie nights, and special weddings. Under new management. 541-846-0810; www.johnmichaelwinery.com. • • • Salon 238. On Highway 238 at the Sunshine Plaza next to the Honeysuckle Cafe and Ruch Country Store, Salon 238 opened in 2015. Salon hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9 am to 3 pm. Walk-ins are welcome on a first-come, first-served basis. If you see the closed sign in the window, owner Sandy Reynolds is probably soaking up sunshine at the river, so call and make an appointment! 541-899-7660. Mention this article for a 10 percent discount on any service for new clients. • • • Wild Wines. Summer concert schedule on Sundays from 4 to 8 pm: June 26—Alice DiMicele; July 31—Misner & Smith; August 21—The Meriwethers; September 25—Dumpster Joe. Wood-fired pizza available for purchase. Wild Wines Tasting Room, 4550 Little Applegate Road, Ruch. 541-899-1565; www.enjoywildwines.com • • • Women Grow. New southern Oregon chapter opened. Women Grow is a professional networking organization that supports female leaders in all segments of the cannabis industry. info@greenleaflab.org, www.facebook.com/womengrowsouthernoregon/ info/?tab=page_info, or www.womengrow.com. 50 th Annual Children’s Festival in July The Storytelling Guild is excited to present the 50 th Annual Children’s Festival! This fun and historic event will be held on July 9 to 11, 2016, at the beautiful Britt Gardens in Jacksonville. For many years, the festival has provided fun-filled summer days of affordable entertainment for the whole family! The theme this year, “Fairy Tales Across the Ages,” celebrates the rich history and magic that this festival has brought to the Rogue Valley for generations. Children and adults will enjoy over 35 booths with hands-on arts, crafts and science projects. All activities are included with the price of admission! Older children will enjoy activities such as candle making, pottery, and woodworking; younger children will have a chance to make their own puppets, make sand and easel art, and have their faces painted. In addition to our fun hands-on projects, activities include storytelling, child-focused entertainment, and stage performances. Admission is $3 per person per day for adults and children. Food is available for purchase inside the festival at our yummy Dragon Deli. The goal has always been to offer an amazing day of entertainment and education for a reasonable cost! The schedule of the 50th Annual Children’s Festival is: Saturday, July 9, 4:30 - 8:30 pm Sunday, July 10, 4:30 - 8:30 pm Monday, July 11, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm Before the festival, please join the Storytelling Guild for its 50 th Celebration Art Reception & Exhibit at Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 40 South Bartlett Street, Medford. The exhibit is on display from Saturday, June 25, through Monday, June 27, from 11 am to 3 pm each day. It will include displays of original “Fred the Dragon” artwork by Pat Blair, festival memorabilia, artwork from the festival itself, and a coloring contest for kids. On Saturday, June 25, stop by the gallery to say hello to Rosabelle, the Storytelling Guild’s litter-eating dragon. For more information, visit these sites: www.facebook.com/storytellingguild or www.storytellingguild.org/childrens- festival.html. — Report illegal burning — If you witness what you think is illegal burning—of prohibited materials or on a no-burn day—report it to the following: • Jackson County— Environmental Public Health at 541-774-8206 (press 1 or 5 for front office staff) • Josephine County—Oregon Department of Environmental Quality at 888-997-7888 • If the fire is burning, also call your local fire department immediately. Penalties: $600 fine per incident and further legal action if required. Prohibited materials: Household garbage, plastic, wire insulation, automobile parts, asphalt, petroleum products or treated materials, rubber, asbestos, animal remains, animal or vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or service of food, any material that emits dense smoke or noxious odors. This applies to open/barrel burning and solid fuel burning devices such as wood stoves. (From Jackson County Health & Human Services website at www.jacksoncountyor.org.) Open burn alternatives: Visit https://jacksoncountyor.org/hhs/ Environmental-Public-Health/Wood-Stove-and-Open-Burning/Open-Burn- Alternatives. — N O T I C E — The Community Calendar, usually found on this page, has been temporarily relocated to our website at www.applegater.org. We hope to return the calendar to this location in the near future.
