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2010 

The Bear Hotel - Oregon's Newest Museum   The "Bear Hotel" in beautiful Grants Pass is the creation of Brady Adams. I have referred to Mr. Adams before as the "Grants Pass Santa Claus," because he has done so much for our city. The themes of events over the years have featured "Bears." In intervi...
05/30/2010
Boatnik / Bearfest In Grants Pass Is In Full Swing! The Boatnik Memorial Day parade this morning was fantastic; what community spirit!  There were estimates that our small town's population would swell today from 33,000 to over 100,000, and I do believe it has happened! We have two North-South on...
05/29/2010
Memorial Day Bearfest / Boatnik - Grants Pass, Oregon   Memorial Day with the Bearfest  "Wild Bunch" courtesy of Brady Adams, "the Godfather of Grants Pass." Thanks again to Brady Adams and his creative genius, Grants Pass Memorial Day parade will feature the Bearfest  "Wild Bunch" bears mounted ...
05/28/2010
I Thought I Met A Man I Didn't Like! You know the type, the "controller personality," hard to open up, negative and sarcastic about everything? Well, using the quote by Will Rogers where he said, "I never met a man I didn't like."  He did not mean it literally.  Will Rogers meant that he could fi...
05/27/2010
This terrific post written my Clint Miller is must reading for anyone in the sales business! Top 10 things people fear the most...... 10. Dogs -- I have to admit, I am not afraid of dogs. I am not even afraid of the dogs I probably SHOULD be afraid of... 9. Loneliness -- Again...this is one that...
05/27/2010
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Stand For Our Flag! Memorial Day is upon us once again, and as we plan for the fun things we are going to do, let's please not forget the reason we have this holiday. To remember those who sacrificed everything, so we could live in this great country! It is proper, and we need to be aware that w...
05/26/2010
Bismarck Sunk - Hood Avenged On This Date - May 27th 1941 Eight days after she and the Prinz Eugen left the port at Gotenhafer, and struck fear into the world, the mighty Bismarck was gone. Bismarck was the largest warship in the world, displacing over 50,000 tons and 16 inch guns.  She was feare...
05/26/2010
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Which Way Is North? Have you ever been so turned around when showing property, you lose track of your orientation? I had to dig this out of memory last week when my customer wanted to know what direction a particular mountain was in. Using an analog watch, or if you aren't wearing one, draw one o...
05/25/2010
"Passport To History" - Historic District Tour - Josephine County Historical Society To earn our sixth stamp in our "Passport To History" we took a walking tour of Grants Pass' Historic District. The Historic District runs along the south side of "G" Street.  It used to be named Front Street beca...
05/25/2010
Memorial Day And "The Star Spangled Banner" Now that Memorial Day is again approaching us, I got to thinking about oft-forgotten or loosely remembered moments in history. How many people think that Francis Scott Key wrote the "The Star Spangled Banner" during our Revolutionary war?  A lot, right?...
05/25/2010
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