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Volume 5, Issue 15 // August 30 -September 12, 2018 YOUR LOCAL, NON-PROFIT, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Our Wine Issue Where The Glasses Are More Than Half-Full pg 5 pg 19 pg 20 CULTURE NEWS Where’s Walden? Fall Play Preview OUTDOOR Hikes + Wine = Yes! 2 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM TRAILS FROM MT. Beneficiaries Include: ASHLAND INCLUDE: Asante Foundation and Bull Gap, Missing Link, Catwalk, Mt. Ashland Association Toothpick, Caterpillar, Lizard, Jabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland, and BTI Register online today at: cancerbikeout.org PROUDLY SUPPORTED AND PERMITTED BY: SPONSORED BY: SHUTTLES FROM CALDERRA BREWING CO. & LITHIA PARK AM & PM RIDES AVAILABLE nd Mt. Ashland Ashland, Oregon SEPT.224600 FOOT DESCENT AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 3 The Rogue Valley Messenger CONTENTS PO Box 8069 | Medford, OR 97501 541-708-5688 roguevalleymessenger.com NEWS page FOOD page [email protected] With the election Sure, visiting vineyards THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS for a new U.S. is a beautiful way to see Welcome Representative for and learn more about 18 SALES MANAGER 5 Andrew Robison Andrew! Congress heating up, grapes. But sometimes it WEB MASTER Tammy Wilder voters are wondering, is just as easy to stay in OUR FINANANCIAL WIZARD Sara Louton, where’s Walden? Advanced Books town and drink wine. A DISTRIBUTION Coleman Antonucci round-up of wine tasting in the cities. OUR WORDSMITHS PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse MANAGING EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood PRODUCTION MANAGER Katie Ball CALENDAR EDITOR Jordan Marie McCaw COLUMNISTS Rob Brezsny, Dan Smith and Tanya Reasor FREELANCERS Catherine Kelley, Nolan Kenmonth, Nick SOUND page GO HERE page Blakeslee and Vanessa Newman It is like a slice of New And then sometimes page Orleans is being airlifted it is worthwhile to hop and dropped right into GET IN TOUCH 16 in the car and get out 20 Jacksonville. For the of town! It seems a x EMAIL [email protected] Britt Fest’s Voodoo bit paradoxical, but Threauxdown legends sometimes you need to MUSIC [email protected] Trombone Shorty, drive to walk, but three EVENTS [email protected] Preservation Hall Jazz favorite hikes that are ADVERTISE [email protected] Band and R&B master worth the gas money. Walter “Wolfman” SALES DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs Washington. 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Feature 7 Screen 21 ON THE COVER: Our Picks 9Wellness 21 Live Music and Nightlife 10 Talent Health Club Budtender 22 Yuki 22 Photo taken at Twisted Cork in Grants Events 13 Pass by Sara Jane Wiltermood Sound 16 Free Will Astrology 22 Food & Drink 18 Rec Room 23 Culture 19 SIMPLE MACHINE WINERY & TASTING ROOM Open Wed-Sun 12-6pm Talent, Oregon SimpleMachineWine.com 4 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM SEPT 8-9thcfair.com 2 Stages of Learning Sessions FOLLOW @THCFAIR Cannabis & Hemp Products Dispensaries & Shops Glass & Accessories Jackson County Prizes & Raaes Expo Local Artisans Vendor Booths • Learning Sessions Thanks to our sponsors: Sept 8-9, 2018 Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4:30 AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 5 NEWS Where’s Walden BY PHIL BUSSE and the Vocal Se- niority held a rally across the street from Walden’s of- fice, waving signs and wearing “Where’s Walden?” t-shirts. In The Dalles, about 30 members of Protect Oregon’s Progress hosted a rally, com- plete with an origi- nal song. In Ma- WANTED: dras, a small town Wormy and bruised apples, CANDIDATE JAMIE MCLEOD SKINNER ADDRESSES in Central Oregon pears and plums! AN AUDIENCE IN HOOD RIVER. PHOTO SUBMITTED which typically votes conservative- This past weekend, a group called ORD2 Be part of the third annual Apple Outlaw ly, two people stood by the side of the road Indivisible led a caravan of cars from Ash- Community Cider. Bring your overripe fruit to and waved signs as the caravan passed. land to Hood River, through much of Or- And in Hood River, another 100 people the Co-op September 21–23 and October 12–14. egon’s Second Congressional District terri- from Indivisible Columbia Gorge gath- tory. They were drawing attention to what For more information visit www.ashlandfood.coop ered for a party in the parking lot in front they see as Rep. Greg Walden’s elitism and of Walden’s office. Walden was invited, elusiveness. Since 1999, Greg Walden has but didn’t show. However, his competitor, served as the U.S. Representative for this Jamie McLeod-Skinner, did, telling the sprawling district. Although he has com- crowd about logging 35,000 miles around fortably defeated Democrat challengers the district in her jeep and teardrop camp- for nearly two decades, he is facing a rising er trailer, and talked about what she’s tide of frustration and a dedicated oppo- learned from talking to folks about issues nent, Jamie McLeod Skinner. These notes ranging from healthcare to fire suppres- are submitted by members of ORD2 Indi- sion. visible who organized and traveled with “We are making this journey to raise the caravan. Medford Park(ing) Day awareness and give voice to the voiceless, Submitted by Catherine Foster and Ter- the constituents Walden is turning away,” rie Martin says ORD2 Indivisible Steering Committee member Teresa Safay. “These are veterans, Where’s Walden? farmers, seniors, small business owners, A caravan of constituents tried to an- mothers with sick children. These are swer that question last weekend. They hard-working Oregonians who feel that drove 425 miles, crossed seven counties, not only has their congressman left them stopped in seven cities, and met with hun- out in the cold, he’s locked the door.” dreds of people along the way, looking for Indivisible is a national, nonpartisan, their congressman. grassroots movement formed after the But they didn’t find him. In fact, Rep- 2016 election. It is dedicated to holding resentative Greg Walden has been hiding members of Congress accountable and re- from the public for 17 months. Unlike past sisting the Trump agenda. ORD2 Indivisi- years, when he held town halls in all 20 ble was one of the first Indivisible chapters counties in the district, he now sneaks into in the nation, formed in January 2017 by town without notice and meets secretly September 21, 2018 Jessica Sage and Bret Levick. It currently with small, selected groups of supporters. counts over 3,000 members. He has his photo taken and then sneaks out District 2 includes all of Jackson County, 4pm-8pm of town before his other constituents know the city of Grants Pass, and eastern Ore- he’s been there. Downtown Medford’s Third Friday gon. Unlike the rest of Oregon, it is the only “We’re tired of having a congressman part of the state represented by a staunch who hides from us and won’t hear what we Republican. Walden votes 98.9 percent in have to say,” says Terrie Martin, an orga- line with Trump’s positions. In office since #Medfordparkingday nizer with ORD2 Indivisible. “So, to mark 1999, he Chairs the powerful House Ener- the 500th day without a town hall we de- ci.medford.or.us/medfordparkingday gy and Commerce Committee. cided to take the town hall to him.” Even though Walden chose not to meet The “Where’s Walden? Caravan” started the caravan along the way, Martin says it in two separate locations in Grants Pass was still a success. “It united hundreds of and Ashland, then merged in Medford. people across the state, and it carried our From there, it motored on to Klamath concerns to thousands more. If driving 425 Falls, Bend, and The Dalles, before ending miles is what it’s going to take, we’ll do it in Hood River, Rep. Walden’s hometown. all again.” About 100 members of Indivisible Bend 6 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM Interested in eating local but want to get out of town? 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Although the wine industry in south- ern Oregon has been growing in num- bers of vineyards and production—and steadily increasing the number of visi- tors to the region—to truly grow the in- dustry will require consumers outside the region to start buying Rogue Valley and Applegate Valley wines as a matter of habit. Towards that goal, data from the past decade is certainly encouraging: Tour- ism to Oregon has steadily increased ev- ery year, and wine-tasting is the third top most popular reason for that growth (after historical attractions and cultural trips, but still scoring a respectable 11 percent of tourists reportedly visiting Oregon for wine-tasting). Moreover, and keenly important for the growth of the wine industry, once tourists re- turn home, they often buy reminders of something they “discovered” while in the state.