Area women travel to Dominican Republic on vision mission trip
Betty Herrell and Diane Solberg of HealthView Eye Care Center in Medford and Colby took part in a mission trip with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) team (above) to the Dominican Republic January 11 to 20 where they worked with local residents in the underdeveloped nation to get needed eyelasses. SUBMITTED Betty Herrell and Diane Solberg of HealthView Eye Care Center in Medford and Colby took part in a mission trip with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) team (above) to the Dominican Republic January 11 to 20 where they worked with local residents in the underdeveloped nation to get needed eyelasses. SUBMITTED
There are few gifts greater than giving people the ability to see more clearly.
Two area women recently traveled to the Dominican Republic as part of a re...
Members of the Gilman School Board renewed teacher contracts and heard of staffing shortages within the district during a meeting on Monday, April 27. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
Wind and soggy conditions couldn’t stop Medford Area Elementary Students from celebrating Arbor Day by planting a tree on Friday, April 24. The autumn blaze maple was donated by the city of Medford and presented by mayor Laura Holmes to a crowd of excited students. Principal Dan Miller (forefront) pointed out the trees bordering the area which were planted on previous Arbor Day celebrations by students that came before them. “That tree right there was planted in 2009,” Miller stated, pointing at a tree behind the children. “Why do we need trees?” Holmes (left) asked the students, who answered that trees produce the air that they breathe. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
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