We recently had our clothes dryer fixed, and the guy found about $9 in coins that were gumming up the system. Thus, when Justin Duby, owner of Just-In Time Appliance Center, told me about working for his grandfather back in the day and finding money in the dryers, I was not surprised.

We all love to try new restaurants, and one of the newest in Grants Pass is Lulu’s for the Love of Food, located at 237 SW G Street. It was the lifelong dream of owner Lisa Thorsen to always own a restaurant, and with the support of her husband, Scott, she renovated an empty building on G Street to meet her needs and opened Lulu’s in 2016.

Ginger Skudsad, owner of The Hairport Styling Salon (424 NW 6th Street, Suite 108), is celebrating a couple of milestones this year. It was forty years ago in 1977 that she moved to Grants Pass from L.A., and it was twenty years ago that she opened her own styling salon.

When I first started hanging out in Grants Pass back in 1976, the Brewery had just opened and was the place to go. The owners had converted the turn-of-the-century (circa 1886) brewery into a restaurant and adjoining bar, and it was a fun place.

No matter how many candles you light at church praying that your car never gets hit, sometimes it’s just inevitable. And when fate deals you a bad hand, Apland’s Auto Body (2163 NE Spalding Avenue; and 2584 Bullock Road in Medford) is there to help. Founded in 2009 by Mike and Jodie Apland