Grants Pass Sobering Center Operations Manager Heather Getz (left) and Jordyn Gerfen, deflection coordinator at the center, say the deflection program is helping connect people to addiction treatment and other services.
By Vickie Aldous of the Daily Courier
Instead of a jail cell, a person caught with drugs in Josephine County might end up sitting in a comfortable chair across from Jordyn Gerfen, hearing about local addiction treatment options.
Gerfen is the coordinator of a Josephine County-wide deflection program that begins at the Grants Pass Sobering Center on Foundry Street. Read More »
Medford's Grady Sickler smacks an RBI double in the fourth inning of Tuesday's opener against Grants Pass. Medford went on to win the first game 9-7, then complete the Area 4 doubleheader sweep with a 12-0 victory in the nightcap at Agnew-Lytle Field.
By Mike Duffy of the Daily Courier
Medford swept an Area 4 American Legion baseball doubleheader from Grants Pass, winning the opener 9-7 before clobbering the Nuggets 12-0 in five innings in the nightcap on Tuesday at Agnew-Lytle Field.
Medford (15-2, 5-1) rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh of the first game to grab the come-from-behind win. Read More »
The Oregon Health Authority has issued a health advisory for Lost Creek Lake in Jackson County because of a harmful algae bloom.
Also known as cylindrospermopsin, algae blooms are naturally occuring in warm weather but can produce toxins that can cause serious illness in people and illness or death in pets.
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Library volunteer Emma Henderson holds up an old photo of herself as a member of a religious cult she was born into and reflects on what libraries meant to her during that time. The knowledge of a world beyond her own helped her to escape and she gives back by volunteering.
By Kate Lasky - Josephine Community Library
The most powerful stories in a library aren't always the ones in print.
After 15 years of working at Josephine Community Library, I'm still in awe of the stories that walk through our doors — not just in books, but in the volunteers who give their time to keep everything running.
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