Josephine County Commissioners (from left) Ron Smith, Colene Martin and Gary Richardson, listen to Mike Pelfrey’s request to opt out of the library district Wednesday.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
Unlike the first time, a second attempt by a Grants Pass couple to get permission to stop paying taxes to the local library district was quickly shot down Wednesday by the Josephine County Board of Commissioners.
The commissioners ruled against Mike and Winnie Pelfrey on the grounds there is nothing legitimately preventing them from using services provided by the Josephine Community Library District.
Three Grants Pass girls won two events apiece to help the Cavers clobber Sheldon in a Southwest Conference track and field dual meet on Wednesday in Eugene.
The Cavers won 86-58 and the Cavemen made it a clean sweep with a 93-45 win on the boys’ side.
Angela Hobson won the 200 in 27.0 seconds and the 400 in 1:03.20.
Stella Williams swept the distance races, taking the 1,500 in 5 minutes, 10.63 seconds and the 3,000 in 11:05.38.
Joseph Deley is arraigned on Wednesday for the alleged sexual abuse of local students.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
A Grants Pass School District teacher’s aide was arraigned Wednesday on six counts of first-degree sexual abuse involving four students dating to 2018.
Joseph Edward Deley, 64, of Grants Pass appeared in Josephine County Circuit Court by videoconference from the county jail, where he has been held since his arrest Tuesday.
Vicar Len Clement of St. Mary Meade, played by Barret O’Brien, and Miss Marple, played by Terry Bamberger, examine a clue as other characters/suspects (played by, from left, Jackie Apodaca, Aiden Jenkins and Allie Pratt) observe in “Miss Marple: Murder at the Vicarage,” at the Oregon Cabaret Theater. It’s based on the Agatha Christie novel with an original adaptation for the stage by Rick Robinson of the cabaret.
By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
Welcome — or perhaps welcome back — to St. Mary Meade, the quiet English village that’s the scene of an astonishing number of clever murders. Luckily, it’s also home to a clever observer of the human condition, Miss Jane Marple.
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