Cal-Ore Junior River Racing Club founder Matt Richardson (center) helped students in the Grants Pass High School metal fabrication program build jet boats for the junior racing club. Grants Pass High School juniors Kyler Blocker (left) and Ryan Ounarom (right) were part of the team that built the boats. Students from Grants Pass High School built their own boat and a trailer to carry it and helped students at North Valley, Hidden Valley and Illinois Valley high schools do the same. Two are ready for Boatnik.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
When junior river racers take to the waters of the Rogue River on Saturday and Sunday for Boatnik, some will be racing in boats custom-built by local high schoolers.
Welding and metal fabrication students at all four large, public high schools in Josephine County have spent months building four jet boats for the Cal-Ore Junior River Racing Club.
Oregon City's Dixie Pokladnik (center) has her glove come off as Grants Pass' Mady Montejano slides safely into second base during the third inning of Thursday's non-league game in Grants Pass.
Daily Courier
The Grants Pass softball team saw a scoreless game after three innings quickly get away as visiting Oregon City scored 10 straight runs on its way to a 12-5 non-league win over the Cavers on Thursday.
It was the regular-season finale for both teams, as the 15th-ranked Cavers (18-8) now turn their attention toward the Class 6A state playoffs, which get started on Monday.
When it comes to books, I admittedly suffer from what Thomas Jefferson referred to as bibliomania, the addiction of collecting and poring over tomes. In my defense, I only have a couple hundred books on our bookshelves compared to the several thousand our third president stashed away in his personal library.
But, my bibliomania increases over the holidays. I already have one absolutely must-have book on my Christmas wish list.
Jocelyn Schmidt, president of the Rogue Valley Performing Arts Alliance, stands inside the largest of four dance classrooms at the Performing Arts Alliance's new space inside the Caveman Plaza in downtown Grants Pass.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
As a dancer, choreographer, singer and theatrical performer, Jocelyn Vodovoz Schmidt knows the value of the performing arts. And she’s passionate about passing that on to future generations.
That’s the impetus behind the Rogue Valley Performing Arts Alliance, a new nonprofit organization that is focused on serving children and families through community, scholarship, training and outreach.
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