Russell Schoen, a 101-year-old veteran of World War II, poses with a picture of himself at 18 years old, just after he had been drafted into the U.S. Navy. Schoen lives near Grants Pass. Fewer than 31,000 veterans of the war remain alive in the U.S.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
Even now, at the age of 101, Russell Schoen still remembers the start of World War II vividly.
“It was on a Sunday,” recalled Schoen almost 85 years later, as he sat at his kitchen table at his home in the New Hope area south of Grants Pass. “There was no snow on the ground, but it was kind of a sunny day.”
Schoen was a high schooler living in Berkley, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit that at the time had around 5,600 residents.
St. Mary’s senior Sawyer Baker (11) reacts after scoring one of his two goals in the second half of the Crusaders’ win over Dayton in the Class 3A semifinals on Tuesday night in Medford.
By Danny Penza of the Daily Courier
MEDFORD — A 2026 season that has seen the St. Mary’s boys soccer team win nearly every time it has taken the field will now see the senior-laden Crusaders play for a state title.
Angelo Sanchez, Riccardo Gigi and Sawyer Baker all scored two goals apiece and second-seeded St. Mary’s cruised past third-seeded Dayton 6-1 in the semifinals of the Class 3A state playoffs on Tuesday night at Lithia Fields.
A man who used the Snapchat app to communicate with a person he believed to be a 16-year-old Medford girl, and who traveled with plans to engage in sexual activity, has pleaded guilty in federal court.
A Weimaraner chases a lure in a 100-yard timed run as part of an American Kennel Club fast coursing ability test in Ferndale, California. The image by Terry Tuttle is one of three that tied for a first-place honor in the Southern Oregon Photographic Association’s November competition.
Daily Courier
The Southern Oregon Photographic Association has named the winning images from its November competition.
A total of 80 images were submitted by members for judging, 56 in the electronic image division and 24 prints.
The electronic images were judged online by members of the Siuslaw Viewfinders camera club in Florence.
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