Siskiyou Rappel Base rappellers perform an exhibition descent from a helicopter during Saturday's Grants Pass Airport Day at the Grants Pass Airport.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
MERLIN — After a year off, Airport Day returned to the Grants Pass Airport on Saturday, bringing planes, helicopters and hundreds of people to Hampshire Field in Merlin.
The Flinders family of Grants Pass were just getting off a shuttle bus from parking at the nearby Oregon Army National Guard Armory when four rappelers from the Siskiyou Rappel Base climbed out of a helicopter and down onto the airport runway.
Medford Mustangs catcher Easton Douglas connects for a single during the first game of Monday evening's doubleheader against the Roseburg Doc Stewarts at Harry & David Field in Medford.
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On their 18th and final hit, the Medford Mustangs got a second Area 4 win that had been eluding them for the better part of the previous four days.
Mason Snopl’s single into left past a drawn-in infield on a full-count offering gave the Mustangs a 10-9 walk-off victory over the Roseburg Doc Stewarts in the first game of a Triple-A American Legion baseball doubleheader on Monday evening at Harry & David Field in Medford.
CAVE JUNCTION — The I.V. Reclaimed thrift store in Cave Junction was damaged in a fire reported at 5:04 a.m. Monday morning.
The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Bruce Damon III, 45, of O’Brien on suspicion of second-degree arson and first-degree criminal mischief in connection with the fire. He is lodged in Josephine County Jail. The sheriff’s office said surveillance footage from nearby businesses provided a description of the suspect.
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