MEDFORD — Affordability was the word of the night at the second televised meeting between Oregon’s top two candidates for governor, held Wednesday night at the television studio of KOBI-5 in Medford.

After winning the Class 3A state football title a year ago, Cascade Christian was expected to have success in its move to 4A this season.

But the Challengers haven’t just been successful, they’ve dominated.

Cascade Christian (5-0, 2-0) is the top-ranked 4A team and has outscored opponents 240-62, winning each game by at least 28 points.

North Valley High School is dedicating its stadium field as “Jeff Richard Field” in honor of a longtime teacher and football, track, wrestling and baseball coach who worked at North Valley for 30 years and who died last year.

The ceremony will take place at 6:45 p.m. Friday at the North Valley High School stadium. The high school is at 6741 Monument Drive.

As Barnstormers Theatre continues to mark its 75th season, it’s more than appropriate for the Grants Pass community theater company to be staging a show that is approaching its own 75th milestone.

Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit, “The Mousetrap,” opened in London in November 1952, the same year that Barnstormers opened its doors in Grants Pass.

Both the play and the theater company have been continuously active ever since.