Jordan Kingsley, rope rescue member with Josephine County Search and Rescue, hoists a tractor tire up the cliffside of Hellgate Canyon on Saturday as part of the team's annual clean up in observance of Earth Day.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
HELLGATE CANYON — Saturday was the third year in a row that volunteers from Josephine County Search and Rescue rappelled off the side of Hellgate Canyon to look for trash for Earth Day, and for the third year in a row they were still finding new things.
Along with the usual collection of beer cans and miscellaneous garbage, they pulled two tires from the base of the cliffs by around 1 p.m., and they weren't done yet.
Glendale shortstop Landon Cline (left) tries to make a play on the ball as Lost River's Jacob Alvarado is safe at second base during the first game of Friday afternoon's doubleheader in Glendale.
Daily Courier
Lost River collected 22 hits in a District 6 baseball doubleheader sweep against Glendale on Friday in Glendale.
The Raiders (8-4, 3-0) ended up with 12 hits in a 9-3 win in the nightcap and 10 in their 10-1 win in the opener.
“Lost River is a good ball club,” said Pirates coach Joe Moody. “They hit the crap out of the ball and everything they hit seems to find green.
A complaint about a trespasser at the Burger King on Rogue River Highway yelling at an employee for not having a lighter led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man on a post-prison supervision sanction at 12:37 p.m. Friday.
Serving up music with lively dialogue and theatrical effects, Canadian Brass will be in concert at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall in Ashland on May 17.
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