Scarlet Seitz, 10, expresses an idea for the new library's teen room design to her mom, Stephanie, during Saturday's Girls Rock event at Grants Pass High School. Scarlet's design includes a large seating area, tables and a chess table. This year's event drew in over 200 girls in the area, which is the largest turn out since it started.
By Chrissy Ewald of the Daily Courier
The annual Girls Rock! fair at Grants Pass High School seemed like a good opportunity to the folks at ZCS, a local architecture and engineering firm.
Not only was it a chance to show girls some of the possibilities in the field of architecture and civil engineering, ZCS is designing the new Grants Pass library and could use some input on an area at the library set aside for young people.
Hidden Valley's Cooper Gagnon (center), seen here in a file photo from earlier this season, scored 32 points in Friday's win over Newport.
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Red-hot perimeter shooting, good rebounding and taking care of the basketball is a nearly unbeatable combination.
Hidden Valley used all three to pull off a monumental upset on Friday in the first round of the Class 4A boys’ state playoffs as the 15th-seeded Mustangs knocked off second-seeded Newport 80-62 in front of a large crowd in Newport.
During a seven-hour cleanup at an authorized homeless camp by City Hall on Friday, police removed four dump trailers of trash.
A 55-year-old man was arrested on a warrant in a meth possession case and cited for having a stove with ashes inside his tent. A 64-year-old woman was arrested on a warrant in a meth possession case. Another woman was cited for having propane.
Country music artist and CMT Music Award winner Chris Young takes the stage on July 16.
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The Jackson County Fair has announced three headline concerts for this summer’s fair, a lineup that features a pair of country music artists and a traditional Mexican band.
Concert tickets go on sale March 17. Prices are not yet available.
The fair will run July 14-19 at the Jackson County Expo in Central Point, with concerts in the Expo’s Bi-Mart Amphitheater.
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