Camp White Young Marines (from left) Lance Cpl. Nykko Cacho, Pvt. Tyberious Garrison, Pvt. Zayne Bettis and Pvt. Andrew Shockley fold an American flag before retiring it during a ceremony Saturday at the Veterans Affairs complex in White City.
By Cara Denney of the Daily Courier
WHITE CITY — For Patrick Oppelt, a Marine veteran, the U.S. flag is not just a piece of cloth. And the way one is handled at the end of its service matters a lot to him.
"I get very emotional," said Oppelt as he helped a local contingent of the Young Marines respectfully retire some 300 worn out flags during a ceremony Saturday at the VA rehab center in White City.
"It represents everything from 1775 to now. If you burn the flag, you burn a piece of me." Read More »
Grants Pass senior Jayden Jessee celebrates his victory in the Class 6A 300-meter intermediate hurdles on Saturday at the state track and field championships in Eugene. Jessee swept the hurdle events to win two state titles.
By Travis Moore of the Daily Courier
EUGENE — People have been talking about "Hayward Field magic" for decades.
Grants Pass senior Jayden Jessee found his own version of that magic on Saturday as he swept the state championships in the boys' hurdles at the Class 6A state track and field meet.
The fast track at Hayward, combined with the extra-heavy University of Oregon hurdles usually means that several hurdlers fall at the state meet, and this year was no exception. Read More »
Martin Majkut the music director and conductor of the Rogue Valley Symphony has set an eight-concert season as he celebrates his 15th anniversary with the orchestra.
Daily Courier
The Rogue Valley Symphony is pulling out the stops to celebrate Music Director Martin Majkut's 15th season with the orchestra as they announced the coming season recently.
Season tickets are now available for current subscribers. New subscribers may order beginning June 3. Single concert tickets go on sale June 25.
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