Following a challenge over its meetings opening with prayer, the Grants Pass City Council is pondering whether to adopt a policy that would let people of different faiths clearly know how they could apply to deliver a prayer.
This week, City Attorney Stephanie Nuttall briefed councilors about state and federal laws on the issue, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions that back up the right of political bodies to start their meetings with a prayer, sometimes called an invocation.
Second-year coach Matt Kennedy talks to players about punt coverage on the first official day of practice for the Grants Pass High football team Monday night at Russ Werner Field.
Jeff Mount, owner of the Game Cave in downtown Grants Pass, prepares to demonstrate a break shot on one of several billiard tables inside new business located on Sixth Street.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
Jeff Mount knows that life is not all fun and games. But that doesn’t mean that life can’t be SOME fun and games.
That’s where The Game Cave comes in.
As the owner of the new game emporium in downtown Grants Pass, Mount sees this space as not just a place to play games, but a place to make connections.
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