Year 2018

Over 3,000 volunteer labor hours later…

Dear Editor, Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel were thrilled to host an open house at the WOE fairgrounds Saturday, August 4, 10-2. This unveiling of the assembled carousel, which is 85% complete, accumulated over 3,000 volunteer labor hours. The remaining work consists of electrical…

Cottage Grove plans ‘Beer Mile, Toga Style’

PHOTO PROVIDED Brew Rush scheduled as part of 40th anniversary ‘Animal House’ celebration on Saturday, Aug. 18 Back in 1978, the town of Cottage Grove buzzed as crews arrived to film ‘Animal House,’ a movie that would become an enduring, if irreverent, classic. On Saturday,…

Welcome to our World

MEANS – Miranda and Cody Means of Creswell welcomed a baby boy to the world on Oct. 2, 2018 at PeaceHealth Sacred Medical Center RiverBend.

912 Project aims to educate, connect community

There is a place for the community to be educated on a variety of subjects in Cottage Grove, and that group is the Cottage Grove 912 Project, said Pam Duffy, who founded the group in 2009. It’s a way to get information out there, to…

Lane County Parks holds forum, unveils master plan

Lane County Parks introduced its park master plan to 11 Creswell community members on Aug. 1 during an open forum. The forum was designed to bring the plan to Lane County communities, where officials would receive feedback on the plan that would then be incorporated…

Mayor, three council positions up for grabs

The City of Creswell will hold a general election on Nov. 6, and voters will be tasked to select a new mayor and three councilors to fill the City’s roster. Deadline to file is Aug. 28 at 5 p.m., which also includes signature verification, City…

You’ve GOAT to be KIDding me!

A herd of goats occupied Airport Manager Shelley Humble’s office last week, after the airport staff was greeted by six Nigerian dwarfs on the airport runway. PHOTO PROVIDED/SHELLEY HUMBLE It was business as usual last Wednesday afternoon for Viper Aviation Mechanic Darrin Humble. That is,…

Cougar shot within fenced backyard in Springfield

IMAGE PROVIDED A female cougar has been shot following three days of recent neighborhood sightings in east Springfield. On July 24, at approximately 1 p.m., a resident in the area of 30th and Olympic Street called to report children at play in a swimming pool…