The strange world of Mardi Gras
Mobile Mardi Gras, circa 1905. Photo provided/Bettmann Archive A family medical event ripped me from my Oregon home and landed me in the pine woods that I grew up in. While I help my family care for Dad, my finger…
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
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SPOTLIGHT: LONG DISTANCE RUNNING – Pre was great, and definitely cool
Part of Pre’s appeal was his defiant individualism, where he relied on the values of a small, Oregon mill town to become a global track and field legend. Photo provided ”A race is a work of art that people can…
PLEASANT HILL HS Results/Schedule
RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Wednesday, Feb. 19 PHHS hosted and beat La Pine 55-38. GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday, Feb. 19 PHHS won its ninth game in a row hosting La Pine 39-25. SCHEDULES BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday, Feb. 29 PHHS at Salem Academy,…
A ”C” OF RED
Fans are encouraged to wear RED to the boys basketball game Saturday at the Creswell High School gym vs. Sutherlin. The game starts at 7 p.m.
THE WEEK AHEAD
BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday, Feb. 29 Sutherlin at Creswell, 7 p.m. Why2Watch: After losing to Sutherlin earlier this year in its first loss of the year by only three points, Creswell is ready for a rematch. No better time than the…
CHS: WEEK IN REVIEW
BOYS BASKETBALL RESULT: CHS lost 39-36 at Sutherlin on Tuesday, Dec. 17 RECAP: Several coaches and players were battling a flu bug as the team headed into a week of road games. There also were reports of players at Pleasant…
A night to remember
Bulldogs boys, from left: Dawson Sharkey, Kai Apo, Tyler Frieze, Ruben Moreno, Austin Gabriel, Payden Criddle, Dallton Dewey and Gauge Smith. Gini Davis/The Chronicle Bulldogs boys, from left: Dawson Sharkey, Kai Apo, Tyler Frieze, Ruben Moreno, Austin Gabriel, Payden Criddle,…
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
CRESWELL TUESDAY, MARCH 10 • Monthly luncheon Food available at 11:45 a.m. and meeting begins at noon. COTTAGE GROVE THURSDAY, FEB. 28 • Penny Poker Night with a Magnolia Gardens resident. Contact activities director Lesa Eller at (541)942-0054 or community…
DONOR DRIVE RESULTS
Chronicle publisher Noel Nash participated in the Wednesday, Feb. 13 drive at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. • Amy Saling and Jana Waterman helped organize a three-way donation drive for red blood cells, platelets and plasma. KMTR/KVAL helped sponsor the event…
Community Kitchen reaches milestones
The Blachniks spent part of Christmas Day visiting the kitchen space at the Cobalt Activity Center Gini Davis/The Chronicle It isn’t ”pretty” yet, but construction and installation of Creswell Food Pantry/Community Food for Creswell (CFFC)’s new 900-square-foot commercial kitchen at…