Riding to the top
Chase Boehringer and his team group up for a photo in the shadows of Ojos del Salado. The green Kawasaki was a replacement bike that the team ended up renting from a local motorcycle shop after their Suzuki had mechanical…
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Downside Up flips expectations – ‘Old hard-rockers’ can help in a jam
Downside Up bass player Kurt Krause, a Springfield resident, rocks out on Friday the 13th at Mohawk Tavern in Springfield. Ron Hartman/The Chronicle SPRINGFIELD – Downside Up is a pro’s pro band, the kind you can call on when you’re…
Music Listings – Dec. 19, 2019
FRIDAY, DEC. 20 Killer B’s (Classic country, old-time rock-n-roll) Saginaw Vineyard, 6 p.m., no cover THURSDAY, DEC. 26 Sweet N’ Juicy (Funk, Pop, Rock, Jazz) Axe & Fiddle, 8 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 27 The Huckleberrys (Country, bluegrass) Saginaw Vineyard, 6…
Band’s most striking feature:Musicianship
Gretchen Menn is Zepparella’s lead guitartist and said the group is ”always mixing things up, never playing anything exactly the same way.” Bradley Cook/Special to The Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – It turns out that Zepparella has a whole lotta love…
Springfield SPORTS SCHEDULES
BOYS BASKETBALL Friday, Dec. 20 • SHS at McMinnville, 7 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Thursday, Dec. 19- Saturday, Dec. 21 • THS will be competing in the Emerald Cup, hosted by South Eugene HS. Friday, Dec. 20- Saturday, Dec. 21 •…
Christopher Matthew Parent
PARENT – Christopher Matthew Parent, 54, of Creswell died Dec. 11. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Yule get a kick out of these kids
Gini Davis/The Chronicle Easton Presley is one of Santa’s reindeer during Creswell Christian Child Care Center’s (5 C’s) 42nd annual Christmas program last Thursday.
Veterans, or Santa’s elves?
Photo provided/Bob Beck Creswell VFW and Auxiliary members assembled 25-plus Christmas care packages. They were full of candy and cookies, new socks, books and a number of personal items to send to our troops. The gifts also included Christmas cards…
Hatchery steelhead filling up rivers
I shared a stretch of riverbank along Lake Creek last weekend with Justin Ellis and his buddy Sam, both from Junction City. It was a slow morning for us all, but more steelhead are on the way. The peak of…
THE OREGON DUNES
The dunes remain a place where solitude and simplicity can still be found. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle FLORENCE – The Oregon dunes began to form about 100,000 years ago and are now among Oregon’s oldest geological features. To add a little…