Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Creswell High School football players practice Tuesday in anticipation of the season being played. The first sports to return to action — football, girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer — will not be playing for state…
PHOTO PROVIDED Creswell’s local Girl Scouts Troop 20247 volunteered at the Creswell Food Pantry last week, placing labels on repackaged baking chip bags and adding them to boxes. Chew on this: Girl Scouts cookies have arrived in Lane County. It…
On Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, Lisa Ann Lindsley, loving mother and daughter, passed away at the age of 61. Lisa is survived by her mother, Linda, and brother Kevin Tincher, and her four children, Beth, Nate, Justin, Kari, and 7…
Richard Albert Lambert, 51, was called from this life on Feb. 6, 2021. He was born on Sept. 25, 1969 in Bend, Ore. Richard grew up in Silver Lake, Ore. While in high school, Richard competed on the school wrestling…
Jack Homer Gardner, 90, of Springfield, Ore., passed away on Feb. 8, 2021 at home. Jack was born on May 23, 1930 to parents John and Helen Gardner in Bandon, Ore. He lived in Oregon all his life – Bandon, Sitkum,…
Manuel C. “Manny” Machado, 91, passed away on February 3, 2021 at his residence in Springfield. He was born on August 6, 1929 in Lemoore, Calif., to parents John and Palmira (nee’ Rocha) Machado. He married Belma Ann Coehlo in…
Fr. James Dowd, 90, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died on Feb. 3, 2021. Born in Ballyhaise, Ireland on Dec. 9, 1930, he was the son of James Dowd and Kate Farrelly. Father Dowd has joined his brothers, Patrick and Paul, who…
Mary Halcyon (Morris) Wells, 87, of Enumclaw, Wash., died after a brief illness on July 25, 2020. Mary, best known as Hallie, was born in Mooreland, Okla., on November 8, 1932, to Grace (Dunbar) and Vernon Morris. Because of the Depression…
Lois Yvonne (Aydelott) Brandenfels died January 21, 2021 at the River Bend (Sacred Heart) Hospital at the age of 86. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif., to Clark and Doris Aydelott during the Great Depression. In those trying days it…
PHOTO PROVIDED Workers on Social Security disability have more job opportunities than ever before. As Americans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it’s worth acknowledging the increased support options available to people with disabilities who…