Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
“It’s the Climate” … Photo by Elayna Yussen If you ask a physicist, a Buddhist monk, or your Average Joe, “What is reality?” you might be surprised with the answers. What I mean is, isn’t reality (what is really going…
Kenneth Michael Roberts/Courtesy photoJerry Vervarka, right, joins other volunteers in preparing the Christmas Community dinner a few years back. The kitchen at First Presbyterian was humming on Christmas Day as teams of volunteers worked together to fill orders for community…
Coast Fork Willamette out of its banks in 1964. PHOTO: Debra Monsive Today is Dec. 23, two days after the Winter Solstice and two days before Christmas. This timing warrants turning back the pages for a peek at some Cottage…
You can’t really say Opal Irene Whiteley is from Cottage Grove. Born in Colton, Wash., she moved to the Row River Valley at age 5. The Whiteley family moved continuously around the valley from Cottage Grove up to Star, Ore.,…
Christmas has many songs and carols that begin playing earlier every year it seems, but Thanksgiving has hardly any musical offerings. One of the very few Thanksgiving songs is Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Massacree. And by Guthrie’s own admission, it…
Grocery Outlet Bargain Center in Cottage Grove has key items labeled for the “youth warming” project. DANA MERRYDAY/PHOTO Sometimes a simple gesture comes at just the right time to make a big difference in one’s life. For Karen Munsell, it…
Crystal Hunt and Dorothy Cooper at the former Past 45 Arts & Crafts shop in Cottage Grove. PHOTO/COTTAGE GROVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COTTAGE GROVE – When looking for a place in Cottage Grove 11 years ago, we checked out a lot…
The City of Cottage Grove Pallet Shelter Warming Center. DANA MERRYDAY/ THE CHRONICLE It has never been easy to be “without physical means” in Cottage Grove. Being a small town, anyone new is instantly noticed and comes under increased scrutiny.…
View from the hill that Sarah Alexander chose to be buried on in 1853. DANA MERRYDAY/PHOTO Halloween had that weird Sunday edition this year. When locals started putting out their decorations over a month ago, their displays often included mock tombstones. Seeing…
The Mary White Bridge – the original – built in 1929 and torn down 1964. PHOTO COURTESY OF COTTAGE GROVE MUSEUM A story on the Dorena Covered Bridge, which appeared in this column, prompted a reader to contact me and…