SPRINGFIELD—Springfield Public Library got a makeover and celebrated its reopening last Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning and a drop-in celebration in the evening. Children ran a scavenger hunt, looking for all the new changes, while their parents entered raffles for different prize baskets. Volunteers brought sweet treats[Read More…]
Author: Ember Holman - The Chronicle
Romeo’s big show: Festival celebrating ‘World’s Largest Steer’ is Saturday
CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined the Welcome Home Animal Sanctuary in Creswell six years ago after being rescued from a dairy farm. Welcome Home, run[Read More…]
Free school breakfast, lunch in Creswell schools
CRESWELL — For some students, breakfast and lunch at school are the only meals they have during the week. This year, Creswell School District (CSD) will be providing these meals to students at no cost to increase accessibility to nutritious food. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program was established in[Read More…]
Cottage Grove to contribute to international peace movement
COTTAGE GROVE — At Coiner Park, near the peace tree, lies a cage, very like that of a gym locker. With a two foot-by two foot base, it stretches eight feet tall. In the bottom, a four-foot-tall rack displays almost 200 rocks, each one painted to represent a different country[Read More…]
Here to Help: Local youth helps nonprofits with his own cat toy business
SPRINGFIELD — Who doesn’t love watching a playful cat? The way they wind up their hind legs and… POUNCE! At 13, Brett Boehme began making and selling cat toys for a school project, and hasn’t had the heart to stop. Not only does he make creative catnip toys, he donates[Read More…]
Here to Help: Catholic Community Services report strong numbers helping unhoused, others in Lane
SPRINGFIELD — After Gov. Tina Kotek’s state of emergency declaration regarding homelessness in January 2023, Lane County received roughly $18.5 million to work toward three initiatives: preventing homelessness, rehousing unhoused citizens, and increasing the number of available shelter beds. Nonprofit Catholic Community Services (CCS) of Lane County has made significant[Read More…]
Here to Help: Nonprofit cares for pets when patients can’t
SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets? Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with that very question when they were left with the dog of a patient who passed away. The two took care[Read More…]
Friends of Cottage Grove Library to bring community together with fairy tales, folklore
COTTAGE GROVE — Fairy tales and folklore hold a special place in society. They teach the importance of right and wrong, the line between trust and naivety, self-confidence, and personal growth. On Wednesday Sept. 4, Friends of Cottage Grove Library (FCGL), the Cottage Grove Public Library and RISE of the[Read More…]
Robotics rule at RiverBend: New surgical robot added to toolbox
SPRINGFIELD — PeaceHealth RiverBend this month added the latest in robotic technology to its surgical services, and as the name suggests, he is a smartie. The da Vinci surgical robot has been assisting surgeons with laparoscopic or “keyhole” operations since 1999. While keyhole surgeries — a minimally invasive approach through[Read More…]
Livin’ sm(art) on the Happy Hill Homestead
Last year to pluck flowers, eye art at Cottage Grove farm COTTAGE GROVE — An abstract artist is living on a happy hill in Cottage Grove, and she is inviting others to come and smell the flowers at her homestead. The Happy Hill Homestead flower farm, run by Cindy Ingram,[Read More…]
