Logan Johnson, 18, is among Creswell 76 employees wearing gloves at work. CRESWELL — Keeping up with the latest Coronavirus news has been all-consuming for city leaders as they carve out top priorities for the community and try to anticipate future needs. There is a “good chance” that the Coronavirus[Read More…]
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State reaches deal on horse neglect case
A horse at Gwen Davies’ property on Camas Swale Road looks over a broken fence in the backyard during the horse seizure in October 2019. Erin Tierney/The Chronicle Key terms of deal • Five-year probation, during which time Gwenyth Davies cannot own more than four horses at a time. •[Read More…]
Young entrepreneur opens salon
Shannon Whitehead, 25, of Creswell, opened up Beauty Boutique at 240 W. Oregon Ave. in October. She said it has been a learning process and that support has been instrumental in helping her vision come to life. Erin Tierney/The Chronicle CRESWELL – Shannon Whitehead is seeing her vision come to[Read More…]
Boy, 13, guilty of murder
A Creswell preteen pleaded guilty last week to murdering a 92-year-old woman on Creswood Drive earlier this year. The boy killed Erma (Sapp) Burnell, of Creswell, in her home on Jan. 7. His name was mentioned in court, but The Chronicle generally does not publish names of juveniles under prosecution.[Read More…]
Boomerang memories
Cylindrical holes carved into the bank at Fall Creek in the Willamette National Forest bustle with tiny lifeforms. Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle I spent last weekend puttering along at Fisherman’s Point in Fall Creek, a spacious campsite made full with friends, crackling firepits and the sound of clinking bottles. When[Read More…]
No ‘lion’ about this wildlife encounter
A leisurely Sunday afternoon spent diddling away at the Oregon Coast is always an adventure in my book, especially if it concludes with a terrifying sprint to the car with my life flashing before my eyes. Combing the beach for sand dollars, putzing around at low tide for starfish, feeling[Read More…]
These little ducklings
Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle These tiny, wet little Creswell ducklings from Ellie’s Preschool & Daycare on D Street stopped by The Chronicle office on the rainy morning of Dec. 20. They were all waddling along in a row, en route to the Creswell Library, where they venture to every Thursday.
Local students, teachers recognized by VFW One student, teacher off to State competitions
FROM LEFT ARE CRESWELL VFW POST NO. 4039 COMMANDER BOB BECK; KIM KUHNHAUSEN, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; JOCELYN STRAM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; CONNER COSTA, (KNEELING) WINNER OF PATRIOT’S PEN CONTEST; TIM MEINZEN, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; SHRISTA MORRIS, SECOND PLACE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY[Read More…]
Chronicle Blessings – Erin Tierney, Editor, The Creswell Chronicle
ERIN TIERNEY, EDITOR As I count my blessings this Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting a bit differently this go around. I find myself thinking of time not as a linear construct, but instead as this intricate, interwoven assembly of moments. I am sensing this more and more the longer I[Read More…]
