CRESWELL— When life gives you lemons, make lemon bars and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and then send your staff to Hawaii: that’s how the saying goes at Blue Valley Bistro. The locally owned cafe has been serving handcrafted food and espresso for 12 years in Creswell and three years since[Read More…]
Author: LARISSA GARCIA
Creswell School District giving back
CRESWELL – With the holidays a thing of last year, you may be wishing you could go back and relive stories of holiday cheer and generosity. In Creswell, one giving effort stands out among the rest: The Creswell School District’s Season of Giving program. This season, the program reached a[Read More…]
Linda Patricia Adler
June 4, 1946 — Dec. 27, 2022 Linda Patricia Adler left us too soon. We weren’t ready to say goodbye and neither was she — and yet, here we are, writing her obituary. It’s not enough to simply write someone’s life story in 500 words or less — that doesn’t[Read More…]
Chicken plant flying under the radar
CRESWELL – The once prevalent clucking regarding reopening Foster Farms seems to have turned to radio silence. The plant, once located at 33464 West Lane has not been operating since 2006, but when the plants wastewater permit renewal surfaced in July of this year, residents expressed fear that Foster Farms[Read More…]
Prayers, attendance up
CRESWELL – The once dwindling flame of the little country church may have been re-lit, as members are regaining hope that St. Philip Benizi in Creswell will keep its doors open. Saint Philip Benizi is a mission church under Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Cottage Grove, overseen[Read More…]
Community generosity aiding in Ukraine relief
SPRINGFIELD – Father Richard Janowicz of the Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Springfield and his congregation have continued their fundraising efforts to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Father Janowicz is determined to carry on supporting the cause, calling for community members to stay strong and[Read More…]
Springfielders are enjoying retirement on the Silver Coast
SPRINGFIELD – Labor Day weekend, Springfield said “viagem segura” (safe travels) to active community members and previous owners of The Pony House Inn at 660 C St., Nancie and Mark Koerber. The couple was all set to retire with six duffel bags, three guitars, one carry on, two boxes and[Read More…]
Bohemia Food Hub renovation plans blossom
COTTAGE GROVE – The only thing taller than the butterfly building’s ceilings is owner Kim Johnson’s dream for the business. Renovation plans are being drawn to bring this big dream into a reality: Bohemia Food Hub (BFH) becoming an epicenter for all things food-business related. At 106 S. 10th St.,[Read More…]
What off season?
A trip down ‘Memory Lane’ SPRINGFIELD — With 1,100 blueberry plants and two staff members, Memory Lane Berrie’s winter season is perhaps more labor-intensive than the summer season of production. “People think it’s the offseason and it’s not, there’s a lot of work to do,” said Dani Miller, co-owner of[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill student takes first place
Emily Krauss of Pleasant Hill High School, earned first place in the Creswell VFW Voice of Democracy awards, which included a $300 scholarship. She advanced to the district level, and again won first place and a $500 prize.From left: Wyatt Krauss, Cameron Krauss, Oliver Krauss, Sarah Krauss, VFW post commander[Read More…]
