EVGR hosts record round
Ronne CRESWELL – A Sunday morning round of golf with friends in early June on the Emerald Valley Golf Resort course. What could be better? How about shooting the round of a lifetime? “I’ve seen a lot of low scores…
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After 25 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, page designer and senior editor, Noel Nash joined ESPN to help create the Stats & Analysis Team in 2006. In 2015 he became Vice President of the Stats & Information Group - a staff of more than 200 part- and full-time employees around the globe who generated unique and differentiating content across all media platforms. Noel left ESPN in 2017, and purchased The Chronicle in February 2019. He and his wife Dee Dee have a son, Benjamin, who lives in Connecticut, and a daughter, Melissa, who lives in Salem, Ore.
Oh, the outrage! Forget facts and yell louder
2019 FILE PHOTO The last “official” parade in Creswell featured everything spectators would hope for – including the lack of partisan political messaging. The school teacher called, concerned about “the impact on our kids.” Multiple business owners shared concerns regarding…
Creswell helps agency fill its needs
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Staff and volunteers at Womenspace must maintain some anonymity. The group includes Barb, Brandi, Cynthia, Delanie , Kim, Leticia, Nell, Miriam, Shelley, and Stephanie. It was late spring, and the floodgates had opened. After an “eerily quiet”…
Domestic violence support group all business helping others go from ‘surviving’ to ‘thriving’
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Julie Weismann, usually working out of her home office during the pandemic, can still be found at Womenspace’s headquarters, leading a team of staff and volunteers at the nonprofit agency. There’s a bottom-line reality for all businesses,…
HERE TO HELP: Creswell First!
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Peggy Whalen, left, is entering her third year leading the Family Relief Nursery’s efforts in Cottage Grove, Creswell and Drain. Peggy Whalen is enthusiastic when she discusses the Family Relief Nursery operation. Those who work with the…
Businesses struggling to find help amidst Covid
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Point S Tire & Auto Service owner Rory Tyler is among several business owners who said these are the most difficult hiring conditions they can remember. Local business owners who have suffered and – somehow – survived…
Lane Transit District charges ahead with e-buses
LTD has 11 electric buses in its fleet, and is adding another 19. The Xcelsior battery-electric 40-foot heavy-duty transit buses are from one of the world’s leading bus manufacturers. Emptying out the notebook … Last week I wrote about the…
An electric, exhilirating glimpse of the future
I was fortunate to spend time close to the NHRA drag racing circuit in my career. Mostly, it was in the 1990s while I was sports editor at the paper in Gainesville, Fla., where the Gatornationals event took place each…
City, Chronicle partner on Mother’s Day yard sale event
2019 CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO The annual Creswell city-wide yard sale is scheduled on Mother’s Day weekend May 7-9. Residents can sign up at City Hall and have their residence included on a map to be published in The Chronicle. Registrants…
EcoGeneration, Creswell Library attract county-wide attendees
NOEL NASH/CHRONICLE PHOTO Huge bags of recycled material show only a part of the collection effort this past Saturday at the Creswell Library. CRESWELL – A steady stream of area residents kept volunteers busy and the Creswell Library parking lot…