RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO The return of the Concerts In The Park brought out hundreds of music lovers. COTTAGE GROVE – Everyone seemed to be in a celebratory mood last Wednesday. They had a good reason to celebrate – the Concerts in the Park series was back at Bohemia Park. “It[Read More…]
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Bulldogs plant seeds for success on the court
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE Creswell’s Conner Hanson shoots during the team’s final game. CRESWELL — When the coaches and players look back on Creswell’s Covid-reduced 2021 basketball season, they probably won’t think so much about the wins and losses. Instead, they’ll focus on the many positives that emerged from the coronavirus-shortened[Read More…]
Comedy builds to crescendo at The Grove’s Village Green
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Comedian Dash Thompson at the Village Green on Saturday night. COTTAGE GROVE — James Blame isn’t joking when he says comedy saved his life. It was 2010 and he had lost his wife to cancer earlier that year. He wasn’t dealing with it well. He knew he[Read More…]
JaSkaMon, band fuse different styles during Brewstation appearance
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOBarry Klusman, left, jams with JaSkaMon at the Brewstation this past Saturday. COTTAGE GROVE — The flyers at the Brewstation proclaimed that none of the five major vaccine manufacturers are as effective as JaSkaMon – especially when dealing with rare tropical disorders such as Raskanitis. “We did this song[Read More…]
Buzzer-beaters don’t pay off for CHS boys
PLEASANT HILL – The Creswell boys hit some dramatic buzzer-beating shots as they returned to the basketball court after taking a forced two-week hiatus. However, those shots didn’t lift the Bulldogs to victory, as they were dealt a pair of 10-point losses, falling 56-46 at Pleasant Hill before dropping a[Read More…]
Creswell librarians have books, programs ready
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Libraries aren’t supposed to be too quiet. But in the age of Covid … “We were not a quiet library. It’s disturbingly quiet now,” said Nick Caum, Youth and Community Services Librarian at the Creswell Library. “I miss the teens a lot,” said Lane Library District Director[Read More…]
The guitar (repair) man
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE Guitar-repair store owner Gregg Biller said he spends most of his time in his workshop these days, but he still performs around Cottage Grove, with an upcoming date at the Brewstation on July 3. He’ll be sitting in with the Huckleberries. COTTAGE GROVE – Gregg Biller has[Read More…]
Live in Springfield: Sweet N’ Juicy brings the funk
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Sweet N’ Juicy bass player Dave Smith, left, drummer Jimmy Curry and keyboardist Paul Paresa perform in Springfield last week. Part of their goal is to encourage laughter. SPRINGFIELD – Live music had just returned to Springfield after a long hiatus, so fans at PublicHouse were treated[Read More…]
CHS girls hoops picking up pace; boys on hiatus
Tyler Hollingsworth wants his Creswell girls basketball players to know that he’s seeing terrific progress in the team. It would be so much easier to get that message across if the Bulldogs were winning more games. But that’s not happening. Not yet, anyway. Creswell fell to 1-4 last week, losing[Read More…]
No novelty, just down-home talent
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOJim (left) and Fallon Crabbe perform Friday night at the Village Green in Cottage Grove. Just because The Down-Home Boys have a keyboard player who joined the band when he was 8 years old, that doesn’t make them a novelty act … does it? “Even when he was[Read More…]
