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CTE program tackling Oregon’s homeless

Students across middle, high schools helping construct sheds, cottages, planters, and more Although Constructing a Brighter Future has rebranded itself as Team Oregon Build, a new name doesn’t mean a new direction for the program. In fact, it will be doubling down on its mission…

Creswell is calling

CRESWELL – Marcie and her husband Garl lived in Vienna, Austria, for the last few years. But Garl’s mother, now 93, isn’t in great health, which led them to come back to the States, specifically South Carolina, to be close to her. The couple visited…

Buck Center still providing opportunities

Elisabeth “Lisl” Waechter founded the Pearl Buck School for children with developmental disabilities in 1953 in Creswell. She did this because there was not yet special education offered in public schools. The school was named after Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S.…

Briefs: Week of June 20

Lane County auctioning off six properties Included in the auction are lots located in Springfield, Pleasant Hill, Fall Creek, Florence, and Triangle Lake. Lane County is conducting a sealed-bid auction of real property now until 11 a.m. Monday, July 22. Bids open at 11 a.m. on…

Bruno named ‘Top Dog’

SPRINGFIELD – Deputy Luke Thomas and K9 Bruno, above, from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office won this year’s K9 Competition, and K9 Bruno was named the Top Dog. The duo won by earning the most points throughout last Saturday afternoon’s event at Hamlin Middle School.…

Becks celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

On May 18, 2024  Bob and Alma Beck celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with many friends and family. They met in Darmstadt, Germany in 1973 shortly after Alma arrived as the civilian program director for the Army Service Club at Kelly Barracks. Bob had been…

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