SPRINGFIELD – More big hitters are coming to the inaugural North Star Volleyball Jamboree – and we’re not talking about all of the on-court talent. The preseason volleyball tournament, scheduled Thursday, Aug. 29 at Springfield High School, has the Millers playing host to Thurston, Cottage Grove, Creswell, and Pleasant Hill.[Read More…]
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Livin’ sm(art) on the Happy Hill Homestead
Last year to pluck flowers, eye art at Cottage Grove farm COTTAGE GROVE — An abstract artist is living on a happy hill in Cottage Grove, and she is inviting others to come and smell the flowers at her homestead. The Happy Hill Homestead flower farm, run by Cindy Ingram,[Read More…]
Mobile crisis pilot program to roll out next week
A new community-based mobile crisis program is set to launch on Aug. 18 — one that is designed to address the immediate needs of people experiencing behavioral health crises. The Mobile Crisis Services of Lane County will assist folks in “an urgent or emergent, perceived or actual inability to cope,”[Read More…]
Lane wins $19M grant for climate justice
In first funding round, county among earliest in U.S. to receive money for new ‘resilience hubs.’ Lane County’s grant application was among 21 applicants awarded over $19 million in environmental and climate justice funding, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in July. “We feel pretty honored to be in the[Read More…]
The Public Market challenge was a perfect test case
Part II of two. We pick up the narrative as villagers choose a latrine design and set forth a hopeful future. SPRINGFIELD – The community market latrine in the town of Nano was a significant milepost for the project – past, present, and future. From the time the first latrines[Read More…]
Cottage Grove to switch to dusk-to-dawn shelters
COTTAGE GROVE – Earlier this week, the City announced its new plan to transition its Douglas and 12th street shelters to a single 7 p.m.-7 a.m. shelter. The transition plan outlined at the Aug. 12 city council meeting stated that transition day will be Aug. 22, meaning that all unhoused[Read More…]
Review: ‘Tennessee Wet Rub’ leaves audience hungry for more
COTTAGE GROVE — Only six theaters in the country were selected by the American Association of Community Theatre’s 2024 NewPlayFest to produce a winner from its script contest. Cottage Grove Theatre is one of those theaters. Out of over 300 entries, there were six winning plays that won this contest,[Read More…]
Review: Jenny Don’t disappoint
SPRINGFIELD – As you can imagine, anyone who grows up with Jenny Don’t as a stage name is going to play with a bit of an edge. Ready to push the limits. Music with an attitude. “I was ornery growing up. People were always saying, ‘Jenny, don’t!’ Parents, teachers, bus[Read More…]
Second batch of unofficial recall results spell out same result
COTTAGE GROVE — Not much has changed regarding recall election results, but there was more unofficial data released last week. The second batch of unofficial results for the potential recall of councilors Alex Dreher, Mike Fleck, and Chalice Savage was released Aug. 6 at 5 p.m. An additional 159 ballots[Read More…]
Grovers still rooting for Botswana
COTTAGE GROVE – After witnessing the true power of their athletic potential at the 2022 World Track & Field Championships, Cottage Grove residents relished in the glory of watching their Botswana guests win gold in the 200 meters and silver in the men’s 4×400 during the Paris Olympics this past[Read More…]
