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Area briefs: Week of Aug. 5

– Cottage Grove offering Utility System tours: If you’re interested in joining city councilors or the mayor on a tour of the utility system and Water Treatment Plant, contact the city manager’s office at 541-942-5501. The final two groups of three-week tours begin Aug. 12 and…

Horses have proven track record as part of mental-health therapy

Smith Often, the word “therapy” conjures images of sitting in a room and talking. And, while talk therapy serves many people well, it isn’t the best fit for everyone – especially people who don’t love talking about themselves, people who process their experiences internally, or people…

Comedy clicking at Grove’s Covered Bridge

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Comedian Bruce Jingles performs at Covered Bridge Brewing Group’s Comedy Showcase last week. COTTAGE GROVE – Bruce Jingles is eagerly awaiting the expected wintertime release of his Netflix special. “My Mother’s Gift” is the working title so far. After his mom died…

Kiwanis formally dedicates benches

PHOTO PROVIDED CRESWELL – Dedicated memorial benches for Denny Olsen and Connie Dersham on Wednesday, July 21, at the Creswell Heritage Foundation’s Old Schoolhouse site at 295 S. 2nd St. Olsen’s bench is on the left and Dersham’s is on the right. Denny’s surviving wife…

‘A portrait of Cottage Grove’

EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Uyen Thi “T” Nguyen will be taking her portraits of Cottage Grove people into Eugene and Springfield. If you have visited historic downtown this month, you have no doubt noticed art hanging in local businesses, 10 of them to be exact. This…

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