Category Community

Public helps restore Schoolhouse windows

Creswell Heritage Foundation has raised $9,325 toward window restoration by offering window sponsorships to individuals, businesses and organizations. The sponsorships are $1,500 and will be recognized with a plaque. The Lions Club was the first to sponsor a window. Other full sponsors are Carol Campbell,…

Sheriff nets two

Saturday afternoon: Mesh netting surrounds playground equipment at Holt Park. Later in the evening the park was vandalized and local sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect. CRESWELL – Two men have been arrested and charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespassing – including one who was…

‘He was who he was’

Councilman Bob Ehler, aka Town Marshall. Good guys don’t always wear white hats. Sometimes they don dusty, floppy cowboy hats with conchos and feathers, and pair it with a biker vest and cowboy boots. Mayor Jeff Gowing, remembering Bob Ehler, wasn’t sure what to think…

Hail, Haliclystus auricula

There are two common ways of being in the world. You can aggressively pursue things, stay in motion, always moving forward, or you can stay put and let the world come to you. When I studied marine biology, there were frequent field trips into the…

Cottage Grove woman dies in crash near Creswell

A Cottage Grove woman died in a car accident on Highway 99 near Creswell on Thursday, May 21, according to Oregon State Police. John Farrell, 42, of Cottage Grove, was reportedly driving northbound on Highway 99 when he crashed into a wooden fence near milepost…

Funding shortfalls slow progress on Schoolhouse

Verlean McCoy Progress continues on the restoration of Creswell’s old schoolhouse, but some projects may be delayed due to funding shortfalls. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused redirection of grant funds that might have been available for historic restoration to more pressing community needs. The Creswell…