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Council remains divided on indoor track location

SPRINGFIELD — Before last week’s City Council meeting, councilors held a work session to discuss updates from Willamalane and the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA) Board regarding an indoor track and activity center proposal. Councilors lined up on both sides of the issue. Pro Tem…

Pandemic leaves us casting about for survival

For now my drift boat will stay on the trailer. The less social contact we all have for now will help us get past CoVid-19 sooner and that would be good. How much things have changed over the last couple of weeks is a little…

Make someone’s day – lighten their load

LORANE — This week, a close relative who is caretaking both her husband and brother—one in the hospital, needing to come home, and one who is in hospice care who she could not leave—was in desperate need of our help. I offered to pick up…

When ‘staying home’ simply was the norm

LORANE — This concept of staying home must seem very strange to our younger generations, but it is familiar to me. When we were raising our family of four kids, I made one trip to town a week to get groceries, and the kids and…

Most important meal begins with eggs

How’s everyone doing out there? Hope you are well and finding a way to enjoy more time at home if you are working from home, self-quarantined, or just following the experts’ suggestions to avoid exposure to Covid-19. I am working part time at Evergreen Nutrition…

Good Food Easy makes it easier

CRESWELL – Erica Trappe, owner of Good Food Easy, wants to make it especially easy to eat healthy in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Seven miles west of Creswell, out on Camas Swale, Trappe’s gardens grow year-round. Trappe grows and buys fresh, organic vegetables and…

Dapron, two others earn all-league honors

CRESWELL — Three members of the CHS girls basketball team earned all-league honors for the 2019-20 season. Junior post/forward Brea Dapron was named to the 3A Mountain Valley Conference First Team, sophomore guard Emme Whitson was named to the second team and senior wing Kylee…

Frieze honored as MVC Player of the Year

Frieze CRESWELL – Senior guard Tyler Frieze was named 2019-20 3A Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year, and the Bulldogs’ other four regular starters also earned boys basketball all-league honors when those teams were announced recently. Frieze led the fifth-ranked MVC Champion Bulldogs to…

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