Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
THE USS PUEBLO CONNECTION At my home in Wyoming, I have a bronze bust of Commander Lloyd Mark “Pete” Bucher of the USS Pueblo, which was captured by the North Koreans in January 1968 and held for nearly a year. I had the privilege of…
Footnotes might be called the Rodney Dangerfield of American History: “They don’t get no respect.” Well, some of them anyhow. That’s a crying shame, too, because some can still teach us important lessons we could benefit from today, but only if we know about them,…
For several years, Cub Scout Pack 28 has helped Creswell VFW set up for Memorial Day ceremonies. BLYTHE HOUG/PHOTO Local Scouts and Creswell VFW Post 4039 members honor veterans – and particularly fallen and POW/MIA service members – each year out of a sense of…
BOB BECK / ROBERT’S RAMBLINGS Many of us remember our family gathering for Memorial Day when we were children. We would spend the day at the family gravesite, cleaning and weeding and leaving flowers. Then we would picnic, right beside the graves – that always…
Creswell’s Veterans Memorial will be silent this year. This is a day for remembrance. It was established many years ago to honor the military service members from the “War to end all wars.” In other words, World War I. I’m not a historian, so it…
Bob Beck Even at age 10, Bob Beck knew he wanted to become an Army officer. His dream was West Point, but the physical requirements – namely, his height – granted only “provisional” acceptance. Typically, he didn’t take “no” for an answer, so Beck entered…
From left, front: American Legion Calvin Funk Post 32 commander Steven Wesolowski; Homes for Good Board appointed resident commissioner, Michelle Thurston; Pat Farr, Homes for Good and Lane County boards of commissioners; Heather Buch, Homes for Good Board commissioner and chair of the Lane County…
PeaceHealth caregivers Jessica Sandoval and Cory Vansteenwyk gratefully accepting a donation of 2,000 N95 masks from Qusheng Jin and Ling Wang, members of the nonprofit Oregon Chinese Coalition. With this week marking Hospital and Healthcare Workers week, PeaceHealth celebrates and commends our courageous healthcare heroes…
Creswell’s annual Fourth of July Celebration has been canceled, Chamber of Commerce president Raina Napper announced via an email tonight. “It is with great regret and sorrow that the Chamber board of directors must announce the cancellation of the annual Creswell 4th of July celebration,” she wrote in…