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Roadtrip in the Gypsy Rose

Emmalee Williams, Vicki Schoenleber, Cassie Schoenleber, Willow Smith, Jamie Schoenleber during their Oregon exploration. PHOTO PROVIDED My family recently embarked on a four-generation road trip. There were five of us in a small recreational vehicle. Our ages ranged from 7 to 93, including myself; my…

Hope on the horizon for Springfield’s homeless

The Springfield Public School Administration Building at 525 Mill St. served as an Egan Warming Center for Springfield before it was deemed unsafe after damages done during last years snowstorm. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – The Egan Warming Center is hopeful of finding a new…

Art talks at the 2nd Friday Art Walk

Melanie Tavarez, 8, a young performer with the Casa de la Cultura Tianese, traveled from Salem with her troupe to perform at the Hispanic Heritage celebration in Springfield on Friday night. Traditional dance and mariachi music were just part of the celebration that coincided with…

Let’s focus on prevention during breast cancer awareness

Each year in October we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Most of the fundraisers and events are focused on the forever search for cures to this disease which affects so many. As a nutritional therapist/writer I have spent my career focusing on prevention and supporting…

Stay healthy during shorter, cooler days

As shorter days, cooler weather and less access to healthy summer foods are upon us, we experience a decline in our immune system; hence, “cold and flu season.” There are several affordable ways to keep your immune system boosted throughout the fall and winter: Strengthen…

Help Bulldogs ‘end(zone)’ childhood cancer

CHS football seniors (from left) Jesse Whipps-Schnelle, Nick Kubishta, Dallton Dewey and Logan Johnson are leading the Bulldogs’ drive to help St. Jude score a victory over pediatric cancer. GINI DAVIS/The Chronicle CRESWELL – Whenever they take the field, the Creswell Bulldogs football team always…

Oregon’s 1940s hipsters:

COTTAGE GROVE — What started as a small Civilian Public Service (CPS) camp in 1945’s Waldport, Oregon, emerged into what became the Beat Movement of the early 1960s. These conscientious objectors from World War II became some of the key members to produce art and…

Aqua Lions ride again

Connie Huston is at work on the Aqua Lions mural at the Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center in Cottage Grove. DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – As the Cottage Grove community waits breathlessly for the Oct. 1 reopening of the newly refurbished Warren H. Daugherty…

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