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Making art accessible for everyone

Daphne Mantis has been the Springfield Arts Commission board chair for two out of her three years as a commissioner. Formerly an attorney, in retirement she has started to take art classes and fuels her love of art through the Commission. ALIYA HALL/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD…

OPEN FOR JUSTICE

The Springfield Justice Center, located at 230 4th St. in Springfield, will be hosting an Open House from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Open House will be an opportunity for the community to meet police officers and other police officials.…

Humans, not property’

The Patrician Mobile Home Park on Beltline and Game Farm Roads is the center of a debate in conflicting views for redevelopment and housing in Springfield. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Citizens filled the seats and lined the walls in the Springfield City Council Chambers…

The Cape Kiwanda dory fleet of Pacific City

This painting, titled ”The Fog Warning,” shows a Grand Banks fisherman making his way back to the mother ship with a couple of big halibuts on board, while casting a worried glance at an incoming fog bank. WINSLOW HOMER If you get up early enough…

25 years ago…

Nicole Brown 1994 Local bike enthusiast Nicole Brown competed in her first race, riding her custom built BMX at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. She finished in second place, competing as the only female in the competition. Substitute teacher and owner of Creswell Cyclery Jim Bolivar…

Longs celebrate 70 years wed

Cliff & Mary Lou Long FALL CREEK – Cliff and Mary Lou Long of Fall Creek will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 18. They were married on Sept. 18, 1949 in Delake, Oregon. They have one son, Cliff and his wife, Sali, of…

City to abate Whistle Stop

This Sept. 10 photo shows virtually nothing has been done with The Whistle Stop property since council last discussed its options a few weeks ago. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CHRONICLE CRESWELL – The Whistle Stop building at 213 S. Mill St. — a charred, abandoned structure since…

Cut tree strikes, kills Creswell man

Mike Coop CRESWELL – Don’t expect a resolution anytime soon in the case involving Mike Coop, a 59-year-old Creswell man who was killed by a falling tree as he passed by a logging site on Hamm Road Sept. 3. With multiple agencies involved and many…

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