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Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
How can such a small community feel so large in my heart? It almost seems like a competition with clients and companies to help families and children in the area. My wife, children and I smile as we see our friends and families bringing in…
Of the many people and blessings I am grateful for in my life, two stand out to me the most: My grandmother and my dog, Watson. Watson was a starved and abused black long-hair chihuahua when I found him at the Greenhill Humane Society three…
I am thankful to be born in a country that produces enough food to feed the population. I am thankful to be born in a country I can attend the church of my choice, that I can write for my newspaper where I can speak…
I have many things to be thankful for in 2018. In my personal life, I am especially thankful for my wonderful wife. She helped me through a really tough time following my major shoulder surgery in the Spring. I am more thankful than I can…
What Thanksgiving means to me in 2018… Thank you to the people I work with at City Hall. You make every day better (yes, really). Happy days spent within the community of Creswell. I look forward to being a resident for a long time. And…
ANDREW BREIG, PHOTOGRAPHER When The Creswell Chronicle asked contributors to write about their blessings for the year, my mind immediately went to one thing – exploration. Every free moment of 2018 I spent trekking through our state of Oregon, and I’m thankful for it. Oftentimes…
CHRISTOPHER PALANUK, PHOTOGRAPHER ”Count what you have now/ Don’t count what you don’t have/ Find that you have so much.” Mariya Takeuchi sang those words in her song ”Measure of Happiness” in a 2008 maxi single from Japan. Considering how long it took to find…
MIKE ROTHGEB, REPORTER For some, Thanksgiving seems to have lost its meaning. It’s become just another stepping stone to Christmas, a time to indulge in gluttonous acts and a break from work or school. What a lot of us are forgetting is the literal meaning…
GINI DAVIS, REPORTER This Thanksgiving, I am most grateful, as always, for my much-loved family – warm, capable, independent, fun, loving people all: My daughter Meghann, son-in-law Austin and their precious children, Emma and Bryson; my son Jef; and my daughter Breanna and son-in-law Peter.…