Hello Chronicle readers, I am running to represent Zone 5 on the Lane Community College Board of Education. I have proven experience and success as a community leader, and I seek your support in my bid to work hard in support of our community college.  I’d like to tell you[Read More…]

Commitment. Integrity. Community. Family. These are just some of the key tenets I live by and will bring to the Lane Community College Board of Directors. Serving as a board member is a convergence of experiences and principles, including an understanding of Board processes, student experience and goals for success.[Read More…]

Mom Judy and daughter Erin, in their earliest days as yard-sale enthusiasts. On the weekends, Mom’s hands were always black from newspaper ink. On my childhood property in northeast Pennsylvania stood a red barn that dates back to the early 1900s. Perched on the perimeter of a meandering creek, the[Read More…]

SALEM, Ore.—State wildlife biologists counted 173 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 9.5 percent increase over last year’s count of 158 according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2020 Annual Report released today at odfw.com/wolves.  The annual count is based on verified wolf evidence (like visual observations, tracks,[Read More…]

ALICE DOYLE/PHOTO Des Linden breaks the tape in record time for a women’s 50K ultra-marathon on Tuesday, April 13, in Cottage Grove. When you hear the word “marathon” it usually means something epic or vast in proportion, such as “Last night I did a marathon study session to try to[Read More…]

Huerta SPRINGFIELD – A student-driven interview of Dolores Huerta – longtime social justice advocate, educator, and civil rights activist – was one of the highlights of this year’s Huerta/Chávez Celebration, an event that hopes to inspire students to stay strong and celebrate their different backgrounds. Huerta, who recently turned 91,[Read More…]

An artist’s rendering of the proposed baseball facility at Hamlin Middle School. Coming Fall 2021 – the Springfield High School baseball team will be hitting home runs from a new home field. In partnership with Bushnell University, the Springfield Baseball Project and Springfield Public Schools will renovate a baseball field[Read More…]

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOBret Lucich brings the funny – and the serious at times – to the stage. COTTAGE GROVE – Bret Lucich received an eager request Friday night at the Village Green. Someone asked him to play “Bring ’Em Home.” But the name of Lucich’s beautiful, somewhat-famous, patriotic song is[Read More…]

One of the photos of a “vehicle of interest” in the Pattys burglary. “It has very distinctive wheels and a triangle marking on the rear gate,” Sgt. Scott Denham said. Several vehicles in Creswell were targeted last weekend for their catalytic converters, according to Sgt. Scott Denham of the Lane[Read More…]

EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE From left, Tricia Hewitt, Emily Rivas and Shelle Holmes of Thurston Flowers. THURSTON – Emily Rivas’ love of flowers started growing when she was 8 years old, playing in her family’s backyard garden in Hayward, Calif.  “My mom had a vegetable garden and I just wanted some[Read More…]