Dana Merryday EDITOR’S NOTE: This is event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The science is undeniable: The climate is changing. Things are going to be far different for you, your children and your grandchildren. The culprit is two-fold. The first is that the human population is steadily growing.[Read More…]
Cottage Grove
Cottage Theatre holds ‘Seeking Red’ auditions
COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Theatre will hold open auditions March 15 at 6 p.m. for the West Coast premiere of a new drama about truth and identity. Seeking Red, written by Chicago playwright Glenn B. Rust and directed by Kory Weimer, will be the third production in Cottage Theatre’s 2020[Read More…]
Panel addresses stigma, greater youth support
(Left to right) Kathy Kelty, peer court coordinator; Tim Herrmann, chief administrative officer at Cottage Grove Community Medical Center; Roger Brubaker, Lane County Public Health suicide prevention and mental health promotion coordinator; Anna Marie Dudley, South Lane School District and Cottage Grove Community Medical Center; Jason Cross, Cottage Grove Police[Read More…]
Parklet idea gains interest in Grove
Before I delve into your possible weekend itinerary in this week’s column, I first want to touch on the parklet idea presented by Ryan Sisson, civil engineer for the City of Cottage Grove, at last month’s Cottage Grove City Council meeting. A parklet means converting an existing parking space into[Read More…]
Lady Lions ‘strike’ gold with first state bowling title
Pictured with their state championship trophy won Feb. 22-23 are the members of the Cottage Grove Lady Lions – a cooperative sponsorship girls’ bowling team including girls from Cottage Grove, Creswell and Thurston. From left, top: head coach Ernie Owen and assistant coach Rick Kindrick; second row: Haylee Oxenford, Josie[Read More…]
Wooten: New station would be district hub
South Lane County Fire & Rescue Chief John Wooten provided artist conceptual drawing and architectural schematics for the new station at this week’s Creswell City Council Work Session. Erin Tierney/The Chronicle CRESWELL – South Lane County Fire & Rescue Chief John Wooten this week updated Creswell City Council on current[Read More…]
COTTAGE GROVE HS RESULTS
RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb. 18 CGHS lost its last game of the season at home against Marist Catholic 87-43. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb. 18 After winning nine games in a row, CGHS lost its last game of the season at home to Marist Catholic, 34-31. WRESTLING Friday, Feb. 21[Read More…]
The strange world of Mardi Gras
Mobile Mardi Gras, circa 1905. Photo provided/Bettmann Archive A family medical event ripped me from my Oregon home and landed me in the pine woods that I grew up in. While I help my family care for Dad, my finger is temporarily off the pulse of Cottage Grove. One of[Read More…]
Pie in sky idea?
When I was a kid and heard of a political party, I naturally assumed it was a party like I was used to attending. You know … balloons, cake, ice cream and similar fun! It didn’t look so fun as I had to watch presidential debates and televised politics when[Read More…]
COTTAGE GROVE HS RESULTS/SCHEDULES
RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb. 11 CGHS lost its fifth game in a row in a home game against Elmira, 64-41. Friday, Feb. 14 The Lions lost a close game at Junction City, 66-63. Tuesday, Feb. 18 CGHS hosted Marist for its last game of the year after this issue[Read More…]
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