File photo The carousel is about 98 percent complete. The work remaining is the electronics on the drive mechanism and some lighting. Master Woodcarver Ken Means offered to paint the horse for a local resident, Nadine Kelley, who had adopted a carousel horse and was returned to her on May[Read More…]
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Hats off! Special exhibition on display at Cottage Grove Historical Museum
Mary Vetch Mosby, Hat with Ostrich Plumes Photo provided/Cottage Grove Historical Society Up until the late 1950s and early 60s, no self-respecting man would think about going out in public without a hat. I am not talking about the ubiquitous ball cap of today, but a real solid affair of[Read More…]
Speedway set for Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic
The Memorial Day weekend features a full schedule of events at Cottage Grove Speedway, starting Friday, May 24, with a pre-race party followed by two full nights of racing Saturday and Sunday. The historic quarter-mile clay oval will host one of the biggest, and most prestigious, 360 Sprint events in[Read More…]
Leaps and Bounds: Young driver finding success
Keegan Bounds and his father, Josh Bounds, next to Keegan’s four championship awards in box stock kart racing. Aliya Hall/The Creswell Chronicle When Keegan Bounds first started box stock kart racing at five years old, he was the slowest car on the track. It wasn’t until his fifth race, when[Read More…]
Thoughts from the desk at Kalapuya Books
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Joshua Fattal Photo provided Our small town is surrounded by a larger, always changing world. Sometimes the events of that world impact our community personally as they did in 2009 when the national news shared the story of three American hikers detained at the Iranian[Read More…]
We love you, Latham School – Community celebration is May 31
Latham School, 1912. Roy C. Andrews/University of Oregon Library Latham School’s long story has reached its last chapter. The current building dates back to 1922, but the large cost to bring the deteriorating building up to grade, along with declining student enrollment, made the decision – which had loomed for[Read More…]
Holmes, M. Sanders, Schmidt, Osborne, And Altom Win At CGS Mom’s Night Out
Tanner Holmes Photos courtesy fo Josh Ryan It was Mom’s Night Out last Saturday on the quarter-mile clay oval at Cottage Grove Speedway. Classes on the card included the Todd’s Auto Body Sprints, IMCA Sport Mods, Street Stocks, Hornets, and Dwarf Cars. The previous evening, Friday, May 10, Karts were[Read More…]
Grove bank to be rehabbed with grant money
Cottage Grove recently was awarded $200,000 to rehabilitate the 1903 Bank Building on the corner of Main and Sixth streets granted by Oregon Heritage, a division of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). The division awarded 29 other matching grants worth $5,244,261 to Oregon Main Street Network organizations across the[Read More…]
Remembering Erica Caridio: A community staple
Erica Caridio, at home in Ireland. Photo provided Saturday afternoon I spent a bittersweet time around the iconic round table at the Axe & Fiddle. Just on the other side of the glass, blurred by the large Axe neon sign, the bustle of Main Street passed by. Seated there, I[Read More…]
Bandey earns first win at CGS on fan appreciation night
Cottage Grove Speedway Fan Appreciation Night on May 4 featured all the cars in the pit area out on the track during intermission and drivers signing autographs. Jake Mayden became the third different winner in as many races in the Mohawk Metal IMCA Modified class. Photo provided/Josh Ryan The Todd’s[Read More…]
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