You have probably seen the bumper sticker that reads, “It will be a great day when schools get all the money they need and the Air Force will need to have a bake sale to buy a bomber.” While that message may seem simplistic, it does have an element of[Read More…]
Cottage Grove
Waving a sad goodbye to Clarence Kreamier
The ”Cottage Grove Waver,” Clarence Kreamier. Photo provided It takes all kinds of people to make up a community. Some people like to blend in and remain anonymous, others like to strut their stuff, loud and brashly. Some are bad, some good and some are just regular folks. Then there[Read More…]
Warmer weather can require more fitness
Samantha Duncan of Health Hub. Photo provided Spring is finally here (fingers crossed!), and with longer days and warmer weather, our minds turn to gardening, hiking, cycling, and playing outside. Over the past week I’ve had clients and class members come in with stiff lower backs and sore hamstrings and[Read More…]
Celebrate May with South Valley Farmers’ Market
I am glad I don’t really have to depend on the weather to make my living. This past week went from cold, rainy, 40 degree temperatures to downright balmy by the week’s end. Farmers do have to deal with such changes and gamble constantly on when to sow, plant, water.[Read More…]
Earth Day: Environmentally conscious residents share earth day tips
Ed Gunderson With Earth Day coming up Monday, April 22, one way to celebrate is by adopting sustainable practices into an everyday routine. ”We’re living in a finite world,” Dana Merryday, Cottage Grove resident, said. ”There’s only so many resources, space and water. We have to make things last and[Read More…]
Cascade Chorus, Social Insecurity show is May 19
Social Insecurity is an award-winning, comedic and entertaining barbershop quartet, an audience pleaser for certain. Photo provided The Cascade Chorus and quartet Social Insecurity will be performing on May 19 in Cottage Grove as a fundraising effort for the Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel’s building fund. The event will[Read More…]
Creswell-Cottage Grove Kiwanis clubs sponsor part-carousel chariot
Photo provided Creswell and Cottage Grove Kiwanis clubs recently signed up to sponsor a portion of the handicapped bench, or ”chariot” on the Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel, of which there are four. On the carousel, there is an open space to anchor wheelchairs in place, positioned next to[Read More…]
The Spring events are underway
Even though it is still grey, cold and rainy, the time to get out and do things fun has come to the Northwest. And a little rain has rarely slowed down Oregonians. Ken Kesey in “Sometimes a Great Notion” says it best: “Standing out there as though they have lived[Read More…]
The Sound of Music Presented by the Cottage Theatre: The Grove is Alive with the Sound of Music (and Applause)
Photo provided The Sound of Music, based on the book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, tells the true story of Maria von Trapp. Set in 1938 during Germany’s annexation of Austria, Maria, an unbreakable and energetic postulant, cares for seven children belonging to Austrian Captain Georg von Trapp. Caught[Read More…]
Opal Whiteley in the 21st Century
Pictured is the Opal Whiteley Mural, as seen in Downtown Cottage Grove. Photo provided Cottage Grove and Opal Whiteley have a long and somewhat complicated relationship. She grew up in nearby Walden, Star, and other logging towns and camps and was undoubtedly a savant, the likes of Mozart and other[Read More…]
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