Image provided Arbor Day will be held at the Cobalt Activity Center on Saturday, April, 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., the Parks and Tree Advisory Committee decided on their Feb. 12 meeting at 10 a.m. With press releases and flyers getting ready to be released next meeting, the[Read More…]
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State Rep. Wilde visits Creswell
FROM LEFT ARE CRESWELL CITY COUNCILOR MISTY INMAN, CRESWELL SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR TIM ROGERS, REP. WILDE, MAYOR RICHARD ZETTERVAL, DIRECTOR LACEY RISDALL AND COUNCILOR MARTHA MCREYNOLDS JR. Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle Oregon State Representative Marty Wilde (D-D-11) hosted a town hall at Creswell City Hall on Feb. 19, and heard[Read More…]
land needs analysis committee – Operating industrial land a focus
As the Land Needs Analysis Committee met for their fifth meeting on Feb. 22 to discuss the revised draft of economic development policies, a specific goal came to mind: Focusing on getting Creswell’s industrial lands into function. Throughout the policy draft, objectives and action items targeted how to promote economic[Read More…]
Cal Taylor: Been here since ’32
LONGTIME RESIDENT CAL TAYLOR WILL BE 94 ON MARCH 1. Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle Some are fortunate to have lived a long, well-intentioned life; the rest of us can only hope for the same. In the meantime, we are fortunate enough to hear stories of a life well-spent – like[Read More…]
Welcome Home Animal Sanctuary: From slaughterhouse to second chance
MISTY MOORE HOLDING BABY POPPY, A BOW-LEGGED PIG THE MOORES TOOK IN AT THEIR FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN CRESWELL. Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle For runts on meat farms, for alpacas with bum legs, for little pet pigs that got bigger than their owners’ expected, Creswell’s Misty and Robert Moore are[Read More…]
Wendy Smith joins City staff
WENDY SMITH. Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle It was announced at Monday’s Creswell City Council meeting that the City’s newest employee is Wendy Smith. Smith, of Creswell, is the assistant city recorder/court clerk and will be assisting City Recorder Roberta Tharp with her duties.
Board talks grad rates, approves resolutions
The Creswell School Board met on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. for their regular board session where they discussed and voted on unfinished and new business, before talking about graduation rates. Board Directors David Eusted and Kandice Lemhouse-Worsham were not present. Eusted’s absence was excused, while Lemhouse-Worsham’s was not. Last[Read More…]
High school presented with $2,500 for new sound system
CRESWELL’S DEVIN PRATT, FAR LEFT, AN EMPLOYEE OF LITHIA CHRYSLER DODGE IN EUGENE AND LARRY SWARTZ OF OREGON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION POSE WITH CHS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ALAN STEARNS, FAR RIGHT, AFTER PRESENTING THE SCHOOL WITH A $2,500 DONATION FOR A NEW SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL[Read More…]
Creswell Heritage Foundation wins award for ‘organizational excellence’
DIRECTOR OF THE LANE COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM BOB HART PRESENTED CRESWELL HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT VERLEAN MCCOY WITH THE LANE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S 2019 ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD ON FEB. 9. PHOTO PROVIDED/ Robert Voelker-Morris/ Lane County History Museum On Feb. 9, Creswell Heritage Foundation (CHF) was presented with the Lane County[Read More…]
Creswell Mat Club teaches more than wrestling
BACK ROW: COACH MAC SCARLETT, COACH CJ WILKERSON, COACH CARL WILKERSON, COACH CHANTELL NOFFSINGER, TREVOR ATKINSON, LUIS HERNANDEZ, KALEB SANDERS, BROCK STUBBS, COLDEN CLARK, SAVEREN WRIGHT, COACH CLINT PERDUE; MIDDLE ROW: KEYLEE, DARIEN DEWEY, KULLY KULASINSKI, OSCAR NOFFSINGER, AVE WRIGHT, DAVID KELLER, GARRETT PETIT, ANDREI DONAYRI, CARSON CLARK; FRONT ROW:[Read More…]