At the end of the school day on Wednesday, Dec. 19, a “hit list” of people to be killed or hurt was discovered on the front cover of a student’s notebook at Creswell Middle School (CMS). Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Sergeant Scott Denham said the list was found by[Read More…]
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Analysis: Land will accommodate economic growth
At the fourth Community Advisory Committee Land Needs Analysis meeting on Dec. 7, ECONorthwest and the City of Creswell shifted their focus from residential to commercial and industrial. Preliminary conclusions found that Creswell will have enough land to accommodate economic growth in both industrial and commercial areas. The Economic Opportunities[Read More…]
Warm nostalgia and yuletide cuties at 5Cs Christmas Program
DRESSED IN THEIR CHRISTMAS FINERY, A GROUP OF TODDLERS AND TWO-YEAR-OLDS PLAY WITH JINGLE BELLS AS THE CHOIR SINGS ”JINGLE BELLS” DURING THE ANNUAL 5CS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM LAST THURSDAY. FROM LEFT: MONROE MEANS, EASTON HILL, GRAYSON TAYLOR, NAOMI BATES AND RYDER LOVENBURG. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle The warm nostalgia of[Read More…]
Local students, teachers recognized by VFW One student, teacher off to State competitions
FROM LEFT ARE CRESWELL VFW POST NO. 4039 COMMANDER BOB BECK; KIM KUHNHAUSEN, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; JOCELYN STRAM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; CONNER COSTA, (KNEELING) WINNER OF PATRIOT’S PEN CONTEST; TIM MEINZEN, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR; SHRISTA MORRIS, SECOND PLACE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY[Read More…]
Library Expansion Project fueled by generosity
WEYERHAEUSER REPRESENTATIVE BRENT CZABAN STOPPED BY THE LIBRARY DURING STORYTIME DEC. 6, TO PRESENT A CHECK CRESWELL LIBRARY. THE $5,000 DONATION WILL HELP WITH THEIR EXPANSION PROJECT. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Creswell Library at 64 W. Oregon Ave. has been seeking donations for the Library Expansion Project to expand their[Read More…]
Super 8 Motel owners charged with arson
SATINDER PAL SINGH Image provided The owners of Creswell Super 8 Motel were arrested and charged with first-degree arson this week, after their motel caught fire twice in three days back in November. Inder Pal Singh, 29, and Satinder Pal Singh, 50, were arraigned on Monday and are currently being[Read More…]
School board sees new printing project
The Creswell School Board received a special presentation from Adam Watkins, principal at Creswell High School, on their Youth Transition Program (YTP) printing project during the Dec. 12 regular school board meeting at 7 p.m. The program is designed to connect students with real world business experience, and will hopefully[Read More…]
Middle School embarks on 15th East Coast Trip
CRESWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PRINCIPAL SHIRLEY BURRUS PLACED A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DURING THE EAST COAST TRIP. EVERY YEAR, CRESWELL’S APPLICATION TO PLACE A WREATH HAS BEEN APPROVED. PHOTOS COURTESY OF GROUP PHOTOS In October, the Creswell Tigers went east[Read More…]
Johnnies-on-the-spot save couple from house fire
A story of courage and altruism has risen from the ashes of a devastating house fire on Dec. 4 in Creswell. A fire broke out in the backside of a residency on the eastside of North 10th Street in the early afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 4. The house is likely[Read More…]
Creswell Heritage Foundation receives $25K grant
The Creswell Heritage Foundation (CHF) has been awarded a $25,000 Community Grant from the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation. The grant’s purpose, as expressed in the notification of the grant award, is “to restore Creswell’s historic schoolhouse by replacing the foundation, the porch and a portion[Read More…]
