WOODLAND FINISHED FIRST PLACE OVERALL AT THE ROLF PRIMA TRI IN THE GROVE ON JULY 21, 2018. Photo provided Triathlons: to most, just hearing the word brings on uneasy thoughts of muscle fatigue, side cramps and shin splints. Before May 2016, Jonathan Woodland, 32, of Creswell was no exception. It[Read More…]
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Sanipac yard debris subscription gets OK
At Monday, Feb. 11’s Creswell City Council meeting, a public hearing was held for the proposal to bring a Sanipac yard debris pick-up service to Creswell, in which no public opted to speak. Aaron Donley, accounts manager for Sanipac, relayed that in the Spring of 2018 Sanipac approached the city[Read More…]
Snow day! Sort of…
Photo provided/Stephen Derminer Creswell kiddos squeezed every opportunity out of their two-hour delay on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The team spent the snow delay building a large snowman off of First Street. Pictured are Kera Nguyen, Avery Dodson, Harrison Derminer and Truman Derminer.
School Board discusses cap on open enrollment
The Creswell School Board met on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. for their regular school board meeting. The board also met for executive session, which The Chronicle wrote about on Jan. 17. Enrollment was up by three students in January, brining the total of 1,282 students in the district. Under[Read More…]
Sold-out Saucy Jazz delivers on music, food, fundraising
JEKAY BOSISTO SINGS ”FEELING GOOD” WITH CHS JAZZ BAND 2 DURING THE SIXTH ANNUAL SAUCY JAZZ MUSIC FUNDRAISER LAST SATURDAY. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle The Sixth Annual Saucy Jazz event, held Feb. 2 in the Creswell High School commons as a fundraiser for the Creswell Music Program, was an elegant,[Read More…]
Jonesy wins big at Round Up
ROBERT AND CHRISTINA JONES OF CRESWELL ARE PRESENTED WITH THEIR $32,012 CHECK FOR WINNING KENO 8-SPOT AT THE ROUND UP TAVERN AT 13 N. FRONT ST. IN CRESWELL RECENTLY. Photo provided/Oregon Lottery The new year just got a little bit more exciting for one Creswell couple. Robert, ”Jonesy” Jones recently[Read More…]
Deputy under investigation – Police coverage still intact
BRYAN HOLIMAN, CRESWELL DEPUTY Photo provided One of Creswell’s deputies is under a criminal and an internal investigation. Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Deputy Bryan Holiman is being investigated in response to unspecified complaints, and is currently on administrative leave. ”On Nov. 30, 2018, a criminal investigation involving Deputy Holiman[Read More…]
Creswell counts its unsheltered
Provided image On Jan. 31, Creswell’s Patti Scott, Randy Mogstad and Katelyn Marks took to the city’s underbelly to help quantify the homeless and their needs as part of a Lane County unsheltered count. In a short burst of three hours, the Creswell Point-in-Time (PIT) count occurred between 8:30 a.m.[Read More…]
City hears pitch for homeless residency, resource center
Creswell’s R. Vicente Rubio last week proposed to Creswell City Council a way to help the homeless – or the ”disenfranchised” as he prefers to identify them as – by pitching the idea of a residency and resource center here in town. The idea: To build a residency and resource[Read More…]
Boise can’t ban homeless from sleeping in public, & neither can Creswell
File image A federal appeals court in September 2018 ruled that prosecuting homeless people for sleeping on the streets when there is no shelter available is a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Now, Creswell’s camping ordinance may be violating the United States Constitution. Creswell City Attorney Ross M. Williamson[Read More…]
