Food4Kids volunteers Sarah Stephens and Linda Stratford ready loaves of bread for the weekend. PHOTO PROVIDED Since 2013, not-for-profit Creswell Food4Kids volunteers have been quietly slipping into Creswell School District (CSD) classrooms on Friday afternoons, filling backpacks with food to last the weekend. At the program’s peak, they would provide[Read More…]
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Springfield Lions Club and The Brattain House ‘Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion’
The Springfield Lions Club conducts a raffle every year and the proceeds are awarded to a local organization that supports the community., This yea’s recipient was Springfield’s Brattain House. On April 2 the Springfield Lions Club resented a check for $5,247.59 to Brattain House. Pictured are Tod Taguchi, Dale Bachman[Read More…]
The Cobalt Activity Center to feature a floating dance floor
Sensei R. Vincente Rubio IMAGE PROVIDED Sensei R. Vicente Rubio, who has been the coordinator for a number of exercise and Aikido classes at the Cobalt Activities Center in Creswell, recently led the project of creating a floating dance floor in the building. Funds for building the floor came from[Read More…]
Updates from Creswell Heritage Foundation
IMAGE PROVIDED On March 15, Creswell Heritage Foundation (CHF) became the owner of the Old Schoolhouse with a brief, well-attended ceremony in front of the building. Pictured from left are Mayor Dave Stram, CHF board members Don Ehrich and Larry Schrenk goofing off at the ceremony. CHF is now working[Read More…]
Family Relief Nursery announces new executive director
Courtney McGinnis IMAGE PROVIDED Family Relief Nursery is pleased to announce that after an extensive search, they have chosen a new executive director, Courtney McGinnis. Since the position announcement in January, many great local and national candidates submitted their applications. The competition was intense. Each interviewee partook in a thorough[Read More…]
Community invited to Swing the Bridge benefit
IMAGE PROVIDED If you have ever spent time in Cottage Grove as either a resident or a visitor, chances are extraordinarily high that you have had the wonderful experience of crossing the Coast Fork of the Willamette River by the quirky, iconic, and much-loved Swinging Bridge. This storied town treasure[Read More…]
Creswell Heritage Foundation officially acquires Old Schoolhouse
IMAGE PROVIDED Creswell Mayor Dave Stram conducted a ceremonial transfer of ownership of the Old Schoolhouse, located at 195 S. 2nd St., last Thursday to the Creswell Heritage Foundation. The Creswell Bakery provided cupcakes for the event as CHF President Verlean McCoy accepted the deed for the historic building. CHF[Read More…]
Creswell Dollar Tree collects 323 pounds for Food Pantry
IMAGE PROVIDED Dollar Tree stores across the nation held a four-week food drive in January for their local food pantries and food banks. Creswell Dollar Tree at 165 E Oregon Ave. collected 232 pounds of foods and hygiene items for Creswell Food Pantry.
City seeks Cobalt kitchen grants, will install floating floor
The City of Creswell received a $5,000 grant from the Siletz Tribe for a ”floating floor,” or dance floor, and mirrors at the Cobalt Activity Center where Vicente Rubio currently teaches Aikido, a form of martial arts. From left: a Siletz Tribe representative, Ewa and Vicente Rubio and City Administrator[Read More…]
Creswell at Home receives$2,000 grant from CCUIF
During an awards ceremony held at the Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort Center in Canyonville, Oregon on Jan. 9, the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) awarded $474,300 to 68 nonprofit organizations in seven southeastern Oregon counties. Creswell at Home Inc (CAH), which received a one-year grant of $2,000[Read More…]
Obituaries & Tributes
Death Notices: Duncan, Loftus, Fritz, Howarth, Elam, Knees, Book
■ William Leroy Duncan Jr. 62, of Eugene, died March 5. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Michael D. Loftus, 73, died March 5. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Susan Dru Fritz, 65, of Eugene, died March 7. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Donald Ralph Howarth, 75, of Eugene, died March 7. Arrangements: Sunset[Read More…]
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