Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Editor’s note: On behalf of National Historic Preservation Month, The Chronicle will publish articles each week relating to historical preservation on the editorial page. This week, Cal Lewis, general contractor for the Old Schoolhouse, was invited by Creswell Heritage Foundation President Verlean McCoy to write…
Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church was constructed in 1916 and is five stories tall. Although there is one ramp from street level to sanctuary level, an elevator would allow congregates and community members with mobility issues the ability to access all levels of the church.…
The Old Schoolhouse building took about three hours to drop on Monday, April 22. Next on the list is rebuilding the porch. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE There has been lots of news surrounding the Old Schoolhouse and Creswell Heritage Foundation lately. To briefly recap, in…
Creswell Food pantry manager Susan Blachnik, center, receives a $2,500 grant from Pacific Power Corporation Regional Business Manager Sam Carter, and Kurt Blachnik, president of Community Food for Creswell. PHOTO PROVIDED/MARTHA MCREYNOLDS JR. Community Food for Creswell (CFC) is in the middle of a fundraising…
CHS senior Nick Bronson is crowned Mr. Bulldog 2019 by Mr. Bulldog 2018, Dylan Miller at the conclusion of Saturday’s Mr. Bulldog Pageant. Looking on are (from left) fellow contestants Andrew Spence and Jaxson Wilkerson. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle Ask any Mr. Bulldog contestant, past…
Two girls dress in pioneer garb during the Pioneer Settlers Camp that Singing Creek hosts over the summer. Singing Creek Education Center moved to the Dr. Snapp House in Cottage Grove. Photo provided For those interested in Oregon and Oregon Trail history in Cottage Grove:…
Crystal Perdue My name is Crystal Perdue and I am the Family Resource Coordinator for the Creswell School District. I have been in this position for a little over a year now, and my role is short in description but HUGE in work: ”To support…
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…
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…