Category Opinion & Editorial

We still need your support

We’ve updated you several times since purchasing the paper in March 2019 in terms of our near- and long-term strategies. I always step gingerly into this topic; it’s hard to gauge how much “inside baseball” information our readers want. We’ll always err on the side…

Taurus-Tiger sign a balanced personality

I received a question from a female reader who was born under the sun sign Taurus during the lunar Year of the Tiger. She wondered what I could tell her about her potential and any hidden talents she may have. A Tiger-born typically exhibits unbridled energy…

Notes, quotes and anecdotes …

New appliances have been installed as the community kitchen initiative nears its opening date. Susan Kenady-Blachnik is one of the more inspiring people I’ve met in Creswell. She’s a tireless champion when it comes to feeding those in need. She has the will of a…

Another side of police behavior

Sheriff Clifton Harrold chats with residents during the National Night Out. I grew up the son of a house painter, and I know a little bit about brushes. My brothers and I worked for our dad during high school summers and in our college years, teasing…

Opinion: Still waiting for The Big One

Joey Blum “Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world … terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence.” Edward O. Wilson, Evolutionary biologist, from his book “The Social Conquest of Earth”…

Horses and Tigers are graduating!

June is graduation season, and we are excited to congratulate high school and college graduates as they begin their adult lives and careers. While chatting with The Chronicle’s publisher and executive editor last week, we discussed how exciting graduation is for our community. Many of…

Rogues gallery of leaders, and Ox power

A reader of The Chronicle, whose son was born under the sign Leo-Ox, visited my Chinese astrology website and read about a group of Ox-born leaders and dictators. He wondered what I could tell him about his 10-year-old son’s sign. Thousands of years of valuable…

This, that & the other …

The redevelopment of Creswell’s 76 Station has garnered tremendous interest far and wide. The project got underway in May with the demolition of the old Dairy Queen/Joe’s Diner building. While chatting with station owner Bill Spencer a few weekends ago, he invited me to take…

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