Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Chronicle archives Dear Editor, Why remember if we do not learn and change behavior? The Pacific Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese to prevent enforcement of oil, metal and other sanctions which would cripple the Japanese economy. The sanctions were in…
Dear Editor, GOSH! An astrology column. What’s next? Alchemy? Phrenology? M. James Fox Creswell
Dear Editor, Who’d have thought that I, at 77, would be able to look back on the good old days of glass, paper, wood and foil packaging. My first recollection of packaging was when my parents offered me a drink of milk from a quart…
By ANDREW R. CAMPANELLA This National School Choice Week (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1), I want to share with you one of the most common short-circuits that parents run into when choosing the right school for their child. It starts with a thought like this:…
Linda LaZar COTTAGE GROVE – Forty years ago, when Linda LaZar was in a bookstore looking for a birthday gift, her life was changed forever. ”My eye caught something that was foreign to me and it was like a spotlight was on this book among…
SALEM – We will lose 50% of Oregon’s veterans over the next 20 years. Currently, 54% of Oregon veterans are over age 65. Many of those served in Vietnam and never received the appreciation for their service that our WWII veterans and newer ones like…
We welcome two new voices to The Chronicle during the next two weeks, both of whom bring their own subject-matter expertise and experienced writers with their own styles. And while Joey Blum will be preparing all of us for the USA Track & Field trials,…
Zachary, Aram, Dee Dee, Chelsea, Noel, Ethan and Scott: Familiar, first-name only folks celebrating the ”soft” opening for Pazzo earlier this week. Photo provided This is the 10th and final ”50 first names only” column … 500 total names, if you’re counting. Most of the…
Children and adults from The Growing Place serenade the building that houses The Chronicle, Creswell Wellness Clinic, The Round Up Saloon and the soon-to-open Pazzo restaurant. Erin Tierney/The Chronicle Wow, it’s already my penultimate column of 2019. OK, I’ll admit there is no other purpose…