Category Opinion & Editorial

Boys will be boys’ excuse still used 25 years later

Dear Editor, The 25 Years Ago Flashback in Time article in the The Oct. 4 edition of The Creswell Chronicle, “’Boys Will Be Boys’ Is Not Good Enough Excuse Anymore For Sexual Harassment,” left me boiling. Here we are 25 years later still fighting the…

Zettervall’s got my vote

Dear Editor, When I moved back to Creswell three years ago, I made it my mission to be more involved with the city of Creswell. Through that process of attending city council meetings and serving on the planning commission, I have had interaction with Richard…

Consider Zettervall for mayor

Dear Editor and fellow Creswellians, I am a city councilor writing to you as a private citizen to ask for serious consideration of Richard Zettervall as our next mayor. Reflecting on two years of service on the council as a citizen volunteer, I have this…

Let’s bring STAR Voting to Lane County!

Frustrated by politics? Remember, democracy has always been a work in progress. Oregon has long been a pioneer in that progress, from the initiative and referendum a century ago to the mail-in ballots and “motor voter” registration of today. Now Lane County voters have the…

Thank you for the privilege of serving as mayor

It’s Fall in Creswell. Though warm temperatures haven’t completely left us, we all know what’s coming: Leaves turning color and dropping to the ground, shorter days, Halloween just a few weeks away, followed by the holidays and winter. Change is in the air. This Fall…

City Council election 2018

Perhaps I am conceited, but it sure is a compliment when people come up to me and encourage me to submit my name as a write-in candidate for mayor. I truly, for the first time in my life, wish I were 10 or 20 years…

Local journalism matters because our communities matter

As the number of community newspapers shrinks across the U.S., the ripple effect can be felt throughout the industry. The disappearance of local, small town papers puts more and more communities in the dark about what’s happening around them, and regional to national outlets are…

National Newspaper Week – On reporting the tough stuff

This week is National Newspaper Week, and we found this a fit opportunity to connect with our readers and offer insight as to how our newsroom operates on the inside. We know last week’s article about the teacher misconduct report has been a contentious issue…

A long, strange trip comes to an end

I was deeply saddened when I received the obituary of Curt Deatherage in my email box Friday night. For years Curt had generously shared his writing and photography with the readers of The Creswell Chronicle under the title of “It Happened in Oregon.” These articles…