Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Dear Editor, On May 31 I attended the awards presentation at Creswell High School. I knew my granddaughter Madison Marrs had a grade point average that qualified her for a silver cord. Her name was not called when the silver cords were handed out. On…
Now and then I get an opportunity to travel; probably it is not so much an opportunity, as just doing it. However, I am spending a week visiting family in Phoenix, Arizona. The summer is next to unbearable; the temperature has been 94 degrees at…
In the words of author Gregg Levoy, “When you’re on the right path, the universe winks and nods at you from time to time, to let you know.” After 11 years and three months, this will be my final issue writing, taking pictures and copy-editing…
Good Day! I was so ready to answer some recent questions I have received for Week Two. You have reached out to me about relationships, work conflicts, networking tips, how to get past annoying sales people… You even asked me how “Deadpool 2” stacks up…
I remember 74 years ago so vividly. I had just turned 20 years old two weeks earlier. The 5th of June I was returning from a weekend of rest and recuperation after having been in a ”dogfight” over Germany and getting pretty badly shot up.…
Hello Creswell and southern Lane County. Martin Gaiter, a.k.a. Marti Gee is here to discuss the things that make you go Hmmm!? I have spent my life building experiences in the military, the media, marketing and sales. I have jumped into conflict management training both…
Our world is crazy. You might even call it a gigantic cuckoo’s nest. But every once in a while, one of us up and flies off it in such a spectacular way that when you look up afterwards, the escapee has somehow totally transmuted themselves…
Last fall, prior to the election, the proponents of the marijuana initiative assured the City of Creswell that they would pay for the special election (if they lost). On Jan. 16, 2018, the city submitted a bill for the reimbursement to cover the cost for…
Dear Editor, As the Chairman of the Creswell City Council Public Safety Committee I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who made the City of Creswell’s first-ever Emergency Preparedness Fair possible. The Public Safety Committee and volunteers worked on the…