Category Opinion & Editorial

A warm thank you

Dear Editor, Thanks to Chris Gardner, Sheriff of Creswell, for giving me a ride home from the emergency room in Cottage Grove. Chris was in the emergency room on business and learned that I needed a ride home and drove me home. Chris is a…

Where are the compassionate doctors?

Dear Editor, How is it that our healthcare system pays all expenses for a methadone user who drives around with kids in the car, and not pay for medical care to a Navy vet and wildland firefighter? None of the doctors who accept Trillium will…

Killingsworth junkyard

Dear Editor, It seems to me that the city has had eight years to work on some ordinances to keep property values up on our street. The city has known for years about this on Killingsworth St. being an eyesore with old cars that don’t…

TRUMAN’S TRUTHS

Editor’s note: Truman Derminer is The Chronicle’s newest, and possibly youngest ever column writer! This spunky, smart 9-year-old from Creswell will keep us up-to-date with the goings-ons for kiddos in town. The Summer Reading Event was awesome! We got to build our own kite. There…

Chronicle welcomes Aliya Hall, reporter

Aliya Hall, Chronicle Reporter Originally from the Fern Ridge area, Aliya Hall always wanted to be a writer. In elementary school she started writing her own books, as well as make a one-page newspaper about the events that transpired during family vacations. Although she was…

Shout out to the Fourth of July volunteers

Dear Editor, Show of hands, how many of you have ever thrown a party? Do you remember the amount of time it took? The money? The worry? The endless details? Wasn’t it worth it to see and feel the happiness of all the attendees? Of…

Check out Lorane mural unveiling Aug. 12

Dear Editor, Our community of Lorane, Oregon has commissioned a large mural to be painted and unveiled on Aug. 12, 2018. Two of our local, professional artists, Karen Pidgeon and Alix Mosieur, have been working on it since last fall. The design has been patterned…