Category Scene & Heard

Wine Month in the Valley: Sweet Cheeks Winery

Sweet Cheeks Winery Provided SWEET CHEEKS WINERY Located on Briggs Hill Road, Sweet Cheeks offers numerous wines, varying from semi-sweet rosé to full-bodied reds. Known for their pinot noir, pinot gris and rieslings, Sweet Cheeks offers wines that fit every palate. For ”wine month,” Sweet…

Dining Guide: Wine Month in the Valley

King Estate Winery Provided KING ESTATE WINERY Spring and summer in the Willamette Valley are truly special seasons. Warm days are perfect for hikes and country drives, and cool evenings make ideal times to watch sunsets while enjoying picnics on the grass. May is ”Oregon…

Trio of Easter events keeps families ‘hopping’

Who needs the egg? While still hunting eggs on Creslane’s western field during the 14th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, a boy takes the treat out of a plastic egg before placing it in his basket, minus the egg. Gini Davis/The Creswell Chronicle The community’s younger…

Offbeat Oregon History

Dewey Morris, Roy Wilson, and Ed Nickols with their cargo sled outside of the cabin by Little Lava Lake. This photo was probably taken when Morris and Wilson were dropped off at the cabin to spend the winter with Nickols. This was probably the sled…

Good ‘Fry’day and Easter ‘Yum’day in the Valley

Hilltop Bar & Grill, Pleasant Hill For many, Easter Sunday entails family get-togethers, egg hunts, and the Easter Bunny. But what would Easter Sunday be without delicious food thrown in there, too? In Southern Lane County, residents need not hunt very far for great dining…