Category Opinion & Editorial

I received a question from a female reader who was born under the sun sign Taurus during the lunar Year of the Tiger. She wondered what I could tell her about her potential and any hidden talents she may have. A Tiger-born typically exhibits unbridled energy…

New appliances have been installed as the community kitchen initiative nears its opening date. Susan Kenady-Blachnik is one of the more inspiring people I’ve met in Creswell. She’s a tireless champion when it comes to feeding those in need. She has the will of a…

Sheriff Clifton Harrold chats with residents during the National Night Out. I grew up the son of a house painter, and I know a little bit about brushes. My brothers and I worked for our dad during high school summers and in our college years, teasing…

Pat Edwards Words escape me. For days now, I have been trying to figure out a way to express my thoughts about the current historical events we are living through right now since George Floyd died at the hands of rogue police officers in Minneapolis.…

Joey Blum “Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world … terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence.” Edward O. Wilson, Evolutionary biologist, from his book “The Social Conquest of Earth”…

June is graduation season, and we are excited to congratulate high school and college graduates as they begin their adult lives and careers. While chatting with The Chronicle’s publisher and executive editor last week, we discussed how exciting graduation is for our community. Many of…

A reader of The Chronicle, whose son was born under the sign Leo-Ox, visited my Chinese astrology website and read about a group of Ox-born leaders and dictators. He wondered what I could tell him about his 10-year-old son’s sign. Thousands of years of valuable…