Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Chronicle for their persistence of the truth, and for providing critical information to the community that is more than lacking from our school district office and school board. I resigned from the Creswell School Board due to continuing[Read More…]

Editor’s note: This column is in response to a letter to the editor in the Jan. 24 edition, entitled “In response to ethics column” written by community member Bill Spencer. Thank you, Bill Spencer, for expressing your thoughts in last week’s edition regarding the findings of the Creswell School Board[Read More…]

Dear Editor, I have been waiting patiently for The Chronicle to share with its readers the results of the Ethics Commission’s investigation into the complaint you filed. Your comments were in the Jan. 17 edition. I read them carefully as I was searching for multiple subjects. I wanted to know:[Read More…]

Dear Editor, I have seen several articles of late regarding vocational/shop programs being taught in high schools. We have a similar program going with the restoration of the carousel, not high schoolers, but retired millwrights, etc. The carousel itself is pretty much rebuilt. It is the gingerbread, rounding boards, mirror[Read More…]

I moved out of my office in the State Capitol in Salem a few days ago. Just before Christmas Marty Wilde, the new state representative, moved into his office there. During my nine terms much has changed in your Legislature. It is better organized, more efficient, and far more civil[Read More…]

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Creswell community for the candlelight vigil held for Erma Burnell last Saturday night, Jan. 12, 2019. Her life was taken and I will never foget how thoughtful everone in Creswell was. Thank you so very much. Beverly Kelly Creswell

Dear Editor, WOW, what a nice party Mr. Bennett had in honoring his late wife, Tamara Blum, on Jan. 12. Everyone there seemed real engaged and happy, and the pictures of Tamara on the windows were great. She was quite the sports woman, too. The music was super, the company[Read More…]

In April 2018, this reporter filed a complaint with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OEC) alleging that I was unjustly booted from an executive session at a Creswell School Board (CSB) meeting. To briefly recap, the incident occurred on March 14, 2018, when then-Chair Mike Anderson dismissed myself from attending[Read More…]

Dear Editor, Creswell Grange welcomed about 65 guests at their Annual Holiday Dinner and Open House on Dec.15. Everyone enjoyed the plentiful holiday feast, sang Christmas carols, and learned more about the Grange. Dinner included turkey, ham, pork loin, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips, green beans, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls,[Read More…]