OPAL WHITELEY Photo provided Opal Whiteley looms large in Cottage Grove – namely about 18 feet tall – smiling down from the newly restored mural in the Opal Whiteley Park on Main Street. She is one of the area’s most interesting and mysterious former inhabitants, and there is a birthday[Read More…]
Opinion & Editorial
Through the Eyes of the Colonel – A tribute to my lifelong friend
This past week I received word that a friend passed away. This friend, Jack Leisure, became my friend in 1935 when we were both 11-years-old. Our friendship lasted all these years from belonging to the same Boy Scout Troop, DeMolays, and same classes in school from fifth grade to graduation.[Read More…]
Chronicle Blessings – Erin Tierney, Editor, The Creswell Chronicle
ERIN TIERNEY, EDITOR As I count my blessings this Thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting a bit differently this go around. I find myself thinking of time not as a linear construct, but instead as this intricate, interwoven assembly of moments. I am sensing this more and more the longer I[Read More…]
Community Blessings – Pat Edwards
How can I recount all of my blessings in a few paragraphs? I can’t. This year has been a rather difficult one for me for various reasons, but because it has, perhaps it’s easier to recognize the truly good things in my life – the people and things that have[Read More…]
Proudly, we salute Larry Weaver
Dear Editor, Larry Weaver served his country in two ways: As a Peace Corp volunteer in Colombia, South America and as a Marine Corp Reserve officer in the 1960s and ’70s. Those times, like these, were tumultuous. The important thing was to bring his highest ideals to the task at[Read More…]
A simple ‘thank you’ is a common courtesy
There are a terrific number of charities, all beseeching for donations. Donations are sought in various manners and it is up to us to decide what needy organization we wish to contribute to. So often I find that once I am on the list as having donated, we are fair[Read More…]
Veterans Day 2018
CRESWELL VFW COMMANDER BOB BECK SPEAKING AT THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION. Scott Olson/The Creswell Chronicle Veterans Day Memorial Celebration held on 1st Street in front of the Fire Station on Nov. 11, 2018. See Page 4 to read the entire speech presented by VFW State Commander Rick Higgins.
Letter to the Editor – Make November Pro-GMO Month
Dear Editor, I was disappointed to see the column from Yaakov Levine (October: Non-GMO month!) demonizing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The piece was filled with misinformation, and readers should have a chance to hear the truth about GMOs. The author crafts the column around the simple premise that GMOs are[Read More…]
Guest Viewpoint – Growing Up in the Digital Age
From the Greatest Generation to Baby Boomers, Generation X to Millennials, teenagers in every era have had challenges growing up. In today’s digital world, high school students are being tested in unique and demanding ways. The Washington Post confirms that 73 percent of all American teenagers own their own smartphone[Read More…]
Through the Eyes of the Colonel – Commemorating veterans for their service
In the mid-1930s in my hometown of Bartlesville, Okla., I remember when I was about 12 or 13 years old that we always celebrated Armistices Day, which was to commemorate ”The War to End All Wars.” The time and date of the end of the war was 11 a.m. on[Read More…]
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