Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in the Dec. 20, 2012 edition of The Creswell Chronicle. Christmas is a coupleweeks away and my salivary glands are already beginning to flow at the thought of biting into a piece of pickled herring as the aroma…
I am fortunate to have retired Colonel Richard Heyman as a neighbor here in Creswell. I consider an iron-jawed icon of the American fighter pilots of yesteryear. Today he is enjoying his well-earned retirement with his beautiful English bride. During World War II, at the…
I am amazed at times when I read about freedom of animals. Contention is that all animal life should be free and not encumbered in any manner shape or form. I can understand some of the reasons even though I do not always agree. What…
Editor’s Note: This is a speech presented by Mayor Dave Stram to Creswell City Council on Nov. 26. I want to talk with you tonight about the subject of council culture. As my service as mayor winds down, I’m excited to be passing the baton…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…