Weekly Clips for September 5 -

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This week’s top highlights…

CTE – Education at Work, Part 1: Preparing students with work-ready job skills

ABOUT THE SERIES As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell.This series…

5 Sep 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 1: Preparing students with work-ready job skills

5 Sep 2024

WasteWise: Lane County educators now equipped with sustainability, waste prevention curriculum

The other day, I came across a magazine article articulating the disconnect between the science of climate change and environmental sustainability and our education system. Specifically, the Education Week article…

5 Sep 2024

WasteWise: Lane County educators now equipped with sustainability, waste prevention curriculum

5 Sep 2024

Commentary: Second Oregon outdoor rec near-death experience takeaways, tips

It was a couple of years ago that I wrote a column about my experience being injured while descending from Mt. Hood. The theme of that article was about the…

5 Sep 2024

Commentary: Second Oregon outdoor rec near-death experience takeaways, tips

It was a couple of years ago that I wrote a column about my experience being injured while descending from Mt. Hood. The theme of that article was about the…

5 Sep 2024

Here to Help: Local youth helps nonprofits with his own cat toy business

SPRINGFIELD — Who doesn’t love watching a playful cat? The way they wind up their hind legs and… POUNCE! At 13, Brett Boehme began making and selling cat toys for…

5 Sep 2024

Here to Help: Local youth helps nonprofits with his own cat toy business

SPRINGFIELD — Who doesn’t love watching a playful cat? The way they wind up their hind legs and… POUNCE! At 13, Brett Boehme began making and selling cat toys for…

5 Sep 2024

Here to Help: Nonprofit cares for pets when patients can’t

SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets? Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with…

5 Sep 2024

Here to Help: Nonprofit cares for pets when patients can’t

SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets? Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with…

5 Sep 2024

BLOCK out Sept. 6 for fun in downtown Springfield

Springfield BLOCK Party archive photo / Bob Williams / The Chronicle

Ambiguous signs posted around Springfield read: “What is The BLOCK Party?”

Well, we’re here to tell you.

On Friday, Sept. 6, downtown Springfield will be bustling during the annual The BLOCK Party in the downtown area.

Between 4-9 p.m., downtown will be popping with bouncy castles, live music, food booths, vendors, a marching band, jugglers, a live community mural, and the flash mobs. You may also see iconic cartoon character Homer Simpson from “The Simpsons” wandering around.

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