Weekly Clips for December 12

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This week’s top highlights…

Soggy but spirited ‘Oldest & Coldest’ Springfield parade
SPRINGFIELD – For over seven decades, the Springfield Christmas Parade has served as a holiday season kickoff for residents and visitors alike. Even rainy conditions couldn’t damper the glow of…
12 Dec 2024
Soggy but spirited ‘Oldest & Coldest’ Springfield parade
SPRINGFIELD – For over seven decades, the Springfield Christmas Parade has served as a holiday season kickoff for residents and visitors alike. Even rainy conditions couldn’t damper the glow of…
12 Dec 2024
Nebel fills gap; search on  for Creswell city manager
CRESWELL— With city manager Michelle Amberg’s last day being Dec. 13, the Creswell City Council and staff have been reviewing resumes and letters of interest. Last week, the council unanimously…
12 Dec 2024
Nebel fills gap; search on  for Creswell city manager
CRESWELL— With city manager Michelle Amberg’s last day being Dec. 13, the Creswell City Council and staff have been reviewing resumes and letters of interest. Last week, the council unanimously…
12 Dec 2024
Hitchcock lovers will be thrilled by Cottage Theatre’s play
COTTAGE GROVE — Cottage Theatre’s play, “The 39 Steps,” is an action-packed spoof of all things Hitchcock. The performance, which runs through Dec. 22, is a remake of a film…
12 Dec 2024
Hitchcock lovers will be thrilled by Cottage Theatre’s play
COTTAGE GROVE — Cottage Theatre’s play, “The 39 Steps,” is an action-packed spoof of all things Hitchcock. The performance, which runs through Dec. 22, is a remake of a film…
12 Dec 2024
Cottage Grove kicks off Christmas
COTTAGE GROVE – Saturday’s Kickoff to Christmas in Cottage Grove had something for everyone. The all-day event started with Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Station. There was a Holiday…
12 Dec 2024
Cottage Grove kicks off Christmas
COTTAGE GROVE – Saturday’s Kickoff to Christmas in Cottage Grove had something for everyone. The all-day event started with Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Station. There was a Holiday…
12 Dec 2024

In case you missed it…

Springfield, Cottage Grove kick off Christmas this weekend; Creswell next


Gingerbread characters – like the poor, sweet fool seen in a stretcher in the background – did not fare well at last year’s Oldest & Coldest Parade. Let’s hope this year’s theme “Gingerbread Kisses & Christmas Wishes” makes for a better experience. BOB WILLIAMS / 2023 CHRONICLE ARCHIVE PHOTO

 On Saturday, Dec. 7, the Oldest & Coldest Parade will wrap around Springfield streets with the theme “Gingerbread Kisses & Christmas Wishes.” The parade will start at 1 p.m. at 21st and Olympic, down Mohawk Boulevard, and end at Pioneer Parkway East and Main Street.

The grand marshal is International Paper, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The honorary marshal is the Mid Valley Cruisers, who will conduct a large toy donation drive and fill their trucks with toys for local family care areas.

Brenda Hughey, president of the Oregon Riders Society, a nonprofit motorcycle riding group that has been organizing the parade for eight years, said that 100% of the funds raised go directly back into the community.

“‘Every child deserves a fighting chance’ is our motto,” Hughey said. “We help kids and their families who need an electric bill paid, as well as food or hygiene products. When COVID was hitting some places, people needed rent paid. When we had that freeze last January, we paid several rents. We pay for people’s Christmases every year; last year, we paid for like 98 families.”

 

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