Weekly Clips for January 9

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This week’s top highlights…

Stram & Smith: A changing of the guard at Creswell City Hall
CRESWELL – Dave Stram and his wife, Jocelyn, have always known that there was something special about the city of Creswell. Arriving in town as fresh college graduates in 1982,…
9 Jan 2025
Stram & Smith: A changing of the guard at Creswell City Hall
CRESWELL – Dave Stram and his wife, Jocelyn, have always known that there was something special about the city of Creswell. Arriving in town as fresh college graduates in 1982,…
9 Jan 2025
Year in Review/ Looking Ahead with Cottage Grove mayor Candace Solesbee
COTTAGE GROVE – Candace Solesbee is what one might call a “proud Grover.” A fourth-generation resident and owner of Shampoo Dolls Salon and 5 Flying Monkeys antique store on Main…
9 Jan 2025
Year in Review/ Looking Ahead with Cottage Grove mayor Candace Solesbee
COTTAGE GROVE – Candace Solesbee is what one might call a “proud Grover.” A fourth-generation resident and owner of Shampoo Dolls Salon and 5 Flying Monkeys antique store on Main…
9 Jan 2025
Year in Review/ Looking Ahead with Springfield Mayor Sean VanGordon
SPRINGFIELD – “If roads are the bones of the city, people are the heart and soul of the city,” Sean VanGordon, Springfield mayor, said. From navigating catastrophic weather to serving…
9 Jan 2025
Year in Review/ Looking Ahead with Springfield Mayor Sean VanGordon
SPRINGFIELD – “If roads are the bones of the city, people are the heart and soul of the city,” Sean VanGordon, Springfield mayor, said. From navigating catastrophic weather to serving…
9 Jan 2025
A Queen’s Affair: Miss Oregon Volunteer Pageant is Jan. 11 at the Wildish
SPRINGFIELD – Six beautiful women competing for the title of queen. It sounds like a situation out of a reality TV show, not something that would happen in Springfield. On…
9 Jan 2025
A Queen’s Affair: Miss Oregon Volunteer Pageant is Jan. 11 at the Wildish
SPRINGFIELD – Six beautiful women competing for the title of queen. It sounds like a situation out of a reality TV show, not something that would happen in Springfield. On…
9 Jan 2025
Springfield business unique as a kitten’s whiskers
SPRINGFIELD – I would like to introduce you to Bean. Bean was dropped off at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital on Pioneer Parkway with an eye injury by a good Samaritan,…
9 Jan 2025
Springfield business unique as a kitten’s whiskers
SPRINGFIELD – I would like to introduce you to Bean. Bean was dropped off at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital on Pioneer Parkway with an eye injury by a good Samaritan,…
9 Jan 2025
Scene & Heard: South Lane was in tune in 2024
Salgado recalls good times with ‘Blues Brothers’ This year marks the 45th anniversary of “The Blues Brothers,” a movie in which longtime Eugene resident Curtis Salgado played a significant role…
9 Jan 2025
Scene & Heard: South Lane was in tune in 2024
Salgado recalls good times with ‘Blues Brothers’ This year marks the 45th anniversary of “The Blues Brothers,” a movie in which longtime Eugene resident Curtis Salgado played a significant role…
9 Jan 2025

In case you missed it…

Crafty Mercantile closes; owner is retiring, not retreating


Michele Rose, standing in front of her downtown Cottage Grove store – which offered art supplies and all manner of whimsy – is closing the store after new owners purchased the building. Rose said she will remain active in the arts community – with a focus on after-school programs. SARINA DORIE / CHRONICLE PHOTO

 “Michele Rose is an asset to this community and has done so much to contribute,” says Georgia Haskell of the Cottage Grove Chamber.

If an art event is happening in Cottage Grove, it is hard not to run into Michele Rose. There’s a good chance it is an event she is organizing, involved with, participating in as an artist, or attending. 

At last year’s Cottage Grove Oktoberfest, Rose coordinated the artists in the armory. For longtime residents who used to participate in the Bohemia Mining Days Bloomer Parade, this was also co-coordinated by Rose and Tara Sue Hugart from 2016-18. If you go to the Cottage Grove Art Walk, you might be surprised to learn Rose is the person in charge. When you need an art supply while in Cottage Grove, you will probably go to the Crafty Mercantile – owned by Rose.

Each year since 2015, Opal Center for Arts and Education has produced its annual Trashion Show, in which designers produce wearable art made from trash destined for the landfill. Rose is both a designer and producer of this show.

“She is the steward of art in Cottage Grove,” says Laurel Gravem Alvarez, local artist. Alvarez also knows her from showing in the Crafty Mercantile. “She has worked so tirelessly for the arts and shared so much.”

 

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