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A LIFE-SAVING ACT: Cottage Theatre receives AED device

COTTAGE GROVE – A person loses 10% of their brain every minute they suffer from cardiac arrest if there is no CPR administered. This staggering statistic is why a PeaceHealth…

14 Mar 2024

A LIFE-SAVING ACT: Cottage Theatre receives AED device

COTTAGE GROVE – A person loses 10% of their brain every minute they suffer from cardiac arrest if there is no CPR administered. This staggering statistic is why a PeaceHealth…

14 Mar 2024

Tribute: Al January, 76, Creswell resident and car enthusiast

CRESWELL – Al January, 76, a fifth-generation Lane County resident who was a familiar figure walking the streets of Creswell or organizing classic car shows in the area, died Sunday,…

14 Mar 2024

Tribute: Al January, 76, Creswell resident and car enthusiast

CRESWELL – Al January, 76, a fifth-generation Lane County resident who was a familiar figure walking the streets of Creswell or organizing classic car shows in the area, died Sunday,…

14 Mar 2024

‘Romero-Ah Sam Era’ ends at state

McMINNVILLE – It wasn’t the dream return to the state tournament that the Springfield girls basketball team was hoping for – but don’t mistake the failed title defense for a…

14 Mar 2024

‘Romero-Ah Sam Era’ ends at state

McMINNVILLE – It wasn’t the dream return to the state tournament that the Springfield girls basketball team was hoping for – but don’t mistake the failed title defense for a…

14 Mar 2024

Oakshire Brewery: Taproom commits to downtown site

Oakshire Brewing owner chooses downtown Springfield for third location SPRINGFIELD – After four years of searching, Oakshire Brewing has found a home for its third location: 448 Main Street. Jeff…

14 Mar 2024

Oakshire Brewery: Taproom commits to downtown site

14 Mar 2024

Skills of the Trades

BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE Oregon congresswoman Val Hoyle (left) and U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su allocated time to get to know those working in Springfield’s trades as well as some of the city’s youth on Feb. 22.

Su gets hands on with Springfield’s workforce

SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su spent some time with a couple local organizations last Thursday to listen to personal stories, tour facilities, and take in information about the work industries here. She was accompanied by Oregon congresswoman Val Hoyle.

Their first stop was at the UA Local 290 College of Mechanical Systems and Technology where the duo was able to learn what being a tradesman entails and hear from fourth-year pipefitter apprentice Mariah Daughtery about how she wound up there.

As the 29-year-old mother of two waited in line to sign herself and her children up for food stamps and Medicaid, she saw a billboard advertising a pre-apprenticeship program for pipefitters which was geared toward single moms.

“At that point, I had nothing to lose,” Daughtery said. “I figured somebody could make that money, it might as well be me.”

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