A few weeks ago while attending a business-networking luncheon, a woman stood and gave a testimonial regarding The Chronicle. Sitting among business leaders positioned around long tables, I had no…
A few weeks ago while attending a business-networking luncheon, a woman stood and gave a testimonial regarding The Chronicle. Sitting among business leaders positioned around long tables, I had no…
SPRINGFIELD – While responding to a call on the morning of Aug. 31, one Springfield Police Department (SPD) officer was shot, and another was struck by fragments from the shots.…
SPRINGFIELD – While responding to a call on the morning of Aug. 31, one Springfield Police Department (SPD) officer was shot, and another was struck by fragments from the shots.…
COTTAGE GROVE – With only 46 more days on chief petitioner Michael Borke’s shot clock to gather every signature needed for the recall petitions against councilors Jon Stinnett, Mike Fleck,…
COTTAGE GROVE – With only 46 more days on chief petitioner Michael Borke’s shot clock to gather every signature needed for the recall petitions against councilors Jon Stinnett, Mike Fleck,…
PLEASANT HILL – It was a messy opening night for the Pleasant Hill Billies and Cottage Grove Lions football teams. In a game that had almost as many penalties as…
PLEASANT HILL – It was a messy opening night for the Pleasant Hill Billies and Cottage Grove Lions football teams. In a game that had almost as many penalties as…
SPRINGFIELD – The BLOCK Party is back Friday night for its fourth year, and for the first time, Main Street in downtown Springfield will be closed for pedestrians. It will…
SPRINGFIELD – The BLOCK Party is back Friday night for its fourth year, and for the first time, Main Street in downtown Springfield will be closed for pedestrians. It will…
7 Sep 2023
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Millers’ Shelley passing lessons from one generation to the next
BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE. Springfield athletic director Audrea Shelley poses in front of the high school. Shelley, a Springfield graduate, has been at the helm of the athletic program for 18 years and is a self-described “Miller for life.” From growing up in foster homes to serving overseas, Shelley’s journey has been anything but easy.
SPRINGFIELD – Growing up in foster care with multiple families, Audrea Shelley spent a lot of time looking for home. Born in Eureka, Calif. – the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland – Shelley lived the majority of her childhood prior to fifth grade in foster homes. She then spent almost three years in Powers, Ore., living with her biological father. Finally, in eighth grade, Shelley found her forever home.
“Two months into eighth grade I ended up getting taken in by a family here in Springfield,” Shelley said. “The dad was a pastor of a church here, and so they took me in and they became my family and my parents and raised me.”
Shelley attended Springfield High School and has been the athletic director there going on 19 years – though it wasn’t a quick journey back to her alma mater.
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