Editors note: This story was updated with the latest election numbers on May 23 Ballots in Lane County are still being counted, but early totals show a few candidates are…
Editors note: This story was updated with the latest election numbers on May 23 Ballots in Lane County are still being counted, but early totals show a few candidates are…
COTTAGE GROVE – Brennan Murphy, a standout performer on Cottage Grove’s boys track and field team, completed a record-breaking day at the Wally Clochetti Invitational at CGHS on Saturday, becoming…
COTTAGE GROVE – Brennan Murphy, a standout performer on Cottage Grove’s boys track and field team, completed a record-breaking day at the Wally Clochetti Invitational at CGHS on Saturday, becoming…
THURSTON — Each day, 12 children die and 32 more are injured from gun violence in America. Twenty-five years ago at Thurston High School, two more names – 16-year-old Ben…
THURSTON — Each day, 12 children die and 32 more are injured from gun violence in America. Twenty-five years ago at Thurston High School, two more names – 16-year-old Ben…
SPRINGFIELD — I have lived in Springfield for almost fifteen years. As an artist and instructor of classes at Willamalane, I am always surprised when I learn about events from…
SPRINGFIELD — I have lived in Springfield for almost fifteen years. As an artist and instructor of classes at Willamalane, I am always surprised when I learn about events from…
18 May 2023
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Creswell’s decorated Colonel
CRESWELL – At the ripe old age of 19, when Richard Heyman began his flight training for the U.S. Army, he knew exactly what he wanted to do.
“They asked you to put down your preference, in order, if you’d rather fly cargo, bombers, or fighters,” Heyman said during a recent lunch at TJ’s. “I put down fighter pilot, fighter pilot, fighter pilot – and they never did catch it.”
Apparently, Heyman made his point. After graduating flight training school as a 2nd lieutenant, he spent virtually his entire career as a fighter pilot during three wars. After flying the iconic P-38s and P-51s during World War II, he flew A-26s in Korea, then in Vietnam he piloted the F-105.
“Thankfully, my career centered around flying practically all the time. A lot of people get to fly for four years, then it’s on to something else,” said Heyman, who flew planes for the entirety of his 32-year stay in the military. “I was fortunate to do that all the time. I had a hell of an interesting career.”
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