Weekly Clips for April 24

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Photo Gallery: MEGGA Egg Hunt 2025
SPRINGFIELD – The Megga Hunt at Spalsh! in Thurston is a staple on the spring calendar. Williamalane Parks & Recreation orchestrates the hunt, featuring food, music, and games. A golden…
24 Apr 2025
Photo Gallery: MEGGA Egg Hunt 2025
SPRINGFIELD – The Megga Hunt at Spalsh! in Thurston is a staple on the spring calendar. Williamalane Parks & Recreation orchestrates the hunt, featuring food, music, and games. A golden…
24 Apr 2025
Springfield Police review reflects on rising service demands, force usage 
SPRINGFIELD – Underlining the complexities of modern policing, the Springfield Police Department presented its comprehensive annual Use of Force Report to the Springfield City Council on Monday. Officials characterized this…
24 Apr 2025
Springfield Police review reflects on rising service demands, force usage 
SPRINGFIELD – Underlining the complexities of modern policing, the Springfield Police Department presented its comprehensive annual Use of Force Report to the Springfield City Council on Monday. Officials characterized this…
24 Apr 2025
Up-lifting: Seniors at CGHS receive ‘real-world’ training
COTTAGE GROVE – A handful of select Cottage Grove High School students got to become forklift-certified before they even graduate. “Any one of these people can literally leave here this…
24 Apr 2025
Up-lifting: Seniors at CGHS receive ‘real-world’ training
COTTAGE GROVE – A handful of select Cottage Grove High School students got to become forklift-certified before they even graduate. “Any one of these people can literally leave here this…
24 Apr 2025
Littered with creativity: Trashion show brings out glitz, glamour, garbage
COTTAGE GROVE – As the sun set in Cottage Grove, golden hour cast a warm glow on the display windows at 513 E. Main St., showcasing pieces of garbage turned…
24 Apr 2025
Littered with creativity: Trashion show brings out glitz, glamour, garbage
COTTAGE GROVE – As the sun set in Cottage Grove, golden hour cast a warm glow on the display windows at 513 E. Main St., showcasing pieces of garbage turned…
24 Apr 2025

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Bookmine still turning the pages 50 years later

Aubree Cote and Therese Michel. Bob Williams / Archive Photo

COTTAGE GROVE – Next week’s 50th Anniversary celebration of The Bookmine will serve as a reminder to many residents that the iconic outlet is more than their favorite bookstore, gift shop and garden center. To some, it’s their go-to gathering place. To others, it has become sort of like a second home. 

And to some inquisitive types, it kind of doubles as a historical museum. 

“I consider this to be like the real City Hall of Cottage Grove,” City Council member and former teacher and historian Dana Merryday said. “Whenever I need to dig up something, I usually just call up Gail. The Bookmine is an invaluable place to run down local history.” 

It’s going to be quite a week. Gail Hoelzle – who was two years older than her sister Birdy when they became business partners three days before her 25th birthday – is turning 75 on Wednesday, April 23. The store’s actual 50th anniversary will be three days later, on April 26, but it will be rolled into one big Art Walk celebration on Friday, April 25. 

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