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SPRINGFIELD – In a time-honored tradition, high school seniors took some of their last steps as students across campus on Friday. Rylie Lynnes stood in line to walk the stage…
SPRINGFIELD – The Lane County Farmers Market teamed up with the City of Springfield last week to debut a Springfield Farmers Market. The library parking lot and Fountain Plaza were…
LANE COUNTY – At 22 years old, Makenna York is a graduate student, musician, stage manager, teaching fellow, runs a charity organization, and is competing in the Miss America competition…
After playing a live performance at the PNC Live Studio in Portland on Monday, Dominick Antonelli said he was told by multiple people that his music “uplifted their soul.” “It’s…
SPRINGFIELD – One look and you could tell; this kid works with his hands. Dirt was already caked into his fingerprints from years of work. Cayden Frederick is 18 years…
GLENWOOD – On Friday, June 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., Laurel Grove Cemetery will host a Summer Solstice Celebration at 3274 Judkins Road, which aims to illuminate the cemetery’s…
COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Grove residents flooded City Hall on Monday night to show their support for the public library for one of the last times before the city council…
EUGENE – The Eugene Airport was selected for a competitive FAA Airport Terminal Program grant in FFY26, the final year of this funding opportunity. The award totals $2 million for…

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Kidz Rock: ‘Music for everyone’

COTTAGE GROVE – Doodling in church is generally frowned upon, but it wound up being a wonderful thing for Ian Clevenger.
“Ian sat in the pew in front of me in church – he was in middle school then – and he kept drawing pictures of guitars,” his friend, Phil Carson, recalled Saturday at The Axe and Fiddle.
“Then I said, Ian, instead of just drawing guitars, why don’t we learn how to play guitars. I had never played a musical instrument in my life. But Ian needed somebody to push him along a little bit. Ian is a much better guitar player than I am, so I wound up playing bass.”
That’s how they got started, and they are happy supporters of MEPAA (Music Education & Performing Artists Association), which sponsored Saturday’s annual Kidz Rock event at the Axe.


















