FOOTBALL CLASS 5A Coach of the Year: Justin Starck (THS) Offensive Player of the Year: Connor Dye (SHS), Sr.Defensive Player of the Year: Sam Keen (SHS), Sr. FIRST TEAMOL/DL Sam Keen (SHS), Sr.; OL Micah Hanna (THS), Sr.; OL/DL Nate Williams (SHS), Sr.; OL Brando Lopez (THS), Jr.; TE/DL Luke[Read More…]
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Winter steelhead, free fishing highlight the outdoors calendar
In decades past, it was about Thanksgiving of each year that hatchery winter steelhead would begin to quietly slip into our coastal rivers and by the middle of December we would be well into a season that still runs into the spring of each year. It was pretty common[Read More…]
HSSZ: Conference Call – Week of Nov. 16
Weekly tidbits from around our area teams’ conferences: Chase, Marist lose state title on penalty kicks ■ No. 1 Marist fell 5-4 in penalty kicks in the Class 4A girls soccer title match against No. 2 North Marion at Liberty High School on Saturday. After a scoreless first half, North[Read More…]
Tribute: Ronald L. Taylor
Ronald L. Taylor Feb. 23, 1943 — Nov. 5, 2023 On the morning of Nov. 5, 2023, Cottage Grove, Ore. felt the loss of one of the city’s most valued members. Ronald L. Taylor has made the jump into hyperspace to be reunited with his two brothers Sammy and Andrew,[Read More…]
LTE: ‘Priority mail’ not so much a priority for post office
Monday I went to the local post office (not in my town) to mail a two-day priority mail letter. After paying $9.65, I was told that the letter would arrive on Thursday. I learned that it arrived on Saturday that week. Why does the USPS advertise a guarantee of two-day[Read More…]
Tribute: Marilyn Rae (Cook) Dillon
Marilyn Rae (Cook) Dillon March 8, 1944 – Nov. 6, 2023 Marilyn Rae Dillon, 79, lifetime Oregon resident, was reunited with her husband, Lee, in Heaven on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. She was born in Lakeview, Ore. to Raymond and Cora Cook. Marilyn was the youngest of three kids who[Read More…]
Tribute: Larry Leroy Joslin
Larry Leroy Joslin May 24, 1951 – Nov. 3, 2023 Larry Leroy Joslin of Creswell passed away Nov. 3, 2023. He was 72 years old. Larry was born May 24, 1951 in Eugene, Ore. to Leo and Ila Joslin. He grew up in Creswell and graduated from Creswell High School[Read More…]
Go2: Week of Nov. 16
SPRINGFIELD THROUGH NOV. 30 • Day of the Dead Photography Exhibition in Springfield City Hall Lobby, presented in partnership with Comunidad y Herencia Cultural, Eugene Arte Latino and Día de Muertos Oregon Project. THURSDAY, NOV. 16 & SATURDAY, NOV. 18 • Thurston High School Theatre presents “The Apocalypse,” 7:30 p.m.,[Read More…]
Data center: Public safety – Week of Nov. 16
ROUNDUPSPD arrests armed robbery suspect SPRINGFIELD – A masked man entered Patty’s Deli, 2327 Olympic St., on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 11:18 p.m., and told the employee working the front counter he had a handgun, and demanded money. He was given cash, and fled the location. After contacting witnesses and[Read More…]
Classifieds: Week of Nov. 16
HELP WANTED Prime Time Sports Bar & Grill in Springfield is looking for multiple kitchen and dining room roles. Apply: staffedup.com/primetimesportsbar SERVICES Happpy Jack Liquiavict 2x is recognized safe & effective against hook & round worms by the USCVM. Double strength, 3 year stability. At Tractor Supply® (www.happyjackinc.com). SERVICES DIVORCE[Read More…]