Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth officials, facing a surge in Covid patients and packed ICUs during the circulation of the highly contagious variants, instituted restrictions for visitor access that took effect on Aug. 3. “We recognize the importance of having loved ones…
Editor’s note: This obituary was compiled by Dana Merryday of The Chronicle. Gordon Earl Beaman, 71, passed away peacefully at River Bend Hospital on July 20 following a brief illness. His brother, Peter Beaman, and sister, Wendy Weller, were with…
BRASETH – Noel Marie Braseth, 65, of Creswell died July 19. PRICE – Kenneth Lee Price, 68, of Cottage Grove died July 21. GABORIAULT – Leonard G. Gaboriault, 69, of Springfield died July 21. BEAVER – Delene Beaver, 76, of…
Billy Jack Clark: Oct. 7, 1929 – 2021 Billy Jack Clark, known as ‘Jack’ was born Oct. 7, 1929 in Cleveland, Okla., to Floyd Thomas Clark and Anna Wilma Barron-Clark. The Clarks moved to Oklahoma City when Jack was a…
Robert & Darlene Ash Robert Ernest Ash: Jan. 2, 1936 – Nov. 7, 2020 Darlene Laverne Ash: Oct. 24, 1940 – Nov. 7, 2020 Robert Ernest Ash (84) of Cottage Grove, Ore., was born on Jan. 2, 1936 to Zine…
Smith Often, the word “therapy” conjures images of sitting in a room and talking. And, while talk therapy serves many people well, it isn’t the best fit for everyone – especially people who don’t love talking about themselves, people who process…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Stan Simonsen of Creswell’s Cascade Home Center said building supply sales remain brisk. For the lucky people who are coming out of the pandemic relatively unscathed, a large question looms: Is now a good time to tackle…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Comedian Bruce Jingles performs at Covered Bridge Brewing Group’s Comedy Showcase last week. COTTAGE GROVE – Bruce Jingles is eagerly awaiting the expected wintertime release of his Netflix special. “My Mother’s Gift” is the working title so…
PHOTO PROVIDED CRESWELL – Dedicated memorial benches for Denny Olsen and Connie Dersham on Wednesday, July 21, at the Creswell Heritage Foundation’s Old Schoolhouse site at 295 S. 2nd St. Olsen’s bench is on the left and Dersham’s is on…
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS Detroit Dam creates the largest lake in the Willamette Valley, completed in 1953. It is one of 13 Army Corps dams built in the Willamette basin with no passage for migrating fish.…