Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO. GLENWOOD – Development interest keeps building in Glenwood as a minor league baseball team flirts with the idea of a riverfront stadium, and the city’s economic development leaders approve a process for developing their own riverside property.…
CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO Story update, Thursday: CRESWELL – A celebratory “shot and a beer” could have a different meaning this July 4 holiday. The soon-to-be owner of TJ’s Family Restaurant, who said he is playing host to an all-day…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Libraries aren’t supposed to be too quiet. But in the age of Covid … “We were not a quiet library. It’s disturbingly quiet now,” said Nick Caum, Youth and Community Services Librarian at the Creswell Library. “I…
PHOTO PROVIDED Frank Long, left, and Pauline Thorstenson in “I’ll be home for Christmas” from a 1993 production. COTTAGE GROVE – The final curtain has fallen on one of Cottage Grove’s finest citizens and his name is no doubt in…
David Wilbur Sharkey, 93, of Creswell, Ore., passed away on June 3, 2021. He was born on Oct. 27, 1927 in Muncie, Ind., to Methodist minister Forrest B. and Iva M. (Alexander) Sharkey. David served in the submarine forces in…
Kassandra “Kassi” Lee Kale Sanders, 33, of Cottage Grove, Ore., passed away on June 1, 2021. She was born March 26, 1988, in Sunnyside, Ore., to parents Kenneth and Stephanie (Dixon) Sanders. Kassi graduated from Cottage Grove High School. She worked…
Ernest “Jean” Giraud Jr., 72, of Cottage Grove, Ore., passed away June 9, 2021. Jean was born Oct. 17, 1948 in Pocatello, Idaho, to parents Ernest and June (Stevens) Giraud. Jean graduated high school in 1967 and received his associates…
Dorothy Watts was called to be with her Lord and savior on May 27, 2021 just two days short of her 98th birthday. She was born May 29, 1923 in Van Buren, Ark., to Bessie (Briley) Brasuell and John H…
April Marie Scott of Creswell died May 30, 2021. She was 52. April was born April 27, 1969 in Batavia, N.Y. She is survived by her parents, George and Patti, her siblings, Tom, Mary, and Chrissy, her children, Heather, Marshal,…
Barbara L. Smith, 71, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away June 1, 2021. Barbara was born June 28, 1949, in Phoenix, Ariz. to parents Earnest Richardson and Lea Belle McCourt. After graduating from Aquafria High School in Avondale, Ariz. in…