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Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Fr. James Dowd, 90, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died on Feb. 3, 2021. Born in Ballyhaise, Ireland on Dec. 9, 1930, he was the son of James Dowd and Kate Farrelly. Father Dowd has joined his brothers, Patrick and Paul, who…
Mary Halcyon (Morris) Wells, 87, of Enumclaw, Wash., died after a brief illness on July 25, 2020. Mary, best known as Hallie, was born in Mooreland, Okla., on November 8, 1932, to Grace (Dunbar) and Vernon Morris. Because of the Depression…
Lois Yvonne (Aydelott) Brandenfels died January 21, 2021 at the River Bend (Sacred Heart) Hospital at the age of 86. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif., to Clark and Doris Aydelott during the Great Depression. In those trying days it…
ARCHIVE PHOTO A common scene for people of a certain generation, “light lunch counters” at diners were a popular destination. My first memory of a soda fountain light lunch counter is from 1939. We lived a few blocks from downtown…
PHOTO PROVIDED Workers on Social Security disability have more job opportunities than ever before. As Americans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it’s worth acknowledging the increased support options available to people with disabilities who…
SPRINGFIELD – Last year, the Springfield Board of Education approved the rule that students can move in and out of the school district at the convenience of the family, provided that the schools are not at capacity. The results of…
COTTAGE GROVE – I need to make more masks for my husband, but I really don’t want to. It’s not that I don’t enjoy making masks. I love sewing, and one of my favorite things is digging into my fabric…
Carolina Allen said getting tased and pepper-sprayed in the face actually isn’t all that bad – when you do it as a group. “We were all right there together. It was a great bonding experience,” said Allen, a 2018 Creswell…
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Council this week is refining ways to garner more community engagement around filling the vacant Ward 1 position, after councilor Sean VanGordon was appointed interim mayor at the Jan. 19 meeting. The council will appoint an…
DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.” PART ONE OF TWO PARTS COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to…