The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and urgently needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically needed to prevent the shortage from worsening this winter. During September and October, the Red Cross[Read More…]
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Thankful for PT
Photo provided In the season of thankfulness and giving, I thought I would take a break from the pieces I typically write. I want to share with you why I am thankful for physical therapy and what physical therapy has given me. I don’t encourage patients to continue PT, schedule[Read More…]
Nutritionally Speaking – To reflux or not, your choice
We have been enjoying a sunnier than usual fall, and I notice more people are outside, enjoying the warmer breezes and the colors, therefore including more movement and exercise in their daily routines. This is also a time of year with the added stress of holiday celebrations and travel that[Read More…]
To downsize or not to downsize… a question to consider
With the holidays here, families may become aware of many things that have not have gotten attention throughout the course of the year. Or, if they had it was easy to push them aside due to our, ”oh so busy lives!” Holidays, however, tend to focus us a bit on[Read More…]
Elk River anglers: radio-tagged fish must be released unharmed
A WILD ELK RIVER FALL CHINOOK IS OUTFITTED WITH A RADIO TAG. Photo provided/Austin Huff Elk River anglers are reminded to release unharmed any radio-tagged fall chinook salmon caught. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting a research project tagging up to 100 hatchery and wild fall chinook below[Read More…]
Save Hunter/Angler ID#, get ready to verify accounts: New ODFW Electronic Licensing System to launch Dec. 1
ODFW’S NEW ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM MOBILE LOGIN PAGE LAUNCHING DEC. 1, 2018 FOR THE SALE OF 2019 LICENSES/TAGS. Photo provided/ODFW Get ready for the launch of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s new modernized licensing system on Dec. 1-hang onto the 2018 hunting or fishing license, or take a photo[Read More…]
From street project to annual celebration – The evolution of the Tree Lighting Ceremony
There’s no doubt this City knows how to put on a show for Christmas. This year marks 15 years of Creswell’s Tree Lighting Celebration, though it has evolved significantly since its Dec. 18, 2003 debut. The tree lighting celebration was first identified as an ”Oregon Avenue streetscape project dedication ceremony”[Read More…]
Sweet Lorane Community News
I know that my last column was heavy-duty, but I wanted to share my brother’s experiences with you. Jim and I went to see him again yesterday (last Wednesday), and Jimmy is in a hospice care center. Although he was visibly more frail, his spirit was as strong as ever.[Read More…]
Happy birthday, Opal
OPAL WHITELEY Photo provided Opal Whiteley looms large in Cottage Grove – namely about 18 feet tall – smiling down from the newly restored mural in the Opal Whiteley Park on Main Street. She is one of the area’s most interesting and mysterious former inhabitants, and there is a birthday[Read More…]
Through the Eyes of the Colonel – A tribute to my lifelong friend
This past week I received word that a friend passed away. This friend, Jack Leisure, became my friend in 1935 when we were both 11-years-old. Our friendship lasted all these years from belonging to the same Boy Scout Troop, DeMolays, and same classes in school from fifth grade to graduation.[Read More…]