Lois Fix
Lois Fix was born June 10, 1933 to Harold R. and Avis A. Dawley in Osbourne, Kansas. Lois went home to be with the Lord Dec. 25, 2020 in Cottage Grove, Oregon at age 87. She lived a full and…
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Eckle James ‘Jim’ Fulk
Eckle James “Jim” Fulk, 86, of Creswell, Oregon passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2020. Jim was born on May 2, 1934 to Eckle and LuLu Fulk in Elk Creek, Missouri. Jim attended Cabool High…
Delivery mistake creates wrinkle for surprise clothes-drying gift
Going to share a Christmas story from 1964. I need to premise this story with the following: As a boy growing up in the 1940s and ’50s in the great Northwest, clothes drying was a major task in the household.…
Steelheads are here, and plentiful; be safe, honest about boating skill
Lake Creek, looking down river from Deadwood Boat landing. Two days after I took this picture the Lake Creek rose a couple of feet but should be excellent for New Year’s weekend. Happy New Year’s everyone … The beginning of…
Grove Theatre receives grant to finish its Act III expansion
COTTAGE GROVE – As winter settles into communities throughout the Willamette Valley, ending a year that has brought challenges like no other, it’s the arts and humanities programs that continue to provide needed connection and healing. Local organizations that deliver…
Year In Review: After wildfire destruction, a community responds
The raging fires moved swiftly and intensely. Wildfires destroyed parts of Lane County, threatened others, and delayed the start of school as thousands of Oregonians were evacuated. Those who fled to safety were in shock from the loss of their…
Year In Review: A ‘People’s Parade’ and area protests
Photos: Two women counter-protesting the “Black Lives Matter” rally include “White Power” messaging on a sweatshirt; the July 4 parade included an equestrian team; and Creswell’s City Hall was the scene of protesters. When Covid guidelines that were issued by…
Year In Review 2020: A class of its own
Springfield Public Schools graduated 644 students and hosted a staggered ceremonial approach. Gateway High School graduated 39; Springfield High School graduated 292; Academy for Arts and Academics graduated 47; and Thurston High School graduated 266 students. Over the course of…
Year in Review: Zettervall term marked with achievements, challenges
Former Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO CRESWELL – It was a term cut short for former Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall in 2020 after he resigned in September amid adversarial community reactions to an equity resolution he and city councilors…
Science, honesty should guide our Covid response
Blum “Waist deep in the big muddy, and the big fool says to push on.” – Pete Seeger The Fool referred to in the above lyric was President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who, despite sober assessments that the war in…