Gosh, golly and gee whiz!
Blum Last week, a friend sent me a link to a website mapping America’s use of swear words. According to the website, Oregonians curse less than much of the country. I’m not going to write the words here, you know…
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Territorial Highway progress continues
Much progress is being made on the Territorial Highway Project at Stony Point the past few weeks. A traffic light has been installed and a concrete barrier has been erected so that one-way traffic can proceed in a single lane…
Pandemic can’t obscure Veterans Day milestone
This Veterans Day, for the first time since the holiday was conceived in November 1919, there will be no large ceremonies in big cities and small towns to properly express our gratitude and appreciation of the men and women who…
Few ‘very touched’ by community turnout for his 90th birthday celebration Sunday
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLECRESWELL – Rev. Norm Few celebrates on Sunday during his 90th birthday party. If the City of Creswell were to nominate one person for sainthood, the whole town could just about agree that Norm Few should get the…
Part 3: Mt. David ‘The Hill’ in limbo
Merryday I might have bitten off more than I can chew in attempting to tell the story of Mt. David in three parts but I am going to try to cover a lot of ground this week, even at the…
Crowds, caravan overwhelm downtown
BRADLEY COOK/FLASHBOX STUDIO CRESWELL – The weekend before Election Day, counter-protesters clashed as they took to the corners of First Street and Oregon Avenue. It was scheduled as a Black Lives Matter protest on Nov. 1, after the first attempt…
Saddened by sudden loss of a dear friend
Phyllis and Charles Drullinger A few days ago we learned of the sudden and tragic death of a good friend, and I write this with a heavy heart. Life-long Lorane resident Charles Drullinger was killed in a farming accident on…
Freeman Rowe Jr.
Freeman Rowe Jr. was 90 years old; born in Hillsboro, Oregon. Freeman succumbed to Parkinson’s Disease on Oct. 7, 2020. Freeman was a retired teacher who touched many lives in his 90 years. His family, friends, and students are grateful…
Barbara Jean (Heyerly) Hooley
Barbara Jean (Heyerly) Hooley, longtime resident of Creswell, Oregon, died on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at the age of 88, while in Riverbend Hospital, in Springfield, Oregon. Barbara was born to Edward and Anna Heyerly, at their farm in Albany,…
June Elaine McGoldrick Clark
June Elaine McGoldrick Clark passed away October 27, 2020 peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. June was born Sept. 2, 1927, in Los Angeles, California, to Leslie McGoldrick and Alice Louise Braun McGoldrick. She attended and graduated from…