Carol M. Annett
Carol M. Annett, 81, of Creswell, Oregon, passed away on July 10, 2020. She was born in Charles City, Iowa on Dec. 18, 1938 to Raymond and Lulu (Coen) Shannon. Carol graduated high school in Fredericksburg, Iowa. She married Ray…
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Billy Joe Dennis
Billy J. Dennis, 90, of Cottage Grove, passed away on July 7, 2020. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas on Sept. 10, 1929. Billy served in the United States Army Artillery attachment during the Korean War. He married the love…
Max Beswick
Max Beswick, 93, passed peacefully of natural causes on June 30, 2020, at his home in Creswell, Oregon, near Eugene, and was surrounded by loved ones in his final days. He is survived by his wife, Arlene Rebecca, and his…
Mary Lou Wilkinson
Mary Lou Wilkinson, age 87, joined her heavenly family on June 30, 2020, due to natural causes. Mary Lou was born on July 22, 1932, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Mazie and Ronald Stewart. Mary married the love of her life and…
Our Stories
The five smartest people I have ever known were all mechanics. Two of them didn’t graduate high school, but the three who did also went to college but only used higher education as a means of burnishing their already well-designed engines…
Gun shop owner stresses instruction after run on guns
Gun store owner Raye Gunter is encouraging new gun owners to take safety courses. EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE As fear of the future grew in our community, toilet paper and hand sanitizer were not the only things unable to stay in…
‘Holidaze’ in the strange times
Here is hoping everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July celebration in the strange new world we find ourselves. I know many Grovers were at a loss without the annual Creswell Celebration to crash. It has become a…
We hold these truths to be self-evident
Scott Bell calls the action during a Zucchini 500 race. The inspiration for this piece came while checking out at the Creswell Bi-Mart last week. There was an older man without a facemask on, bellowing his displeasure at Gov. Kate…
Charismatic Libra-Monkey & family dynamics
A reader born under the sun sign Libra during the lunar Year of the Monkey, asked about the dynamics between her family members and herself. Her daughter was born under the sun sign Sagittarius during the lunar Year of the Dragon;…
Selling the store … keeping the memories
Pat behind the counter in the old store Lorane – As many of you already know, Jim and I have owned the Lorane Family Store in Lorane for almost 43 years now. In 1926, Bill Mitchell and his wife Hattie…