Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Rita Aileen (Kenyon Geuy McKim) Childs was born on November 11, 1933, in Lebanon, Oregon, to Ben Allen and Dorothy Mildred (Shaw) Kenyon. She graduated from Lebanon Union High School in 1952, already a published poet, and attended the University…
Greenhill Humane Society and Food for Lane County are distributing pet food and supplies together. More than 3,000 pounds of supplies was donated and dispersed throughout Lane County for community members. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the shelter has seen an…
Volunteers help the Creswell Food Pantry at the Cobalt Center, 364 Cobalt Lane, help serve a steady, long line of cars each Thursday. “Drive-up distribution” is a common site during the pandemic. Denise Wendt/Food for Lane County In its mission…
Dear readers I spoke to you just one month ago – on the occasion of our one-year anniversary of ownership – regarding the long road of progress The Chronicle had made in better serving you, and our hopes for the…
Photos by Bradley Cook & Robert Williams (Flashbox Studio) A burly man with a bright smile, knuckle tattoos, a mouthful of expletives and a punk-rock playlist on full blast; at first glance, you’d think Scott Pisani is better suited in a…
Cheri Spaulding of Rock Nest Training & Pet Care LLC You have a puppy and now you are in isolation to help cut down the spread of Covid-19. This is the perfect time to socialize your pup. Give your little…
As I write this it’s cold but sunny outside, I’m sipping on a cup of chai tea to warm up, and am looking forward to the start of my favorite season. Spring is soon upon us. During a recent hike…
With the stay-at-home order enacted, I am keeping close to home and really trying to observe the precautions set for the greater good. We are going through all the things in our pantry, including the emergency dry beans and rice.…
Ava Foote, 8, during one of her daily Jordan Kent Healthy Kids Challenge workouts. Her mom, Megan Foote, credits her daughter’s third-grade teacher, Jaime Cranmer, “for reaching out immediately to get the kids involved in supplemental learning.” Photo provided by…
Creswell’s Lily Dumas engages with youth librarian Nick Caum during the first online Storytime. Photo by Kathryn Dumas CRESWELL — A live reading from Lemony Snicket’s “The Bad Beginning” kicked off Creswell Library youth and community services librarian Nick Caum’s…