Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Check out the 2020-21 Creswell Chamber of Commerce’s Visitors & Newcomers Guide, which features all of the “gems” in our town. Also: • Chamber Member Directory • Message from Mayor Zettervall • Service Directory •Message from Chief Wooten
I was intrigued with the latest article by Col. Richard Heyman regarding contagious disease, and the polio epidemic. I lived through the polio scares in the 1940s and ’50s. I was impacted with my father’s older brother having paralyzed legs, as did…
Pat Edwards LORANE — The third week of living in a pandemic is leveling out a bit for Jim and me. We’ve developed a routine and, as I imagine most people have by now, we’ve had a chance to adjust…
Bags full of library materials ordered online or by phone await ‘curbside’ pick-up. CRESWELL — While picking up your Friday evening restaurant or grocery takeout order, why not feed your mind as well and pick up some weekend reading matter…
A “mobile feeding unit,” staffed by disaster relief volunteers from Creswell’s New Hope Baptist Church, serves meals out of Oakridge High School following last winter’s heavy snowstorm. From left: Zody Donovan, Pat Tiller, Dianna Burrell and Ben Walker. Photo by…
Above: The author, right, with the Captain and Fishing Master, on the Ebisu Maru. Below: Quantifying fear. In November of 1982, I was in the Bering Sea, working as a biologist/observer for the National Marine Fisheries Service and assigned to…
Tara Blount on right That one weekend, March 13-14, our vibrant and busy home became quiet, with employees referring to it as “feeling like a ghost town.” Realizing quickly that this was going to last for quite some time, we all…
During this time of social distancing, families with kids are spending more time inside their homes or apartments together. Over the past month, I have received questions from parents wondering if I have suggestions to help kids stay busy and…
Following the Oregon School Activities Association’s cancellation decision Wednesday, Creswell High School officials are turning their attention from planning for shortened seasons and events to instead honoring and supporting students dealing with the end of school. Brandon Standridge, Creswell’s assistant…
