Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
WEEK IN REVIEW BOYS BASKETBALL Creswell 49, Sutherlin 42 The skinny: Fans wore red in support of CHS in a first-round playoff game. CHS trailed by three at halftime. Creswell’s senior-led team began the second half with eight unanswered points.…
I’ve referred to distance runners as ”twigs” when watching athletes file into old Hayward Field. The comment was never derisive, more an observation of the distinctions among athletic body types, because while possessing powerfully athletic bodies with a level of…
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 11 a.m.: Shot Put, men’s qualifying 3 p.m.: Women’s discus throw, qualifying 3:02 p.m.: Women’s 400m, 1st round 3:30 p.m.: Men’s 400m, 1st round 3:45 p.m.: Women’s high jump, qualifying 3:58 p.m.: Women’s 1500m, 1st round 4:26…
Photo archive My high school chemistry teacher was a burned-out veteran educator who spent inordinate amounts of valuable teaching time ridiculing the achievements of black people. He didn’t like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he didn’t like sprinters, who were mostly black,…
The younger cast members: Royal Staff members, (back row, left to right) June Smith (Royal Chief Engineer/Lynx), Iylah Molyneaux (Messenger Girl Ava/Deer), Ian Miller (King Winifred’s Soldier/Lion), Raven Foraker (Head Steward/Deer); (front row) Zoe Goings (Messenger Girl Ella/Parrot), Rose Smith…
(Left to right) Kathy Kelty, peer court coordinator; Tim Herrmann, chief administrative officer at Cottage Grove Community Medical Center; Roger Brubaker, Lane County Public Health suicide prevention and mental health promotion coordinator; Anna Marie Dudley, South Lane School District and…
Before I delve into your possible weekend itinerary in this week’s column, I first want to touch on the parklet idea presented by Ryan Sisson, civil engineer for the City of Cottage Grove, at last month’s Cottage Grove City Council…
Steve Prefontaine was born under the sign Aquarius during the Year of the Tiger. To be more specific, he was born on the cusp of the Tiger and Rabbit years. This sign, its combination and its cusp aspects, was born…
I’m in a small room with a small table. The air is a little thick and I notice that every sign on the wall has to do with safety and treating children with respect. There are six chairs and 11…
Owners Noel and Denise Nash on the day they purchased The Chronicle. Milestones are worth marking. At least some of them are, I guess. The threshold varies, right? Your age, marriage, perhaps your car are all noted, or ignored, as…