Where did August go? Can anyone tell me how it rushed by so quickly? Kids are getting ready to head back to school, our coaching family members are already into daily doubles with their teams and the University of Oregon Ducks are talking about their first home game. Despite the[Read More…]
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Nutritionally Speaking: Fall – Got Oatmeal?
As I write this it is almost September, drizzling outside, a chill is in the air and my thoughts go to soups, stews and that favorite breakfast of many champions: oatmeal. Many folks these days are switching to a higher fat, and lower carbohydrate diet, something along the lines of[Read More…]
Weekly Sports Scores
Football From Friday, Aug. 31 Pleasant Hill 41, Salem Academy 35 Creswell 0, Lost River 44 Volleyball Monday, Aug. 27 Creswell 0, Cascade Christian 3 Tuesday, Aug. 28 Pleasant Hill 0, Douglas 3 Thursday, Aug. 30 Creswell 3, Dayton 0 Pleasant Hill 0, South Umpqua 3 Boys Soccer Wednesday, Aug.[Read More…]
Creswell HS Sports Schedule
Football Friday, Sept. 7 Creswell at Warrenton, 7 p.m. Volleyball Thursday, Sept. 6 Creswell at Douglas, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 Creswell at Marshfield, 6 p.m. Boys Soccer Monday, Sept. 10 Pleasant Hill at Creswell, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 Creswell at Westside Christian, 4:15 p.m. Girls Soccer Monday, Sept.[Read More…]
Lowell cross country team begins season with race in Cottage Grove
Lowell cross country runners, front, from left, Katie Chapman and McKenzie Smith and back, from left, Cody Brooks, Sam Smith and Gabe Carroll. TOM PAGE/FOR THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE LOWELL – Lowell’s cross country team opened its season in a two mile race two weeks ago at Cottage Grove. This is[Read More…]
Taking your Lumps’ Bulldogs varsity football has rough first game
Raider Aiden McAuliffe pushes past Bulldogs defensive back Dalton Dewey (#2) to make a good first down attempt during the Lost River vs. Creswell match-up on Aug. 31. The Creswell Bulldogs lost in their opening game to the Lost River Raiders with a 0-44 shutout. CHRISTOPHER PALANUK/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE The[Read More…]
Murderers wandered McKenzie Valley begging friends to perjure themselves
Claude Branton on the gallows, about to be hanged for the death of John Linn, on May 12, 1899. IMAGE PROVIDED/OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY In Charles Maturin’s classic 1820 Gothic horror novel, ”Melmoth the Wanderer,” a sinister scholar named Melmoth, having sold his soul to the devil in return for an[Read More…]
Good deed leads to $50,000 Powerball win for Springfield man
Todd Howard of Springfield PHOTO PROVIDED The broken railing was bugging Todd Howard of Springfield. Nearly every weekend he would take his daughter to yogurt and notice the potentially dangerous railing. On a recent visit to get yogurt with his daughter, Howard decided to take his tools. ”I just thought[Read More…]
Good samaritans come to the rescue
Judy Wright, 73, of Creswell, wanted to say ”thank you” to the good samaritans that helped her get home last week. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE It doesn’t take a huge gesture to make someone’s day. Judy Wright, 73, of Creswell, was thankful to encounter a couple of good samaritans last[Read More…]
Garden Club blooms in Creswell
Susan Garner, Judith McDougall and Su Liudahl pose in front of the food they made, created with ingredients that they grew in their gardens at the Aug. 28 Gardening Club meeting in the Creswell Library. ALIYA HALL/THE CRESWELL CHROICLE Su Liudahl’s favorite part of gardening is taking something as small[Read More…]
