Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge #68. Photo provided COTTAGE GROVE – If you have ever wondered about the lighted sign bearing the letters ”I.O.O.F.” with three interlocking links on Main Street, you are not alone. That building, the Cottage…
The holiday season is upon us in full force. The season is shining through the beautiful Christmas lights and lawn decorations as we travel the roads around Lorane. I love driving down Oregon Avenue in Creswell. The beautiful twinkling white…
Zachary, Aram, Dee Dee, Chelsea, Noel, Ethan and Scott: Familiar, first-name only folks celebrating the ”soft” opening for Pazzo earlier this week. Photo provided This is the 10th and final ”50 first names only” column … 500 total names, if…
Merriel Jeannette Bradley passed away suddenly and quietly at her home in Springfield, Oregon, on Dec. 19, 2019. Jeanne was born on June 17, 1933 in Roseburg, Oregon, to Harold “Dutch” and Marie Francis Miller. Jeanne descended from pioneer Oregon…
Mabel Nancy (Shipp) Tackett – Feb.10, 1930 – Dec. 15, 2019 Mabel Nancy (Shipp) Tackett, 89, of Cottage Grove, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2019. She was born on Feb. 10, 1930 in Cottage Grove to parents Sterling and…
Betty J. Morris – April 29, 1931 – Dec. 15, 2019 Betty J. Morris, of Creswell, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2019 with her family by her side. Betty was born April 29, 1931 in Jefferson, Ore., the fourth…
Photo/Sue Bowers CRESWELL – At last week’s Lane Library District Board (LLD) meeting, the board presented Creswell Library director Su Liudahl with an award certificate from the Special Districts Association of Oregon. ”We had nominated her for their Outstanding Manager…
PHOTO PROVIDED/JOSHUA KNUDSEN CRESWELL –The 2019 Christmas Recital was held on Dec. 14 at Creswell Presbyterian Church. Performers included 13 youth and one adult student of Dave Stram’s Piano Den and two students of another local piano teacher, Hanna Shumate-Knopp.…
Chase Boehringer and his team group up for a photo in the shadows of Ojos del Salado. The green Kawasaki was a replacement bike that the team ended up renting from a local motorcycle shop after their Suzuki had mechanical…
Downside Up bass player Kurt Krause, a Springfield resident, rocks out on Friday the 13th at Mohawk Tavern in Springfield. Ron Hartman/The Chronicle SPRINGFIELD – Downside Up is a pro’s pro band, the kind you can call on when you’re…