CHS: THE WEEK AHEAD
FOOTBALL Game: CHS vs. Jefferson, Friday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m. What2Watch: It’s Senior Night for the Bulldogs, who lost to Jefferson last year 33-18, so the seniors will want to dish revenge. Jefferson just won its first game of the…
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CHS: WEEK IN REVIEW/
BOYS BASKETBALL CHS 71, PHHS 53 The skinny: Tyler Frieze not only had a game-high 27 points but he also reached another high point: 1,000 career points at CHS. The compiled list of OSAA athletes that have done just that…
COUNT DOWN: World and USA Records
WORLD RECORDS Women’s 800m 1.53.28, Jarmila Kratochvilova, 1983 Women’s 1500m 3:50.07, Genzebe Dibaba, 2015 Men’s 800m 1:41.09, David Rudisha, 2010 Men’s 1500m 3:26.00, Hicham El Guerrouj, 1998 USA RECORDS Women’s 800m 1:55.61, Ajee Wilson, 2017 Women’s 1500m 3:54.99, Shelby Houlihan,…
World leaders off track with decision to ban honest, worthy competitors
Caster Semenya (above) has inherent physical attributes – similar to Secreteriat and Wilt Chamberlain – that help them outclass their peers. File Photo ”All Olympians have some exceptional traits. That is why they are elite athletes. A level playing field…
Anthony Hopkins, a strong silent Ox
Sir Anthony Hopkins IMBd photo file Actor Anthony Hopkins was born under the sign Capricorn during the Chinese lunar Year of the Ox. This astrological combination of East and West is the epitome of the characterized ”strong, silent type.” Although…
Removing one book is not a ‘quick fix’
Dear Editor, I am glad they’ve decided to remove the books but I don’t want this to be the final step they take. This issue is larger than one book series. Skippyjon Jones was just an example of how racism…
A thing of no consequence?
Dear Editor, Some children’s books have been removed from Creswell School District libraries. Their removal is being considered by the Creswell Library Board because some people find them offensive. A child’s book may appear a thing of no consequence. I…
Books are a matter of ‘freedom of choice’
I am Kim Wilbur. I share this email with Dennis Michael Fisher, my partner. We are retired educators with combined 60+ yrs. in public schools in Douglas County, Ore. We appreciated your column, “We are Creswell, we can do better,”…
Kobe’s complicated legacy
Kobe Bryant’s sudden death is an opportunity to better understand forgiveness and personal growth, Chronicle columnist Pat Edwards says. Photo provided This past week, many of us – possibly most of us, in the U.S. – experienced the horrific pain…
Death Notices – Feb. 6, 2020
• McHAFFIE — Dick Brian McHaffie, 62, of Yoncalla, died Jan. 25, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove . • ELLINGSON — Uriah Ell Ellingson, 9, of Creswell died Jan. 27, 2020. Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary…