CHRISTOPHER PALANUK, PHOTOGRAPHER ”Count what you have now/ Don’t count what you don’t have/ Find that you have so much.” Mariya Takeuchi sang those words in her song ”Measure of Happiness” in a 2008 maxi single from Japan. Considering how…

MIKE ROTHGEB, REPORTER For some, Thanksgiving seems to have lost its meaning. It’s become just another stepping stone to Christmas, a time to indulge in gluttonous acts and a break from work or school. What a lot of us are…

GINI DAVIS, REPORTER This Thanksgiving, I am most grateful, as always, for my much-loved family – warm, capable, independent, fun, loving people all: My daughter Meghann, son-in-law Austin and their precious children, Emma and Bryson; my son Jef; and my…

ALIYA HALL, REPORTER Even with Thanksgiving’s dark history, the idea of taking a moment of reflection for the blessings in your life is important – no matter what the occasion. I’m most thankful this year – and always – for…

CHERYL RICHARD, SALES MANAGER This month marks two years with The Creswell Chronicle and Emerald Valley Magazines. Those two years have flown by! I love to look back and see the growth and change that has happened at The Creswell…

PAMELA PALMER, WEBMASTER ”There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread,” said Mother Teresa. I have seen and heard of so many examples of kindness and love in the past year in our town…

RICHARD HEYMAN, CHRONICLE COLUMNIST A holiday established many years ago to thank our creator for the many glorious things that have come our way, to realize how fortunate we are. I always invoke a blessing for the ancestors that established…

SCOTT OLSON, PUBLISHER, THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE It seems the older I get, the faster time passes on. It’s amazing how fast this year has gone by. We are now in the home stretch of 2018, getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving…

During the Nov. 14 regular session school board meeting, the Board of Directors got an early peek at the at the 2017 to 2018 school and district report cards, which were released Nov. 15. The report cards are the first…