The secret to getting older is living life
Quite often, people tell me I don’t look my age. I’m not certain if they believe I look older than my years or younger. Whatever, I soon reveal I’m proud I made it this far. I’m asked, how did I…
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Vote with your food dollars
We’ve recently celebrated Earth Day, a day we celebrate each year with an opportunity to learn of better options to support the health of our planet. We learn about the importance of our pollinators, whose populations are often diminished by…
A big thank you
Dear Editor, We would like to thank our kids and all the wonderful people that came to help us celebrate our 65th wedding anniversary. We received many beautiful cards and lots of hugs. Bob and Marie Raymond Creswell
2 more arrested on sex abuse crimes
Dominic Alexander Hughes PHOTOS PROVIDED Two Creswell men were recently arrested on sex abuse charges in connection with the arrest of Dustin Lee Stephens, 31, of Creswell, who was arrested on numerous sex abuse charges on March 8. Dominic Alexander…
Jerry A. Lee
A Celebration of Life for Jerry A. Lee will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Harry Holt Neighborhood Park, located at the intersection of A Street and Fifth Avenue in Creswell. A potluck will…
School Briefs
Creswell students named to OIT President’s List The following local area students have been named to the 2017-2018 Winter Term President’s List at Oregon Institute of Technology. Inclusion on the list requires a 3.70 grade-point average and above. Only fulltime…
Dietary choices for cardiovascular health
We celebrate Heart Health Month in February, but since heart disease is one of the top health issues in our modern world, every month is truly the time to choose what we eat with heart health in mind. In my…
Did you eat your salad today?
We are all born with the ability to taste five distinctly different tastes. We can taste sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami – which we know as savory, and is translated from the Japanese as ”deliciousness”. Most of us regularly…
Lady Dawgs fall to ‘Cats, crush Billies
The Lady Bulldogs fell 1-11 in five innings to the host Glide Wildcats on April 9 but shut out host Pleasant Hill 20-0 in five innings on April 13. A game at Harrisburg scheduled for April 11 was rained out.…
Decadent Housewives’ engaging in PWA mystery play
Presbyterian Women’s Association (PWA) members (from left) Joan Kelley, June Harvey, Jo Fitzgerald, Vera McCollum, Wilma Kerr, Kathy Drake (foreground), Patty Schrenk and Bev Rogers perform ”The Decadent Housewives of Hysteria Lane,” this year’s annual PWA Mystery Play. PHOTO PROVIDED/MARTHA…