The Eagle Point City Council met Sept. 8 to handle two items, one old business and one new item. However, before every meeting members of the public are allowed three minutes each to address the council on any item not on the current agenda and three citizens stepped up to the podium.
It was a nice, sunny day and I decided to take a quick ride on the electric scooter to Walmart for a little grocery shopping. I purchased my items, put them in a big, cloth bag and headed home.
The Eagle Point High School football followed up week one with another victory that started slow before rolling to a 30-0 win down the stretch over the McKay Scots in Salem.
I am at last back on the west coast, the best coast, and best of all, my time zone. I did the best I could on a Connecticut couch for a week of chaos as kids came together in a way that only kids can.
The Eagle Point City Council met Aug. 25 to take the next step towards expanding into one of the Urban Growth Boundaries. There are four UGBs in Eagle Point, all on the outskirts of the city, on the north, south, east, and west sides.
The Eagle Point High School football team opened the 2026 season at home Aug. 28 against Yreka on a full moon which may, or may not, have influenced the game. You be the judge.
The Eagle Point School District Board of Directors met Aug. 26 where they reviewed various policies and prepared for the upcoming school year.
After a lengthy series of delays, (keep in mind I left Oregon on a Saturday afternoon and it is now Wednesday) my oldest daughter, youngest son and their spouses and daughters were all reunited in Connecticut. For those keeping score, it was two little girls, one from my oldest child and one from my youngest child.
In our last episode, my oldest daughter, youngest son, their spouses and respective daughters were stranded in Sacramento due to their flight being cancelled while I was already en route to the Big Apple on an overnight flight that got me their around 6 a.m.
The August 11 meeting of the Eagle Point City Council could be best described by the Yogi Bera quote, “It was like déjà vu all over again.” During the first meeting in July, the council heard a proposal for a suspension walking bridge across Little Butte Creek and a presentation July 28 from Hunter Communications explaining their use of micro-trenching to install fiber-optic cable. This time it was the council’s turn to discuss the two proposals.