Both the Eagles’ softball and baseball teams are playoff bound after closing out the regular season following a three-game set against North Eugene where the Lady Eagles won two of the last three games to cement a spot in the state playoffs. And it didn’t come easy.
I can’t believe it's already time to tear another page off the calendar, but the fatigue I’m feeling is an ongoing reminder of just how busy life has become. When I look at the 31 days in May, I can only find four days of blank squares.
The Eagle Point City Council met May 12 to hold a public hearing and deal with a handful of official resolutions. The public hearing dealt with the property at the southeast corner of Old Hwy. 62 and South Royal Rd. The property, originally owned by Ed Dahack, was designated as C-2 (heavy commercial) on the Hwy. 62 side and C-1 (light commercial) on the remaining property.
The spring sports seasons are winding down as both the Eagle Point High School baseball and softball teams close out their respective seasons in search of a playoff berth. After traveling to Crater the week before and posting a win by both the Eagles and Lady Eagles, the two teams have been on a vastly different trajectories.
I was once again going through boxes upon boxes of the photos and things my mother had saved over her 88 years on this floating rock. Since my last going through, even more boxes of items arrived for me to inventory, and I found an article from a Detroit paper dated September 16, 1946. It was a story and photograph of my uncle.
It was May 5, and both the Eagle Point baseball and softball teams traveled to Central Point to take on rival Crater in the first game of a pair of three-game series. The Comets’ baseball team came in ranked first in the state, and the softball team was ranked second in the state according to the OSAA. Eagle Nation was not impressed.
The Eagle Point Neighborhood Enhancement Commission met May 4 to discuss their latest assignment from Eagle Point Mayor Kathy Sell to research a possible arch or monument near Hwy.
This coming Saturday, May 16, marks a milestone in my personal history. First, it’s the birthday of my younger brother who died in a car crash when he was 20. But it just so happens that it is also the date of the very first story I wrote as an audition for this esteemed publication.
Sadly, the Eagle Point High School softball team’s seven-game winning streak came to an end when they traveled to Henley and dropped a 10-0 decision that ended in just four innings due to the mercy rule.
The Eagle Point City Council met April 28 to have one discussion and consider two resolutions.
The discussion was regarding the five Flock cameras around town photographing car license plates. Earlier this year, a local resident asked that the cameras be removed because of issues of privacy and possible misuse of the information gathered.