Creswell Jazz & Swing Band

Delaney and the Creswell Jazz and Swing Band perform at the Holiday Market in Eugene.

Creswell Cross Country award

Delaney was named the winner of the "Dog Bone" award by her Creswell Cross Country Coach Coach Larry Powell this week during a lunch time ceremony at Creswell Middle School. The award was given for a combination of achievements during the 2012 season including dedication to the program, achieving goals during the season and performance at the meets. She received a gift certificate for movie tickets. Way to go Delaney!

Puddles and his girls

Delaney and friends crashed the party at Creslane Elementary School today as the Oregon Duck, cheerleaders and the Creswell High School Marching band join in the celebration of end of the school's first annual “Civil War Canned Food Drive.” The event was part of a Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions program at the school that this month aims to help families in need over the holidays by donating canned food items to the Creswell Food Pantry.

Top 25 at state meet!

Delaney kicked her way past a handful of competitors in the final 300 meters at the Oregon State Cross Country Championships to place 16st in a time of 11:56.75 on a muddy and cold 3K course in Portland. The run was a PR by more than 30 second and shattered her previous time for the same course from last year by over a minute. Chris

Delaney lost her shoe running through the mud pit at the Sweethome Invitational Xcountry meet at Camp Tadmor today. Like a trooper, she kept running. Seconds later friend Jenny, the Oakhill coach, found it and pulled it out of the mud and threw it to me. I in turn threw it to Creswell Coach Larry Powell on the other side of the pit, who after a short sprint up the course handed it to his daughter Olivia (2011 state xcountry champ), who proceeded to run Delaney down on the course for the hand off. The 400m relay Oregon style! Despite it all Delaney finished the race in 7th place overall!

Tubing hill in August?

We must be jumping the SHARC in Sunriver, Oregon

Further encounter

On the way through Pleasant Hill near our home in Oregon we ran into Further the bus. This is actually Further 2, the original made famous by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters back in the 60-70s. Ken's son Zain Kesey was taking the bus up to Portland and stopped by the grocery store in PHill for supplies. Fun encounter for all. Chris