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Chronicle Editor Recovering
Crowning Glory
OCTOBER 23, 1969 –
Anthony Whyte, editor of the
Creswell Chronicle, was taken
ill last Tuesday and finally
hospitalized Wednesday
morning, his illness diag-
nosed as a heart attack.
The attack was quite seri-
ous and his doctor said it was
a good thing he obtained
medical aid when he did as he
is now on the road to recovery.
Tony is expected to be
released from Valley Lane
Hospital soon, but will be
recuperating at home before
returning to his Chronicle
post.
No injuries in crash with loaded log truck
OCTOBER 23, 1969 - Creswell High School Student Body President Steve
Cochran crowns 1969 Homecoming Queen Martina Hartman during cere-
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Run, swim and bike to glory
OCTOBER 17, 1984 –
Creswell restauranteur Terry
Wigzell says he’d “like to do
it again next year.”
“It” is the prestigious Iron
Man Triathalon in Hawaii,
the world championship test
for those inclined to swim
2.4 miles, bike 112 miles
and run a marathon in
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a single day.
Wigzell, shown above as
he completed the course in
darkness Oct. 6 some 24
hours after he began, wasn’t
without occasional prob-
lems – not to mention pain
– during the event.
“The swim had approxi-
mately 1,200 starters in an
area that was only about
150 yards wide. It was just
a mass start,” Wigzell said.
“The water was a perfect 80
degrees and clear as a bell,
but I lost my goggles about
halfway through. It was
kind of a problem swim-
ming in the salt water with-
out goggles.”
“During the bike ride my
chain came off, and I had a
flat at about 90 miles. One
stretch of about 18 miles was
a steep uphill with wind in
your face.”
“In the marathon, I was
really tough to get through
from mile 21 to mile 23. That
was a complete struggle.”
Wigzell wasn’t the only
competitor suffering, though.
“Every aid station had people
in it with IVs stuck in them,”
he said.
Tough as it was, though,
the Iron Man Triathalon was
“just a great experience,”
Wigzell said.
“The last mile and a half
was just incredible. It was
such an up or a lift or what-
ever to make the turn and
see the lights and hear the
announcer. And it was just
incredible to go through that
finish line. There’s no way to
explain how that felt.”
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