12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 1, 2015
Taking a
look around
Gary & Joy
Brandt
will be celebrating their
50th
Wedding
Anniversary
Spring Break found Cottage Grove High senior
Victoria Fullerton heading outdoors to capture
photographs of locals enjoying a picturesque
spring weekend. Fullerton spent the week as
an intern for the Sentinel, seeking shots for
the paper's upcoming Recreation Guide, in
addition to photos of government and com-
munity leaders. The Sentinel appreciates her
contributions and plans to showcase her work
in future editions.
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1-4pm
at Stacy’s Covered Bridge
Friends and Family
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At right: Ethan Kelson lands his seventh fi sh
of the day at the ponds at Row River Nature
Park.
Below, far right: A pair of geese glides away
from the bank.
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Below, right: Fullerton
captures a rare smile from
Police Chief Mike Grover.
Below: Carson Streeter
tackles the trail.
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A RMORY
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according to Ferguson. The
Armory’s entrances and exits
received quite a bit of scrutiny,
and a new entrance planned
for the back side of the build-
ing will see a lot of use, despite
the committee’s decision to
keep the Armory’s main iconic
entrance on Washington Street
intact. The plans also call for a
better boiler for the building’s
heating system.
Early estimates for the cost of
refurbishing the Armory came
in at about $1 million, though
Ferguson said she believes it
may take $2 million to get the
job done.
“It’s a bargain, because a
building like this would take
about $7-9 million to build,” she
said.
City Manager Richard Mey-
ers said that, if the City’s tim-
ing with regard to grant cycles
is good, the Armory could fi nd
grant funding for the remodel
and be functioning within two
years. Progress will depend on
funding, however, and Meyers
said the funding or lack thereof
could alter the plans in the fu-
ture.
Meyers and Ferguson believe
the Armory’s historic designa-
tion and the community use it
could provide make it a prime
candidate for grant funding.
The next step for the Armory
involves a cost estimate for the
remodel. The ongoing main-
tenance and operations at the
Armory will be another topic
of interest, as Meyers and Fer-
guson stated that the scope of
operations in the building mean
that hiring someone to oversee
operations is likely necessary.
“It’s probably going to lend
itself to an expansion; whether
it would be a full-time position
or a shared one, we don’t know,”
Meyers said.
Meyers said that groups using
the Armory will contribute to
its operating costs, though they
may not cover them completely.
“The other goal is to use
the Armory to help get people
downtown,” he said. “We don’t
always cover our costs with
something like that.”
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