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TOWN CRIER
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
The Chronicle & Sixth
Street Shops After Housing
Busines s Net work ing
event, 5-7:30 p..m. located
at the Brewstation, 106
S 6th St., Cottage Grove.
Networking, prizes, food
and a fun way to meet new
people. Brewstation will
feature live local music,
Coast Fork Brewing beer
tasting, cider and food. The
Flower Basket will have a
fudge tasting vinegar tasting
and specials throughout their
store. More info: 541-600-
0030.
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
Creswell Christian
Academy’s 2nd annual
School Carnival, 5:30-7:30
p.m., at 597 S. Front St. The
carnival has expanded to
include a baking contest –
open to all in the community
– a children’s train and stan-
dard carnival games, includ-
ing the cake walk.
Cottage Theatre pres-
ents “The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
(Abridged) (Revised),” by
Adam Long, Baniel Singer
and Jess Winfield. Opens
today and runs through Oct.
27. See ad on page 3 for more
info and visit cottagetheatre.
org for ticket information.
Moveable Feet - “if you
can walk, you can dance” -
is a free dance for ages 8-88,
held next at the Creswell
Community Center 7-9
p.m. Dances come from a
wide range of world tradi-
tions, taught quickly in a
relaxed atmosphere by local
folk dance enthusiast Sally
Jenkins. More info 541-895-
2254, moveablefeet.weebly.
com.
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
The Four th Annual
Cottage Grove Mayor’s
Ball will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Music for the event will be
by Blue Skies Big Band and
the Jewel Tones.The keynote
speaker will be Major MJ
Hegar, an accomplished mili-
tary helicopter pilot, Purple
Heart and Distinguished
Flying Cross with valor recip-
ient and author. Tickets:
541-942-2441.
Covered Bridges Year
Round Walk. Meet at 9 a.m.
at the registration point,
Middlefield Village Golf
Course Pro Shop, 91 Village
Drive, Cottage Grove.
TUESDAY, OCT. 15
Homestead Arts: Cheese
Making Class, 6-8 p.m. at
Singing Creek Educational
Center, 360 River Road.
Learn how to make fresh
hard cheese from whole
milk and cheese culture, and
learn about different hard
and soft cheese cultures and
processes. Learn process
from cultured milk to formed
cheese, how to make yogurt,
kefir. Taught by instruc-
tor Kevin Prier at the Snapp
House, 360 S. River Road.
Preregister: singingcreek-
center.org
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16
Season four of the
C r e swe l l C o m m u n i t y
Singers will hold a rehearsal
at 1 p.m. at Creswell Church
of Christ, 380 Kings Row. New
members are encouraged.
More info: Mary Ellen Yost,
541-510-3355.
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
The Creswell Water
Control District Board
regular public meeting at 4
p.m. at Creswell Community
Center, 99 1st St., Creswell.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019
OBIT UARIE S
CMS principal, Shirley Burrus hands the school’s new portable AED, donated
by the David Heller Foundation, to eighth-grade volleyball coach Kathy Nelson
before her team boarded the bus for an away game at Pleasant Hill on Oct. 4.
The Portable Automated External Defi brillator is expected to accompany CMS
sports teams on all away games. PHOTO PROVIDED/AMY OSBORN
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SCA is an opponent Creswell Middle
School is improving its athletes’ odds of
defeating, thanks to a new Portable AED
(Automated External Defi brillator) presented
to Principal Shirley Burrus during the David
Heller Foundation’s 2019 The Beat Goes On
benefi t auction, held Sept. 28 at the Red Lion
on the River - Jantzen Beach.
It’s the 191st Portable AED that the foun-
dation has given to schools over the past fi ve
years, in honor of David Heller of Scappoose,
Oregon, who was just 17 when he died
on Nov. 23, 2005, as a result of an undiag-
nosed heart condition called Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy (the leading cause of SCD).
He was at the time a junior at Central
Catholic High School in Portland, where
he was the basketball team’s starting shoot-
ing guard. He had participated in a basket-
ball scrimmage, followed by other routine
activities, that day, then went to sleep and
did not wake up. He displayed no symptoms
that might have alerted his parents, Jeff and
Bev Heller – who were present at the benefi t
auction – that he had a life-threatening medi-
cal condition.
After David’s death, the David Heller
Foundation was established to help other
youth and to honor David’s life by providing
student-athletes and coaches with the equip-
ment needed in the event of sudden cardiac
arrest.
The potentially lifesaving new Portable
AED will accompany CMS sports teams on
all away games, Burrus said, and made its
inaugural trip with the eighth-grade volley-
ball team when they traveled to Pleasant Hill
on Oct. 4.
“This truly was a wonderful gift; it could
save the life of a student, coach or spectator
in the event of sudden cardiac arrest,” said
Burrus. “That’s how and why the benefi t
auction is titled ‘The Beat Goes On.’”
Burrus and Jeff Heller graduated together
from St. Helens High School in 1975 and have
remained good friends. The Hellers invited
Burrus to attend the auction, saying they
wished to present her with a Portable AED
for CMS student-athletes – or anyone who
might need it while attending a school event.
“I believe that CMS received the AED
from the Foundation because of the friend-
ship I have with David’s father, and him want-
ing to give our school a special gift,” said
Burrus, who began her career in education
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as a health and physical education teacher.
“He knows of my continued commitment to
the health and safety of our students and the
love I have for athletics.”
As of Jan. 1, 2015, all Oregon school
campuses have been required (under ORS
339.345, adopted during the 2010 Special
Session of the Oregon Legislature) to have
at least one AED on the premises – and the
Portable AED presented during the benefi t
will actually be the third AED at CMS, which
has one in its school offi ce near the health
room and one in the gym, Burrus said.
The new Portable AED will be available
to travel with sports teams on road trips,
while allowing CMS to continue meeting the
mandate that at least one AED be located on
campus at all times.
“We do have an AED located in our gym
for home games,” Burrus confi rmed, noting
that the other two AEDs on campus are not
truly transportable.
In 2005, the Oregon Legislature passed
Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 327.364,
which authorized the Oregon Department of
Education to seek funds and assistance from
the United States government and its agencies
or from any other source, public or private,
for the establishment of a grant program to
provide these AEDs within school districts –
and the David Heller Foundation has become
one of these granting sources.
This law also contains a Good Samaritan
clause which protects well-intentioned citi-
zens using an AED in aid of another from
potential lawsuits from any resulting injury.
At each school, at least some staff members
– those who can be expected to be onsite
during regular school hours and/or at school
activities – must be trained in the safe use of
this medical equipment; training is typically
available through the American Red Cross,
the American Heart Association, and local
EMS providers.
“I do believe every (Creswell) school has
at least one AED, and we have been trained
by (CMS PE/health teacher) Lauri Thomas,
who provides our First Aid/CPR certifi cation
through the American Red Cross,” Burrus
said. The cost of a fully- or semi-automated
AED ranges from about $1,000 to nearly
$4,000; Burrus said their new Portable AED
costs about $1,250.
“The devices are expensive, but so worth it
if a life can be saved,” she said.
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Zella May
Raney
Doris Jeanne
Capps
Aug. 16, 1938 -
Sept. 30, 2019
June 13, 1942 -
Sept. 26, 2019
A funeral service for
Zella May Raney, 81,
of North Bend, Oregon,
will be held at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 19 at
North Bend Chapel, 2014
McPherson Avenue in
North Bend. A public
visitation will be held
from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on
Friday, Oct. 18 at North
Bend Chapel. Private
interment will be held at
Sunset Memorial Park in
Coos Bay.
Zella was born on Aug.
16, 1938 in Weiser, Idaho
to Glenn William and
Ethella Lois (Ferris) Johns.
She passed away on Sept.
30, 2019 in North Bend.
Zella held various jobs
throughout her life, but she
retired after many happy
years working at the North
Bend Visitor’s Center.
She is survived by
her children, Johnny
Carlson, Charlene Raney
McGinnis, Deborah Sapp
and Racley Vass; adopted
children, Randy Brown,
Billy Brown and Betty
Trujillo; many grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildren
and great-great-grand-
children; and siblings
Lloyd Johns, Verl Johns,
Warren Johns, Ila Quick,
Jerry Johns and Sharon
L eMa nquis. She was
preceded in death by
her parents and adopted
daughter, Kim Brown-
Case.
Arrangements made
by North Bend Chapel.
Friends and family are
encouraged to sign the
online guestbook at coos-
bayareafunerals.com.
Doris Jeanne Capps,
77, of Creswell, Oregon,
passed away on Sept. 26,
2019. She was born on
June 13, 1942 in Coquille,
Oregon, to Monroe and
Ruth Spurgeon.
Doris worked as a legal
secretary in Springfi eld,
Oregon until her retire-
ment. She enjoyed trav-
eling and had traveled to
many different countries
throughout her life, mostly
in the last 10 years. She
loved going to her grand-
sons’ sporting events and
went to as many as she
possibly could over the
years. She loved sports,
especially baseball, and
took all of her grandsons
to Mariners games as they
were growing up, and
loved talking sports with
them.
Doris is survived by
her daughter and son-in-
law, Lisa and Pete Apo,
of Creswell; her son,
James Capps of Cottage
Grove; four grandsons:
Rya n Belt ra n of Sa n
Diego, Andrew Beltran of
San Diego, Cade Apo of
Creswell and Kai Apo of
Creswell.
She was preceded in
death by her sister, Carol
Spurgeon in August 2018.
Obituaries are
printed for free at
The Chronicle.
Email info
to Erin@
Chronicle1909.com
The Columbarium
at Creswell Pioneer Cemetery is
located just west of town. Situated
in a beautiful historic cemetery
surrounded by Pacific Madrone
and towering old growth Douglas
Fir. Constructed of solid granite,
each private compartment fits up
to two urns and is complimented
by a solid-cast name plate and
optional vase. The Columbarium
provides a simple, lasting tribute
for family, friends and generations
to come.
Creswellcolumbarium.com
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