COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 11, 2015
POLICE BLOTTER
Cottage Grove Retrospective
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A look back at Sentinel stories from 30, 60 and 70 years ago
Jaycee who has not brought in a new mem-
ber, dues paid, since the fi rst of the year will
be charged with the care of club’s newly
attained “treasure” until he has done so. At
their next regular meeting every JC who has
not done his part in the membership drive
will put his name in a hat to see who will
be the lucky one to fi rst get the goat. From
there “it” will be passed on. Jaycees not at-
tending the next meeting will also have their
names in the “pot.”
Feb. 15, 1945
Feb. 17, 1955
Phone 555.
The above want ad is being placed here
to inaugurate the Cottage Grove Jaycee’s
membership drive. Membership chairman,
Jim Rhodes and Al Martin announced to
local JC’s during their February 10 dinner
meeting the following plan to obtain new
members:
A goat will be borrowed, or accepted as
a gift, from a local farmer and kept by the
Jaycees for an indefi nite period of time. Any
Jaycees would like to get
your goat
WANTED: (either to borrow or for keep)
One goat. Sex, size or color is immaterial.
Must like Jaycees. Contact either James D.
Roles or Albert O. Martin at the Sentinel.
Feb. 2
Feb. 7
Criminal mischief, Village
Green
Domestic disturbance, Van
Buren Ave
An employee reported that
a forced entry was made to the
garden shop and possibly other
buildings sometime over the
weekend. It was unknown if any
property was missing. Dam-
age to door was estimated to be
$25.
A caller said that he woke up
to his wife beating on him. He
then said that she was uncon-
scious and that he was bleeding.
The call was transferred to 911.
The female was interviewed at
River Bend hospital.
Feb. 8
Feb. 4
Garbage service is
available to those who
may want it
Feb. 13, 1985: Vocational education classes still keep wheels turning — Ed
Walley and Davis Squires troubleshoot a problem in their automotive class.
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Criminal mischief, S. 14th St
Theft, N. K St
Some confusion apparently exists among
the residents residing within the city limits
with reference to the garbage disposal ser-
vice now available to every resident within
the corporate limits. Last month the city
council signed a contract for garbage dis-
posal with Fred Annett, who lives two miles
east of town at the dump grounds and in our
issue of January 25th, rates for this service
were published. Rates approved in the con-
tract were 75 cents per month in the resi-
dential district; for restaurants, no less than
$3 nor more than $10 per month. Others for
dry refuse not including garbage by agree-
ment between parties but not to exceed $3
per load.
Mr. Annet said yesterday he had to take
over the garbage route before he was really
prepared, but that he was in position to care
for the work now.
A complainant at the station
reported that a theft had oc-
curred at the location on Sun-
day between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The stolen property was valued
at $270 and included one ounce
of marijuana, an iPhone, and 14
klonopin.
Armed subject, Main St and
River Rd
There were multiple reports
of a subject walking westbound
on Main St carrying a rifl e. One
caller said the subject was point-
ing it towards the street. The
subject was brought into custo-
dy for unlawful entry into motor
vehicle and theft I. The arrestee
was released and transferred to
the Relax Inn for the night. The
gun was destroyed.
A caller reported damage
to the rear hatch of his vehicle
while it was parked on the street
in front of the residence over-
night. Unknown suspects threw
a fi re extinguisher at the rear
hatch causing $500 in damage.
Criminal mischief, E Wash-
ington Ave
A complainant at the station
reported that unknown suspects
sliced the passenger-side front
tire sometime between 8 p.m.
on Feb. 7 and 9 a.m. on Feb. 8.
The vehicle was parked on the
street.
Suicidal subject, N. Mill St
A reporting person said a 42-
year-old male had taken a full
bottle of unknown medicine.
CITY BEAT
Information gleaned from the City of Cottage Grove's 'Friday Update'
inquisitive astronomy Cottage Grove Police Depart- posts and should further in-
NASA coming to answer
questions inside the Library ment impounded the fi rst dog crease the chances that own-
during the event.
at the new City of Cottage ers are quickly reunited with
town
On Monday, March 16, the
Cottage Grove Public Library
will host NASA Astronomer
Teena Della and the Eugene
Astronomical Society (and
their telescopes) for an eve-
ning “Star Party.” The party
begins at 7:30 p.m. when it
gets dark enough to really see
some amazing celestial won-
ders through the telescopes.
Della will be on hand to
The Library announced that
it will also be holding nine
astronomy workshops at Cot-
tage Grove High School and
Lincoln Middle School on
Monday and Tuesday, March
16 and 17.
New dog kennel
opens
On Thursday, Feb. 5, the
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Grove dog kennel. The City
says the dog was released lat-
er that night after the owner
contacted the Police depart-
ment and paid the $20 im-
pound fee. Now that the City
kennel is in operation, the
hope is that it will be easier
and cheaper to reunite more
dogs with their owners.
Additionally, information
and photos for each of the
dogs that are impounded will
be posted on the City of
Cottage Grove and the
Cottage Grove Police De-
partment Facebook pages.
Other community pages
are sharing the posts to in-
crease the visibility of the
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weather forecast
THURSDAY Feb. 12
FRIDAY Feb. 13
43° | 65°
44° | 64°
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
SATURDAY Feb. 14
SUNDAY Feb. 15
44° | 61°
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MONDAY Feb. 16
TUESDAY Feb. 17
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Showers
GUTTER SUPPLIES IN STOCK!
their dogs.
Bohemia Park
pond cleaned
Last week, Cottage Grove
Public Works personnel and
inmates from the Cottage
Grove Jail cleaned the Bohe-
mia Park Pond. City offi cials
say the pond had not been
cleaned since it was installed
and the rocks and liner had
been coated with sediment.
A large amount of trash
has also accumulated in the
pond and sunk to the bottom.
The pond was drained, trash
removed, and the bottom
cleaned of sediment. Of in-
terest was the large number of
gold fi sh that were discovered
in the pond, along with sev-
eral other aquatic creatures
The City says most of the
fi sh were caught and stored
in a stock tank. The pond has
been refi lled with fresh water
and when the chlorine resid-
ual dissipates, the gold fi sh
will be returned to the pond,
as they help keep the bottom
of the pond clean and free of
algae and sediments. Eventu-
ally, City Manager Richard
Meyers said the pond will
be fi lled with treated effl uent
from the Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant, which will be
used to irrigate the entire park
on an ongoing basis.
courtesy photo
CJ Beach shows off two of the
more notable creatures removed
during a recent cleaning of the
Bohemia Park pond.
O FFBEAT
Continued from page 4A
courteous. Did Mr. McCornack
have an employee by the name
of Armstrong, they wondered?
“As a matter of fact, I do,” he
replied, or words to that effect,
and the captain then called to
Armstrong to come out and give
himself up. He was, as it turned
out, a deserter from the U.S.
Cavalry. Once he’d been col-
lected, installed on a horse and
surrounded by his once-and-fu-
ture comrades, the bugler played
“recall” and the troop rode away
in the direction of Eugene, leav-
ing the astonished McCornacks
to fi nish their supper.
“Now, these troops were sta-
tioned at Vancouver,” Elwin Mc-
Cornack wrote in his account of
his relatives’ adventure. “Had
they ridden 150 miles to take
Armstrong the Deserter? No,
they had not. They had other
business in this vicinity and had
orders to pick up the deserter
while they were there.”
By the time poor Mr. Arm-
strong was on his way back to
the barracks, that business was
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all over and done, and the prize
— a large home-made rebel
fl ag — was safely stowed in a
saddlebag.
One source claims there was a
“small skirmish” before the fl ag
was confi scated. While possible,
this seems unlikely; if shots had
been fi red at U.S. Cavalry troop-
ers, Smithfi eld would no doubt
have been burned to the ground
and its surviving occupants
hauled back to Vancouver as
prisoners. I’ve been able to fi nd
no record of anything like that.
But, skirmish or no, it was
the fi rst and only incidence of
an operation by the U.S. Army
against a non-Native American
military enemy on Oregon soil,
and it ended in defeat for the
Smithfi eld rebels.
(Sources: McCornack, Elwin.
"When the Rebel Flag Flew on
the Long Tom," Lane County
Historian, March 1962; Ap-
lin, Glenn. "Notes on the Civil
War," Pacifi c Northwest Forum,
winter 1978; Fletcher, Randol.
Hidden History of Civil War
Oregon. London: The History
Press, 2011)
Finn J.D. John teaches at
Oregon State University and
writes about odd tidbits of Or-
egon history. For details, see
http://fi nnjohn.com. To contact
him or suggest a topic: fi nn2@
offbeatoregon.com or 541-357-
2222.
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