6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 11, 2015
Lasting love makes its impression
on two Cottage Grove couples
Gilkisons and Meisners discover common ground over dinner
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
I
t’s a small world, as the saying goes,
and two Cottage Grove couples re-
cently learned just how small during a
chance meeting in Eugene.
Dick and Barbara Gilkison were en-
joying a dinner at Sizzler not long ago
when they noticed an uncommon close-
ness between the couple seated next to
them.
“I noticed that he was very affection-
ate toward her,” Dick Gilkison said.
“He obviously didn’t get around very
well, and she helped him put his coat
on. While she did, he gave her a nice
hug. It’s the kind of affection that peo-
ple don’t normally show in public, and I
thought it was really sweet. What struck
me was the tenderness involved.”
“They were just so nice,” Barb Gilki-
son said. “She was so gentle with him
— kind of the opposite of Dick and I.”
“We’re sort of ornery toward each
other,” her husband explained.
“They could tell we’d been together
a long time, because it looked like we
were taking care of each other,” said
Janice Meisner, who was enjoying a
night out with her husband, John.
“I asked how long they had been mar-
ried, and they said 58 years,” Dick Gilki-
son said. “We thought that was funny,
since we’d been married 58 years, too.”
In talking further, the couples
discovered that they had been
courtesy photos
Many miles separated the May 26, 1956 weddings of Barb and
Dick Gilkison (left) and Janice and John Meisner. The couples
recently met by chance in Eugene.
Please see LOVE, Page 8A
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Babysitting Night
at CGHS
This Valentine’s Day, Feb.
14 from 6-10 p.m., the Cottage
Grove High School gymnasium
will play host to kids ages 4 and
up (must be out of diapers) to
allow their parents to enjoy a
night out. Pizza, snacks, games,
and a whole lot of fun will be of-
fered, and the event raises funds
for the Lion King Pageant this
year.
The cost is $10 per child with
a discount for larger families,
and 100 percent of the proceeds
go to the Children’s Miracle
Network to support the pediatric
unit at River Bend Hospital. For
more information contact Lion
King Coordinators: Lilian Mor-
rill 541-517-2175 or Aggie Hite
541-510-6227.
SLSD open
enrollment fi gures
released
South Lane School District
announced last week the num-
ber of non-resident students the
District will accept for open en-
rollment for the 2015-16 school
year.
The open enrollment window
is between March 1 and April
1 of this year. Non-resident
students may apply to transfer
from their resident districts into
South Lane. If more requests for
transfers are received than slots
available, a lottery will be held.
Openings by grade level are:
Kindergarten, 25 students; First
grade, 25 students; Second
grade, 15 students; Third grade,
0 students; Fourth grade, 0 stu-
dents; Fifth grade, 1 student;
Sixth through ninth grades,
25 students; 10th grade, three
students, who must already be
enrolled as transfers this year;
11th and 12th-grade, one stu-
dent each that must already be
enrolled as a transfer this year.
Students currently attending a
South Lane school will be giv-
en priority for placement, and
while ‘every attempt’ will be
made to accommodate specifi c
school requests, school offi cials
say these are not guaranteed.
Interested non-resident stu-
dents must submit a completed
South Lane School District open
enrollment form at the District
offi ce or an SLSD school by 4
p.m. on April 1. Accepted ap-
plicants will be notifi ed no later
than May 1.
Introduction to
sustainable
beekeeping
A one-day presentation on
small-scale, treatment free bee-
keeping will take place Sunday,
Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at 80574 Hazelton Rd., Cot-
tage Grove. Those interested
may register online at www.
aprovecho.net/event/sustain-
able-beekeeping or call 541-
942-8198. Donations will be
welcome, but no one will be
turned away.
The talk will start on how
bees behave in their natural set-
ting, then examine how to apply
this on the small homestead or
backyard beehive. Samples of
both Warre and Kenyan style
hives will be on display without
bees.
Instructor Bill Bezuk is the
owner of The Eugene Backyard
Farmer, which focuses on an all
natural and treatment free style
of beekeeping.
Bridal open house
The Village Green Resort
and Gardens is hosting a Bridal
Open House and Tasting Event
on Saturday, March 7 from 2-4
p.m.
Brides-to-be are invited to tour
the Resort, meet the onsite wed-
ding coordinator and taste some
of the items available on the
menu, in addition to exploring
a variety of indoor and outdoor
venue options, including a wed-
ding garden, terrace, loft and
Cascadia Ballroom.
Spay/neuter
coupons
Starting Monday, Feb. 2, there
will be 100 $25 off spay/neu-
ter coupons for cats and dogs
available at the Humane Society
of Cottage Grove This ‘n’ That
Corner Shop, located at 33 N.
8th Street in Cottage Grove, for
South Lane and North Douglas
County residents. The coupons
are valid at Cottage Grove and
Forest Valley Veterinary Clinics
in Cottage Grove, and at Cre-
swell Veterinary Hospital and
South Willamette Veterinary
Clinic in Creswell. They are
good through March 31, 2015.
Historic
Valentines on
display
duty servicemen and women
since starting this program. It is
something that he, his staff and
the community have begun to
take great pride in.
Oregon State
Police hiring
Those interested in becoming
a police offi cer and who think
they may have what it takes are
encouraged to be a part of Or-
egon State Troopers.
OSP is preparing to hire re-
cruit troopers in 2015 using the
E-Recruit electronic application
system. Lateral and entry-level
recruit trooper applications will
be accepted at 12:01 p.m., Mon-
day, Feb. 9 and will be open un-
til 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 6.
Persons interested in apply-
ing are asked to start the process
now by going to the Oregon
State Police recruiting website
at www.osptrooper.com. To bet-
ter serve qualifi ed applicants,
OSP is scheduling two separate
entry-level testing sessions on
Saturday, March 14 and Mon-
day, March 16. Both sessions
will be held at the Oregon Pub-
lic Safety Academy.
Another dental visit?
Turns out, you have better things to do with
your time.
Tokens of love from Valen-
tines Days of the past are on
display through Feb. 15 at the
Cottage Grove Museum, 147 N.
H St., in Cottage Grove.
Dozens of examples of val-
entines cards from the 1920s,
1930s, 1940s and 1950s ranging
from very simple expressions of
love to ornately designed cards
that fold down to reveal even
more intricate details inside are
on display throughout the mu-
seum.
On Valentines Day, the mu-
seum will serve beverages and
light snacks to visitors. Muse-
um hours are Saturday and Sun-
day from 1-4 p.m. Admission is
free but donations are accepted.
Buster’s honors
veterans every
month
Veteran’s Day in 2013 im-
pacted Paul Tocco of Buster’s
Main Street Café in such a way
that ever since Nov. 11, 2013,
he has celebrated veterans in his
restaurant on the 11th of each
month by providing veterans
and active-duty servicemen and
women with free meals.
On the 11th of every month,
Tocco or a representative of the
American Legion also adorn
Main Street with American
fl ags.
Tocco has provided over 800
meals to veterans and active-
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6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey
Services: 9am and 10:30am
Christian Education
Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade
www.6thandgibbs.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
522 E Whitaker • 541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am
Wednesday Service 6:45 pm
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
Youth Group Bible Study:
Wed. 6:45 pm & Sat. 6 pm
www.cgcalvary.org
Center for Spiritual Living
Cottage Grove
700 Gibbs Ave (Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Info: 541-767-0182 (Mrs. “T”)
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 8:30am, 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
YouthGroup Mondays 6:30pm
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd. • 541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Isaac Hovet
www.cg4.tv
Sunday Service: 9am and 11am
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Baptist Church
301 S 6th St 541-942-8242
Pastor: Steve Johnson
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 11:00am
Come Worship with us
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Rev. Bruce Cameron
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd. • 541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Pastor Rulon Combs
Sunday School All Ages 9am
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:30 am
“The Bridge” Saturday Evening Service
6:00pm
Youth ABLAZE: Wednesday 6:30pm
Childrenʼs Breakout Class:
Wednesday 6:30pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712
Pastor: Roy L. Antunez, S.J.
Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm
Sun. 10:30am
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell:
552 Holbrock Lane • 541-895-8686
Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
Non-Denominational
541-942-5213
Church of Christ
Pastor: Kevin Miller
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 6:45
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Trinity Lutheran Church
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
103 S. 5th Street • 541-942-4999
Pastor: James L. Markus
Pastor: Herb Carson
Sunday School &
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Adult Education 9:15am
Sunday Bible Study: 6:00pm
Sunday Worship 10:30am
We sing the old time hymns.
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
trinitylutherancottagegrove.com
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Jerry Steele
Worship: 10:00am
Adult & Sunday School: 9:00am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $3, Kids Free)
Mon. 5-6:30pm
cottagegroveumc.org
“VICTORY” Country Church
Community Center Shepherd Room
700 East Gibbs • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message:
11:00am
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