COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 13, 2015
N EW B USINESS N EWS
Concert, market
season approaches
New marijuana
dispensary opens
Events will now take place on separate days
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
C
W
ith the recent opening of the Holistic Co-op
at 11th and Main Streets, Cottage Grove’s
tally of medical marijuana dispensaries now num-
bers three.
Owners Riley and Melissa Llamos say they’ve
been in town for a year but have spent the last nine
months revamping their new building to conform to
city building code standards, which included access
for those with disabilities and additional parking.
Riley Llamos, who has been in the medical mari-
juana business for 30 years in California, including
13 years as a dispensary operator, said he moved
his family here to escape a troubling Los Angeles
scene.
Please see CO-OP, Page 12A
photo by Jon Stinnett
The Llamos family — clockwise from left, Melissa, Riley, Riley and
Khai, is happy to be in Cottage Grove.
Medical equipment available at new CG store
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
J
ust before the ribbon fell to offi cially
open Grove Medical Equipment and
Supply’s new store in the Bi-Mart shopping
center, Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Travis Palmer told the gathered
crowd about an accident he endured last
year and the need it brought forth.
“I don’t think age has anything to do
with what someone may need at times like
those,” Palmer said, calling the opening of
the medical supply business a “great benefi t
to this community.”
Owner Michele Savage, her husband,
Greg, and daughter Christina Brack opened
the shop next to Papa Murphy’s Pizza about
three months ago, and the Chamber of Com-
merce Greeters were part of a sizable group
on hand to offi cially welcome them to Cot-
3A
tage Grove on Thursday. The store sells ba-
sic home medical equipment, and it’s been
a dream-come-true for Savage, who opened
stores for other companies for over 20 years
before starting her own.
Savage said having a hospital and a siz-
able retirement community nearby should
aid her long-term prospects for success.
“If you have a hospital close by, you can
get referrals for equipment,” she said, add-
ing that she is able to accept and bill insur-
ance payments. Savage is also excited that
individuals who require equipment home
oxygen therapy, sleep therapy, wheelchairs,
walkers, nebulizers, walk aides and bath-
room equipment can access that equipment
here instead of driving to Eugene for a spe-
cialty item.
Grove Medical Equipment is located at
148 Gateway Blvd. and is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The store
photo by Jon Stinnett
Mayor Tom Munroe and the Chamber
Greeters helped Michele Savage of-
fi cially open her business Thursday.
can be accessed by phone at 541-225-5443
or email at Grovemedical@outlook.com.
ottage Grove’s popular
Concerts in the Park se-
ries and Growers Markets are
true harbingers of the warm
summer months, though this
year the two events fi nd them-
selves on different days and in
different locations.
Late last week, the Cottage
Grove Chamber of Commerce
released the lineup for the con-
cert series, which begins its
second summer under the new
amphitheater stage cover at Bo-
hemia Park on Wednesday, June
17 with the classic covers of
Brad Shepherd’s “Perfect Fla-
vor.” Concerts take place from
6:30-8 p.m. each Wednesday
evening until the Umpqua Val-
ley Bluegrass Band closes out
the series on Sept. 9.
Meanwhile, the Growers Mar-
ket will attempt a revival of sorts
on a new day of the week, with
the fi rst market set to take place
Saturday, May 23 from 4-7 p.m.
both indoors and out at the Coast
Fork Farm Stand, located across
from Bohemia Park at 10th and
Washington Streets. Farm Stand
manager Scott Burgwin said the
market will also include offer-
ings from the nearby Cottage
Grove Public Market.
In recent years, the concerts
and growers markets had fl our-
Concerts in the Park
series 2015 lineup
June 17
photo by Jon Stinnett
Denied free jeans,
man breaks window
Schweitzer's em-
ployee Betty Mc-
Guire cleans up
the remnants of
a broken window
at the store.
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
P
ersonnel at Schweitzer’s
western wear on Main
Street in Cottage Grove said an
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unfulfi lled demand for a free
pair of blue jeans led to a scary
situation Friday morning.
Owner Al Schweitzer and
longtime employee Betty Mc-
Guire said a man they recog-
nized from previous store visits
entered the store at about 10:30
a.m. Friday indicating that
he “came for my free pants.”
They say the man was yelling
demands and already carried
a rock in his hand, and when
Schweitzer reportedly told the
man he couldn’t accommodate
his request, the man exited the
store and threw a rock through
its front window. The damage
was estimated at $500.
Schweitzer and McGuire say
they knew who the suspect was,
though his identity could not
be confi rmed with the Cottage
Grove Police Department by
press time Monday. The suspect
is described in the department’s
police blotter as tall with short,
curly hair, glasses and a long-
sleeved striped shirt.
ished and expanded on Wednes-
day evenings at Coiner Park,
but Burgwin said the relocation
of the Farm Stand to its current
location coupled with the move
of the concerts to the Bohemia
Park amphitheater did not bode
well for the Growers Market in
2014.
“After last year, we’re trying
to rebuild in a different loca-
tion on a different day,” he said.
“It was the moves that killed it
— our move and the concerts.
It just didn’t work for the few
farmers we had attending. Even
if we had it here in conjunction
with the concerts, it doesn’t re-
ally work. You can see the con-
cert from here, but it’s like it’s
miles away.”
Burgwin said the Growers
Market will include the pro-
duce of High Wire and Branch
Road Farms and, with luck, a
few others, though it’s uncertain
how competition with Eugene’s
Saturday Market will affect the
event. Chamber of Commerce
Director Travis Palmer said the
Chamber will still have vendors
offering their wares during the
concerts, though details have
yet to be determined.
The Concerts in the Park se-
ries enjoyed larger crowds than
ever upon moving to Bohemia
Park, and its lineup this year
features old favorites and new
offerings:
Bradley Shepherd’s
Perfect Flavor - Eclectic
Covers and More
June 24
The Larsen Group - Jazz
Fusion
July 1
The Men From S.U.R.F.
- Surf Rock
July 8
Gumbo Groove -
Folk-fueled “Fungrass”
July 15
Fret Boys - Classic Rock
July 22
Ian McFerron - Bob Dylan
type “Folky Pop”
July 29
Flies with Honey - Rock
Aug. 5
Blue Skies Big Band -
Classic Swing Jazz
Aug. 12
Celtic Tradition - Celtic
Festival Music
Aug. 19
CASCADA - Latin Guitar
World Music
Aug. 26
Coupe de Ville - Rock from
the 50s to the 80s
Sept. 2
Left of Yellow - Pop/Rock
Covers
Sept. 9
Umpqua Valley Bluegrass
Band - Traditional Moun-
tain-style Bluegrass