COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 10, 2015
CITY BEAT
Kids teaching kids
Excerpts from the City of Cottage
Grove's Friday Update
grass, hazardous vegetation and
Representative
combustible materials during the
fi re season from June 15 to Nov.
Hayden visit
Lincoln Middle School students pass on
lessons learned to elementary-school kids
BY JEREMY SMITH
LMS Principal
R
eading and writing is
nothing new to Lincoln
Middle School students, but
with Lisa Sherman’s creative
idea, students were engaged in
a unique way.
“Students in my writing class
completed an informational es-
say on ‘How to Make Friends.’
Then they were asked to trans-
late this essay into a picture
book format. They created a
storyboard and planned out
which illustrations went with
which details,” Sherman ex-
plained.
Students also printed, illustrat-
ed and bound the pages of their
books. Eighth-grader Chance
Ralston felt that “The best part
was writing it because we got
to do it on our own.” Sherman’s
student Summer Hall relayed “I
learned how to write in a way to
get your reader’s interest.” Sher-
man explained that “the project
allowed seventh and eighth-
grade students to improve their
expository writing skills in an
engaging way and gave them
opportunities to practice their
public speaking skills.”
When the students were done
with their books and felt com-
fortable presenting them to
peers, Sherman walked her stu-
dents to Harrison Elementary,
where they read to Val Rankin’s
third grade class. Lincoln stu-
dent Samantha Nunn felt that
“I taught the elementary stu-
dents how to make new friends
and new ways to make them.
It taught me how to work with
the little kids.” Sherman agreed
courtesy photo
Alvaro Miranda and Chris Temple read their books to
Harrison students.
with Nunn, stating, “Elemen-
tary students learned some new
skills from older peers, which
is often more engaging to them
than listening to adults.”
This was a valuable lesson
for Sherman’s class as well as
Rankins. Hall explained, “For
me, the funnest part of this proj-
ect was getting the kids perspec-
tive on what they got out of the
story and how they answered
our questions about their expe-
rience with friends.” She also
stated “I think it is a great proj-
ect. It mixes writing skills with
drawing skills. Being able to
read to the kids, got our class
very excited.”
ODFW on its website and in
other promotional products.
Wildlife viewing photos must
be of native species in a natural
environment.
If there are people in the pho-
to, get permission from them
before you submit photo.
Only HIGH RESOLUTION
photos, at least 1 megabyte, will
be accepted.
ODFW employees are not
eligible to participate in the
contest.
Submit:
Enter your photos via the
ODFW website in the About Us
section, in Photo/Video gallery,
http://odfw.wufoo.com/forms/
odfw-photo-submission-form/
Winners:
One winner will be chosen
in each of fi ve categories by a
panel of ODFW judges: fi shing,
hunting, crabbing, clamming
and wildlife viewing. Each
winner will receive a $50 gift
certifi cate to Cabela’s. See past
winners online, http://www.dfw.
state.or.us/images/photo_sumb-
missions/july_contest/
Christian
Fellowship
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
912 Project
Dave Haasl of the National
Liberty Alliance will talk at
the next meeting of the Cottage
Grove 912 Project on Monday,
June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Stacy’s
Covered Bridge Restaurant, lo-
cated at 401 E. Main St. Haasl
will discuss the organization’s
mission, which is to restore the
people to sovereignty through
knowledge. The meeting is open
to the public and there is no cost
to attend.
Hearing loss
meeting
The Hearing Loss Associa-
tion of Lane County is holding
a meeting on the topic, “If You
have Trouble Hearing” for those
with hearing loss, their family
members and friends.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, June 11 from 7-9
p.m. at the Hilyard Center, 2580
Hilyard Street in Eugene. The
meeting is open to the public.
ODFW photo
contest
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife wants to
showcase your fi shing, hunting,
crabbing, clamming and wildlife
viewing photos on its website,
in promotional materials and on
social media sites.
“It’s a great chance for people
to share their best shots,” said
Rick Hargrave, Information
and Education Administrator.
“Last year’s photo contest win-
ner in the fi shing category was
featured on the 2014 Sport Fish-
ing Regulations, and we have
highlighted the photos of doz-
ens of contest entrants in other
places.”
Guidelines:
The contest opens June 3 and
closes June 24, 2015.
There are fi ve categories: fi sh-
ing, hunting, crabbing, clam-
ming and wildlife viewing.
All photos must have been
taken by you personally in Or-
egon.
By submitting a photo, you
agree that it can be used by
Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
A Christian fellowship meet-
ing will take place Sunday,
June 14 at 11 a.m. in the Re-
ception Room of the Cottage
Grove Community Center, 700
E. Gibbs Street. The group be-
lieves in living by every word
of God including baptism in the
name of Jesus Christ as taught
in the bible and Wm. Branham.
(Pastor: Jarius
Sathianathan)
Call 541-946-1445 for more in-
formation.
Crafty happenings
The Crafty Mercantile at 517
E. Main St. announces a Crafty
Book Tour with S. Largent and
a Storytime and Bug Lids Craft,
a free event that will take place
Wednesday, June 10 from 1:30-
3:30 p.m.
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The Cottage Grove Blackber-
ry Pie Society will be hosting an
opportunity for the community
to visit with Representative Ce-
dric Hayden through the group’s
speaker series on Wednesday,
June 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Brew-
station, located at 106 South 6th
Street.
Oregon National
Guard 2 – 162
Infantry “Call to
Duty”
City Manager Richard Mey-
ers recently coordinated a meet-
ing with local organizations
and the Oregon National Guard
2-162 Infantry to discuss and
introduce the Summer “Call
to Duty” program. The 2-162
Infantry will be performing a
summer of service projects in
their local communities as their
annual training. Members of the
Battalion will be participating in
projects and activities through-
out the community this summer.
The playground installation at
Bohemia Park is the fi rst of the
opportunities to use their help.
Pickleball is
coming
City Manager Richard Mey-
ers reports that he has met with
individuals interested creating
Pickleball courts in Cottage
Grove. Pickleball is currently
the fastest growing sport in the
world. In the coming week two
trial Pickleball courts will be
installed in the tennis courts at
Coiner Park. The Pickleball
lines will be placed in yellow
on the court to not interfere with
tennis lines. The Pickleball
players will use portable nets
that will be placed to play and
removed after playing. Any-
one wanting more information
or wishing to join in the group
playing Pickleball can contact
the City Manager’s offi ce for
more information.
Tall grass/
hazardous vegeta-
tion removal
All property owners or per-
sons in control of property are
required in the City of Cottage
Grove to cut or remove tall
1 (CGMC 8.12 Nuisances).
Tall grass and hazardous veg-
etation includes wild blackberry
bushes, weeds and grass more
than 12 inches tall anywhere
on a property including public
lands out to the street.
Vegetation that is likely to en-
danger buildings or other prop-
erty should it catch on fi re must
also be cut or removed.
During the fi re season inspec-
tions will be made and property
owners notifi ed that they must
cut or remove the hazardous
vegetation. Failure to cut or
remove the grass or vegetation
will result in the City having to
abate the problem. The cost of
abatement will be charged to
the property and if unpaid will
become a lien against the prop-
erty.
Property owners are remind-
ed that they must keep hazard-
ous vegetation and tall grass cut
less than 12 inches until Nov. 1.
Questions can be answered by
the Community
Development Department at
City Hall, by calling (541) 942-
3340 or by email:
planning@cottagegrove.org
Tree branch
pick-up
Last week, the City Utilities
Crew completed a very success-
ful tree branch pick-up. A total
of 34 dump truck loads (340
yards) of limbs and branches
were collected from City streets
and transported to the City Shop
property. The collection oc-
curred between May 26 and
June 2.
The City says the limb and
branch pick-up went much
quicker this year because the
crew did not perform on-site
chipping. All limbs and branch-
es were stockpiled at the City
Shop property, and all of this
woody material is scheduled
to be chipped sometime during
June. Public Works allocated
funds in the FY14-15 budget
to rent a large commercial tub
grinder to chip all of the woody
debris that has accumulated at
the shop. Funds have also been
allocated, for this same purpose,
in the FY 15-16 budget.
The wood chips are used
around plants in the City parks
and to cover unpaved walk-
ing paths. Chips are also made
available to the Coast Fork Wil-
lamette Watershed Council for
various riparian area improve-
ment projects.
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