COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 17, 2015
Bohemia Park playground
nears completion
Rotary, Lions
clubs hear
carousel pitch
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Finding a sustainable
funding source is key
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
A
joint meeting between Cottage
Grove’s Rotary and Lions Clubs on
Thursday allowed Judy Cash to introduce
dozens of people to her menagerie.
A presentation from Cash, who purchased
the various parts of a “menagerie carousel”
— a carousel that contains various animals
as opposed to just horses — 20 years ago,
was part of a packed schedule for the noon
meeting at Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restau-
rant, a meeting meant to pitch the idea of
a carousel as an attraction for residents and
visitors to Cottage Grove.
“We have the machine here; it dates from
1929,” Cash said. “And these guys (the
carved wooden animals) are sitting around
waiting.”
Cash said she has 30 animals in storage;
the carousel is 36 feet in diameter, she said,
and weighs 17,000 pounds.
“It could be a marvelous thing for the City
of Cottage Grove,” she said. “What about a
gray day when the family could come in-
doors and do something like this? It could
have a barista and period music playing. It
will be a real attraction; we have so many
of them already, and one more will be a big
boost.”
It’s a vision that Cash and others in Cot-
tage Grove have hoped to bring about since
she purchased the carousel pieces, though
photo by Jon Stinnett
Cottage Grove's Judy Cash tells the Lions and Rotary clubs about the car-
ousel she purchased 20 years ago and its possibilities as an attraction.
the efforts to make the carousel a reality
have met with a number of false starts, ac-
cording to Christina Lund, who was brought
in to bring the project to fruition.
Lund is spearheading fundraising efforts
for the carousel, which is expected to cost
$6 million. First on the agenda, though, is
the need to raise $17,000 for an in-depth
feasibility study to be pulled together by a
consultant. The study should cover the eco-
nomical, legal, technological and location
specifi cs of the project, Lund said. She said
that one of three locations currently under
consideration is Bohemia Park but declined
to name the other two, citing the possibility
of real estate negotiations later on. The car-
ousel committee hopes to have the study in
hand by the end of the year, Lund said.
The biggest pitfall to building the carou-
sel, Lund said, is fi nding a way to make the
structure support itself.
“The carousel cannot stand alone,” she
said. “It needs a sugar daddy or a parent or-
ganization or perhaps an endowment fund.”
Lund said that the carousel’s building
could also potentially house a party and
meeting room featuring the latest in technol-
ogy, which Cottage Grove currently lacks.
Rotary’s Don Williams is also enthused
about the project, citing the thousands of
visitors drawn to carousels in Albany and
Missoula, Montana every year.
Another carousel believer is Coquille City
Manager Ben Marchant, who told the Ro-
tarians and Lions about the efforts to build
a carousel there. Marchant said classes that
teach the art of carving wooden carousel
animals have built interest in the project and
begun its fundraising.
“What really matters is using the project
to foster a sense of purpose, of community
identity,” Marchant said. “If you build the
project around a carving guild, there will
always be people of all ages interested in it.
But it’s an ongoing process.”
Shepherd, Perfect Flavor offer a smorgasbord of sound
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
With infl uences as varied as
the bands he’s played in, Cottage
Grove’s Bradly Shepherd says
he’s been “waiting for the right
connection” to really jumpstart
his musical output. The good
news is, Shepherd thinks he’s
found that connection.
Born and raised in Cottage
Grove, Shepherd would eventu-
ally set out on his own, musi-
cally, fi nding himself a part of
various country and Christian
bands. He’s been back in town
for about six years, and the fi rst
regular gig for his band, Bradly
Shepherd’s Perfect Flavor, still
3A
takes place at Jack Sprats res-
taurant downtown.
There, you can fi nd Shep-
herd, bassist Chuck Heritage
and drummer Richie Ericksen
trying out an astonishing array
of cover tunes and even a few
originals, an arrangement Shep-
herd said he’s thrilled with.
A show in the Lane Com-
munity College cafeteria about
three years ago introduced
Shepherd to other musicians
while he took jazz guitar classes
on campus, and the cafeteria
was also the inspiration for the
name of his new endeavor, “Bra-
dly Shepherd's Perfect Flavor,”
which will kick off the Chamber
of Commerce’s Concerts in the
Park series on Wednesday, June
17 at Bohemia Park.
“It’s everything from Bruno
Mars to AC/DC — everything,
really,” Shepherd said. “I try to
stay current with the hits that
are big right now.”
There's sure to be a plethora
of music on tap at Bohemia Park
this week for a free show that
begins at 6:30 p.m. Next week’s
concert features the jazz fusion
of another Cottage Grove-based
outfi t, the Larsen Group.
Right: Bradly Shepherd's
Perfect Flavor takes the
stage at Bohemia Park
Wednesday.
Event begins at 3 p.m. Friday
at Lincoln Middle School
P
reparations for a carnival
set to take place at Lincoln
Middle School have ramped up
in earnest in recent days, a car-
nival with a very specifi c goal.
Friday afternoon brings the
start of Cottage Grove’s 18th
Relay for Life, and the “Carnival
of Hope” theme will fi nd relay
teams operating classic games
and concessions, according to
Gary Manly, one of the event’s
three chairs. The ever-popular
Vic’s Photobooth will also be
on hand to commemorate the
occasion.
Relay for Life begins at 3
p.m. Friday, and its opening
ceremony starts at 6 p.m. The
Survivors’ Lap follows, and at
10 p.m., the lighting of the lumi-
naria provides another poignant
moment. The movies of the
“Madagascar” series will begin
at midnight, and themed laps
occur hourly as relay teams con-
tinue traversing the LMS track
until the next morning. A 6 a.m.
“fun run” is also a newcomer to
the list of activities.
Manly said that all involved
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Wednesday, and two days have
been allotted to place them
around the play structures,
which are aimed for groups
of children ages 0-5 and ages
5-12. The Bohemia Founda-
tion also expects to install a
60-foot fl agpole in the park in
the near future. The 14-acre
park —located at the corner
of 10th and Main Streets — is
scheduled to host the Chamber
of Commerce Concerts in the
Park series beginning this week
and the Eugene Symphony in
September.
in the massive undertaking that
is Relay for Life have a per-
sonal connection to the fi ght
against cancer. Manly him-
self saw a grandfather fi ght
the disease, in addition to co-
workers. It’s these connec-
tions that make Relay such a
powerful experience, he said.
“It’s pretty emotional,” he said.
“When the survivors fi rst come
to the stage, they truly signify a
beacon of hope that it is possible
to defeat cancer, and we’re very
appreciative of all of them.”
The luminaria ceremony of-
fers another chance to refl ect,
with the names of those who
have passed on due to cancer
being read as candles are lit at
dusk.
“The three actions involved
with Relay are to celebrate, re-
member and fi ght back,” Manly
said. “At the closing ceremony
(at 9 a.m. on Saturday) we come
together tired from not having
slept all night, but we still know
the fi ght isn’t over. Until there’s
a cure, we know there is no fi n-
ish line.”
LCC summer hours start June 26
GYPSY
WIND
n an announcement likely
to be greeted with gleeful
anticipation by some of Cot-
tage Grove's youngest citizens,
Christina Lund, spokesperson
for the Bohemia Foundation,
the owners and builders of Bo-
hemia Park and its playground,
says the new play structures
there should be ready by this
Friday.
All that remains to be complet-
ed at the $240,000 playground
is the addition of wood chips
on the ground beneath it, Lund
said. The chips are due to arrive
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it will close on Fridays for the
summer beginning Friday, June
26, and continuing through
Friday, August 28. No services
will be available, and no classes
or events will be held, un-
less otherwise scheduled by a
department or program.
From June 22-Aug. 28, the
Outreach Center on the Cottage
Grove LCC campus will be
open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Tuesday through Thursday
and will be closed on Fridays.
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