12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 1, 2015
Bohemia Mining Days countdown
The 56th Annual Bohemia
Mining Days Festival is less
than a month away. Here’s
a few ways to plan ahead to
make the BMD experience
an enjoyably memorable one.
Those interested can visit the
BMD website at www.bohemi-
aminingdays.org for details on
what to do and see this year.
DISCOUNT ADVANCE
CARNIVAL ALL-DAY RIDE
BRACELETS
The carnival returns to Bo-
hemia Park. Save $5 on ride
bracelets and allow BMD to
keep all of the $22 to help pay
for the festival’s operational
costs. Advance tickets are
on sale now at the Bookmine
and the Cottage Grove Bi-
Mart until the night before the
carnival opens. The all-day ride
bracelets will be $27 each dur-
ing the four days of the festival.
Tickets are redeemed for a
bracelet at the carnival.
GET THE APP
Grand Miners’ Parade entrants,
vendors and volunteers can go
to the website and click on the
“Join In” button to get the ap-
plication they need or call the
BMD Offi ce at 541-942-5064.
VOLUNTEER ORIENTA-
TION and TRAINING
MEETING – JULY 8
It takes lots of volunteers doing
a variety of jobs to ensure the
festival runs smoothly. Those
interested in volunteering can
learn how they can help out
before, during and after BMD
on Wednesday, July 8 at 5 p.m.
at the CG Community Center;
they can also call Volunteer
Coordinator Claire Sylvain at
541-731-9807.
SOS for SUNDAY KIDS
ZONE
Calling all you amazing retired
educators for help in organiz-
ing activities in the Kids Zone
on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. The Festival is looking
for experts in designing games,
music, arts and crafts, etc. that
complement this year’s trans-
portation theme and commu-
nity volunteers to fi ll two-hour
shifts. Call Claire at 541-731-
9807 or email eyemyself@
yahoo.com.
OLD TIMEY STUFF
WANTED
There will be new facades this
year to enhance the travel-
back-in-time-to-Bohemia City
experience, and the Festival
needs some Old West-looking
props to dress ‘em up. Call Lo-
gistics Coordinator Joel Reiten
for details at 541-942-9590.
P RICE
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getting applicants for some
of these positions recently,” she
said. Price attributes the interest
to recent activity on Facebook,
a medium in which she has in-
teracted frequently with Cottage
Grove residents, particularly in
recent months.
“I’ll be putting in more plugs
for communication in the 21st
Century,” she said, in likely ref-
erence to a recent spat with May-
or Tom Munroe, who has stated
that public offi cials should shy
away from social media. Price
said she would count her online
interaction through social me-
dia as one of the most important
developments of her time on the
Council.
“Lately, I think it’s most im-
portant that there have been a lot
of good conversations going on,”
she said. “We’re reaching peo-
ple that didn’t have a voice, and
it strengthens the power of our
democracy. I’m proud to have
helped facilitate that, along with
(Councilor) Jake (Boone).”
Price said she is also proud
to have been the fi rst Coun-
cilor to give birth while in of-
fi ce, and she’s pleased to have
helped found the Be Your Best
committee, which was recently
photo by Jon Stinnett
Kate Price became the
fi rst sitting city councilor
to give birth while in offi ce
last year.
recognized by Lane County
for its work to better promote
community health. Also posi-
tive, she said, were efforts by
the Council to keep e-cigarettes
out of the hands of minors and
increase the acceptable distance
a smoker must stand outside a
public building from 10 to 25
feet. Revisions of the City’s
charter and the rules governing
the City Council also took place
during Price’s tenure, and she
cast a vote in favor of the much-
debated Main Street Refi nement
Plan.
On Friday, Cottage Grove
City Recorder Trudy Borrevik
said there is no timeline spelled
out in the City’s laws for the
Council to appoint a successor
to Price, who had served 2 ½
years of a four-year term. Coun-
cilor Jeff Gowing was the last
to be appointed to a seat on the
Council following the retirement
of Lynn Miller in 2009; Gowing
was subsequently reelected to
a full term. The Council is ex-
pected to place advertisements
seeking candidates for the posi-
tion and lay out a timeline for
the appointment at its July 13
meeting.
Price said that the Ward IV
position can be wonderful for
the right person, adding that it’s
“time for new leadership” in
Cottage Grove.
“Cottage Grove tends to be
tight-knit, and people tend to
take things personally here,” she
said. “You have to make sure
you have an eye open to see how
it may affect your personal life.”
Still, she wished to thank the
community for a “wonderful
opportunity.”
“It’s hard to leave; it’s been
a privilege to be a part of this
community,” she said.
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Time is drawing near for the 2015 Bohemia Mining Days Festival with the Feud rock
up for grabs among Lematians and Slabtowners. Pictured from left to right are, Claire
Sylvain, Volunteer and Social Media Coordinator; Eric Johnson, BMD Board President;
Cindy Weeldreyer, Publicity; Cathy Simmons, Board Secretary/Treasurer; Bryce John-
son, 2014 Slabtown Sheriff; and Maison Russell, 2014 Lemati Mayor.
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