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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889
VOLUME 127 • NUMBER 3
Steve Ryberg cleans
up items he says were
left behind by swim-
mers illegally access-
ing the Row River
from his property.
Ryberg said trespass-
ing, drunkenness,
illegal camping and
dogs that are out of
their owner's control
are just a few of the
problems that resi-
dents living along the
river have to deal with
each summer.
Also
inside:
Preparing for
'The Really
Big One'
Small earthquakes can serve
as a reminder that larger ones
are a possibility
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
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photo by Jon Stinnett
THE RIVER WILD
Dunn moves on
CG sprint standout
takes the next step,
page 1B
Residents near the Row River say visitors are tearing up the place
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
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or many, summertime by a lazy
river conjures up idyllic images
of cool swims, encounters with wild-
life and long, beautiful sunsets. But
for some homeowners who live by
the Row River southeast of Cottage
Grove, summer can be anything but
relaxing.
“We’re at our wit’s end,” said Cin-
dy Ryberg, who lives with her hus-
band, Steve, on property that fronts
the river near Culp Creek. “Between
the traffi c, the people who throw their
trash on the road and camp out on any
place they fi nd, it’s just ridiculous.
The things we have to put up with out
here will curl your hair. We hate sum-
mer, and this is why.”
The Rybergs have a deep swim-
ming hole behind their home even in
dry weather, and they say it’s often
diffi cult to convince people who have
was early.”
The Rybergs agree that the situa-
tion near the river has continued to
deteriorate.
“Every summer, it’s getting worse,”
Cindy Ryberg said. “It’s never been
this bad before.”
In addition to picking up human
waste, used needles and other unsa-
vory items, the Rybergs say they’ve
witnessed couples having sex in their
backyard and drunk drivers plowing
into nearby bridges.
“This is a beautiful area, but it isn’t
so beautiful anymore,” Steve Ryberg
said. “It’s party central, and it’s pretty
scary for us. We're not unreasonable
people. We’re just fed up.”
Ryberg said the majority of visitors
seem to be young people that have
driven down from the Eugene/Spring-
fi eld area, people who appear loath to
carry out the trash they’ve brought
journeyed to the area for a swim that
they’re on private property.
“We have ‘no trespassing’ signs,
but people just ignore them or move
them out of the way,” Cindy Ryberg
said. “My husband is so nice when
he asks them to move along, but he’s
been cursed at and had dogs called
on him. There’s a mindset that it’s
a river, and people feel they have a
right to be in it.”
Nancy Nott, who lives near the Ry-
bergs, said there are always a lot of
people swimming in the area on hot
days, but lately, she hasn’t been one
of them.
“I always try to stay in my house,”
she said. “There’s always a lot of
drinking and people driving around,
usually to and from Wildwood Falls.
In the last few years, the river’s got-
ten so bad with people camping for
long periods that won’t clean up after
themselves. It usually starts about the
time school lets out, but this year, it
Please see WILD, Page 10A
n earthquake centered near Walterville
shook many area residents awake this past
Independence Day, but according to a spokesper-
son with Oregon’s Department of Geology and
Mineral Industries, the quake could also potential-
ly serve as a different kind of wake-up call.
“A lot of people felt this one,” DOGAMI’s Ali
Ryan said, “which is a great reminder that we live
in a place that is prone to earthquakes.”
Ryan said the magnitude 4.2 earthquake oc-
curred on a fault line close to the surface, which
is why it was noticed by so many people in such a
broad area. But a smaller earthquake like the most
recent one can also serve as notice that the pos-
sibility for a much larger, much more damaging
earthquake is defi nitely real.
“The Cascadia Subduction Zone is right off the
Oregon Coast, and when that one rips, everybody
is going to feel it. There will be no question that
we’re having an earthquake,” Ryan said.
This week, the “New Yorker” magazine detailed
the nightmare scenario that will most certainly fol-
low a large-scale earthquake along the Cascadia
Subduction Zone, a fault line of some 700 miles
under the ocean that runs parallel to the Cascade
Mountains. Titled “The Really Big One,” the ar-
ticle refers to the possibility of an earthquake of
a magnitude 9.0 or greater that could devastate
the Pacifi c Northwest and level Seattle, Portland
and pretty much anything else located west of the
Cascades. The article, which is available at http://
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-
really-big-one, says the quake will be “the worst
natural disaster in the history of the continent” and
will create many problems — some more pressing
than the quake itself — in its wake:
“It will also induce a process called liquefaction,
whereby seemingly solid ground starts behaving
like a liquid, to the detriment of anything on top of
it. Fifteen percent of Seattle is built on liquefi able
land, including 17 day-care centers and the homes
Please see QUAKES, Page 10A
Symphony set for free Bohemia Park performance
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
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or the fi rst time in its 50-year
history, the Eugene Symphony
is coming to Cottage Grove.
The Symphony will perform a
free concert at the Bohemia Park
amphitheater on Monday, July 20
at 7 p.m., and Scott Freck, the Sym-
phony’s executive director, said the
concert is “going to be a thrill.”
“The stage cover is a fabulous
addition to an already great park,”
Freck said of Bohemia. “We’re
thrilled to be among the fi rst groups
to perform there.”
Freck said he was introduced to
Cottage Grove City Manager Rich-
ard Meyers this spring and the idea
of a symphony performance here
soon took root. The Stewart Family
Foundation contributed $20,000 of
the expense of bringing the Sym-
phony to town, with the City of
Cottage Grove paying the remain-
ing $10,000. The Foundation’s Faye
Stewart said the concert is a way to
thank those who have contributed to
efforts to build the park so far.
"We think hosting the Eugene
Symphony in its 50th anniversary
season is a great way to share our
vision for Bohemia Park with the
community,” Stewart said. “It is a
cornerstone arts organization in the
region and something we should all
be proud of.”
Freck said performing in Cottage
Grove is a way to bring the Sym-
phony to a wider audience.
“We’re known as the Eugene
Symphony, but we see ourselves as
the professional orchestra for the
entire southern Willamette Valley,”
he said, “and we want to make sure
that the music we play really is for
everyone.”
The evening’s entertainment will
be family friendly, Freck said, and
include an introduction to orches-
tral music for those who may not
already be that familiar. The pro-
gram includes the overture to “The
Barber of Seville,” which an astute
Bugs Bunny fan may recognize, in
addition to a march by John Phillip
Sousa, a “Phantom of the Opera”
medley from Andrew Lloyd Weber
and Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,”
which Freck called “a great way to
end an orchestral performance.”
“What’s fun about the live orches-
tra is that you really get to hear the
power that such a large ensemble
can create,” he said. About 70 mu-
sicians are expected to perform on
Monday night.
No tickets are required for the free
show, which Freck said he hopes can
happen again soon.
“The park is a great place to make
and to hear music, and we’re so ex-
cited to be playing there,” he said.
More information about the Eu-
gene Symphony is available at eu-
genesymphony.org.
courtesy photo
Maestro Danail Rachev will lead the Eugene Symphony through a program
of familiar favorites at Bohemia Park on Monday, July 20 at 7 p.m.
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