8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 15, 2015
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912 Project
The next meeting of the Cot-
tage Grove 912 Project will be
Monday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m. at
Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restau-
rant, 401 E Main.
School board member Alan
Bass will discuss the South
Lane School District bond mea-
sure that will be on an upcom-
ing ballot. The meeting is open
to the public and there is no cost
to attend.
Some of what's on tap for a happening summer
WOE Fair
on the
way
Monarchs at
Science Pub
Over the weekend, a
load of large logs were
delivered to the WOE
Fairgrounds for the Gene
Campbell Memorial Lum-
berjack Show, scheduled
Friday, Aug. 14 and Satur-
day, Aug. 15 at the WOE
Fairgrounds. Contestants
and volunteers are need-
ed. Those seeking more
information can contact
Kevin Dunnavin at 541-
520-0103.
Melodrama this
weekend at CT
A villainous Mayor takes
the stage this weekend during
Cottage Theatre’s ninth-an-
nual Bohemia Mining Days
melodrama. “By Wing, By
Wheel, By Engine of Steel . . .
OR The Mayor Has Loco-Mo-
tives” was written especially for
Cottage Theatre by local play-
wright Keith Kessler. The fam-
ily-friendly melodrama will run
for three performances on July
17, 18 and 19 at Cottage The-
atre.
This year’s melodrama is set
in 1871 in Bohemia City, Or-
egon. The long-awaited Cali-
fornia, Oregon and Washington
Railroad Line (the C.O.W. Line)
is nearing completion. It is be-
ing built from the north and the
south and will connect in good
ol’ Bohemia City. Mayor Major
Payne is scheduled to drive in
one of the 26 coveted Golden
Spikes at a huge celebration to
declare the C.O.W. Line open.
Unbeknownst to the good citi-
zens of Bohemia City, though,
Mayor Major Payne and his
family plan to steal the Golden
Spikes, hijack the Galloping
Goose locomotive and race
away to the Mexican border to
become fi lthy rich.
The melodrama features 29
youth actors (ages 9-14) from
Cottage Theatre’s summer
melodrama camp. This show is
appropriate for all ages and in-
cludes plenty of audience par-
ticipation (in the form of booing
and hissing and cheering) as
well as an old-fashioned sing-
along. In keeping with classic
melodrama tradition, “Olios”
(silly jokes which have nothing
to do with the story) will also be
performed. There will also be
a pre-show performance show-
casing some of the music and
dance techniques taught during
the two-week summer camp.
This year’s Bohemia Mining
Days melodrama is directed by
Janet Rust, with music direction
by Catricia Mayhue. The cast
includes Maia Andrews, Lafe
Bennett, Kira Carver, Alexis
Christie, Campbell Conforth,
Kenady Conforth, Hailey Cook,
Aiden Dickinson, Abigail Ear-
lywine, AJ Earlywine, Cedar
Earlywine, Ireland Ellis, Kate
Fairbairn, Rhea Florez, Connor
Gill, Jenna Hovet, Owen Hovet,
Claire Jenkins, Calvin Johnson,
Hannah Mathis, Aislyn Morrill,
Samuel Pearson, Eliana Piltz,
Darcy Rust, Elise Smith, Cate-
lyn St. Clair, Isabel Thompson,
photo by Carolin Pettit
Maia Wilhour and Piper Young-
mayr.
Performances are Friday, July
17 and Saturday, July 18 begin-
ning at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July
19 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are avail-
able online at www.cottageth-
eatre.org, by phone at 541-942-
8001 or in person at the Cottage
Theatre Box Offi ce, 700 Village
Drive, Cottage Grove. Tickets
(reserved seating) are $7 for all
ages. Advance purchase is rec-
ommended.
McFeron to per-
form at the Park
The Cottage Grove Chamber
of Commerce will feature the Ian
McFeron Band live at Concerts
in the Park this Wednesday, July
22 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Bohemia
Park, 101 S. 10th Street in Cot-
tage Grove for a free show.
McFeron will be joined on
stage by long time friends and
musical accompanists Alisa
Milner on fi ddle, cello, and har-
mony vocals, Norman Baker on
bass and harmony vocals, and
Mark Bateman on drums and
will play from his eighth studio
album, “Radio,” produced by
Grammy-nominated producer
Doug Lancio (John Hiatt, Patty
Griffi n), and recorded at Studio
G! in East Nashville, Tenn.
The songs for Radio drew
inspiration from McFeron’s
travels and from his favorite
singer-songwriters of the 60s
and 70s, but the musicians and
Lancio brought a more modern
approach to the songs, creating
a sound similar to the works of
Buddy Miller or T Bone Bur-
nett.
cgFEAST to meet
The morning of Saturday,
July 25 will bring the quarterly
meeting of cgFEAST, an effort
to support a burgeoning local
food movement. FEAST, which
stands for “Food Education Ag-
riculture Solutions Together”
aims to meet to continue plans
addressing hunger, nutrition,
youth opportunities and other
food-related issues from 10-
12 a.m. at Cottage Grove High
School. Topics include commu-
nity gardens, food preservation
classes, advocacy and more.
A tour of the new community
garden and improved green-
house will follow the meeting.
More information is available
by phone at 541-942-2360 or by
email at cgfeast@gmail.com.
Covered Bridge
Festival
recognizable features and tour-
ist attractions — will be offered
throughout the day.
Festival organizer Judd Van
Gorder said the event sorely
needs more members to fi ll in its
four-member board of directors,
which he said is exploring grant
funding to expand the festival to
a two or three-day event.
“Our primary focus is to help
people understand the historic
importance of the bridges and
build interest in them so that
we can be sure to keep them
around,” Van Gorder said.
Those interested in volunteer-
ing to serve on the festival board
or receiving more information
about the Covered Bridge Fes-
tival can contact Van Gorder at
541-942-0046.
On July 28, the Coast Fork
Willamette Watershed Coun-
cil welcomes Tom Landis, re-
tired nursery specialist for the
US Forest Service, to Cottage
Grove for its July 2015 Science
Pub presentation. Tom Landis is
a proponent of creating ‘mon-
arch waystations ’ and his talk,
entitled “Milkweeds and Mon-
archs: Creating Habitat with
Native Plants,” will begin with a
discussion of the basic biology
of monarch butterfl ies, the ex-
tent and causes for their recent
decline, and an in-depth look
at what people can do to create
pollinator habitat.
The Coast Fork Willamette
Watershed Council hosts a free
monthly public meeting series
called the Coast Fork Science
Pub on the fourth Tuesday of
each month from 5-7 p.m. at the
Axe & Fiddle, 657 Main Street
in Cottage Grove.
Berkeley company
at Opal Center
Ouroboros Shadow Pictures
Presents “The History of Wak-
ing Up” at the Opal Center for
Arts and Education, 513 E Main
Street in Cottage Grove on July
24 at 8 p.m.
Ouroboros Shadow Pictures,
based in Berkeley, CA, is one
of the premiere shadow theater
companies in the United States,
and this summer, they present a
performance that “explores per-
ceptions of time and the struggle
with loneliness.” The show runs
50 minutes without intermis-
sion. Tickets are $12.
Emel completes
Basic Training
Air Force Airman David W.
Emel graduated from basic mil-
itary training at Joint Base San
Antonio-Lackland, San Anto-
nio, Tex.
The airman completed an
intensive, eight-week program
that included training in military
discipline and studies, Air Force
core values, physical fi tness,
and basic warfare principles and
skills.
Emel is the son of Keethia
Emel of Drain, Ore. He is a
2014 graduate of North Douglas
High School, Drain, Ore.
Calling all quilters
Quilts for display at the third-
annual Oakland Quilt Show
scheduled for Aug. 15 will be
accepted at Oakland City Park
on Friday, Aug. 7, from noon to
6 p.m.
The charge to enter one quilt
is $10. Fee for a second quilt is
$5 and additional quilts are $3
each. Quilts made by kids 15
and under are free. Proceeds
from the event will be used to
produce next year's show.
For information or how to
enter a quilt in the show, email
quiltentry@gmail.com or visit
historicoaklandoregon.com.
Another dental visit?
Turns out, you have better things
to do with your time.
This Labor Day weekend
will fi nd the Oregon Covered
Bridge Festival headquartered
at All-America City Square in
downtown Cottage Grove on
Saturday, Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m.
The Festival will move this
year from Bohemia Park to the
downtown area, and guided bus
tours of the covered bridges
— one of Cottage Grove’s most
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The Ian McFeron Band performs at Bohemia Park this
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Local act Flies with Honey plays
the park on July 29.
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