COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 22, 2015
Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
July 21, 1955
New South Lane
Recreation swim pool
opens Saturday p.m.;
receives enthusiastic
welcome
T
he new South Lane Recreation
Inc. swimming pool, which
opened Saturday, has received an en-
thusiastic welcome from swimmers of
all ages. Approximately 250 swimmers
have been in attendance daily during the
good weather, despite a low fi rst day at-
tendance of 176.
Pool manager, Wally Ciochetti, and
other pool personnel have been working
hard to eliminate some of the problems
that have developed. The pool fi lter has
been taxed to capacity to clear the water
initially and it has necessitated that pool
personnel backwash the fi lter at odd
hours during the night.
Starting tonight, July 21, the pool will
be open from 7 to 9 each night. Monday
nights will be reserved for organizations
and Wednesday nights for adults only.
The other nights the pool will be open
for anyone who wants to swim with the
whole family being admitted for one
dollar.
The pool will be open daily from 1 to
5 each afternoon. Pool charges are 50
cents for adults and 20 cents for other
swimmers. The South Lane Recreation
is a non-profi t set up to provide recre-
ation facilities and opportunities for the First day swimmers are shown frolicking in the water.
community.
All pool receipts are used to operate ganization to promote their variety of ditional funds from organizations and
the pool. Most of the funds of this or- recreational efforts are received from individuals.
the Community Chest with some ad-
POLICE BLOTTER
O FFBEAT
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
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tractor brought in with a team
of builders to work on the fa-
cility. So attired, he’d simply
walked out of the pen. A desul-
tory manhunt had ensued, but
Miller wasn’t exactly a killer,
so the Oregon authorities hadn’t
worked too hard at recapturing
him. Harry had been able to
easily elude their halfhearted
dragnet by changing his name
to McKay and moving to Cali-
fornia. And he might have been
OK there, had he not — on the
spur of the moment, he later
claimed — decided to try his
hand at stagecoach robbery,
thereby bringing himself to the
attention of Sheriff Standley.
Now pretty sure he had the
right man, Standley tracked his
quarry down to Santa Rosa,
where he found him sitting in
the lobby of the Burns Hotel
reading a newspaper, and ar-
rested him.
“Of course, I shall plead guilty
and suffer the penalty,” Harry
Miller said in his confession.
“I bear my father no ill-will for
the way he treated me, and all
I ask is that he keep away from
me. I don’t care to see Joaquin
Miller again. If it had not been
for the letter of my brother to
me that Sheriff Standley found,
my identity would never have
been known. I would have gone
to prison as Joe McKay…The
last thought in my mind was
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that of bringing disgrace on my
brother, sister and aunt.”
He pointedly didn’t mention
his father on that list. Time may
heal all wounds, but it seemed
clear that it was going to take an
awful lot of it to take the edge
off the bitterness Harry felt for
his illustrious father — and the
feeling appears to have been
mutual. Joaquin several times
claimed Harry was not biologi-
cally his son, and several of the
biographies published after his
death list him as having two
children rather than three.
Harry Miller was booked into
San Quentin State Prison less
than a month later, in January
1892, for a two-year stretch. He
was released four months early.
After his release, he seems to
disappear from history.
(Sources: Wilson, R. Michael.
Stagecoach robberies in Califor-
nia. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland,
2014; Wagner, Harr. Joaquin
Miller and His Other Self. San
Francisco: Wagner, 1929; Or-
egon Statesman, 11 Aug. 1891;
Portland Morning Oregonian,
14 Dec. 1891)
Finn J.D. John teaches at Or-
egon State University and writes
about odd tidbits of Oregon his-
tory. For details, see http://fi nn-
john.com. To contact him or
suggest a topic: fi nn2@offbe-
atoregon.com or 541-357-2222.
-day
weather forecast
THURSDAY July 23
FRIDAY July 24
51° | 81°
53° | 85°
Sunny
Sunny
SATURDAY July 25
SUNDAY July 26
52° | 81°
49° | 81°
Mostly Sunny
Sunny
MONDAY July 27
TUESDAY July 28
51° | 81°
52° | 85°
Sunny
Sunny
July 18
July 16
July 14
Unauthorized use of motor
vehicle, Grocery Outlet
Warrant service, Davisson
Rd.
Custodial interference,
Bohemia Park
The caller said she gave the
subject a ride to town, and the
subject stole her truck from
the location. The vehicle is a
black Toyota 4 Runner with no
windshield or top.
Offi cers brought the sus-
pect into custody on a Lane
County Circuit Court warrant
for tampering with a witness.
The suspect was transported
to Lane County Jail, where her
bond was set for $30,000.
The reporting person said that
a female was attempting to
take a child placed in her care
by the Department of Human
Services. The subject is a
female friend of the biological
father. Offi cers contacted all
parties and contacted DHS for
possible solutions. The report-
ing person kept the child.
Illegal parking, downtown
Attempt to locate, Citywide
Twenty citations were is-
sued to cars parked in down-
town that had elapsed time
limits.
July 15
A Seattle air traffi c control-
ler said that a plane fl ying at
approximately 12,000 feet had
a lazer pointed at it from with-
in the city.
July 17
Fraud, N. 7th St.
A complainant at the sta-
tion requested assistance with
a possible instance of iden-
tity theft. A subject opened up
three online bank accounts in
the complainants name. The
complainant is not out of any
money, and all of the accounts
were subsequently closed.
There was no suspect infor-
mation.
Motor vehicle accident
— unknown injuries, Pine
Meadows Campground
Multiple callers reported a
rollover accident near the lo-
cation.
July 19
Criminal mischief, Pink
House
The reporting person said
that a male subject slashed
tires on two vehicles at the
location. The suspect was de-
scribed as a white male, ap-
proximately 35 years old, bald
with a “bro” beard, and he was
last seen walking into Safeway
with a female and child.
Motor vehicle accident
— injury, 10th and Main
Multiple callers reported a
motor vehicle accident involv-
ing a pedestrian.
CITY BEAT
Oregon City/
County
Management
Association
summer conference
City Manager Richard Mey-
ers attended the annual Oregon
City/County Management As-
sociation’s summer conference
in Bend last week. Meyers
said the conference provided an
outstanding opportunity for lo-
cal government managers from
around the state to gather and
share ideas about how to ad-
dress the many challenges fac-
ing Oregon communities. Mey-
ers said he especially found a
report from Wilsonville and
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CLIP N'
CARRY
GARAGE
SALES
GARAGE SALE
Resurrection Life Church
parking lot at 6th and Filmore.
Fri-Sat 8:30am-4:30pm
JASON LEE AVE.
NEIGHBORHOOD SALES
- SEVERAL ON THE
STREET
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Some Sat only.
YEARS OF
ACCUMULATION!
ANNUAL
BETA SIGMA PHI
GARAGE SALE
1490 Jason Lee Ave.
Sat. only 8am-4pm
All sorts of good stuff from a
group of 11 households! Good
prices.
LARGE MULTI-FAMILY
SALE
602 N. 8th St.
Fri-Sat 9am-2pm
Washer/dryer, bicycles, fur-
niture, kitchen, lots more stuff!
MULTI-FAMILY YARD
SALE
34056 Scott Rd.
(3.5 miles out Mosby Creek
Rd.)
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Like new name brand clothes -
women's and girl's, household
items and more!
MULTI-FAMILY
BENEFIT SALE
745 S. 1st St.
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Large variety of items includ-
ing clothing, home goods,
furniture, exercise equipment,
electric organ.
GARAGE SALE
1213 Dublin Lane
Fri-Sat-Sun 9a-4p
No Early Sales.
A little bit of everything.
ESTATE SALE by
ROGER'S ANTIQUES
Must See Sale!
152 Village Drive
Fri-Sat-Sun 9am-4pm
Amish hand crafted din-
ing room set, Royal Dalton,
albums, bdrm set, perspecta
African art work, tools, garden
Excerpts from the City of Cottage Grove's Friday Update
Sandy regarding some innova-
tive ways to use Urban Renewal
funding in economic develop-
ment efforts useful and will be
exploring that issue further. The
managers also heard a report
on the marijuana legislation
recently passed by the legisla-
ture and what it means for lo-
cal governments; a presentation
on the federal FirstNet system
and a discussion about local
government potential fi nancial
liabilities under the continued
implementation of the Afford-
able Care Act.
Police
administrative
assistant retiring
Cottage Grove Police Depart-
ment Administrative Assistant
Beverly Kelly retired Friday
after 10 1/2 years with CGPD,
and staff at City Hall marked
the occasion with a lunch in her
honor.
Vehicle and
equipment repair
and maintenance
With the close of the Fiscal
Year 14-15 budget, it is instruc-
tive to note what the City spends
on vehicle and equipment repair
and maintenance services dur-
ing a fi scal year. The City Shop
repairs and maintains vehicles
and equipment for all City de-
partments. During fi scal year
2014-2015, this work included
Middlefi eld Golf Course (29
percent), Community Develop-
ment (.5 percent), Police (10
percent), Engineering (.5%),
City Shop (57 percent), waste-
water (two percent), and water
(one percent). Total equipment
and vehicle repair costs for
FY 2014-2015 were $69,275
which the City says was gen-
erated by a total of 277 repair
orders. Police and Community
Development make direct pay-
ments for their respective ve-
hicle and equipment repair ser-
vices. Vehicle and equipment
repairs/maintenance for Public
Works and the Middlefi eld Golf
Course are covered by respec-
tive budget line items within the
various enterprise funds. As a
comparison, during FY 2013-
2014, total vehicle repair costs
were $72,186 based on a total of
303 repair orders.
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The City of Cottage Grove is seeking interested
applicants who reside within the City limits, to fi ll a
vacancy on the Cottage Grove City Council, Ward 4.
Applicants must be a registered voter, reside within
the City for at least one year before appointment and
reside in Ward 4 when the application is submitted and
throughout the term. The term for this position ends
on December 31, 2016. Applications are available at
City Hall from 8am to 5pm, Monday-Friday, or online at
www.cottagegrove.org . The deadline to apply is Friday,
August 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Please submit completed
applications to City Recorder, Trudy Borrevik at City
Hall. Any questions contact the City Manager’s Offi ce at
(541) 942-5501.