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Shark rewrites history Beyond the war on invasives — 3A Creswell solar — 6A Backpack blitz — 8A Pirate-hunting ship makes a name for itself, page 4A $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 VOLUME 127 • NUMBER 6 Oregon's mayors converge on Cottage Grove Also inside: Conference draws about 70 municipal leaders and their guests BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel T he chances of encountering visitors with prominent roles in other Or- egon communities were quite good over the weekend, as mayors of about 70 municipali- ties gathered en masse in Cottage Grove for the Oregon Mayors Association’s annual conference. Mayors from communities large and small, from Eugene to Myrtle Creek and many in between, gathered with their guests for an action-packed weekend that included many of the sights, sounds and distinctive attractions of Cottage Grove, in addition to the OMA’s regular business meetings. The weekend for many of the mayors and their guests began Thursday with three types of golf at Cottage Grove’s disc golf course and Middlefi eld Golf Course. Tours of the Dorena Dam hydroelectric project and Pa- cifi c Yurts occupied much of Thursday af- ternoon. Friday morning brought the offi cial photo by Jon Stinnett Springfi eld Mayor Christine Lundberg and Creswell Mayor Dave Stram work together to determine when the Bookmine was built for a scavenger hunt held as part of Friday's Super Art Walk. Please see MAYORS, Page 12A Fire restrictions to remain in place, at least for now Super Art Walk Fire! Douglas County battles blazes, page 6A BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel C ooler weather following a period of stifl ing heat won’t change the recent fi re restrictions put in place by South Lane Fire and Rescue Chief John Wooten, a South Lane employee said Monday. On Thursday, Wooten responded to a closedown order from the Oregon Department of Forestry that invoked a fi re precaution Level 4, which states that “no activities are permitted at any time on all lands” protected by ODF’s Western Lane Forest Protection District. Wooten explained via press release that, due to cur- rent weather conditions and in an attempt to bring the entire South Lane District into a similar level of fi re protection, he had issued restrictions in the District ef- fective from 1 p.m. Thursday until conditions change substantially for the better. “There is to be no fi re at this time,” Division Chief Justin Baird said of the restrictions on Monday. “You can’t have a fi re in a campground. You can use a gas barbeque grill as long as it’s sitting on a concrete sur- face, and yards that have been irrigated and are still green can be mowed.” Yards that have gone dead and dried out, however, are not to be mowed, Baird said. The restrictions in full read: “1. No open fl ames are allowed out of doors, in- cluding no campfi res, warming fi res, cooking fi res or ceremonial fi res. Fires are prohibited at all camp- grounds and other sites with developed fi re pits. Gas powered barbeques are allowed, but are restricted to use on hard, non-fl ammable surfaces such as patios and driveways or green irrigated lawns. 2. No power equipment such as mowers, chain saws, stump grinders, etc. may be operated on or near dry grass, brush, or trees at any time, EXCEPT that mowing of green, irrigated lawns is allowed. 3. No smoking outside of buildings or vehicles in any area with dry grass, brush or trees. 4. No operation of welding or metal cutting equip- ment out of doors in any area with dry grass, brush or trees. 5. All logging operations, including power saws, cable yarders, and tractor/skidder, feller-buncher, for- warder or shovel logging operations are prohibited. 6. All construction operations involving dozers or graders are restricted to streets or roads, developed building sites or other areas of non-fl ammable sur- faces. 7. Any other spark-emitting operation not specifi - cally mentioned is prohibited out of doors.” Please see ORDER, Page 11A Will to win photo by Matt Hollander Dawson's focused in the tropics, page 1B Cheyenne Jensen admires an oil painting by local artist Steve Cooley during Friday's Art Walk. With expanded hours and several additional displays and activities for the Oregon Mayor Association's conference, the monthly event was billed as a 'Super' Art Walk by city leaders. Wanted Cottage Grove man remains at large Police say Sebastian Bivens eluded them on two separate occasions over the weekend BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel A search for a subject with an outstanding warrant issued by Cottage Grove Police brought troopers with Oregon State Police to the London Road area south of town twice over the weekend. Cottage Grove Police have had numerous contacts with 25-year old Sebastian Bivens of Cottage Grove, according to Offi cer Jarrod Butler. Butler said that Bivens was captured with considerable effort in January, and police have been trying to bring him in since a warrant for his arrest for possession of methamphetamine was issued earlier this summer. On Friday and Saturday evenings, Butler said CGPD was contacted by Oregon State Police to assist in a pursuit of Bivens on London Road. (Bill Fugate, OSP’s Public Infor- mation Offi cer, did not respond to numerous calls requesting informa- tion for this article.) Butler said that OSP’s recent at- tempts to arrest Bivens have begun with a traffi c stop and continued with a pursuit. Bivens was report- edly alone in a vehicle that was pursued by police on Friday eve- ning, a chase that ended when the suspect stopped (or crashed) the car and disappeared into a wooded area nearby. A similar chase on Saturday reportedly also involved a female passenger, Butler said, but ended with the same result. “He drives to a spot where he thinks he can ditch the car and puts it into a tree or something else,” Butler said before adding that he’s unsure why Bivens would head to- ward London. “It’s common that he has a cell phone with him that he then uses to call friends and see where police are set up to try and get him,” Butler said. Butler described Bivens as “not a fun individual” and said that CGPD’s 41 contacts with him since 2006 have involved assault, stran- gulation and other charges. He said it has taken three offi cers to bring in the six-foot, three-inch tall Biv- ens on previous occasions, when pepper spray and tazers have also been put to use. He said Bivens also “runs like a gazelle.” In addition to the outstanding warrant for methamphetamine pos- Sebastian Bivens session, Corporal Conrad Gagner said Bivens will also face felony es- cape and eluding an offi cer charges if he’s brought to justice. Rain Country Realty Inc. R D E C U ED 1019 Bear Creek 6 flat acres of hay and creek frontage – Big Home. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath reduced to R ED EDUC Principal Brokers Teresa Abbott ..................221-1735 Frank Brazell....................953-2407 Lane Hillendahl ................942-6838 532 Harlan, Drain Large, peaceful home on over 1/2 acre. 3 bedroom, 2 bath farm house. Reduced to $349,500 Brokers Laurie Phillip....................430-0756 Valerie Nash ....................521-1618 $149,500 Licensed in the State of Oregon ! CONTACT US www.cgsentinel.com On the Internet (541) 942-3325 By telephone (541) 942-3328 By fax cgnews@cgsentinel.com By e-mail P.O. 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