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12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 5, 2015 Super Art Walk turns into an A/C crawl BY MATT HOLLANDER The Cottage Grove Sentinel T he weather did its best to foil Cottage Grove’s plans for a Super Art Walk Friday night. When triple-digit temperatures lingered into the early eve- ning and the downtown streets were sparsely popu- lated, one might have thought that Mother Nature had succeeded. But there were in fact many people who came to take in the festivities — they just preferred to stay inside where it was cooler. “I believe there has been a lot to see tonight, and there has been some particularly good music,” said Laura Panella, who was enjoying the folk band Cor- win Bolt and The Wingnuts at the air-conditioned Victoriana’s with her out-of-town acquaintance, Frank Xavier. “It’s been amazing,” added Xavier, who was visit- ing from Southern California. “We came for booze and stayed for the band.” The last Friday Art Walk was hyped by city lead- ers as a Super Art Walk due to the Oregon Mayors Association’s 2015 Summer Conference being held in Cottage Grove. On top of the usual Art Walk activi- ties, Friday’s hours were expanded to 4-9 p.m. with several additional displays and activities. “We’ve all had a great time, and the city is wonder- ful,” said Scappoose Mayor Scott Burge. Due to the extreme heat, several of the conference’s activities were rearranged; for example, an outdoor lunch at Bohemia Park was relocated to the Village Green. Burge said he has been to nine OMA conference’s in a row, including the 2010 meeting that was also held in Cottage Grove. He said that although it was much hotter than fi ve years ago, he appreciated the new twists on the event; for example, each conference attendee was given a dessert coupon to use at a local restaurant during Friday’s Art Walk. photos by Matt Hollander Top Left: Rarely opened to the public, Territorial Seed Co. opened its doors for the Super Art Walk so that people could take in the commissioned murals of Michael Jamisch. Top Right: Scap- poose Mayor Scott Burge poses with the Animal House Deathmobile. Left: Corwin Bolt and the Wingnuts (from left) — Josh Britton, Jeremy Sher, Tim Long and Corwin Bolt play at Victoriana's during Friday's Art Walk. M AYORS Continued from page 1A opening ceremonies and the appearance of Ted Wheeler, Treasurer of the State of Or- egon, as keynote speaker, noted as a highlight of the weekend for many of the mayors. High temperatures began to interrupt plans on Friday, and the day’s two meals — a lunch under the stage cover at the Bo- hemia Park amphitheater and dinner at the Cottage Grove Armory, were moved to cooler locations (the Village Green Resort and Community Center, respectively). Many of the may- ors could later be seen fanning out throughout downtown Cot- tage Grove following Friday’s dinner to take part in the Super Art Walk, which included a pro- gressive dessert and a charm bracelet scavenger hunt. Saturday brought presenta- tions about Oregon’s Scenic Bikeways, tours of local muse- ums and lunch with pilots gath- ered for the annual Stearman Bi- plane Fly-in at the CG Airport. On Monday, an exhausted Cottage Grove City Manager Richard Meyers said that the weekend was a big success. “It’s a fun thing to do every fi ve years or so,” he quipped. Mayors from larger commu- nities included Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and Biff Traber, who was attending the confer- ence for the fi rst time as the Mayor of Corvallis. Trader noted the presentation by Trea- surer Ted Wheeler as a highlight because it allowed the visiting mayors to view the bigger pic- ture with regard to how the state operates. “Before now, I’ve been very much focused on local activi- ties,” Traber said. “But as may- or, I’m beginning to realize that I have a substantial responsibil- ity to represent the City at the state level.” Myrtle Creek Mayor Ken Brouillard and his wife, Mari- lyn, said they thoroughly en- joyed the tours of Pacifi c Yurts and the Dorena hydro project. Brouillard is himself a newly elected mayor of a town of just over 3000 inhabitants. “It’s nice to see what other cit- ies are working on, what they’re working with and what they’re facing,” he said. “You come here and fi nd out that you’re not in a room all by yourself.” Brouillard said that, much like Myrtle Creek, he observed that Cottage Grove “wants an iden- tity” and “wants opportunities for its businesses to do well.” Cottage Grove Mayor Tom Munroe observed that everyone he had interacted with seemed to be enjoying themselves. He said a spirit of service unites the mayors. “Most of us approach it with an attitude that we’re volun- teers,” Munroe said. “I don’t see any of the snobbery, wheth- er it’s from a big city or small town. 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