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Sebastian Bivens had evaded
police since late June
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
A
25-year old Cottage Grove man who
spent over a month eluding local, coun-
ty and state law enforcement offi cials was re-
portedly captured without incident Friday.
Cottage Grove Police say they’ve been
searching for Sebas-
tian Bivens since he
eluded them in the
process of his arrest
on June 28, and on the
weekend of July 30-
31, Bivens was able to
ditch a car he had been
driving on London
Road and again elude
Oregon State Police
and other agencies on Sebastian Bivens
foot — twice.
On Friday morning, though, Lane County
Sheriff’s Deputies acted on a tip that Bivens
had been spotted walking on Garoutte Road
toward Shoreview Drive, and they later ap-
prehended him at the county park at nearby
Baker Bay before he had a chance to attempt
escape again.
Sgt. Ryan Lane said that Bivens was
scratched and bleeding from encounters with
blackberry bushes and had ripped pant legs
from hiding out in the woods the previous eve-
ning. He reportedly told police he was tired
from staying out all night.
On Thursday night, CGPD’s Commander
Scott Shepherd said that local police had acted
on a tip that a vehicle linked to Bivens was lo-
cated in front of a house on North Douglas St.
He was later reportedly spotted near Mosby
Creek, and a request from the Sheriff’s Offi ce
that night led Cottage Grove Police to assist in
the attempt to capture Bivens on Garoutte Rd.
Prior to that, police had taken numerous calls
regarding sightings of Bivens in town.
Shepherd said that a local warrant for pos-
session of methamphetamine originally led
police to attempt to apprehend Bivens in
June.
“He was initially compliant,” Shepherd said.
“But in the process of dealing with a dog that
he had with him — he was placing the dog in
a patrol car — he ran off on foot.”
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CT's latest, page 3A
photo by Holly Lamb
Kaeleb Hawkins relaxes with his heifer, Clarabelle, at the Western Oregon Exposition, held Thursday
through Saturday. More from the Fair can be found on pages 12A and 1B.
Man who perished in London Road
crash fondly remembered
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
perished in a single-vehicle
accident near Cottage Grove
Reservoir early Thursday
morning, was in all ways a
“big-hearted country boy”
who loved to hunt, pan for
gold and go four-wheeling.
“He was just a man’s
man,” Kalkowski said. “My
13-year old son just adores
him.”
Late Thursday morning,
a woman who lives directly
across from Cottage Grove
Lake said she heard a very
loud crash at 4:22 a.m. but
went back to sleep when she
didn’t see anything amiss.
She said her husband later
reported seeing a pickup
A
longtime friend of
the family of 49-
year old Billy Evans of Cot-
tage Grove
spoke of
him
as
having a
“heart the
size
of
Montana.”
M i -
chelle
Kalkows- Billy Evans
ki,
who
said she’s been a friend of
Evans’ wife, Cindy, for de-
cades, said that Evans, who
on its side among the trees
that ring the lake on his way
to work. The truck, a red
Dodge Ram, was not easily
visible among the trees and
had reportedly been travel-
ing northbound at Milepost
4 on London Road when
it left the roadway and
crashed into the trees. The
Lane County Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce said it was determined
that Evans was deceased
upon their arrival on scene.
Kalkowski said that Ev-
ans had been on his way to
work on the morning of the
crash and that he left home
at about 4:15 a.m. each day
to get to his job, later iden-
tifi ed as a position at Spe-
cialty Laminates in Eugene.
She said that Evans had not
been feeling well and had
had heart troubles recently,
though it has not yet been
announced if medical is-
sues may have contributed
to the accident, pending an
examination by the Medical
Examiner’s Offi ce.
Kalkowski said that Ev-
ans is survived by two chil-
dren and three stepchildren,
though he loved them all
as his own. He also has 10
grandchildren. A memorial
service is being planned for
a later date.
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Local artist wins
Eugene's Best in
Show, page 3A
Emergency Preparedness Fair draws a crowd
Event features
demonstrations from
utilities, fi rst responders
and other agencies
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
T
photo by Jon Stinnett
John Norrena of EPUD demonstrates the dangers of inatten-
tion to electricity to Mike, Landon and Amanda Butts.
he subject matter may not have been
entirely heartwarming, but offi cials
with the City of Cottage Grove’s Plan-
ning Department said that fact didn’t de-
ter about 250 people from attending the
City’s fi rst-ever Emergency Preparedness
Fair on Saturday.
Held at the helipad at PeaceHealth Com-
munity Medical Center in Cottage Grove,
the fair brought together fi rst respond-
ers and representatives from many of the
agencies that spring into action when di-
saster strikes in this area.
For representatives of the Emerald Peo-
ples Utilities District and Pacifi c Power
and Light, the afternoon served as a chance
to offer a little education on the power and
pitfalls of the area’s electrical grid. John
Norrena, an engineering technician with
EPUD, said the utility has been conduct-
ing such outreach at area schools lately,
and Norrena had plenty of visitors to the
model he used to showcase what happens
when people are careless or thoughtless
around electrical apparatus. There were
several kernels of information, many of
which came as a surprise to visitors.
“I wasn’t aware of the kite situation,”
said Amanda Butts, who visited the fair
with husband Mike and son Landon. “I
also didn’t know that with a downed pow-
er line, apparently you shouldn’t get out of
your car. I’d always thought you’d want to
get away as soon as possible.”
Across the way, retired Pacifi c Power
employee Charlie Tate gave a similarly
animated account of the dangers of elec-
tricity at his booth. Tate said he’s been giv-
ing such demonstrations for 13 years, and
he also offered several knowledge tidbits.
“Sitting on that transformer, you might
not realize that there are about 12,500
volts of electricity surging just inches un-
derneath you,” Tate said. He also recom-
mended touching any metal object with the
back of a hand fi rst, as in the event that the
object (a fence, for example) is electrifi ed,
the palm of the hand will refl exively close
around the object, making it impossible to
free oneself from the electrical charge.
Nearby at the Red Cross booth, visitors
learned how to make a 72-hour emergency
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