COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 19, 2015
Hayden Homes
rezone vote passes, 4-2
Local painter's work
named Best in Show
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
A
local artist’s long walks
around her favorite Cot-
tage Grove-area locales have
produced works that have gar-
nered attention beyond this
community.
On Friday evening, Juliette
Loquidis was awarded Best of
Show for her entry into the 2015
Mayor’s Art Show in Eugene.
The evening’s award ceremony
was held at the studio in the Hult
Center, and the presentation was
made by Eugene Mayor Kitty
Piercy. The show received 206
entries, with 46 selected for ex-
hibition; those selected for dis-
play will be shown in the Jacobs
Gallery at the Hult Center until
Sept. 19.
The prize painting, “Cries
and Whispers,” is one of a
“branches” series that Loquidis
has been making that showcases
trees around Cottage Grove. She
said the series is based on many
miles of walking in the area,
especially near the home she
shares with husband and fellow
artist, Brinsley Burbidge.
After the ceremony, Loquidis
described her win as “complete-
ly unexpected.”
“The wonderful thing is that,
because the show is open to ev-
eryone, there’s an opportunity
for some of us in rural places to
gain more exposure,” she said.
Loquidis said that, while liv-
ing in a small town does hamper
the exposure an artist might re-
ceive, it also has its benefi ts.
“I get to spend a lot of alone
time that leads to a lot of cre-
ativity,” she said. “It’s a nice
place to have a studio, and the
walks we’re on (at this very mo-
ment) always seem to fi nd their
way into the paintings.”
Loquidis said she would
love to show her work in Cot-
tage Grove but has yet to fi nd
the proper venue. She called
the seven years that she and her
husband have spent here a “very
rewarding time.”
“It’s been a wonderful op-
portunity to explore our artists’
sides, and there’s the added bo-
3A
Company is proposing rentals on lot
adjacent to RiverWalk development
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
T
courtesy photo
Juliette Loquidis poses with her prize-winning painting,
"Cries and Whispers."
nus of a little bit of exposure,”
she said.
Much of Loquidis’ and Bur-
bidge’s work can be viewed on
their website, www.julieand-
brinsley.com.
he date was different, but the outcome was the same for a
vote from the Cottage Grove City Council on one devel-
oper’s plans to change the zoning of a parcel of land from com-
mercial to residential.
The Council had previously approved the application of
Hayden Homes, which built the RiverWalk development adja-
cent Highway 99 in Cottage Grove, by a 4-2 vote on July 27.
Hayden had sought a change from commercial to high-density
residential zoning for a 3.2-acre tract of land next to RiverWalk,
a change recommended for approval by the Cottage Grove Plan-
ning Commission. Councilors Heather Murphy and Jeff Gowing
opposed the change, meaning that the application must come
back to the Council for a second vote on Aug. 10, a vote that
brought the same outcome.
On Monday, Gowing said that he had spoken to residents in
the area around RiverWalk that had been promised that rental
apartments would not be built in the adjacent lot.
“The salesman specifi cally told them that they would never
develop anything like that there,” Gowing said. “You can’t have
business practices like that in a town like this.”
Gowing said that the City has acquiesced to change zoning to
high-density residential before in recent years, only to wait as
nothing is built on the site.
Please see HAYDEN, Page 12A
Sheriff's Offi ce warns of phone scam
using names of its employees
L AST DAY
T
photo by Jon Stinnett
A fi nal party was held at Bohemia Elementary on Thursday to celebrate a summer
of reading at United Way of Lane County's Summer Reading Spot in Cottage Grove.
Guests of the program were able to take a book home each time they attended.
he Lane County Sheriff’s
Offi ce announced last
week that it has recently been
receiving reports from commu-
nity members who are receiving
calls from a male claiming to be
from the Sheriff’s Offi ce.
The caller is identifying him-
self using names of actual Sher-
iff’s Offi ce employees, LCSO
says, adding that the caller tells
the person that they have a war-
rant, or have missed jury duty,
and that they owe money and
may be arrested if they do not
pay immediately.
The caller usually directs the
person to purchase a “green dot
money pack” from a local re-
tailer to pay their “fi nes.”
The Sheriff’s Offi ce says that
these calls are a scam, and they
state that “community members
should hang up immediately
and not engage with the caller,”
continuing that “these calls are
not associated with the Lane
County Sheriff’s Offi ce in any
way.”
The Lane County Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce says it does not make phone
calls to community members
regarding warrants and would
never ask a community member
to purchase “cash cards” to pay
fees. It urges victims of a phone
scam to report it to a local law
enforcement agency, and to fol-
low these tips to decrease your
chances of becoming a phone
scam victim:
Never provide personal in-
formation to callers, including
your name, address, or banking
information.
Be aware of callers who are
unprofessional, pushy, or use
scare tactics such as threatening
arrest if payment is not made.
Callers asking for payment
through wire transfer, cash cards
such as green dot cards, or other
non-trackable methods are signs
of a scam. Legitimate govern-
ment agencies will not ask you
to provide payment using these
methods.
Check the caller’s informa-
tion. If they claim to be from
a law enforcement agency or
other governmental agency, call
the publicly listed phone num-
ber for that agency to verify the
caller’s authenticity.
Those interested can view
more information on scams by
visiting the Federal Trade Com-
mission’s Consumer Informa-
tion website on phone scams at
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/
articles/0076-phone-scams.
Community members can
also report fraud to the Oregon
Attorney General’s Consumer
Hotline by calling 1-877-877-
9392.
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