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Peach paradise — 6A Art Walk preview — 3A WOE awards — 7A ATTENTION: EARLY DEADLINES The Sentinel will be closed Sept. 7 for Labor Day. Its Sept. 9 edition will be operating on early deadlines, which are as follows: Thursday, Sept. 3 for classifi ed and display Adver- tising and editorial submissions. $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 Fire Board fast-tracks bond process for new fi retrucks, tenders VOLUME 127 • NUMBER 9 H AZY DAYS Also inside: Proposed 5-1/2 year bond would raise $2.6 million for equipment BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel T he South Lane County Fire and Rescue Board of Directors knows that other local agencies have needs that may be fi lled by the approval of a bond measure by local taxpayers. As such, the Board voted last week to green-light its own plan to place a bond before voters this fall in order not to compete with other potential bond efforts. “South Lane Fire and Rescue is more than aware that the City and School District also have needs that they could be look- ing to take to voters, so we’re attempting a bond this year so we’re not on the ballot with them,” said Division Chief Joe Raade. Last week, the SLFR Board voted to place a bond on the bal- lot for the Nov. 3, 2015 election, and the District will have until Sept. 3 to fi le the necessary pa- perwork to make it happen. The proposed bond would generate $2.6 million that South Lane Fire hopes to use to purchase a ladder truck, two fi re engines and two water tenders. It would tax local ratepayers at a rate of $.30 per $1000 of assessed property value. “Replacing the current, aged- out fl eet provides safer, up-to- date apparatus with fi refi ghting capabilities not currently avail- able,” according to information released by the District on Mon- day. Raade said that, if voters ap- prove the bond, the District will attempt to purchase the new equipment right away rather than buying a piece at a time. “The longer we wait, the more expensive it (the equipment) will be,” he said. “At the end of the 5 ½ years, we may be hav- ing a conversation about another bond to replace the Creswell fi re station.” Raade said that the District is “trying to not ask for things we don’t really need.” “We’re not after the Cadil- lac model,” he said. “We need working trucks. We now have a station with an engine that’s go- ing to be 30 years old, and we defi nitely need more water, so tenders are a priority.” Raade said that the current ladder truck’s ladder also only extends 55 feet, an anomaly in this day and age. South Lane Chief John Woo- ten recently said that he spoke recently with South Lane School District Superintendent Krista Parent to ensure that the two districts would not attempt to pass a bond at the same time, and it appears now that the at- tempts will not take place si- multaneously. The South Lane School Board has yet to decide whether to attempt to pass a bond to re- place the aging Harrison School building in May or November of 2016, according to its Commu- nications Coordinator, Garrett Bridgens. The District has sought to re- place the Harrison building for Please see BOND, Page 12A Barn renewal Square Dance Barn gets more than a facelift, page 3A photo by Jon Stinnett Smoke from several nearby wildfi res blanketed much of Oregon and Washington over the weekend, with smoke appearing to quickly envelop the Cottage Grove area begin- ning mid-day Saturday. Air quality conditions were listed as very poor, but the smoke began clearing up on Monday. Taylor Butte Fire burns an acre BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel F irefi ghters with South Lane County Fire and Rescue and the Oregon De- partment of Forestry mobilized Sunday afternoon to fi ght a brush fi re that fl ared up in the Quaglia/Pitcher Lane area near Mosby Creek southeast of Cot- tage Grove. The blaze that is now being called the Taylor Butte Fire started early Sunday afternoon, according to Jeri Chase, Public Information Offi cer for ODF. It grew to about one acre in size, Chase said, adding late Monday morning that the fi re had been 100 percent lined and contained and that crews were busy with mop-up operations and patrol. Division Chief Joe Raade of South Lane County Fire and Rescue said that, while the fi re did not cover a lot of acreage, it was a major concern because at one time, it had approached within 10-15 feet of nearby structures. “When we called ODF, they responded with a lot more re- sources,” Raade said, resources that Chase said included a he- licopter owned by a landowner and ODF fi re engines. “They are on the ready,” Raade said of ODF. “This time of year, they don’t want any- thing to take off on them.” Quick response times are Cottage Grove's fourth dispensary opens the agency’s chief strategy to fi ght fi res in extremely dan- gerous conditions, Chase said. “We’re hitting them so dang hard that they don’t have a chance,” she said. “Our main strategy is an aggressive initial attack — the dollars, effort and resources saved are exponential if you can get there early versus allowing them to become some- thing of any size.” The cause of the fi re is under investigation, though Raade said that it occurred on ODF land in an area that is diffi cult for most people to access and was, in fact, diffi cult to access for South Lane Fire personnel. A nd then there were four. Cottage Grove’s newest medical marijuana dispensary has been open for about a week and a half, and business has been good so far at the Medication Station, ac- cording to Graciela Moreno, co-founder and president of Med-Cannabis Pharma, Inc., the parent company that also operates dispensaries in Bend and Newport. The Medica- tion Station is located at 1041 Pacifi c Highway/Highway99 adjacent to the former site of Opal Center's newest is epic, page 9A Daddy-daughter day Daytripper brings along a friend, page 10A Rules for recreational sales at dispensaries released by OHA 'Medication Station' says it offers a holistic approach BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Don't myth it BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Café Sheilagh. Moreno said that, in addition to providing marijuana fl ow- ers, edible products, tinctures, oils and topical treatments, the Medication Station also plans to focus on a more holistic health approach. Taking the lead on that ap- proach will be Manager Sharon Cohen, who boasts 30 years’ experience as a local caregiver and said she was the parent of one of the fi rst children on the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program at the time of its de- but in 1999/2000. Moreno said that Cohen’s education as a caregiver and C photo by Jon Stinnett Sharon Cohen and Graciela Moreno say business has already been good at the Medication Station. “community connections” use of a multi-wave oscillator, make her “a great asset to have which radiates waves of ener- here in the store,” which fea- gy with the goal of a patient’s tures previews of other hemp- based products and offers the Please see STATION, Page 12A ottage Grove’s fourth medical marijuana dis- pensary was busy opening for business just as the Oregon Health Authority released a draft of a set of rules that will allow dispensaries to sell marijuana for recreational use beginning this fall. Dispensaries will be able to sell up to a quarter-ounce of marijuana at a time to recre- ational customers beginning Oct. 1, a provision set up the state legislature in an attempt to allow already established businesses to supply the new recreational market. Recre- ational sales at dispensaries will continue until Dec. 31, 2016; in 2016, the Oregon Li- quor Control Commission will begin processing licenses for businesses hoping to sell rec- reational marijuana. Cottage Grove’s dispensa- ries appear ready to offer their products to recreational users, and personnel at the Medica- tion Station, the newest dis- pensary on Highway 99, say they’re speaking to many in- dividuals interested in hearing more about the recreational market in advance of the Oct. 1 deadline. Riley Llamas opened the Holistic Co-op on Main Street Rain Country Realty Inc. N ING T S I L EW TOO NEW FOR PHOTO 545 Cresswood, Creswell Vaulted ceilings, 3 bedroom, 2 bath with fenced yard. Built in 2002 with 1161sqft. PE ! 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