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Still making memories — 6A Wine country brochure — 3A Maltese princesses — 7A Girls' soccer playing like a powerhouse, page 1B $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 VOLUME 128 • NUMBER 15 Help sought in locating missing CG man I T ' S LEGAL Also inside: T Superstar CT cast showcases its pipes, page 9A Kathryn Ballance measures an order at medical marijuana dispensary Apoth- ecaria Thursday, the fi rst day of legal recreational sales. photo by Jon Stinnett Recreational weed buyers fl ock to dispensaries Fire! Illegal burn earns a citation, page 3A BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel S tanding in line Thursday afternoon at the Medi- cation Station, one of Cottage Grove’s four medical marijuana dispensaries, one man shared a common feeling expressed by many others — “I nev- er thought I’d see this day.” “I’ve been waiting for this day since 1978,” another customer said. “It’s nice to not feel like an outlaw.” he Cottage Grove Police Department is seek- ing the public’s help to locate a 36-year old Cottage Grove man whose family is concerned for his safety. Police say John Jarrell, who moved to Cottage Grove in May after recently living in Ashland, has been missing since Wednesday, Sept. 30. Jarrell, the father of a three-month old, has a history of depression and reportedly left his medica- tion and cell phone behind. He has had no current bank transactions. “He is not a danger to John Jarrell the public, but I fear he is a danger to himself,” said a fl yer prepared by his family, which indicates that Jar- rell is also bi-polar. Jarrell is six-feet tall, with brown hair, green eyes and a beard. He drives a white Chevrolet S-10 Blazer with a damaged bumper and license plate VSF 329 or 285 GAH. He is an outdoorsman who may have gone to the national forest in Jackson or Josephine counties. Anyone who sees Jarrell is urged to contact Cot- tage Grove Police Offi cer Doug Skaggs at 541-942- 9145. Disbelief at the ability to visit a store to legally buy marijuana — a drug that became legal for pur- chase at Oregon dispensaries at 12 a.m. on Thursday — colored the comments of many customers, some of whom were waiting in front of Cottage Grove’s dis- pensaries before they opened their doors. The gathered crowd prompted Apothecaria, located on Row River Road and the second local dispensary Jarrell may be driving this white Chevrolet S-10 Blazer, license plate VSF 329 or 285 GAH. Please see WEED, Page 11A Roa charged with attempted murder after deputy shooting BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Bridge worries County bridge marked as defi cient, page 8A A ttempted murder charges have been fi led against a 38-year old Cottage Grove man arrested in the ear- ly-morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 26 following a shootout with Lane County Sheriff’s deputies and an hours-long manhunt. Lane County Circuit Court docu- ments indicate that Carlos Roa of Cot- tage Grove was charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder with a fi rearm and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. The charges stem from a confronta- tion with sheriff’s deputies just before 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 at a prop- erty near Milepost Carlos Roa 3 of London Road near Cottage Grove Reservoir. The Sher- iff’s Offi ce reported that it responded to reports of possible shots fi red there, and upon arrival, Roa allegedly immediately engaged deputies in gunfi re with an AK- 47 rifl e. Following the incident, family mem- bers identifi ed Todd Olson as having been struck by a bullet in the fi refi ght, and Roa is being charged with attempting to kill Olson, Deputy Richard Glessner, Deputy Joshua Mars and Sgt. Gordon Gill. Roa fl ed the scene following the shoot- out; he was discovered over six hours later on the same property, reportedly sporting a bullet wound and a bite from a police dog from the incident. If convicted, Roa faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison under state law. He reportedly pled guilty to the charges against him on Monday. Also on Monday, the Lane County District Attorney's Offi ce announced that it ruled the use of deadly force to combat the threat faced by Roa to be justifi ed. Patty Perlow announced that Roa had been in an "elevated position" when he fi red on the deputies Shooting at UCC prompts security measures, benefi ts in CG SLFR Division Chief, LMS counselors part of response team BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel T he shooting on the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg that claimed the lives of nine people and injured nine others Thursday morning drew the na- tion’s attention within minutes. It also prompted feelings of anxiety and extra security mea- sures here in Cottage Grove. The list of partner agencies that responded in the wake of the tragedy is long, and while this area’s fi rst responders and law enforcement mostly weren’t called to help, they were on standby until it was certain they wouldn’t be needed. Based in Cottage Grove, the Life Flight Network mobilized six aircraft to send to a situa- tion that was evolving quickly, according to Chief Customer Offi cer Justin Dillingham. A combination of helicopters and fi xed-wing planes were put on the ready, Dillingham said, as it was uncertain where the shoot- ing victims may need to be transported. In the end, Dillingham said Life Flight only ended up trans- porting one patient from Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg (about a 20-minute fl ight from Cottage Grove) to Sacred Heart Medical Center. “We didn’t end up having a very big role, but we had re- sources on the ground if need- ed,” he said. South Lane County Fire and Rescue Division Chief Joe Raade said the Fire District was asked to put together a task force of ambulances with- in a half-hour of the shooting, though they were informed a short time later that the use of the ambulances wouldn’t be needed. Raade himself, though, was asked to be part of an inci- dent management team that kept him busy dealing with logistical issues until Sunday afternoon. He served as a section chief, arranging local hotel rooms and meals for fi rst responders and others, helping to coordinate the busing plan for students back to their vehicles at UCC and assisting with coordina- tion of the subsequent investi- gation, though Raade pointed out that he was not part of the investigation itself. He worked to prioritize equipment needs at the college and package in- formation that was delivered to the many media outlets cover- ing the shooting. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, Raade said he helped college offi cials formulate a plan to reopen the school. “It was nice to be able to lend assistance, to be part of the solu- tion,” he said. The most stressful part of his response, Raade said, came when he learned on Thursday that a fellow fi rst responder had lost his son in the shooting. “It humanized the situation for me very quickly,” he said. Cottage Grove Interim Police Chief Scott Shepherd said his department sent a patrol offi cer to Curtin on standby in case the offi cer needed to respond to the shooting. Soon, however, CGPD realized it needed its own offi - cers here to deal with security concerns. “Parents were calling the schools, and there was quite a bit of unrest locally,” Shepherd said. “We had offi cers in and around every school within the city limits, and they stayed there until the end of the school day. Rain Country Realty Inc. GO RSE U O C LF 131 Chad: Middlefield Estates, 2132 sq feet in beautiful condition. Over 55 community. Quiet Neighborhood. Home is beautifully appointed! R ED C U D E Principal Brokers Teresa Abbott ..................221-1735 Frank Brazell....................953-2407 Lane Hillendahl ................942-6838 0 Curtin Hill Two 5+ acre parcels with views. Close to freeway. Just South of Cottage Grove. 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