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8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 21, 2015 B OND Continued from page 1A Parent introduced the crowd to Mike Gorman and Greg Mc- Cracken of BLRB Architects, the fi rm chosen to design the new school. Gorman, a 1978 Cottage Grove High gradu- ate, also attended the Harrison School he’s hoping to replace. The two walked the group through the process they’ll un- dergo to design the school, after which a brainstorming session was held to fl esh out the op- portunities and challenges to passing the bond, in addition to what’s important in building a new school. The group stated that it prized fl exible, comfortable and dura- ble classrooms, spaces for early learning groups, easy mainte- nance and safety and security. It listed opportunities to build a sustainable structure, to cater to community use of the building and serve an at-risk population. Challenges included the possi- ble sentiment in the community against the bond’s passage, the plans for the current Harrison property and how to deal with requests to attend a brand-new Harrison School. The School Board plans an- other community conversation about the Harrison bond on Wednesday, Nov. 18, a meeting that will likely take place at the CGHS cafetorium. yesterday.’” Later in the meeting, Coun- cilor Mike Fleck asked if plans couldn’t be changed so that trick-or-treating and Art Walk wouldn’t confl ict. “We knew there would be people who wouldn’t like the decision, whichever decision was made,” responded City Manager Richard Meyers, who pointed out that the City was not part of the decision-making process. “The events were already not on top of each other,” he said. “The streets should be cleared after trick-or-treating by 5:30.” Meyers said that last year, Halloween activities bled into the time reserved for Art Walk, which is not expected to hap- pen this year, as a light parade planned at dusk will not be held. “The opinion among the busi- ness owners was almost 50/50,” Meyers said. “But there were a number of people who said that if it was on Saturday, they wouldn’t participate.” From the audience, Chamber of Commerce Director Travis Palmer agreed. H ALLOWEEN Continued from page 1A that having downtown trick- or-treating and Art Walk togeth- er is a “bad idea.” “Art Walk draws a particular kind of visitor,” she said. “Busi- ness owners put out food for them. Halloween should be on Halloween. Families are going to come downtown on Saturday, and we’ll have to say ‘we did it T&T Continued from page 6A dry their tummy. I then cradle the cats in a dry cloth and walk them around the house to dis- tract them while the cloth ab- sorbs more water. Then we put the cats in a preheated bathroom to blow them dry, along with a treat for us all surviving the ex- perience! Never use a hot set- ting on a blow dryer! Cats’ skin is tender and easily burns. Place a litter box, drinking water and food in the warm bathroom to keep cats warm until they dry. Soon your fl uffy- soft cat will emerge. Once dry, our cats walk with a pride as if they feel clean and look elegant, and they quickly forgive our transgression against them. Our cats are so used to baths that they sit patiently waiting for it to be over, making both our lives easier. A humorous friend once said, “It is easier to indulge in my favorite pastime of rock climbing out of the ‘Valley of Fire’ than to bathe my cat!” So, I am mailing her cat this helpful article! MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 15TH Do you need to Review next years choice? Call Paul to help simplify the complicated. 541-517-7362 Tree farm to host pumpkin, chainsaw carving expo A t the Twin Timbers Tree Farm, just south of Cre- swell on Hwy. 99, there will be a Chainsaw and Pumpkin Carving Exposition and Auc- tion with live demonstrations by professional carvers on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24. Admission is free. Hours on Fri- day are 10 a.m. until dusk and Saturday 10 a.m. with auction of carvings starting at 4 p.m. For more information, call 541- 214-8550. NOTICE OF CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION VACANCIES The City of Cottage Historic Landmark Commission has two vacancies to this volunteer body. The Commissioners are appointed by the City Council. The Historic Landmark Commission meets once a month on an as needed basis in the evening. People interested in applying for this position need to complete an Historic Landmark Commission application available on line at: http:// cottagegrove.org/Historic%20Landmark%20 Commissioner%20Application.pdf or at the Community Development Department at City Hall. Applicants must have a demonstrated positive interest, knowledge, or competence in historic preservation. The deadline for receiving applications is November 6 th by Noon. For further information please contact the Community Development Department at 942-3340. Paul Henrichs ~ Independent Agent coverage4oregon@gmail.com O FFBEAT Continued from page 4A Southern Methodist Church in Ashland. Bell fi nally settled in Corvallis in 1907, but he was no stranger to the town. He was, by then, the most well known pastor of any denomination in Oregon. He’d led Methodist and Presbyterian congregations in Baker City, Independence and Roseburg, as well as at least one previous stint in Corvallis. He’d deliv- ered guest sermons at hundreds of churches of various denomi- nations. He’d also earned the informal title of “the marrying parson” — he’d presided over more than 1,000 marriages and had become a family tradition for many families; the sons and daughters of couples he’d mar- ried would seek him out when it was time for them to get mar- ried in turn. He also had held the offi ce of Grand Chaplain of the Masons for longer than anyone else in history. And he’d made a name for himself in a new kind of Civil War: the one between the rival football teams of Oregon Agri- cultural College (now Oregon State University) and the Uni- versity of Oregon. Bell joined the board of trustees of OAC in 1874 — six years after the col- lege was founded, and the same year the rival U. of O. was es- tablished. He became one of the founders of the athletic program at OAC and was an enthusiastic spectator at the very fi rst Civil War football game in 1894 — a game from which would spring the oldest college football rival- ry on the West Coast. Follow- ing the 16-0 victory for OAC, Bell got a little carried away; he rushed down the hill to the bank of the Marys River and threw his top hat into the drink. After that, every year the Bea- vers beat the Ducks, Bell would re-enact this historic hat-dunk- ing. This became one of Corval- lis’ biggest social events; thou- sands of fellow Beavers fans would make the journey with him to the water’s edge and cheer the hat on its slow, watery way toward the Willamette. For- tunately for Bell’s fi nances, the Beavers didn’t win very often at fi rst; after that fi rst year, they won just four games in the fol- lowing 30 years (although they tied eight). In 1921, the college named its football stadium after Bell, and from then until 1953, the Bea- vers played in Bell Field. J.R.N. Bell died in 1928, right at the end of the Beavers’ fi rst streak of back-to-back Civil War wins (1925-1927). He was bur- ied in Crystal Lake Cemetery, near his old friend and former wartime enemy Thorp, and al- most within a hat’s toss of the Marys River. (Sources: Fletcher, Randol B. Hidden History of Civil War Or- egon. Charleston: History Press, 2011; Corvallis Gazette-Times, 27 July 1915) hanks for looking into our Advantage. We’re a Medicare plan you can trust, started by Oregon doctors. Now offering a wide range of HMO and PPO plans—including options with $0 monthly premiums—as well as great choices for prescription drug coverage. Come to a free seminar. 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