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P ARKS
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
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that area,” she said. “I think
it’s worth trying to put those
signs up.”
New Councilor Amy Slay
asked how the ordinance would
be enforced. Meyers stated that
if a violation was witnessed by
law enforcement, the offender
would be asked to leave and
smoke elsewhere.
“If there are people hanging
out under a pavilion, we’ll be
checking on them,” he said.
Slay asked if Meyers was
4-H
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“4-H has a lot to offer,” Kue-
bler said. “It’s diffi cult for some
parents because it’s often a mat-
ter of timing. A lot of families
have confl icts with sports, and I
think there’s a basic misconcep-
tion about what 4-H is. People
think it’s all about animals, but
if you think of it as having a
hobby, there’s probably a way
to use it to participate in 4-H.”
Kuebler pointed out that 4-H
C ITY
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Covered Bridges
Scenic Bikeway
proponent
meeting
The Covered Bridges Scenic
Bikeway management group
met on Thursday morning to
review the successes associated
suggesting establishing a des-
ignated smoking area at parks.
He responded that there are
areas around City Hall and the
Community Center that are
designated as parks and that
there are designated areas there
where City employees are al-
lowed to smoke.
Councilor Mike Fleck said he
was “torn” by a desire to pro-
tect personal freedoms while
limiting secondhand smoke
exposure in the parks. He said
the establishment of designated
smoking areas could help gar-
ner his support for the ordi-
nance. Councilor Jake Boone
agreed, adding that the City
should install receptacles so
smokers “don’t have to throw it
on the ground.”
“I don’t think it’s our place
as a Council to try to make our
citizens make better decisions,”
Boone said. “But it is our place
to make sure citizens aren’t
dosed with anything against
their will.”
The Council, minus an ab-
sent Councilor Heather Mur-
phy, voted unanimously to
pass the ordinance. Under new
rules that govern the Council’s
actions, a unanimous vote in
favor can cause an ordinance
to pass in one meeting if the
ordinance has been available
for review by the public for at
least a week. However, City
Recorder Trudy Borrevik said
that, because the ordinance was
not available to the public until
last Wednesday, another major-
ity ‘yes’ vote would be needed
to pass this ordinance.
Veterans lunch at
CGHS
so those who plan to attend are
asked to call Lisa Thoms at (541)
942-3391 to make a reservation.
In honor of the military ser-
vice of local veterans, the student
council at Cottage Grove High
School would like to cordially
invite them to lunch on Tuesday,
Nov. 10 at 11:15 a.m. Students
will greet veterans at the door
of the cafeteria and escort them
to their seats. They would like
to know how many are planning
to attend by Thursday, Nov. 5,
912 Project
Serenity Lane's Jerry Gjesvold
will address the effects of the
newly legalized marijuana law at
the next meeting of the Cottage
Grove 912 Project on Monday,
Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Stacy's
Covered Bridge Restaurant, 401
E. Main St.
offers a way to develop skills
in archery, crafts, Lego robotics
and a host of other disciplines
in addition to raising animals,
though there are categories for
rabbits, swine, poultry, sheep,
guinea pigs, cows and more.
“People can have small ani-
mals,” she said. “You don’t have
to live on a farm. We just tell
people to bring what they have.
The goal is to get people in-
volved, so it doesn’t necessarily
have to be a pedigreed animal.”
Young people who do choose
to raise animals for showing
in 4-H, however, can learn a
lot, according to parent Launa
Brink.
“It teaches them how to han-
dle their animals, and that takes
training over time in things the
animals aren’t necessarily used
to,” Brink said. “They learn how
to care for animals when they
get sick and learn so many other
lessons about the animals them-
selves.”
But perhaps the biggest les-
son 4-H can provide, Brink said,
is a deeper one.
“The biggest thing it teaches
is responsibility,” she said. “My
daughter had to care for her
animal and feed it, because she
knew I wasn’t going to do it. It
became a daily thing, and that’s
what I appreciate the most.”
Last month, a group support-
ive of the Extension Service and
4-H approached the Lane Coun-
ty Board of Commissioners to
propose a tax levy of 1.5 cents
per $1000 of property value to
fund offerings from the Exten-
sion including 4-H. The Com-
missioners held a worksession
last week and directed County
Administrator Steve Mokrohis-
ky to work with the Extension
Service to begin drafting lan-
guage for the levy to be included
on the May of 2016 ballot.
“We’re hoping we can bring
those activities back,” East Lane
Commissioner Faye Stewart
said Monday. “They’re pretty
critical to our rural residents.”
In the meantime, organizers
say that those interested in 4-H
in the area can visit the Exten-
sion Service website at http://
extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/
4h for more information or call
541-344-5043. The group will
also hold regular meetings at the
Fairgrounds the third Sunday of
each month at 4 p.m.
with the Scenic Bikeway and to
look at areas to improve in the
coming year. The City Manager
and City Planner Amanda Fer-
guson attended as the City’s rep-
resentatives on a group tasked to
prepare an annual report to the
State to report the work to im-
prove the scenic bikeway that
has occurred in the last year.
Painting projects
also painted the high service
pump station building at the Row
River Water Treatment Plant.
This is a cinder block building
that houses the 100 horsepower
pumps that move fi nished water
from the treatment plant to the
Knox Hill Reservoirs.
In anticipation of the change
back to standard time on Nov.
1, Public Works just complet-
ed a survey of all streetlights
throughout the City to identify
any street lights that are not
working. Streetlights through-
out the City are owned and main-
tained by Pacifi c Power, EPUD,
the City, or private homeowner
associations. Streetlights that
were not functioning correctly
were noted and reported to
the proper authority for repair.
There were a total of 31 street-
lights throughout the City that
were not functioning properly.
There were 22 belonging to Pa-
cifi c Power, seven that belonged
to Emerald People’s Utility
District and two that were the
responsibility of the City, which
asks that when members of the
public see a street light that is
not functioning correctly, they
note the pole number and utility
company name and report it to
Public Works at 541-942-3349
so the City can contact the re-
sponsible party to begin repairs.
Gibbs picked the goose up
and hustled it out of the light-
house, stowing it in a sheltered
spot there. (The goose’s wing
was most likely just bruised,
not broken, since it was gone
the next day.) Then he climbed
back into his bunk and tried to
go back to sleep.
When he reported for his
watch an hour or two later, the
keeper he was relieving stared
at him. “What’s the matter with
ya?” he asked. “Ya look like you
seen a ghost.”
It was to be a long and dread-
ful night for Gibbs. His nerves,
already keyed up by the goose
incident, were not helped when
an unearthly moaning started
coming from a nearby empty
room. Seeking some reading
material to take his mind off
his fears, he soon found himself
reading a maritime magazine
— with an article about a haunt-
ing at the Navassa Lighthouse in
the Caribbean. The story ended
with the lightkeeper going mad
and being carried from the light-
house in a straightjacket.
And all the while, that weird,
never-to-be-explained moaning
was going on in the other room.
“It was one of the longest
nights of my life,” he wrote.
This week, two painting proj-
ects were completed; the fi rst
was the bell tower that adorns
All-America City Square on
South 7th and Main Streets.
Public Works contracted
to have the bell tower power
washed, scraped, primed and
painted. The bell tower was
repainted with colors that were
as close to the original colors as
possible. This week, City crews
Streetlight Survey
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“A mammoth goose with a
broken wing sat in the middle
of the fl oor,” Gibbs recounted.
“Evidently blinded by the bea-
con, it had fl own through the
open porthole and broken its
wing en route.”
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN COTTAGE GROVE
Bewitching
Art
(Sources: Gibbs, James A.
Tillamook Light. Portland:
Binford, 1979; Smitten, Susan.
Ghost Stories of Oregon. Ed-
monton: Ghost House, 2001;
www.atlasobscura.com)
Trick or Teat
In Historic Downtown
Cottage Grove
Friday, October 30th
3pm -5pm
Join us for
October
30
PET COSTUME CONTEST
Sponsored by the Cottage Grove Aqua Lions
KNND PUMPKIN CARVING CONTESTS
KIDS COSTUME CONTEST
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
6:00 TO 8:00 PM
Sponsored by Friends of the
Cottage Grove Library
SELFIE STATION
Sponsored by Lane Community College
BPOE 16th ANNUAL
Veteran’s Appreciation Dinner & Show
So long as there are veterans,
the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks will never forget them.
P LEASE JOIN US IN OUR V ETERANS
ON N OVEMBER 7 TH , 2015
F OR OUR USO S HOW & D INNER
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DINNER FREE TO VETERANS
Donations of $5 are gratefully appreciated.
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Turkey Dinner at 5-6pm, Entertainment starts at 6pm
@ " > * $ ) ' % K ) * +
Call 541-942-3554 for details
WINDOW DECORATING CONTEST
sponsored by EBID and the Main Street Program
CITY HALL HALLOWEEN DISPLAY
WITH SELFIE STATION
COOKIES AND CIDER AT
ALL AMERICA SQUARE
Sponsored by the
Cottage Grove Lions Club and Don Williams
Scavenger Hunt, Death mobile on
display, Street Performers, Music, and
Trick or Treating
Roads will close prior to the start
of the event and reopen by 6pm for
Artwalk.
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