COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 28, 2015
Upcoming Art Walk
billed as 'Bewitching'
Free library
dedicated on
the square
Cottage Grove’s Downtown Art
Walk will bring “bewitching art”
to Main Street this Friday, Oct.
30 from 6-8 p.m.
Complimentary treats and live
music accompany downtown
visitors during each Art Walk.
This Friday, the event takes place
after downtown trick-or-treating.
As always, Art Walk is a free
event.
Design replicates TV
time machine
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
T
he design of the struc-
ture itself has a decid-
edly British feel, though the
preparations that made the
free library possible at All-
America City Square in down-
town Cottage Grove were
completely homegrown.
In the spring of 2014, a
group of about 40 members
of the Cottage Grove and Cre-
swell communities began a
leadership program offered by
the Ford Family Foundation,
in tandem with Rural Devel-
opment Initiatives. As part of
their training to become more
effective community lead-
ers, the group chose a fi nal
project that would put the les-
sons they’d learned to action.
From a list of almost 70 pos-
sible projects, the Little Free
Library concept emerged,
and on Friday, members of
the leadership group gathered
Artist Listing
courtesy photo
Members of the Ford Family Foundation's most recent leadership training pro-
gram were on hand to help dedicate the library Friday.
downtown to unveil what will
arguably become the most
prominent library among the
16 installed in the two com-
munities.
Reminiscent of an old-fash-
ioned British “Police Box,” the
library actually replicates the
TARDIS (Time And Relative
Dimension in Space), the time
machine used in the “Doctor
Who” television series and
its spin-offs. As with many
of the libraries, the TARDIS
was planned and built by Kurt
Blachnik, a graduate of the
leadership program, though
seven of the little free librar-
ies were also put together by
students at Kennedy High
School.
The libraries work on the
“take a book, leave a book”
concept, and there is room
for additions in the form of
children’s books — especially
sought-after in the lending
libraries — in each of them.
There are 12 lending librar-
ies installed in Cottage Grove
and four in Creswell. A map
of their locations can be seen
at http://tinyurl.com/MapOf-
SouthLaneLFLs.
Community Foundation hosts annual dinner
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
T
he Cottage Grove Com-
munity Foundation host-
ed its annual dinner on Wednes-
day, Oct. 21 at the Our Lady of
Prepetual Help Parish Center.
The dinner is hosted every year
as a community outreach pro-
gram to accrue donations and
spread the word of the founda-
tion’s role in the Cottage Grove
Community. Executive Direc-
tor of the foundation Travis
Palmer explained the success
the success that the Foundation
has achieved since its inception
in 1991.
“Just this year the Foundation
awarded 15 community grants
3A
totaling over $20,000,” he said.
In the past 14 years, the Foun-
dation has recorded 216 grants
for a total of $162,508.
The dinner also saw Reaching
Out Mentoring’s South Lane ef-
forts represented by Marc Bass
and Jeff Williams. The mentor-
ing program was awarded the
Margaret Mae Anibal Mentor-
ing Grant for $33,000.
There was also a unique ap-
pearance from the mentoring
program this year. Drew Blair, a
19-year old community college
student who had a mentor for
over four years, spoke during
the dinner. Blair stated that he
had been through over 23 dif-
ferent foster homes, and having
his mentor was a great anchor
to have throughout his coming-
of-age years.
The dinner also hosted an
auction in order to raise money
for the Foundation. The pack-
ages included a private air tour,
a fi shing excursion, and other
various trips around Oregon.
Every package was sold for
over $200, and some even crept
towards the $1,000 mark.
Sherry Duerst-Higgins pur-
chased a wide variety of books
for the community youth, and
these were passed around and
signed by everyone who attend-
ed the dinner.
Another large part of the
Community Foundation is to
raise money for scholarships for
aspiring students. Throughout
2015, the foundation awarded
a total of 92 scholarships with
a total value of $101,620. Stu-
dents at Cottage Grove High
School received 64 awards, and
the renewable scholarship pro-
gram has grown with 25 former
students at CGHS receiving a
total of $25,100.
Palmer hopes that the din-
ner encourages community
members to donate to specifi c
causes.
“We host this to really con-
nect with the community. We
have such a generous and close-
knit community, hosting these
events is always great fun,” he
said. The foundation continues
to seek support and reaches out
to the community.
Apple Pie Antiques: Hosanna
Gaines — Macabre
Delight: Tessa Lehman — Paint-
ings
Kalapuya Books: Lesley Strother
— Abstract Painting
Coast Fork Feed & Brewstation:
Open for dinner, live music
Imagine It Framed: Erich
Schwartzwald — Paintings, live
music and wine
The Crafty Mercantile: Gina
Tafoya — Paintings; Dani
Clark and Heather Pennington
— Mixed Media, and Nico Cor-
nelius — Eclectic Sculptures
Opal Center for Arts & Educa-
tion: Original Theater produc-
tion, “Rosemary Poppin’s Baby,”
8 pm; $12
Victoriana’s: Noelle Ervin
— Handcrafted creations for all
occasions
Bookmine: Arlene Taddei
— Folk art, music by Harpist
Mary Grace
In front of Pandora’s Box: Mari-
lyn Wilber — Antt Farm Textiles
Odd Fellows Hall, upstairs: Ste-
ven Cross — Wood prints from
old IOOF costume catalog
Deputies, fi re personnel
extract man from bridge
T
he Lane County Sheriff’s
Offi ce reported that a crisis
negotiator was able to coax a man
from the edge of the East Oregon
Avenue bridge in Creswell over
Interstate 5 last week.
According to a press release,
on Wednesday, Oct. 21 just after
6 p.m., the Sheriff’s Offi ce re-
sponded to a white male standing
outside the protective fence on the
bridge, holding onto the fence.
Deputies responded with Or-
egon State Police and South Lane
County Fire and Rescue person-
nel, and together they were able
to secure the man, later identifi ed
as 27-year old Richard Miles,
to the fence while fi re crews re-
sponded with a ladder truck from
Cottage Grove.
A deputy that is a trained Lane
County Crisis Negotiator re-
sponded and established commu-
nications with Miles. The Crisis
Negotiator was able to convince
Miles to get some help and climb
down the ladder.
Oregon State Police and South
Lane County Fire and Rescue
stopped traffi c southbound while
South Lane County Fire and Res-
cue set up their ladder truck. Po-
lice say Miles was safely removed
from the bridge and climbed
down to the roadway, where dep-
uties took him into custody on a
‘Police Offi cer’s Mental Health
Hold.’ Miles was transported for
a mental health evaluation.
A ladder truck was used to reach
a 27-year old man perched atop a
bridge overpass on Wednesday,
Oct. 21.
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