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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL December 30, 2015 11A 2015 Continued from page 3A In case you haven’t heard, we’re the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Join us for a festive celebration of food, drinks and fun. In October, the OLCC approved 77 pages of administrative rules for the recreational marijuana market, rules that take effect in January of 2016, when the state will begin accepting applications for licenses to sell, grow and process recreational pot. A tempo- rary 25 percent tax on recreational sales will begin on Jan. 4, 2016, though a 17 percent tax will later be levied on those licensed to sell recreational marijuana when the OLCC fi nalizes its licensing program. Local and county governments will be allowed to levy a tax between zero and three percent on top of the state tax, and retailers will be allowed to retain two percent of the tax to cover their expenses. Recreational stores with OLCC licenses are expected to open sometime in the second half of 2016. Bonds sought by SLFR, SLSD New Year's Eve Party in the Lounge! Dinner Specials Drink Specials DJ & Dancing Party Favors Champagne for all at midnight! El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant Sharon Cohen, manager of the Medica- tion Station, views mari- juana clones for sale at the dispen- sary — Cot- tage Grove's fourth — which opened this summer. What’s next Supporters of a local bond that will be pursued by South Lane School District to replace the aging Harrison Elementary School building hope the bond will fare as well at the polls as one pursued by South Lane County Fire and Rescue in the fall of 2015. The Fire District’s Measure 20-237, ap- proved by 63 percent of voters in Novem- ber, will allow for the issuance of $2.6 mil- lion in bonds for the purchase of one new ladder truck, two fi refi ghter engines and two water tenders. Fire Chief John Wooten Sentinel fi le photo said that the District had not purchased new equipment since the District was founded with the merger of the Cottage Grove and Creswell departments in 2003, adding that much of its equipment is at least 25 years old. An advisory committee formed to exam- ine the feasibility of a bond to replace Har- rison Elementary began meeting in January of 2015. District offi cials felt that a drop in the tax rate for the current Cottage Grove High School could allow the bond to pass without raising local property tax rates. The committee chose to pursue a 25-year, $29.8 million bond to rebuild Harrison, prioritiz- ing technology and safety and security up- grades throughout the District among a list of possible projects to utilize any remaining bond dollars. 725 Gibbs, Cottage Grove, (541) 767-0457 The Cottage Grove Sentinel wants to be your source for all things Cottage Grove. But we need your help! If you’ve got a news tip, we’d be glad to hear about it: $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM In person: 116 N. Sixth Street, Cottage Grove Email: cgnews@cgsentinel.com Office phone: 942-3325 Committees dedicated to planning the bond process and campaigning in its favor have been formed and are following a de- manding schedule of meetings in the com- ing months. Bend-based BLRB Architects has been enlisted to help shepherd the bond process, and the bond will appear before local voters in the May 17, 2016 primary election. Should the bond pass, the Dis- trict hopes to open the new Harrison at the Taylor Ave. location of the former Cottage Grove High School in 2018. A “community conversation” to engage the public on the bond process will be held on Jan. 13 at the current Harrison building. B EAUTIFUL MUSIC Where there’s smoke… We Want Your News! What’s next A dry winter and spring of 2014 led to one of Ore- gon’s most severe fi re seasons in recent memory, and through much of July and August, fi res raged on all sides of the south Willamette Valley. The early fi re season offi cially began in mid-June, and by early Au- gust, smoke and haze in Cottage Grove bore witness to the Cable Crossing Fire east of Glide in Douglas County. By then, the Stouts Fire was continuing to burn 15,000 acres east of Canyonville. On Aug. 23, local fi refi ghters joined the Oregon Department of Forestry to battle the Taylor Butte Fire in the Qua- glia/Pitcher Lane area near Mosby Creek, and crews responded quickly on Sept. 29 to a fi re caused by an illegal burn in the Veatch Road area just west of Cot- tage Grove, a fi re that fi rst responders said could have engulfed the surrounding hillsides and even threat- ened the City of Cottage Grove itself. Sentinel fi le photo Danail Rachev conducts the Eugene Symphony in its fi rst Cottage Grove performance at Bohemia Park in July. The Faye and Lucille Stewart Foundation and the City of Cottage Grove fi nanced the concert. The Symphony is scheduled to return in July of 2016. As the clock winds down toward the final hours of 2015, we want to remind you once again about the dangers of drinking and driving, and urge you to celebrate wisely this year. WISHING YOU A HAPPY & SAFE NEW YEAR! Find Local Businesses. ,QWURGXFLQJWKHQHZHVWZD\WR´QGWKH Find Local Businesses. businesses that mean the most to you. 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