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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016
VOLUME 128 • NUMBER 29
SOUTH LANE COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889
B USINESS OF THE Y EAR
Practical
science
Innovations realized at
Aprovecho Research Center help
the world breathe easier
photo by Greg Lee
BY JON STINNETT
the Cottage Grove Sentinel
From left, South Lane Wheels Advisor Suzanne
Huebner-Sannes, Director Ruth Linoz, Board
President Gary Manly and last year's Business
of the Year recipient, Aaron Shumway of Edward
Jones Investments. South Lane Wheels was
recognized as Business of the Year at Saturday's
Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
T
'Wheels' named top
business of 2015
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
S
aturday marked the 67th annual Cottage Grove Area
Chamber of Commerce Banquet held at the Emerald
Valley Events Center in Creswell. The dinner included the
presentation of several awards along with the installation
of new Chamber staff.
Joe Raade of South Lane Fire and Rescue was installed
as the 2016 Chamber president alongside Vice President
Candace Solesbee, Secretary Rhonda Worley and Trea-
surer Amanda Akers.
Please see CHAMBER, Page 9A
Gabe Dumm to
serve as Interim
District Ranger
photo by Jon Stinnett
Sam Bentson of Aprovecho Research Center displays a pump-and-
fi lter system he helped perfect that measures the amount of black
carbon, or soot, that is emitted by cookstoves.
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Please see APRO, Page 10A
Veterans group the Forty & Eight to host
state gathering here this weekend
Leadership will change for the CG
Ranger District with Joe Linn retiring
he U.S. Forest Service has announced that Gabe
Dumm will serve as the temporary District Ranger
for the Cottage Grove District, Umpqua National Forest,
beginning Jan. 11. Dumm’s three-month assignment is to
fi ll in behind Joe Linn, who retired on Dec. 31, while for-
est offi cials select a permanent replacement.
Dumm already serves as the
fuels specialist and fi re ecolo-
gist in the Roseburg offi ce of
the Forest Service. Prior to his
position on the Umpqua Nation-
al Forest, Dumm, 40, served as
a district fuels specialist on the
Boise National Forest in Idaho.
He began his career in the
USDA Forest Service in 1998,
serving in various roles includ-
ing prescribed burn module crew
member, assistant engine boss, Gabe Dumm
sawyer for an Interagency Hot
Shot crew, and crew leader for research technicians per-
forming fi eld work in support of fi re effects research. He
has also served as a volunteer structural fi refi ghter and
emergency medical technician.
“Gabe has demonstrated his leadership qualities in the
areas of vegetation management and fuels and fi re as well
as his ability for working with partners,” said Alice Carl-
ton, Umpqua Forest Supervisor. “I believe he has a lot to
contribute to southern Lane County as the acting district
ranger.”
Dumm earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Sci-
ence degrees in Conservation Social Sciences/Wilderness
Management and Forest Resources/Fire Ecology.
In his spare time, Dumm enjoys outdoor activities of all
kinds. He and his wife Amy are actively involved in their
two daughters’ education and activities.
hese days, a former schoolhouse on the banks
of Mosby Creek serves as headquarters for
an organization that’s working to make the world
a healthier place, one clean-burning cookstove at a
time.
It’s been three years since Aprovecho Research
Center relocated to the former Blue Mountain School
building, and Director Dean Still said the center
is grateful to have a permanent home. Its impact,
meanwhile, stretches far beyond the Cottage Grove
area, as laboratories in 30 countries that measure the
cleanliness of the cookstoves used in much of the
developing world now rely on technology developed
at Aprovecho to take those measurements.
It can be diffi cult for those of us who utilize mod-
ern America’s amenities to envision that much of the
world still relies on an open fi re inside the home to
do its cooking.
“The air in these homes is chokingly dirty, and it’s
unbelievable how many people throughout the world
are exposed to this problem,” said Sam Bentson, an
engineer at Aprovecho who’s one of many special-
ists working on developing cleaner stoves. “Imagine
an open fi re in your house,” Still added. “There’s a
blanket of smoke that’s about this high (extends his
hand at about chest level). The walls are black, your
clothes are black, your children’s lungs are black.”
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
G
lenn Knox and Cab Clark
can’t wait to spend the
weekend in Cottage Grove. And,
judging by the welcome their
group has received so far, it ap-
pears many in Cottage Grove are
also excited about their visit.
From Friday through Sun-
day, Jan. 22-24, Knox, Clark and
members throughout Oregon of
an organization called the “Forty
& Eight,” an independent fraternal
veterans organization, will hold a
quarterly “cheminot” or gathering
at the Village Green Resort and
Gardens. The group, founded in
1920 and based on its leaders’ ex-
periences in World War I France,
takes its name from the 40 troops
or eight horses carried by French
boxcars and many of its titles from
the French language. Despite the
many charitable endeavors the
group’s 35,000 member “Voya-
geurs” engage in, Knox and Clark
said the Forty & Eight is also about
having fun. And they’ve got a ton
of it scheduled this weekend.
“We were looking for a location
in Junction City, Eugene and Cre-
swell,” said Knox, a leader in Voi-
ture 80, which takes in members
from throughout Lane County.
“We contacted the Village Green,
and it’s just been wonderful. They
photo by Jon Stinnett
Forty & Eight members Cab Clark (left) and Glenn Knox
can't wait to bring their group to Cottage Grove.
really rolled out the red carpet for
us.”
The group will begin Friday
morning with golf at Middlefi eld
Golf Course, will register after-
ward and start Saturday morning
with an initiation of new mem-
bers. A tour of the area’s famed
covered bridges led by Sharon Van
Gorder (in period costume) will
follow, after which they’ll bowl a
few frames at the Cottage Bowl.
The Forty & Eight has members
in Portland, Albany, Eugene, Sa-
lem, Coos Bay and elsewhere, but
Knox and Clark say this is the fi rst
time that a state meeting has been
held in Cottage Grove.
“People said, ‘Why not do this
in Eugene,’” Clark said. “But
nobody’s treated us like Cottage
Grove. We’re hoping it’s well-re-
ceived so it can become a regular
thing.”
Clark, who is scheduled to be-
come the organization’s state com-
mander or “Grand Chef de Gare”
next year, said he would love to
bring the group back in 2017.
“It’s a group of veterans that en-
joy continuing on after their ser-
vice is fi nished,” he said. “It helps
us keep in touch and helps veter-
ans keep serving in a manner that
helps represent vets positively in
the public eye.”
“It started out as a play orga-
nization,” Knox said. “And we’re
working hard to be sure people
come to Cottage Grove and have
a good time.”
Aside from making connec-
tions, the Forty & Eight has sever-
al fl agship charity functions such
as its nurses’ training program,
a scholarship trust, youth sports
programs, Americanism programs
that bring American fl ags and
presentations to fi rst-grade class-
rooms and the National Box Car
Association, which raises funds
for all its programs. Many mem-
bers started out as Legionnaires,
and the group states its purpose as
assisting and promoting “the wel-
fare and well-being of those who
served in the Armed Forces of the
United States during all wars and
confl icts.”
At the suggestion of Cottage
Grove Mayor Tom Munroe, pro-
ceeds raised at this weekend’s
“cheminot” will support the Cot-
tage Grove Family Relief Nurs-
ery.
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Laurie you will be missed
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