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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 20, 2016 CITY BEAT Cottage Grove Retrospective A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago Jan. 22, 1986 Jan. 19, 1956 Former mayor Cottage Grove has largest six-lane back downtown junior bowling program in Oregon Just because he traded in his gavel last year for the tamer life, don’t count on former mayor Bill Whiteman to be leaning back in a chair watching the rest of Cottage Grove going past him. He said when he decided not to run for another term as mayor that he wanted to have more time for business pursuits as a partner in Inn Enterprises Inc. And with the opening last month of the Bakery on Main Street, Whiteman is back within shouting distance of city hall. Apparently he enjoys the homecoming. “it’s more than met our ex- pectations and business is ex- cellent,” he said. “We said from POLICE BLOTTER Jan. 11 Suicidal Subject, Snauer Lane A caller advised that her boy- friend is suicidal and has a knife. The call disconnected on trans- fer to the Lane County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Burglary, N 14th St. A reporting person advised that a window in front of the location has been broken. An offi cer contacted the reporting person for addition info and to fi le a burglary report. Suspicious Conditions, Anthony Ave A call reported that another possible attempted burglary the beginning that we’d like to do something downtown. He pegged the total invest- ment in the business thus far at $37,000. It has long been the feeling of most people that the best way to keep kids out of trouble is to give them something to do. Something they will enjoy more than trouble making pranks, which eventually outgrow the “prank” stage. What could be better than a clean interesting competitive sport, they ask. Milton Raymer of Chicago probably realized this when he organized the American Junior Bowling Congress. Mr. Raymer’s idea spread un- til over 50,000 youngsters in 43 states and four foreign countries participating in junior bowling. In the fall of 1954 he came to Oregon, sponsored by the Wo- mens Bowling associations of several cities, to organize the state Junior Bowling Congress. In November of that he he gave instructions in league develop- ment and how to help beginning bowlers to a group of adults in Eugene interested in starting the program there. Last year, shortly after Marga- ret Spriggs opened the Cottage Bowl, junior bowling starting in Cottage Grove. Through the efforts of a handful of persons willing to give their time devel- oping and managing the leagues and the excellent cooperation of local merchants in the sponsor- ship of teams, Cottage Grove can boast of 22 junior and ban- tam teams; an Oregon state re- cord for a six-lane house. Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 occurred as the caller found a window screen ajar and wasn’t sure if entry was attempted or if the screen fell due to a broken clip. The caller also reported the theft of a micro SD card from her Nintendo Wii. Jan. 12 Found Bike, N 8th St. A caller advised that there was a bicycle in the far left cor- ner by the hedge at the location and that the bike has been there for two days. The bicycle is a green Sierra Quest with no seat and gears broken off. Unlawful Entry to Motor Vehicle, Gibbs Ave. The theft occurred between 2 and 4:15 p.m. where a video game was stolen that belongs to the library. The police tried con- tacting the library but there was no answer. Missing Adult, Main St. PD A call at the police depart- ment came in from a lady who reported her boyfriend missing. The offi cer sent out an “Attempt to Locate” the subject through- out his shift prior to taking the case as a missing person. Burglary, Spillway Rd. A reporting person believes that someone may be attempt- ing to break into his house. The caller was transferred to the Lane County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Criminal Mischief, E. Gibbs Ave. The owner of the building called at the location to advise of criminal mischief that has oc- curred over the last several days. The offi cers advised that the ap- proximate value of damages to be $500. Shots Fired, HWY 99 A caller advised police that he was shot at while driving near an intersection at the location. The vehicle in question was last From the City's Friday Update State bicycle and pedestrian plan Rotary Club host- ing Peter DeFazio As a member of the State Scenic Bikeway Committee, City Manager Richard Meyers attended a presentation of the draft of the State of Oregon’s fi rst Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The plan represents the fi rst effort to begin to coordinate bicycle and pedestrian needs and issues into State transportation plan- ning. The draft Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan has been prepared and is available on the State’s webpage at: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/ TD/TP/pages/bikepedplan. aspx . The website contains an inter- active online open house that describes each chapter. The public comment period on the Bicycle and Pedestrian plan is open from now until Feb. 18. The Cottage Grove Rotary Club is hosting Peter DeFazio at their meeting on Thursday, Jan. 21 at Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restaurant. Congressman DeFazio will be talking about transportation. The meeting starts at noon and the cost of lunch is $12. Reservations are required for those who would like to eat lunch and can be made by contacting Don Wil- liams at 541-953-3444 by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20. 2015 leaf pick-up summary Jan. 13 5A In early January, Public Works fi nished the leaf pick-up pro- gram for 2015. Public Works personnel hauled one more load of leaves than they did in 2014. Below, you can fi nd an equip- ment, labor and load summary. Total backhoe hours: 76 = $ 1,976 Total dump truck hours: = $ 2,730.88 Total labor hours: 201.5 = $ 7,455.50 The total cost for the pick-up was $12,162.38. Ninety-fi ve total loads were hauled, which amounted to 950 cubic yards of leaves. Draft Flood Dam- age Prevention Code available for review The Cottage Grove Community Development Department has been working for some months on a new draft of the Develop- ment Code section covering buildings and development within the designated 100-year fl oodplain. A new draft code, ti- tled Flood Damage Prevention, is now available for review and comment by the public. Those interested are encouraged to visit the City’s website, www. cottagegrove.org, to review the draft code. The deadline for written com- ments on this draft is Friday, Feb. 19. An open house will be sponsored by Community Development staff on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 4-6 p.m. at City Hall to answer any questions. property owners or citizens might have on the new code. J OYCE Continued from page 2A it when we ask for His help. And God not only wants to help us with our big problems, He also wants to help us with the little things in life. That’s won- derful news because sometimes we allow the little things to get us frustrated and upset. One of the best ways to go through the day is to pray often, “Help me, Lord. Help me. Help me!” In the Psalms, we frequently see King David going to God for help. For example, Psalm 40:13 (AMPC) says, “Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me!” Notice that David was not only bold enough to ask God for help, but he was also confi - dent that God would answer his prayers. We can learn from that too. In Psalm 43:5 (AMPC), Da- vid says, “Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expec- tantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God.” You and I have so many op- portunities to feel sad or discour- aged and have a bad attitude, but God wants us to stay strong in Him, like David did. Those who do will eventually come out on top, because there’s no way the enemy can hold you back if you will trust God and keep your hope in Him. Learn how to trust your helper It’s comforting to know God will help you get through the hard times of life. His grace and strength will sustain you while you’re waiting for your break- through. Isaiah 41:10 says He will keep you strong and retain you with His victorious hand of rightness and justice (AMPC). Even when you’re tempted to think, It’s not going to do me any good to pray after the way I’ve acted, don’t let that stop you from asking for God’s help. Because when you go to the Fa- ther in prayer, you don’t go in your name—you go in the name of Jesus. Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) says we can “approach God’s throne of grace with confi dence, so that we may receive mercy and fi nd grace to help us in our time of need.” And Psalm 23:3 (AMPC) says, “He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him "not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake” (em- phasis mine). When you’re hurting, in trouble, or waiting for answers in your life, you need to be- lieve that your Helper, the Holy Spirit is with you and He wants to help you. Stay in close fel- lowship with Him and ask Him for the help you need. No mat- ter what the circumstances may look like, believe He’s working on your behalf. He is your Com- forter, Counselor, Helper, Advo- cate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby—He’s everything you need—and He’s just waiting for you to ask. sponsored monopoly that could simply raise its rates if the jitney drivers took away too much of its business? As a result, Portland’s jitney drivers got to stay on the road much longer than others, and their licensing requirements were much less onerous. But the Portland Morning Oregonian — motivated both by publisher Henry Pittock’s personal ha- tred for Daly, and his sympathy for the high-rolling capitalists whose pocketbooks were being impacted by what they saw as illegitimate competition from cream-skimming peons — nev- er stopped fulminating against the jitneys, relentlessly calling them (and Daly) socialists in blithe defi ance of the dictionary defi nition of the term and decry- ing their business as unfair. And as for claims that jitneys presented “unfair competition,” Daly’s response was equally brilliant. Of course it was unfair, he said. “Where has there ever been competition that is fair?” he added. “Competition means survival of the fi ttest; there is nothing fair about it.” Left unspoken, but surely understood, was a follow-up question: Whose position here is really a socialistic one? The backers of a government-spon- sored transportation monopoly, or the backers of a diversity of individual small businessmen competing in an open market- place? That difference is also why the comparison with Uber and Lyft doesn’t quite work. Uber and Lyft are centrally controlled systems, more like a distributed version of the streetcar com- pany than like the jitneys that once so vexed them. And the taxi companies, although few of them are one-car operations owned by the drivers, are locally owned businesses like the jitney drivers were. And like the jitney drivers, it seems pretty likely that they will lose their fi ght with the smooth, well-fi nanced ride-sharing ser- vices. In the case of the jitneys, the coup de grace that took them out was the outbreak of the First World War. In the years lead- ing up to it, competition from the jitneys inspired the streetcar company to upgrade its service substantially. When the war broke out, most jitney drivers found they could make a lot more money helping build ships, tents, cots and other supplies for the war effort. Their jitneys fell into disuse and they joined the throngs aboard the streetcars. By the end of the war, stiff regulations had been put into place. The city’s nascent taxi services were able to roll with the regulatory punches, but most jitney drivers found they could no longer make a living collect- ing nickels and shut down for good. O FFBEAT himself, so he was both a union man and an enlightened em- ployer, and he made the jitney drivers’ case in terms that were hard for an honest conservative to argue with. 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