10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 17, 2016
B OND
H EALTH
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did a clean environment,
strong sense of community
and access to affordable
and healthy food. Access
to healthcare, affordable
and healthy food, good jobs
and a healthy economy, af-
fordable housing and good
schools were listed as most
important for healthy com-
munities, while problems
with alcohol and drug
abuse, lack of affordable
housing and homelessness
and poverty were deemed
the County’s biggest ob-
stacles.
A total of 50 focus groups
were asked what were the
most important ingredients
for a healthy and thriv-
ing community, and many
listed services for vulner-
able populations, housing
options, mental healthcare
and wellness and quality
education. The most criti-
cal health and quality of
life issues in Lane County,
according to 53 “key in-
formants,” were services
for vulnerable populations,
mental healthcare, alcohol
and drug addiction treat-
ment, access to housing
and healthcare access and
affordability.
Statistics from the assess-
ment show that the percent-
age of the population over
the age of 65 continues to
rise, that 15 percent of the
County’s population has a
disability, that the median
household income in the
County lags with regard
to the state and nation and
about 20 percent of the
County’s population lives
below poverty level. (The
assessment uses data from
2013). Lane County has
a much higher prevalence
of obesity and high blood
pressure than the rest of
Oregon. Suicide rates have
slowly increased over the
last decade, and suicides
are reportedly more com-
mon than vehicle accidents
for those between 15 and
44 years of age.
com-
munity and other groups by the end of
last week, and the bond’s outreach com-
mittee has also been busy getting the
word out. Bridgens said supporters will
begin canvassing area neighborhoods on
Feb. 27.
At its last meeting, the School Board
heard about South Lane’s chances of re-
ceiving matching grant funds for its pro-
posed construction due to the passage of
Senate Bill 447, which earmarked $125
million in two installments for districts
attempting to pass bonds. Parent told the
Board that the pot of money available in
May will be split into two portions, with
one portion based on a District’s percent-
age of students that receive free and re-
duced lunches and the other in a random
allotment. She said South Lane appears
fourth on the waiting list for the priori-
tized portion and is eligible to receive $4
million toward the bond if it passes.
“Looking at some of the districts on
this list, it seems that some of them may
not be very prepared,” she said. “It’s
more than likely that we would move up
on this list.”
Parent said the Feb. 22 meeting, which
begins at 5:30 p.m. at the School District
offi ce, will mostly concern the Harrison
bond.
G RANGE
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Founded nationally in 1867,
the Grange, offi cially known
as the National Grange of the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry,
was begun to promote agricul-
ture and the needs of America’s
farmers. It features a hierarchi-
cal organization from the na-
tional down to the Pomona, or
county, level, then on to commu-
nity Grange Halls, and it prides
itself on its inclusiveness.
Members of Dorena Grange
say that, prior to a fi re that de-
stroyed their hall, their Grange
boasted upwards of 250 mem-
bers, many of whom took ad-
vantage of insurance provided
by the organization. These days,
however, Snook said the Grange
only has about 16 members, and
those who are responsible for
much of its work are advancing
in age.
“I’ve been the Master here
since 2006,” Snook said. “But
I’ll be 87 next week, and I’m
running out of gas. A lot of us
are. We need help.”
The Grange has 17 offi ces
at the community level, Snook
said, and as such Dorena Grange
does not have enough members
to fi ll them all. The drop-off in
membership, which has led to
fewer membership contribu-
tions, has also put less people
into contact with the Grange
and led to diminishing rentals
of the Grange Hall, another key
source of income.
“We used to have a nice pro-
cession at each meeting where
we’d march in from outside,”
said Jean Snook, who has served
as chaplain at Dorena for 15
years. “But now we just don’t
have enough people.”
Joe Snook said that Dorena
Grange has found it necessary
to fi le for consolidation with an-
other Grange Hall, likely Lon-
don Grange, but the group still
hopes it doesn’t have to hap-
pen. They’ve been given three
months to recruit new members,
and on Friday Snook surmised
that they’d still need at least
fi ve more to not only keep the
Grange alive but revitalize its
efforts in the community.
The Grange’s new members
heard about its deep involve-
ment with the Western Oregon
Exposition on Friday, in addi-
tion to many of the fi ner points
of its organization and the plays
each Grange puts on for its
neighbors in the springtime.
“The Grange works to better
the community,” Snook said.
“We have opportunities for both
young and old to interact in a
spirit of fellowship.”
There are currently Grange
Halls in Lorane, Creswell,
Dorena and London, and Alice
Nowicki, a member of London
Grange who also serves as the
Grange secretary on the state
level, said many of them are
struggling to recruit new mem-
bers.
“As the population gets old-
er, we’re not attracting a lot of
younger members,” Nowicki
said. “It becomes diffi cult to
manage the day-to-day opera-
tions, and monetary support is
important, too.”
The Grange hopes that hosting
meetings of local 4-H clubs will
attract youth and, in turn, their
parents to the Grange. Local
organization cgFEAST, which
examines and promotes the lo-
cal food system in South Lane
County, has also endeavored to
help, and cgFEAST member
Wendy Kelsh said many of the
members inducted on Friday
come from the cgFEAST ranks.
“We felt it was a doable goal
O FFBEAT
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— mere minutes, in a worst-
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fare very well in storms like the
one then blowing the Challenger
around.
In desperation, the Chal-
lenger headed north, trying to
make Willapa Bay on the coast
of Washington — where even if
the seas proved impassable, the
Challenger would have more of
a chance if a last-ditch desperate
beaching run were necessary.
At Willapa Bay, the tug As-
toria, seeing the smoke and the
distress signals, charged to the
rescue. In crossing the bar, the
doughty tug dug into a massive
comber that swept across her
deck, knocking Captain Chris
Olsen down and leaving him
badly injured; but his tug man-
aged to make it across the bar
and get a line on the now-vis-
ibly-smoking Challenger.
Back across the bar the tug
steamed, with its stricken res-
cuee wallowing behind, and up
into the channel of the Willapa
River to South Bend. And that’s
where Captain Nelson learned
how close he and his crew had
come to disaster:
“Two hours later, fl ames
broke through the cabin,” Nel-
son recounted, “and the schoo-
ner had to be scuttled.”
The ship was sent to the bot-
tom in 15 feet of river water,
quenching the smoking lime
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to help out the Grange,” Kelsh
said.
So why does the Grange have
trouble attracting younger mem-
bers? For Snook and others, it’s
a matter of new technology.
“People are too interested in
those electronic gadgets,” he
said. “They can sit there and
look at their hands and they
don’t have to communicate
with the outside world. But you
have to associate and learn to
get along within the commu-
nity. The Grange gets us off our
butts. At my age, it’s awful easy
to just sit here in this recliner,
but the Grange brings us togeth-
er all the time.”
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