COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL March 2, 2016 CITY BEAT Cottage Grove Retrospective A look back at a Sentinel story from 70 years ago March 7, 1946 Basketball team fi nishes up season, squad shows well on home fl oor The Lions ended their 24- game basketball season with 11 wins against 13 losses. The team this year was classed strictly as a home fl oor team as nine of their wins were at home against four losses. The Lions placed fi fth in the league, but can boast of two outstanding players in Wilbur Heath, the league’s best back- board performer and in the Gor- don Neideigh, the league’s ace scorer. Neideigh set a new game record with a 32-point perfor- mance against Springfi eld and new 10-game record with 168 points, which broke the 150 points set by Gard of the Uni- versity high in 1938. The squad scored victories over several strong out of dis- trict teams including Weed and Eureka, Calif., North Bend and Corvallis. Burglary Attempt, E Main St. A caller advised of two males trying to open the door at a business at the above location. The caller ran them off and the subjects were last seen running east-bound from the alley. One subject was wearing a large backpack. Feb. 25 Suspicious Suspect, 16th and Washington Caller advised seeing a male subject with a fl ashlight going through trash for cans. The call- er stopped to ask the man what he was doing and he stated he was only looking for cans. Offi - cers checked on the subject and determined that he was not stay- ing in the area. City staff spent Tuesday after- noon, Feb. 23 in training on the new City web page that is being designed. The page is opera- tional and posted on an intranet to allow for adjustments, testing and the addition of information. The new page will include a variety of features that the City says will make updating the content easier and will work nicely across multiple devices. Police Department Back Row: Asst. Coach Whitaker, Bob McBee, Charlie Rice, Wally Morelock, Kenneth Harker, Spud Campbell, Marvin Schaffer, Bruce Johnson, Donald Eastburn, Ronald Chapman, Milo Chapman, Coach Bob Dusenberry; Second Row: David Husle, Virgil Newton, Norman Stevenson, Mike Gamble, David Porter, Bill Kanel, Don Nickols, Dean Kelly, Red Glenn, Champ Husted, Gordon Neideigh, Harlan Micky; front row: Mgr. Frank Grewelle, Cecil Martin, Jerry Mickey, Wilbur Heath, Noel Campbell, Harlan Chap- man, Asst. Manager Joe Getty. POLICE BLOTTER Feb. 24 Webpage Training Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 Burglary, Village Dr. A caller advised that the locks to a door had been pried open and $100 worth of cans and bot- tles were taken. There was no sign of damage and the roll-up door was unsecured. Follow-up, Gateway A caller advised of seeing a transient male subject panhan- dling at the business and said that the subject matches a photo and description posted on Face- book. She only remembered the subject's fi rst name (John), and described him as wearing a black hoodie with a backpack and a bike beside him. Feb. 26 Illegal Camping, Hwy 99 A caller advised that two sub- jects were camping in the bushes near the location and were soon escorted away by offi cers. Suspicious Subject, S Third St. Multiple calls came in regard- ing a male subject at the location who was nude from the waist down. The subjected was con- tacted by police and determined to actually be a mentally ill fe- male. The subject was given a courtesy ride to her residence. Feb. 28 Traffi c Hazard, Overpass Connector A caller at the station report- ed a male transient subject that wandered into traffi c as he was going eastbound over the over- pass in front of the caller’s vehi- cle and another. When the caller returned westbound over the same overpass, the same subject was seen wandering back into traffi c. Theft from Vehicle, Birch Ave. A caller reported that her son witnessed a theft from the caller’s vehicle approximately 20 minutes prior to the call. The caller’s vehicle was parked in the parking lot across from her residence. An offi cer contacted the caller for additional info but the caller was unsure of what property was missing and will conduct an inventory when her husband returns. Traffi c Hazard, E. Main St. Alley A caller reported that a storm drain cover on the east end of the alley has been removed, leaving a wide-open hole and a hazard to motorists and pe- destrians. The cover was laying near a trash bin on the east end of the alley. An offi cer placed the storm drain cover back in place. Department of Revenue posts delinquent taxpayer names online O regon’s top 100 delin- quent income taxpayers owe millions in unpaid taxes, and the state is testing a new way to collect that debt. The Oregon Department of Revenue’s website now features a list of the top delinquent tax- payers for both the personal in- come tax and income tax with- holding programs. Perusing the list determines that there are no individuals or businesses with addresses in the Cottage Grove area among either list of delin- quent taxpayers. “This is a pilot project, test- ing a new tool to encourage tax compliance and increase collec- tion of delinquent taxes,” said Chris Wytoski, collections man- ager for the Personal Tax and Compliance Division. “More than 30 states use public posting of delinquent taxpayer infor- mation, with positive results,” Wytoski added. The Department of Revenue said that inclusion in this list isn’t the fi rst step in the collec- tions process. “We tried to resolve these debts with the taxpayers us- ing other collection methods, but they haven’t paid,” Wytoski said. Once identifi ed as being among the top delinquent tax- payers in Oregon, taxpayers re- ceive a warning notice and have another opportunity to resolve their debt before their informa- tion is posted online. The information posted in- cludes the taxpayer’s name, their address, the type of delinquent tax, and the amount of the debt, as shown on the tax warrant re- corded by one of Oregon’s 36 counties. “All of the information we’re posting is pulled from recorded tax warrants, and it’s public,” Wytoski said. The list is generated based on the highest dollar amounts shown on active tax warrants re- corded by Oregon’s 36 counties. The amounts shown online may not be the current amount owed to the state, as the recorded amount doesn’t refl ect payments made or additional amounts added, such as interest. Personal income tax is the amount each person owes to the state based on the income earned during the tax year. Tax- payers accrue personal income tax debt when they don’t pay the amount they owe when they fi le their taxes, or if they don’t fi le at all. In situations where a taxpayer doesn’t fi le a return, the department makes an assess- COTTAGE GROVE TAX OFFICE 28 South 6th Street, Suite C Cottage Grove Fast, Reliable, Confi dential $25 off NEW CLIENT RETURNS (must present ad) Drop-off Ser vice, Direct Deposit, Saturday Walk-ins Call for an appointment today. 541-942-7070 ment based on information pro- vided on W-2s and 1099s fi led by employers. Income tax withholding is money withheld from employ- ees’ paychecks to cover income tax owed by the employees. Withholding debt is accrued when the employer withholds the money from employees in trust, but doesn’t remit it to the department. Visit www.oregon.gov/dor to get tax forms, check the status of your refund, or make tax pay- ments; or call (800) 356-4222 toll-free from an Oregon prefi x (English or Spanish); (503) 378- 4988 in Salem and outside Or- egon; or email, questions.dor@ oregon.gov. For TTY (hearing or speech impaired), call (800) 886-7204. Last week, Offi cer Steven Biehler graduated from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Basic Police Academy and has returned to the department to complete his fi eld training. On March 3, the department welcomes its newest offi cer, Josh Dumas. Dumas and his family are relocating back to the area after living in Bakers- fi eld, Calif. Both Dumas and his 5A From the City's Friday Update wife were born and raised in Oregon. Dumas will be sworn in on Wednesday, March 9 at 11:15 a.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. Water taste competition This week, the Cascades to Coast Subsection of the Ameri- can Water Works Association held the annual best tasting wa- ter competition for all member cities. Fifteen cities submitted samples for this “friendly” competition. Best tasting water honors for 2016 went to the City of Sweet Home (118 points). Second place was claimed by the Tumalo Rim Water Improvement District, near Bend (117 points), and third place went to the City of Bend (115 points). The City of Cottage Grove was in thirteenth place with 82 points. This year, the judges used a more elabo- rate point system, with 150 total points possible. Cottage Grove Sentinel www.cgsentinel.com @ cgsentinel @cgsentinel #cgsentinel Cottage-Grove-Sentinel 6 -day weather forecast THURSDAY March 3 FRIDAY March 4 43° | 53° 46° | 52° Poss. Showers Rain SATURDAY March 5 SUNDAY March 6 44° | 56° 42° | 51° Poss. Showers Poss. Showers MONDAY March 7 TUESDAY March 8 41° | 50° 41° | 50° Poss. Showers Poss. 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