COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 13, 2016
POLICE BLOTTER
April 4
Theft, E. Grover Ave.
A reporting person advised
police that three pairs of shoes
were taken from their front
porch at an unknown time
during the night. The reported
value of the theft was $179.97.
Shots fi red, Bryce Ck.
A reporting person called
police to tell them that she
had just shot her husband.
The wound wasn’t fatal but
the husband was no longer
on the scene. The caller was
transferred to the Lane County
Sheriff’s Department.
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
Suspicious Conditions, Row
River Rd.
A caller advised that three
males got into a yellow van at
the location with no front plate
on the van. Smoke began to
permeate out of the vehicle. A
male arrived at the location in
another vehicle and got into the
back of the van and the other
two walked up and got in. The
caller was colorblind, so color
descriptions were guesses. The
males were advised of the com-
plaint against them, though no
marijuana smell or sign of any
substance use was reported.
April 6
April 9
Intoxicated Subject, River
Rd.
A complainant at the front
counter advised police of a
male subject passed out and has
vomited inside the bridge. Offi -
cers on scene found the subject
unconscious but breathing and
requested a medic.
Domestic Assault, HWY 99
A complainant advised police
that he witnessed a male
subject strike a female and ride
away on a bike. The male sub-
ject was described as standard
body size with a shaved head
and wearing an army jacket.
Public Urination/Defecation,
Row River
A female with dark hair with a
very skinny fi gure was urinat-
ing when a caller drove by.
When he drove back by her,
she was laying on the ground,
sleeping. She was advised that
she was camping illegally and
subject to arrest for public
urination, but she was given the
night to move on.
Traffi c Hazzard, HWY 99N
A reporting person advised
police of traffi c problems to the
entrance of the racetrack and
believes someone should be
directing traffi c. An offi cer con-
fi rmed the traffi c problem and
attempted to assist. A second
caller advised of vehicle park-
ing on the disc golf course.
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needles might be installed.
He also asked the Council what
portion of the estimated $15,000
per year to operate the program
the City might be able to con-
tribute.
Councilor Mike Fleck spoke
up fi rst, saying he supported a
drop box but not an exchange
program.
“I’m the last person to stand
in judgment, but I’m not one
that’s going to help enable self
destructive behaviors,” Fleck
said, “or help someone to con-
tinue a lifestyle that’s not in
their best interest.”
Tandrow countered that such
an objection is a common one
but that he knows of no evidence
that exchange programs lead to
“It’s not really a choice between having
people use drugs or not. They are
already using."
— Councilor Jake Boone
more drug use in a community.
“The thing that makes them
use more is that heroin is more
available, cheaper than it’s ever
been and more potent,” he said.
“But as far as I know, there’s no
evidence at all that exchange
programs increase use.”
Tandrow said that the “stereo-
type of the IV drug user no lon-
ger applies” and that use “cuts
across all groups of society.”
Fleck responded that he
would still fi nd it “gut-wrench-
Offbeat Oregon History:
Great women of Oregon history, Part 2
BY FINN J.D. JOHN
For the Sentinel
I
n last week’s column, we
launched into an overview
of great women from Oregon
history whose names ought to be
mentioned next time the chance
comes up to name a bridge or
mountain after an important and
overlooked historical fi gure. To-
day we’ll continue that list with
several more path-breaking, rel-
atively unknown women from
Oregon history:
Gov. Carolyn B. Shelton
First female governor in U.S.
history; First former governor
to marry another former gov-
ernor (tie with George Cham-
berlain)
Carolyn B. Shelton was, es-
sentially, a paralegal before
there were paralegals, working
for a progressive young attorney
named George Chamberlain.
She started out working for him
as a stenographer, but he quick-
ly recognized her aptitude for
the law, and soon she was draft-
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ing legal documents and do-
ing research. She soon became
his most trusted assistant. And
when her boss was elected gov-
ernor of Oregon, she went with
him to the Capitol as his private
secretary.
Then Chamberlain was elect-
ed to the U.S. Senate and had to
travel to Washington, D.C., to be
sworn in. His successor, Frank-
lin Benson, was sick in bed.
In a situation like this, the
standard procedure for the state
of Oregon was for the gover-
nor’s private secretary to step
in as acting governor during his
absence. But never before had
a governor’s private secretary
been a woman.
Nonetheless,
Chamberlain
handed over the keys to the
offi ce to his trusty private sec-
retary and hopped on an east-
bound train.
And so, for the fi rst time in
U.S. history, for one weekend
in early 1909, a U.S. state was
governed by a woman.
Come Monday, Benson was
feeling better. After he was
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ing” to think that he might be
encouraging drug use.
Councilor Jake Boone framed
the decision differently.
“It’s not really a choice be-
tween having people use drugs
or not,” he said. “They are al-
ready using. We’re looking at
a choice between people using
drugs and having hepatitis C and
HIV or people just using drugs.
I’m going to choose the just us-
ing drugs. Whether we approve
of the behavior doesn’t matter
sworn in, Shelton traveled east
to rejoin her boss.
By the way, while we’re on
the subject of “fi rsts,” 17 years
after this incident, Shelton and
Chamberlain married each oth-
er. It rather goes without saying
that this was the fi rst time THAT
had ever happened — two for-
mer governors marrying one
another.
Charlotte “One-Eyed Char-
ley” Parkhurst
Likely the fi rst woman to vote
for a U.S. president (after
1807); First (and probably
only) female stagecoach driver
Back in the 1860s, before rail-
road lines were punched through
the Siskiyou Mountains to con-
nect Oregon with California, the
stagecoach lines were the most
important thing going. And the
men who drove those four- and
six-horse rigs were among the
most admired tough guys of the
frontier.
A stagecoach driver faced
all sorts of hazards in his daily
work, from runaway horse teams
to nests of rattlesnakes. But the
biggest risk a stage driver ran,
by far, was robbers. Until the
railroad came through, most of
the gold and valuables sent from
town to town — lumber-camp
payrolls, the produce from gold
mines, stacks of cash to be used
for political bribery – came and
went in an “express box” on a
stagecoach.
Robbers very seldom, if ever,
as much as having a change to
make a bad thing marginally
less bad. I would like to make
things marginally less bad.”
Councilor Amy Slay asked
Tandrow for a “harder num-
ber” of the contribution the City
might be expected to make to
get the program going. Coun-
cilor Jeff Gowing asked if the
Council could see something
it could vote on and “go from
there,” and Mayor Tom Munroe
said the Council should “have a
meeting, start a little earlier and
discuss this.”
Thus, it was decided that Rene
Yandel, director of the HIV Alli-
ance in Eugene, would be asked
to join a council worksession at
a time that would work for Yan-
del. The date for the workses-
sion was not immediately set.
set out to murder a stage driver.
But when a stagecoach driver
heard the words “Stick ‘em up,”
he never knew if the robber was
going to be one of those smooth,
gentlemanly types like “Black
Bart” Bolton, or a twitchy,
jittery drunkard clutching a
cocked Winchester. Sometimes
gunfi ghts did break out. Most
often, the stage drivers lost
those gunfi ghts; they made fi ne
targets high up on their seats.
“One-Eyed
Charley”
Parkhurst was a stagecoach
driver, and one of the very best.
Charley was better with the
horses than anyone else. He had
less trouble with robbers than
most other drivers, too – he had
a reputation as a hard driver to
get the drop on. In at least one
robbery attempt he “turned his
wild mustangs and his wicked
revolver loose,” according to
an 1880 article in the New York
Times – and, leaving at least
one would-be robber behind
dead, brought the box through
safely. After that, most robbers
just avoided crossing paths with
him. He mostly worked the
California runs, but his job also
regularly brought him over the
Siskiyous into southern Oregon
as well.
Charley didn’t die on the
job. Stricken with tongue can-
cer (probably from chewing
tobacco), he gave up the ghost
in 1879 and was laid out to be
prepared for burial.
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CITY BEAT
City Manager Richard Meyers attended a meeting of the
local Covered Bridges Scenic Bikeway Proponent Commit-
tee. Its membership includes representatives from the City,
Chamber, Travel Lane County, Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Army Corps of Engineers, Lane County and several
cycling enthusiasts from the community.
The committee meets periodically throughout the year to ad-
dress challenges or issues and to consider ways to promote
the bikeway and enhance ridership.
Camera
presentation
Interim Police Chief Scott Shepherd and Commander
Conrad Gagner attended a body-worn Camera presentation
at the Eugene Police Department on Friday, April 8, 2016.
Eugene Police hosted several vendors for area agencies to
view their product and talk to the representatives.
Community policing
Interim Chief Scott Shepherd participated in the second
meeting for “Stand up for Cottage Grove”. Community
Service Offi cer Cherie Nelson and Shepherd presented
information and discussed several topics including; identify-
ing and reporting suspicious behavior, preventing vehicle
break-ins, property identifi cation programs, home security
and home-inspection information. Councilor Amy Slay,
Councilor Mike Fleck and Councilor Kenneth Roberts were
also in attendance.
Auto gas
The City Manager, Public Works Director Jan Wellman
and the Interim Police Chief joined the Fleet Maintenance
Supervisor for a presentation on the addition of propane fuel
systems to certain city vehicles. The City said the addition
of propane capabilities to vehicles has a number of potential
benefi ts not only in reduced emissions but also in costs sav-
ings. There are a number of programs and opportunities that
encourage the conversion.
Summer water supply forecast
With the summer irrigation season quickly approaching, it
is very informative to look at the reservoir refi ll projections
for the Willamette System. With a more normal winter and
good snow pack, refi ll of the Willamette Basin projects is
considered “normal.” The Willamette System is 65 per-
cent full and only nine percent behind rule curve, the ideal
fi ll-level of the system, as of April 7. Dorena Reservoir is
60 percent full and one percent behind rule curve. Infl ow
to Dorena Reservoir is 459 cfs and outfl ow is 359 cfs. At
this time last year, these amounts were 511 cfs and 149
cfs, respectively. Dorena and Cottage Grove reservoirs are
both projected to fi ll so that minimum summer fl ows can
be achieved. Reservoir levels for both Dorena and Cot-
tage Grove are important to the City, as fl ows from Dorena
impacts the domestic water supply, and fl ows from Cottage
Grove can impact the temperature for treated wastewater
discharge. As the spring season progresses, Public Works
will continue to closely monitor weather conditions for the
local reservoir operations.
Tree branch pick-up service to be
held the week of May 23
The City of Cottage Grove’s annual tree branch pickup
service will begin the week of Monday, May 23.
This program is intended to assist property owners with
their tree trimming along streets and sidewalks. City streets
require a minimum overhead clearance of 13 feet, six inches
for vehicle traffi c and a minimum overhead clearance of
15 feet in intersections. Sidewalks require a minimum
overhead clearance of eight feet for pedestrian traffi c. It is
the property owner’s responsibility to trim trees along their
property to meet these clearance requirements.
Residents can also use the opportunity to trim other trees on
their property. The Public Works crew will pick up branches
that are placed in street parking areas beginning the week
of May 23. Those who have questions regarding the tree
branch pickup program or would like a copy of the informa-
tional brochure that outlines the specifi c program guidelines
can call the Public Works Department at 541-942-3349, stop
by the Public Works offi ce located in City Hall at 400 East
Main Street or go to the City’s website at
www.cottagegrove.org.
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a rainy
year.
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