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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 4, 2016 9A And they're off! COME IN AND CHECK OUT OUR CHAIN ART! LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING MATERIALS On Sunday, May 1, the Cottage Grove Elks Lodge hosted a Pinewood Derby for Cub Scout Pack 140. Winners included Bryce Johnson (third place), Matthew Fergason (sec- ond place), and Nicholas Brambila (fi rst place). Open 7 days a week! 79149 N. River Road 541-942-4664 We Want Your News! The Cottage Grove Sentinel wants to be your source for all things Cottage Grove. But we need your help! If you’ve got a news tip, we’d be glad to hear about it: $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM In person: 116 N. Sixth Street, Cottage Grove Email: cgnews@cgsentinel.com Office phone: 942-3325 photo by Christie Johnson B OND Continued from page 1A secured access system in each school (estimated $1,485,813 cost for safety and security up- grades), deferred maintenance projects such as roof replace- ments, exterior upgrades and heating and electrical work in some schools (estimated cost $2,300,443), replacement of 15-year old computer systems (estimated cost of $1,250,000 for network and technology up- grades), renovation of the War- ren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center at a cost of $2,920,129, renova- tion of Peggy’s Primary Con- nection learning Center (cost estimate $1,073,775), relocation of Kennedy High School to the old Delight Valley School loca- tion outside Saginaw at a cost of $412,000, reuse of the cur- rent Harrison property (at a cost estimate of $513,455) and de- velopment costs of $6,173,285 that include furniture, fi xtures and equipment, architecture and engineering services, con- sultant services, site and soil surveys, project management, permits and approvals, the costs of phasing out an old building and phasing in the use of a new one, a $1,135,266 construction contingency, project contingen- cy and administrative costs at a total of $5,676,330. Cost to the taxpayer South Lane School District plans to combine the bond that funded the construction of Cot- tage Grove High School (which expires in 2025) with the new Harrison bond, and Superinten- dent Krista Parent has stated that the District believes a $2 cost per $1000 of assessed property value is the upper limit of what voters will support. The bond is expected to start at $1.90 per $1000 in assessed value in its fi rst year and will likely decline as property values rise and more homes are built. Using the aver- age rate of the current CGHS bond over its lifetime, the new bond would cost the owner of a $170,000 home (which the District uses to represent the median value of a home in Cot- tage Grove) an extra $2.13 per month, or $25.56 per year. It should be noted, though, that rates will not be set until the day the District issues the bond. Possible matching grants choose to call. “On reaching their rooms, their piety evaporates. They don’t even say their prayers and go to bed, but proceed to open their bag and count out 57 web- foot dollars, as the result of their night’s work. At four other doc- tors’ stands the receipts range from $20 to $80. The doctors crawl into their beds happy, and … the ventriloquist says, ‘Jim, they told us the truth in Califor- nia, didn’t they?’ “‘How’s that?’ “‘That there are more dog- gone fools in Portland than any- where else.’ “Jim replies, ‘You bet! It’s a good place to gather goose feathers up here in Webfoot.’” The passage of Senate Bill 447 has allocated $125 million in funds for districts that secure bond levies this year and next year, with school districts eligi- ble to receive between $4-8 mil- lion. South Lane appears high on a waiting list for priority to receive $4 million to put toward the bond, which would be over and above the $35-plus million bond total. “It’s not guaranteed that we’ll receive that money, but we are very confi dent,” Superinten- dent Parent said. If the grant is received, the District plans to use about $2.5 million of the $4 million to further renovate the aquatic center. O FFBEAT Continued from page 8A dollar that will do you more good than a thousand dollars spent on a doctor. You may not be diseased now, but you may be within a week after we have gone back to California, and when we come back next year you may be down in your graves, or on your beds past cure. You know that millions of souls have Get your LOCAL news How you want it... been eternally lost because they failed to get religion when the preacher invited them. Don’t make the same fearful mistake. Get medicine when you have a chance. Don’t wait until it is too late.’ “At this point, the rattle of dollars dropping into the collec- tion box sounds like a gambler’s table. It is now 10:00 and the intelligent fellow-citizens are tired. The doctors bid them an affectionate good-night, prom- ising to be back tomorrow night, and in the meantime they can be found at their room at the ho- tel where they will be pleased to relieve as many sufferers as (Sources: Larsell, O. The Doctor in Oregon. Portland: Binfords, 1947; Bromberg, Erik. “Frontier Humor: Plain and Fancy,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, Sept. 1960) Finn J.D. John teaches at Oregon State University and writes about odd tidbits of Or- egon history. For details, see http://fi nnjohn.com. To contact him or suggest a topic: fi nn2@ offbeatoregon.com or 541-357-2222. In Print. Online. On the go! 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