COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 4, 2016
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for Cub Scout Pack 140.
Winners included Bryce
Johnson (third place),
Matthew Fergason (sec-
ond place), and Nicholas
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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.
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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
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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.
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