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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 11, 2016 Cottage Grove Retrospective A look back at a Sentinel stories from 30 years ago May 14, 1986 Youth Advisory Council visits LMS District will miss Moira Bangs Moira Bangs admits freely that her interests didn’t lie in budget line items or maintenance projects. Reviewing the lease-purchase of several school buses held her attention, but it wasn’t her fa- vorite topic of discussion. “A board agenda for me would be talk- ing about curriculum, honoring some- body who has won an award… that kind of thing,” Bangs said. “That’s what I would like to see." If there ever was a club for optimistic “people” persons, Moira Bangs (mother, businesswoman and outgoing South Lane School District board member) would be the group’s president. Bar none. During the past three years, Bangs has used her senses of humor and humanity to get in touch with the district’s staff and parents. And her top concern was always the same: the students. “She always placed the kids fi rst, as it should be,” said board Chairman Dee Anderson. “The quality of her human- ness, her accessibility with the public… both will be sorely missed.” Bangs, along with fellow board mem- ber Bob Zeek, resigned from the panel in April. Both cited personal reasons, including the frustrations of trimming school programs to meet budget guide- lines, and slated their last day on the board for May 19. Bangs and Zeek set the resignation date to coincide with the district’s $6.5 million tax base proposal, which will be decided Tuesday, May 20. Both have been integral parts of a board effort to inform the voters of the proposal’s im- portance. But while some may see the upcom- ing elections as purely a fi nancial mat- ter, Bangs prefers to view the request in human terms. She saw the fl ip side a POLICE BLOTTER May 3 Criminal Mischief, Cham- bers Railroad Bridge A complaint came in from the Chamber of Commerce which was advised by tourists that they were “accosted” by a group of juveniles. The juveniles were reportedly verbally abusive towards the tourists at the above location, which also was vandalized by graffi ti inside the bridge. Animal Information, Tyler and 1st St. A caller advised that there was a cat under a green car that was foaming at the mouth and appeared to be very sick. The animal was transported to Gowdyville and dispatched. ATL Information, Mosby Creek A complainant advised that there was an older grey car full of people with a pas- senger hanging out of the window drinking from an alcohol bottle. Inside the vehicle, music was playing loudly, lights were fl ashing and the occupants were yell- ing “screw Donald Trump!” May 4 Criminal Mischief, Bohemia Elementary A caller advised police that her lawn mower was locked in the dugout at the location as she maintains the fi elds for South Valley Little League, and an unknown subject broke into the dugout and damaged her lawn mower. Domestic Disturbance, S 6th St. A caller advised that there are two subjects screaming and May 5 Animal Neglect/Abuse, Landess Rd. A caller advised that her squatter/tenant has dyed her cat’s coat purple. The caller said that it was a retaliation for her not letting the squatter use the water from the caller’s house. All parties were con- tacted and the tenant agreed to leave the cat alone. Suspicious Subject, Main St. A male with a yellow hat and grey jumpsuit was attempting to sell “bags of mystery” to passersby and was being ag- Edward F. Lee was Oregon’s fi rst fake-viagra scammer N ot much is known about Edward F. Lee, the Al- bany-based swindler sent up 6 decade ago. “I went through the ’76 closure as a parent. That was a frightening experi- ence,” Bangs said of the 1976 schools closure, caused when the district went broke for several weeks. “A lot of parents moved their children into private school, but that wasn’t the answer. The answer was funding and confi dence for what we had,” she said. yelling in the parking lot and heard the female yell “are you seriously going to put your hands on me again?” The is- sue was resolved and deter- mined it was verbal only. Offbeat Oregon History BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel Moira Bangs left the South Lane School Board on May 19,1986. Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 May 2 -day weather forecast THURSDAY May 12 FRIDAY May 13 49° | 80° 51° | 74° CITY BEAT gressive. The caller stated that he appeared to be a tweaker. Noise complaint, Stewart Park A caller advised that there were kids in the park being extremely loud and standing on the picnic tables. May 8 Firearm discharge, 13th St. Caller advised that a male went into the backyard of location with a rifl e and shot it into a piece of plywood in the backyard, then rushed back into the house. Gun was wrapped in a blanket like he was trying to hide it. Delay of 10 minutes...caller reported it was a potato gun. the river for mail fraud in 1919. In fact, Edward F. Lee may not even have been his real name; he may have assumed it as an alias to encourage people to confuse him with a highly re- spected and trusted Seattle-area businessman and shipbuilder of the same name. As swindlers often do, Lee’s career as a huckster started out relatively mild. In the ear- ly 1910s, his small classifi ed ads frequently appeared in the Members of the Cottage Grove Youth Advisory Council attended the Relay for Life assembly at Lin- coln Middle School on Tuesday afternoon, May 3 and participated by providing a presentation on the dangers of tobacco. Eight YAC members attended and made a pre- sentation urging the youth to make ‘Every Day Tobacco Free.’ The presentation was a part of the Youth Tobacco Elimination Project grant that the YAC received from the American Lung Association. Bohemia Park Amphitheater saddlespan installed The saddlespan that graces Bo- hemia Park each summer was re- installed this week in preparation of the summer activities in the park. Again this year, the Bohemia Park Amphitheater will be the site of a wide variety of entertainment and events. The 2016 Concerts in the Park series sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will begin Wednesday, June 22. The Eugene Symphony will be coming back on July 18. The signs of spring: Yard sale signs The City says one of the signs of spring is the proliferation of yard or garage sale signs plastered all over town. They remind that signs placed within the City right of ways, parks, on street signs or posts and mounted to utility poles are il- legal and will be removed. “The signs are litter and clutter the community. They also create Portland Morning Oregonian’s business section, and their con- tent was only slightly scammy. “$8 EVERY DAY selling OR- ANGEADE POWDER, the new drink,” reads one from May 1915. “It’s the craze; everybody buys; sample package 10 cents; makes a gallon; send today: EDWARD F. LEE, Kennewick, Wash.” Of course, 10 cents was a lot of money to pay in 1915 for a packet of Kool-Aid powder, but Looking Glass Community Services WE’VE MOVED! Our new oi ce is located at Sunny Sunny 508 E. Whiteaker St. SATURDAY May 14 SUNDAY May 15 50° | 72° 47° | 71° 541-767-3823 www.lookingglass.us Poss. 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Tree branch pick-up May 23 Just a reminder, the City of Cot- tage Grove’s annual tree branch pickup will begin on Monday, May 23. Public Works crewmem- bers will pick up branches that are placed in street parking areas during that week only. More information about the tree branch pickup can be obtained on the City’s webpage or by contacting the Public Works de- partment at City Hall. Divers clean raw water intake tanks On Thursday and Friday, div- ers with Reliable Diving from Maple Valley, Wash. were at the Row River Water Treatment Plant to clean the two raw water intake tanks. There are two raw water tanks that supply river water into the treatment plant. The smaller tank is just behind the fi sh screens at the intake structure and mea- sures 16’x16’x7’. The larger tank, which directly supplies water to the membrane fi lters, is just out- side the treatment plant and mea- sures 60’x17’x22’. Silt and sand from the raw water from the river settles to the bottom of these tanks and must be removed on a regular basis. Specially equipped divers enter the tanks and vacuum the silt and sand from the bottom of the tanks. The silt and sand is then land-applied to dry and return to the soil. This service is performed every other year. it’s not against the law to charge high prices. That can’t have been all he was doing, though, because in 1916 Spokane County authori- ties arrested him for committing fraud through the mails. His ad- vertisements in the Oregonian stopped for a time, and the next time they reappeared in the Or- egonian, they were slightly dif- ferent: “VALUABLE FORMULAS and trade secrets. List free. EDWARD F. LEE, Albany, Or- egon.” These formulas, such as they were, included recipes for home production of liquor, which had been outlawed in Oregon sev- eral years previously. But that wasn’t what got Lee in trouble with the law – that would come from the other ads he was run- ning at the same time, in pub- lications far distant from Lee’s new home city. Ads like this one, quoted without attribution in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s report on his case: “MEN OF ALL AGES— STOP GROWING OLD. You can recover and retain your youthful vigor and vitality with- out dangerous drugs and appli- ances. OUR NEW METHOD tells how. Send for free letter. The P. Presto Company, Albany, Oregon.” This ad was, as you have like- ly guessed, a carefully coded appeal to men suffering from erectile dysfunction. At the time, ministering to this cohort of men was an extremely profi table and popular line for scammers of all types. For many men of that era, impotence was almost a fate worse than death; it was a severe blow to their masculine pride. They were desperate enough to try nearly anything in quest for a cure. And, even better, erec- tile dysfunction was a disease that most commonly struck af- fl uent men in their 50s and 60s – meaning they’d have plenty of money to throw around to fi nd that cure. The hucksters rose to the oc- casion, peddling everything from fake folk remedies to the “electric belts” that were sup- posed to jolt men’s reproductive apparatus back to life. There was even a quack surgeon in Little Rock, Arkansas, who offered to surgically implant a piece of a goat’s testicle in patients. Patients who had suffered from ingesting dangerous drugs or blasting their most sensitive parts with electrical current read Lee’s advertisement with con- siderable interest. And better Please see OFFBEAT, Page 10A Better together. + = SAVE The more you protect, the more you save. I can do a lot more than just protect your car. And when you bundle coverage for your auto and home, I can help you save big. Get the savings you deserve. Call me or stop by my ofice for a free quote. 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