COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 18, 2016
Monday wreck kills
18-year old driver
Subaru driven by
CG's Connor Fitch
was struck by a
commercial van
A
n 18-year old Cottage
Grove man was killed in
a two-car collision on Highway
99 just north of the City Mon-
day morning.
Bill Fugate of the Oregon
State Police reported that po-
lice were called to an area near
River Road and Highway 99 at
about 8:17 a.m. Monday. He
wrote that a 2004 Subaru wagon
was traveling northbound when
it veered off the east shoulder
of the highway. Fugate said the
car appeared to over-correct
upon reentering the roadway, at
which time it was struck on the
rear passenger side by a south-
bound 2014 Chevrolet commer-
cial van.
The driver of the Subaru,
identifi ed Monday afternoon as
Connor R. Fitch, 18, of Cottage
Grove, was taken by ambulance
to Cottage Grove Community
Medical Center, where he lat-
er died from his injuries. The
driver of the Chevrolet, Bryan
A. Ross, 25, of Eugene, was not
injured.
Highway 99 was closed for
three hours while the investiga-
tion was conducted. State Police
were assisted by South Lane
Fire, the Cottage Grove Police
Department and the Oregon De-
partment of Transportation.
On Monday evening, friends
and family gathered at Cottage
Grove Lake to remember Fitch,
a car enthusiast, and well-wish-
es and condolences fi lled his
Facebook page.
Pool hosts
Water Safety Day
courtesy photo
First responders had to wait to extricate the victim due to
downed power lines.
Driver hurt in Sunday crash
O
regon State Police believe that
alcohol and marijuana may be
contributing factors in a single-ve-
hicle accident Sunday afternoon that
sent a driver to the hospital with seri-
ous injuries, sheared a power pole and
caused a power outage nearby.
Police with OSP say they were
called to the scene of a single-vehicle
crash at the corner of Highway 99 and
Latham Road at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in
which the driver lost control of his
vehicle and left the roadway, hitting a
power pole. They said that live power
lines were resting on the vehicle and
paramedics were unable to extricate
the victim until the Emerald Peoples
Utility District shut off the power. The
driver, later identifi ed as 21-year old
Jeremiah Jacob Mathews of Cottage
Grove, was transported to RiverBend
with critical injuries. An investigation
into the crash is ongoing.
Late Monday morning, Mathews’
grandmother, who asked that her name
not be printed, said that Mathews suf-
fered a cracked vertebra, a blood clot
in his brain, a ruptured spleen and
collapsed lung in the crash. She said
Mathews was in an induced coma.
“I wish young people could learn
about what can happen, what happens
when you drive drunk,” she said. “He
is the love of my life. I've raised him
since he was 11. He's a sweet boy.”
Farmers Market hopes
to thrive on Thursdays
Will happen downtown from 4-6 p.m.
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
O
rganizers say a steady stream
of visitors checked out the
offerings at the fi rst South Valley
Farmers Market, held Thursday af-
ternoon at the corner of Seventh and
Main Streets in downtown Cottage
Grove.
About a half-dozen local farm-
ers showcased produce consisting
largely of leafy lettuce and other
greens as befi tting the time of year,
and Drew Renault of High Wire
Farm said the market, which is
scheduled each Thursday from 4-7
p.m. across from All-America City
Square, said the event generated a
“lot of foot traffi c.”
Renault said he’s thought for
some time now that a farmers
market might marry well with the
weekly Bread Club event that draws
a crowd to the Burkholder Woods
Building.
“There have already been quite
a few people stopping by that I’ve
never seen before,” he said.
In addition to High Wire, repre-
sentatives from Branch Road Farm,
Brice Creek Croft, Cox Creek Farm,
Ruby and Amber’s Organic Oasis,
Keizer Creek Farm and Star Ranch
showcased their wares. The market
represents Cottage Grove’s latest at-
tempt at establishing a new farmers’
market for locally grown produce
following the split of a Wednesday
growers market with the Chamber
of Commerce’s Concerts in the
Park series, a pairing that thrived in
Coiner Park.
The Chamber announced prior
to its 2014 season that it would re-
locate the market from Coiner to
nearby Bohemia Park, but the new
park setting drew few farmers will-
ing to sell their produce at Bohemia,
reportedly due to the lack of shade
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T AWNY L OWREY
541-554-2044
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photo by Jon Stinnett
Drew Renault (left) of High Wire Farm talks to a customer at
Thursday's fi rst South Valley Farmers Market.
in the new park.
Last season brought an attempt to
move the farmers market to Satur-
days at the Coast Fork Farmstand, a
914 9th (Hwy.99) • Cottage Grove, OR • 541-942-4040
move that never really materialized.
Renault said the South Valley
Farmers Market will take place into
October.
The Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center in Cot-
tage Grove, Ore., will host the fi fth annual Water
Safety Day on Saturday, May 21 from 1-3:30 p.m.
Children of all ages and their parents can learn
about swimming and boating safety through a vari-
ety of activities at this free event.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Offi ce Search and
Rescue Team will host a life jacket exchange dur-
ing the event. Children can exchange old life jack-
ets for better-fi tting ones. The rescue team will
also have their patrol boat on site and will share
tips on how to stay safe while boating.
Children will also have the opportunity to meet
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mascot, Bobber
the Water Safety Dog. Through free printed mate-
rials and online cartoons (www.Bobber.info), Bob-
ber teaches children how to stay safe while visiting
Corps reservoirs, such as nearby Cottage Grove
and Dorena lakes.
The pool will offer a free swim following the wa-
ter safety stations. Participants are asked to bring
suits and towels.
Those seeking more information can contact
Carrie McCasline at 541-942-5533.
Veterans and
grads featured in
Museum
exhibit
“Honoring Vets, Celebrating Grads,” an exhibit
highlighting military uniforms and high school
graduation dresses of the past, opens Sunday, May
22 from 1-4 p.m. at the Cottage Grove Museum,
147 N H St., in Cottage Grove’s historic Northwest
Neighborhood.
Graduation dresses worn by 1905 Cottage Grove
High School graduate Mae Anderson, 1909 Cot-
tage Grove High School graduate Eunice Vanden-
burg and 1939 graduate Hazel Nadine Rose Kelly
are on exhibit in the main museum building. Mili-
tary uniforms from the past including the uniform
worn by long-time Cottage Grove resident and
U.S. Navy Yeoman Albert Palmer along with post-
ers from WWI and WWII are on exhibit the mu-
seum annex.
Admission is free but donations are encouraged.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact: Cottage Grove
Museum Coordinator Tara Sue Hugart at 541-968-
2245 or tarasuehughart99@gmail.com, or Becky
Venice, Cottage Grove Museum Board President
Coordinator at (541) 942-4269 or b_bvenice@
msn.com.
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