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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 15, 2016 Cottage Grove Retrospective CLIP N' CARRY GARAGE SALES A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago June 11, 1986 Class of '86 profi les: Taking it to court “I’m looking forward to it,” senior Lynn Cravens says of Saturday’s graduation at the high school. “But I’m going to miss this place a lot next fall.” Cravens will leave Cottage Grove High School having lettered three times in track and twice in basketball, and with the experience of being the queen of her senior class prom. What she feels she’ll really leave, she says, are a group of friends and teachers she came to rely on daily to help her learn and enjoy life. “We were close,” Cravens says, referring to her senior classmates. “New things would always come up. It was never a problem com- ing to school because this is where my friends are.” Next fall, Cravens expects to be enrolled in the court reporting program and Lane Com- June 6 Trespassing, N. 8th St. A complainant that is a resident of the area reported that she observed a female enter the garage of a residence that is supposed to be vacant. Offi - cers contacted all parties in the vacant house where four trespassers were arrested. Two were released from the scene and one was taken into custody due to a warrant out for her. Illegal Dumping, N. 8th St. During the previous trespassing complaint, offi cers were fl agged down by employees who reported that The City fi led a Notice of Measure Election with the Lane County Clerk on Tuesday, June 7. The measure, if passed, will ESTATE SALE 308 Art Lot Lane, Creswell Fri-Sat 9am-7pm No Early Birds. Cars, trucks, vans, wood trailer, car dolly, lumber rack, tables, chairs, col- lectibles, some fi shing, $100 Fenway, yard and hand tools, planes, eagles, bells, crystal, china, and unusual items, rare – a little bit of everything. Rain or shine. GARAGE SALE Sat. only – June 18 8am-4pm Juniper Park, 1661 N. Pacifi c Hwy, Space 21, Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 the transients have been camping and illegally dumping their trash behind the business over the past week. Public Nudity, Carl’s Jr. Secondhand information from South Lane School District trans- portation noted that a driver saw a female nude from the waste down walking around the parking lot with a male subject walking a husky. Offi - cers contacted nearby motel staff who saw the man and said the woman was clothed (skimpily). CITY BEAT Marijuana tax: Measure No. 20- 245 SALE BY VFW AUXILIARY 3160 Hillside Drive Thurs-Sat 9am-4pm No early sales. Household goods, clothes, furniture, misc. Proceeds will help veterans. munity College. The two-year curriculum will prepare her for a career in legal shorthand and stenography, which, in her situation, is a case of a following in her mother’s footsteps. Craven’s mother works as a court reporter for a Eugene law fi rm, taking courtroom notes and depositions for the fi rm’s lawyers. Lynn, who has worked as a typist and self pro- claimed “go-fer” for a local law fi rm, saw the day-to-day excitement of the position about four years ago, and has planned for her career since. Yet she still fi nds it hard to let go of the past three years of work and friendship she received at the high school. “At fi rst, I wanted this past year to go by fast,” Craven says. “Now I don’t want it to end. POLICE BLOTTER June 7 Animal Info, S. 3rd St. A caller advised that her dog just threw up and there were four pills in the vomit. The pills were not scored and had no marks. The complainant believes someone has tried to poison the dog. Domestic Disturbance, S. River Rd. A caller advised that his kids were playing down by the river behind the middle school and heard was sounded like a “domestic violence situation,” which sounded to be coming from by Tree branch From the City's Friday pickup Last week, the City utilities Update crew completed a very success- put a three percent tax on sales of marijuana items by recre- ational marijuana retailers in the City. The measure number is 20-245 and will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. ful tree branch pick-up. A total of 31 dump truck loads (310 yards) of limbs and branches were collected from City streets and transported to the City Shop property. The collection occurred on May 23, 25 and 31. The City said the limb and branch pickup went much quick- er this year because the crew did not perform on-site chipping of the woody debris. All limbs 5A the trestle. A second caller advised police that a group of kids came to her house crying and screaming that their dad and sister went to investigate the sounds of a domestic situation and then they heard a gun shot and the fa- ther has not yet come back. June 8 Child Abuse/Neglect, Row River Rd. A complainant advised police that she saw a female punch her child who looked approximately one year old while the child was in a car seat in a silver Dodge Caravan. GARAGE SALE 2114 Wilson Ave. Sat. only 8am-4pm Compound mitre saw, television stand, clothes, toys, books, goodies. MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE 78911 Thornton Lane Sat. only 8am-5pm A little of everything! HUGE 2 FAMILY YARD SALE Sat-Sun 9am-3pm Goddard Lane – follow signs Antiques, household items, horse tack, sporting goods. Lots of other items. Cash only. and branches were stock-piled at the City Shop property, and all of this woody material is scheduled to be chipped some- time during late June. Several private parties also transported limbs and branches to the Public Works yard for disposal. Public Works allocated funds in the FY 15-16 budget to rent a large commercial tub grinder to chip all of the woody debris that has accumulated at the shop. Funds have also been allocated, for this same purpose, in the FY 16-17 budget. The wood chips are used around plants in the City parks and to cover unpaved walking paths. Chips are also made available to the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council for various riparian area improvement projects. There were 64.5 labor and equipment hours committed to this effort at a total cost of $4,166. The last time the tub grinder was used, the cost to the City was an ad- ditional $3,539. of his real estate back. And shortly afterward, au- thorities fi nally fi gured out who the strange couple were. They were Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, the founders and leaders of a vaguely New Age movement called “Human Individual Metamorphosis,” or HIM. For all the mysterious over- tones of Lovecraftian Cosmi- cism that the Waldport meet- ing had developed in the public imagination, the reality of HIM was turning out to be less sinis- ter. Applewhite and Nettles were leading a group that essentially followed Gnostic Christian doc- trine, fi ltered through a belief in UFOs and heavily infl uenced by Star Trek. They believed Heav- en was an actual planet (like Yuggoth in Lovecraft’s classic “The Whisperer in Darkness); that Jesus was a resident there, and that when he had come to Earth 2,000 years ago he had found Earth’s population not yet ready to “level up”; and that Library bids fare- well and good luck to Angela Arena The Cottage Grove Public Library hosted a farewell re- ception for departing Librarian Angela Arena this week. Staff, co-workers, patrons, kid camp- ers, and friends all shared pizza and cake and bid Angela good luck in her new position as Teen Librarian with the Tillamook County Library System. The Cottage Grove Librarian posi- tion is now open for applications and will close on Friday, June 24. Applications are already arriving from across the county for this library position. O FFBEAT Continued from page 4A Two had prophesied that they were “marked for death” and would soon be “returning to the Next Level” — that they would die after delivering their mes- sage, as had John the Baptist and Jesus Christ before them. People started wondering if this all might be leading up to some sort of brainwashing-fueled rit- ual mass suicide. (Keep in mind that this was several years be- fore the notorious Jonestown in- cident, so the “creepy cult com- mitting mass suicide” narrative was a considerably bigger leap for people to make in 1976 than it is for us today.) But then, a few weeks later, the fi rst of the vanished “apos- tles” reappeared and began the long and arduous task of putting his life back together. More ap- peared soon after, including Ru- bin, who managed to get some Another dental visit? Turns out, you have better things to do with your time. 6 -day weather forecast THURSDAY June 16 FRIDAY June 17 46° | 65° 47° | 70° Poss. Showers Partly Cloudy SATURDAY June 18 SUNDAY June 19 49° | 76° 49° | 78° Sunny Sunny MONDAY June 20 TUESDAY June 21 52° | 78° 53° | 81° Sunny Sunny We know your time is valuable. That's why we've invested in CEREC technology that allows for a faster experience when you need crowns, fillings or veneers. With CEREC, there's usually no need for a temporary and return visit. Everything is done in one visit, in about an hour - leaving more time for whatever is important to you. 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Apple- white carried on without her, claiming she had left her Earth- ly “vehicle” to move to Planet Heaven in a UFO. He later re- named his cult Heaven’s Gate. The end came in 1996, when the comet Hale-Bopp fl ew by the Earth. Convinced that a UFO lurked just behind the comet, waiting to take the Heaven’s Gate members away to Planet Heaven, Applewhite and 38 of his 39 followers rented a man- sion near San Diego, dressed in matching Nike running shoes and black shirts with “Heaven’s Gate Away Team” arm patches, and “liberated” themselves from their Earthly “vehicles” via an overdose of barbiturates mixed with vodka. (Sources: Portland Orego- nian, 5-9 Oct 1975; Wright, Mic. “The Strange Online Af- terlife of a 20th Century Suicide Cult,” thenextweb.com; “Heav- en’s Gate Timeline,” watchman. org; Zeller, Benjamin. Heaven’s Gate: America’s UFO Religion. New York: NYU Press, 2014) 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.
