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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 6, 2016 Cottage Grove Retrospective CLIP N' CARRY GARAGE SALES A look back at a Sentinel story from 60 years ago July 5, 1956 Western Days begin now; Riding Club rodeo July 7-8 Rodeo stock of the Harley Tucker Rodeo Stock associ- ation of Joseph will arrive in Cottage Grove Friday for the 10th annual two-day rodeo sponsored by Cottage Grove Riding club. Mr. Tucker is bringing his stock from the four-day rodeo and show at St. Paul. This is the second year the Tucker stock has been under contract for the Cottage Grove show. Mayor Jess Hill has pro- claimed Thursday through Sunday as Western Days and has called upon the peo- ple to properly observe the four days by wearing west- ern dress. Members of the Cottage Grove riding club will be on the search for per- YARD SALE 1011 N. 9th St., #21 Fri-Sat 9am-3pm Beads, Native American bed work, misc. items. sons who do not observe the proclamation and will prob- ably apply fi t punishment to he offenders. The opening parade to the rodeo begins at 10 a.m. Sat- urday. The local rodeo will be held Saturday and Sunday at the rodeo grounds one mile south of town. It is a profes- sional show, with amateur entries limited to fi ve events. Entries for the professional events of the Rodeo Cow- boy association will be han- dled by the secretary of the Tucker Rodeo association. They will be taken until Sat- urday noon. June 27 Detox, HWY 99S A reporting person advised police of a male subject observed climbing into a dumpster at the location. Offi - cers contacted the subject inside the dumpster and took him into custody for non-criminal detoxifi cation and transported to the station for lodg- ing. Theft Attempt, N. 10th St. A caller requested an offi cer to report an unknown suspect that at- tempted to remove the license plates from his vehicle, which was parked in the driveway. The offi cer contact- ed the complainant, who declined a formal report but requested extra pa- trol during the graveyard hours. ESTATE SALE 1440 Anthony Ave. Fri-Sat 9am-4pm Whole household of items must go - from clothes to tools and more! Police chief Ed Jones leads the Pet Parade through Cottage Grove, with Ro- deo Queen Floretta Anderson and her court, Princesse Judy LaBlue, Judy Larsen and Dona MacInnes accompanying him. Queen Floretta and her court will reign over the Western Days, Thursday through Sunday. Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 Shots Fired, Gateway Blvd A reporting person advised that a single shot was fi red in the back of the location for an unknown reason. Offi cers on the scene contacted all present subjects and determined that the shot was actually a fi recracker. June 28 Menacing, Row River Rd. A complainant advised that she was walking her dog while her hus- band was unloading their vehicle when a male subject tried to attack her with a shovel. The man was de- scribed as a white male with black boots and shorts with a white shirt and a long blonde or reddish beard. Offi cers checked the area for the suspect but were unable to locate anyone fi tting that description. CITY BEAT The updating of the City FEMA fl oodplain maps will move forward this year. The Community Development Staff were notifi ed by FEMA that the Region X Engineer had re- viewed the differences between the (Light Detection and Rang- ing (LiDAR) tool provided by the City about a year ago and the terrain data sets used for the modeling and mapping of the Coast Fork River. He has con- cluded that updates to the draft maps are warranted. FEMA is coordinating with the US Army Corps of Engineers to prepare a ANNUAL CENTER STREET SALE (off Mosby Creek Rd.) Fri-Sat 9am-4pm Thousands of items priced to sell. Too much to list! From the City's Friday Update scope of work for the updates with the consultant hired for the work. FEMA is now wanting to discuss the scope of work with staff with the work to be funded for later this summer or early fall. The fl oodplain mapping project that has been on hold will now commence. Staff will provide further information as it becomes available. Emergency Preparedness Fair The second annual Emergen- cy Preparedness Fair is sched- uled for Saturday, Aug. 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cottage Grove Hospital, 1515 Village 6 -day weather forecast THURSDAY July 7 FRIDAY July 8 53° | 78° 52° | 67° Partly Cloudy Poss. Showers SATURDAY July 9 SUNDAY July 10 50° | 71° 50° | 76° Poss. Showers Partly Cloudy MONDAY July 11 TUESDAY July 12 52° | 80° 52° | 80° Sunny Sunny Cottage Grove Sentinel www.cgsentinel.com June 29 June 30 Found Bike, E. Main St. A caller advised police that a bike was found in the parking lot of a business. It appeared that someone had tried to burn off the lock that was attached. The bike is an unknown brand BMX bike with foot pegs on the front and rear and a Tootsie Roll seat cover. Suspicious Subject, S. 4th St. A caller advised police of seeing a female subject coming from the rear of a remodeled home, carrying a trash bag fi lled with stuff. Police were unable to fi nd the subject after an extensive area check. Wanted Subject, Harlow Rd. Police were informed that a sub- ject who has been wanted was at the location to visit her children. Offi - cers contacted the subject and took her into custody for providing liquor to an intoxicated person. The sub- ject was transported to Lane County Jail. Drive. This is a family-friendly event with helicopter and emer- gency vehicle displays, infor- mational booths, exhibits and more. Those interested in par- ticipating are asked to contact intern Glenn Rust at (541) 942- 3340 or email him at Communi- tydev@cottagegrove.org. Golf Course mower On Friday, Middlefi eld Golf Course took delivery on a new Terrain Cut Rough Mower, a 2016 John Deere 9009A model. The City purchased the mower from Pacifi c Golf and Turf in Portland. The City also demoed a Toro and Jacobson mower and it was determined that the John Deere had the best specifi ca- tions and features needed by the golf course. The John Deere mower will replace a 2004 Toro Grounds Master 4500 that has reached the end of its useful life. The purchase of this mower was included in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 budget. July 1 Suspicious Conditions, Bohemia Park A caller reported seeing smoke around the fl ag pole at the loca- tion. The complainant advised that it seemed to be too much smoke for just steam or a bit of fog. It was later revealed that it was a fog machine for activities going on the next day. @ Cottage-Grove-Sentinel An article in the June 22, 2016 edition of the Sentinel incorrectly listed the weekly time of the South Valley Farmers Market. The market takes place each Thursday at the corner of Seventh and Main streets in downtown Cottage Grove from 4-7 p.m. The Sentinel apologizes for any confusion. Original rules of baseball on display in Portland Documents that the Offi cial Historian of Major League Baseball declared "the Magna Carta of America's national pastime" will be on exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland (1200 SW Park Avenue) beginning July 1, through Oct. 9, 2016. The exhibit will be the fi rst public display of these nineteenth century papers, which only recently came to light at an auction in California. The hand-written documents were drafted by Daniel "Doc" Adams and presented at an un- precedented special meeting of all New York area baseball clubs in 1857. O FFBEAT it refl ect on the military; how Continued from page 4A would it affect home-front mo- was everything the authorities rale? could have wanted in a suspect, So the authorities were quite and then some: sophisticated relieved when a third suspect and urban in that jazzy Harlem- was found: a cook by the name Renaissance way, he appeared of Robert E. Lee Folkes. in court sporting a bright-blue The offi cial story was that “zoot suit.” Even better, he was Folkes was fi ngered after Pvt. black — which in 1940s Amer- Wilson recalled seeing him in ica made stories of his alleged the kitchen as he raced through wickedness a whole lot easier in pursuit of the brown-suited to sell than would have been the man and noticed he was sweaty- case had he been white. looking. So the Los Angeles Those stories sold very well Police Department had brought indeed at Folkes’ murder trial, him in for questioning. Folkes, a sensational proceeding held the LAPD claimed, had main- in Albany at the Linn County tained his innocence until con- Courthouse and juried by eight fronted with assurance that two women and four men. After 17 women who said he’d made ag- hours’ deliberation, they found gressive passes at them earlier in him guilty and sent him off to the evening had positively iden- the gas chamber; two years tifi ed him from his mugshot, later, his appeals exhausted and at which dread news he “broke the governor refusing to inter- down” and confessed it all. vene, this was done. Wilson, who freely and But questions still lingered in frankly acknowledged how bad the air. The only real evidence things looked for him, greeted against Folkes had been his the news that Folkes had con- confession — obtained by the fessed with an obvious sigh of LAPD in an interrogation. Had relief. “Boy, am I glad to hear that confession been faked or that,” he said. coerced? Was Folkes guilty only He wasn’t the only one. Folkes of being handy when someone e v i t o m o Aut s e i t l a i c e Sp PRACTICING THE ART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR SINCE 1991 Manual & Automatic Transmission Repair Tune ups 30-60-90K Services Brakes, belts, hoses and cooling system services Muffl ers & Custom Exhaust Drive-train repair such as clutches, u joints and differentials All makes and models. needed a scapegoat? The short answer is, almost certainly, yes. But the longer, more accurate answer is coming with next week’s column. (Sources: Geier, Max G. The Color of Night. Corvallis: OSU Press, 2015; Barker, Neil. “Murder on No. 15…,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, fall 2011; archives of the Portland Morn- ing Oregonian, Jan. 24, 1943) Finn J.D. John teaches at Or- egon State University and writes about odd tidbits of Oregon his- tory. For details, see http://fi nn- john.com. 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