COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 10, 2016
Nation of Patriots fl ag tour
stops in Cottage Grove
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
On Memorial Day a few months back, a
United States fl ag left Wisconsin and traveled
through various states. By Saturday, Aug. 6
the fl ag reached Oregon and even stopped by
in Cottage Grove for a little over an hour.
The fl ag is transported by the Harley Own-
ers Group (HOG), and it is passed along to
different chapters across the country. The
transportation of the fl ag is part of the Nation
of Patriots, which honors and supports past,
present and fallen military veterans. Each
year, the Harley riders pass the fl ag along
from Northern California to Medford, where
the Medford chapter transports the fl ag up to
Portland, accompanied by chapters in the sur-
rounding areas along the way. However, this
year was different in that the fl ag stopped in
Cottage Grove, where the riders were treated
to a buffet at Big Stuff Barbecue downtown.
“It’s really tiring to ride on a motorcycle for
that long, so I thought it would give every-
one a rest to stop for some lunch,” said Jeffery
Arkyns, member of the Twin Rivers chapter in
Eugene and organizer of the lunch.
Arkyns says that the HOG members try to
hit every Harley dealership they can along the
way. The entire route takes the fl ag through all
48 mainland states. The fl ag will go up along
the coast before it is looped back to Wiscon-
sin by early September. Upon the fl ag's return,
the Nation of Patriots will host a homecoming
ceremony.
Throughout the country, HOG says there
are about 100,000 members in total, most of
whom will participate in the fl ag tour.
The local chapters around Lane County
support a variety of charities. While currently
the focus is on veterans, Arkyns says that they
also host fundraisers and events to help chil-
Genetic Resource
Center to mark
50th anniversary
photo by Sam Wright
Harley riders made a brief stop in Cot-
tage Grove with a fl ag that has made
its way across the U.S.
dren and cancer victims.
“Many of these guys are veterans them-
selves,” Arkyns said, “Viet Nam vets, Gulf
War vets, Iraq War vets, we have a whole lot
of different veterans in our organization, so
this is an important occasion for them.”
Suspect still at large after upriver dispute
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
L
ast Tuesday afternoon
must’ve brought a feeling
of déjà vu all over again to resi-
dents in the
Brice Creek
area and law
enforcement
tasked with
handling
what is being
described as
an ongoing
neighbor-
hood
dis- Dakota Miller
pute.
Deputies with the Lane County
Sheriff’s Offi ce responded en
masse to a report of shots fi red in
the 39000 block of Brice Creek
Road on Tuesday, July 26, citing
the history of parties believed to
be involved in a dispute there as
the reason for such a heavy police
presence. No one was arrested
following that incident.
Almost exactly a week later, at
about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug.
2, another report — this time of a
single shot fi red — drew about 15
personnel from the Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce to the same area, according to
Public Information Offi cer Carrie
Carver, to handle a continuation
of the dispute involving the same
parties.
Lane County’s Special Re-
sponse Team responded to the
call, and Carver said that, upon
arrival, the team witnessed 25-
year old Dakota Miller “bailing
from the house.” The Sheriff’s
Offi ce, with the aid of the Spring-
fi eld Police Department’s K-9
Unit, searched the area for nearly
four hours but was unable to lo-
cate Miller.
However, Shelia Miller of
Dorena was reportedly taken into
custody for hindering prosecu-
tion, resisting arrest and interfer-
ing with police in connection
with the case.
Carver said police believe that
taking Miller into custody “will
quiet down the neighborhood
a bit,” urging anyone who has
seen him or has knowledge of his
whereabouts to call the Sheriff’s
Offi ce at 541-682-4141. She
added that history indicates that
Miller may be armed and should
be considered dangerous, and as
such it is not recommended that
citizens attempt to contact or ap-
prehend him.
Rummaging through trash, recycling bins common
Taking items from
trash or recycling,
though, can lead to
theft charge
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
R
ecent comments on social
media and elsewhere in-
dicate that customers of the Cot-
tage Grove Garbage Service are
discovering that a mess has been
left behind when they journey out
to retrieve their trash cans and re-
cycling bins after their scheduled
pick-up day.
According to Garland Burback,
owner of the Garbage Service,
customers have called to com-
plain about the condition of their
bins and the trash and recycling
that are often strewn about the
area, with many blaming garbage
collectors for the mess.
“It’s been an issue,” Burback
said. “They’re blaming our driv-
ers for spreading trash around.”
Burback said the mess, how-
ever, most likely stems from indi-
viduals rifl ing through the garbage
and recycling, often searching for
cans that can be redeemed for a
deposit. What the searchers may
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not realize, however, is that such
a search is illegal under Oregon
law.
Offi cer Shawn Branstetter of
the Cottage Grove Police Depart-
ment said that those who tamper
with trash left on the curb can
be cited with Theft III, a Class C
Misdemeanor.
“It’s an interpretation of state
law that a homeowner still has
property interest in those items
until the Garbage Service re-
moves them,” Branstetter said.
“Even if it’s on a public side-
walk, it’s still their property until
it hits our trucks,” Burback said.
Branstetter suggested that gar-
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“If you see someone looking
through bins, call us,” he said. “If
they’re coming onto your property
to do it, that’s a trespass issue.”
Burback said he confronts those
he observes searching through his
own bins, but he offered another
suggestion.
“A lot of people set their stuff
out the night before, but I never
do,” he said. “I put it out at seven
a.m. so there’s not as much of an
opportunity.”
Public is invited
to open house and
free tours of the
Center’s disease-
resistance breeding
The USDA Forest Ser-
vice’s Dorena Genetic Re-
source Center is celebrat-
ing 50 years of serving as a
regional service center for
Pacifi c Northwest tree and
plant genetics.
Dorena GRC houses dis-
ease-resistance
breeding
programs for fi ve-needled
pines and Port-Orford-cedar,
a native plant development
program, and a national tree
climbing program for the
Forest Service. Their pro-
gram is known internation-
ally as a world leader in de-
velopment of populations of
trees with genetic resistance
to non-native diseases.
The public is invited to the
50th celebration on Thurs-
day, Aug. 25 at the Cottage
Grove-based center, located
34963 Shoreview Road. The
Open House and public tours
are scheduled from 1:30 to
3:30 p.m. Tours of the center
will include:
Genetic Resistance Trials
Inoculation ‘Fog’ Chamber
Tree Improvement Activities
of Grafting, Pollination and
Seed Production
Port-Orford-cedar Contain-
erized Orchards
Native Species Plant Devel-
opment
Seed and Pollen Processing
Tree Climbing
A special guest at the event
will be Jerry Barnes, the fi rst
manager at Dorena when es-
tablished in 1966. All guests
will be able to enjoy viewing
informative posters about
the programs and activities
at the Center.
In addition to the after-
noon open house, the Center
is meeting with partners and
stakeholders from 9 a.m. to
noon with a series of techni-
cal speakers presenting on
plant genetics, whitebark
pine health, and national ef-
forts around native species
production and restoration.
The Center was established
in 1966 as the headquarters
for the White Pine Blister
Rust Resistance Program
where specialists worked to
develop trees with resistance
to white pine blister rust. At
that time, the name was the
Dorena Project with Jerry
Barnes as project manager.
A name change took place
in 1975 to the Dorena Tree
Improvement Center to bet-
ter refl ect the work program.
In January 2003, the name
of the center was changed
to the Dorena Genetic Re-
source Center, refl ecting the
center’s enlarged focus on
forest health.
In the early 1990’s several
new programs were added at
Dorena, including the Phy-
tophthora lateralis resistance
program for Port-Orford-
cedar, containerized seed
orchards for western larch,
and common garden studies
to study genetic variation. It
was at Dorena, that U.S. For-
est Service employees devel-
oped tree climbing standards
that went on to become ad-
opted as national standards.
In the 1990s, several new
greenhouses and a facil-
ity for rooting cuttings of
trees, as well as raised beds
for common garden stud-
ies, were added. In more
recent years, the Center has
expanded into development
of plant growing techniques
for a wide array of native
species and produces them
for site restoration on fed-
eral lands projects across the
Northwest.
For more information,
contact the Dorena Genetic
Resource Center at 541-767-
5700.
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