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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 7, 2016 Cottage Grove Retrospective A look back at a Sentinel story from 60 years ago Pacifi c Telephone will spend a record total of $558,000 on new construction projects in its Cottage Grove exchange this year, according to Bill Hawkins, local telephone manager. The fi gure brings to $773,000 the amount spent on construc- tion projects here the past three years. “Throughout the state,” Hawkins reported, “Pacifi c Telephone is taking its biggest expansion and improvement program in history. The 1956 Oregon Construction plans call for an expenditure of an esti- mated $30,000,000. Hawkins said that about $120,000 of the total to be spent here this year is going toward construction of the new com- bined business and dial offi ce on S. Seventh St. It is scheduled for completion in November. Nearing completion is a new building to headquarter the company’s construction depart- ment here. One of the biggest expen- ditures will be for installation of the largest type of switch- ing equipment in the new dial offi ce. The work is part of an overall project to introduce dial telephones and seven-digit numbering to Cottage Grove next spring. Also included in the dial con- version work is a cable project, costing an estimated $28,000. Hawkins pointed out that Pa- cifi c Telephone’s steady growth is making a substantial contri- bution to the economy of Lane County. At the fi rst of the year, the company had a plant investment CITY BEAT Youth Advisory Council recruitment One of the signs of fall is the annual recruitment for the Cottage Grove Youth Advi- sory Council. Applications are available now, and any youth from eighth grade through high- school age is invited to partici- pate. The YAC was created in 2004 by the City of Cottage Grove to provide an opportunity for the youth of the community to participate and voice their con- cerns regarding local issues and challenges. The City looks to the Youth Advisory Council as From the City's Friday Update the primary communication link between local government and youth on a variety of subjects and opportunities. In addition members of the YAC serve as a Youth Representative at City Council meetings. Applica- tions for the YAC are available online and at City Hall. The ap- plication deadline is Monday, Oct. 3. Testing for comm. specialist/ dispatcher On Monday, Aug. 29, the Police Department conducted testing for Communications purred that he’d allocated $250,000 to study the site, and if the results were favorable he’d for sure approve the dam, Martin had him. “Why, Mr. President,” he ex- claimed with well-faked sur- prise, pulling a folded document out of his pocket, “all that work has been done.” Roosevelt, after a moment of consternation, threw his arms up in the air and roared with laugh- ter. He had been outplayed, and he knew it. The dam, he told the two, was a go, and congratula- tions. 6 By the time the dam was fi n- ished in 1938, it was clear that Ickes’ concerns about overpro- duction were no longer valid. The answer for using all the surplus power, as it turned out, was aluminum. Aluminum pro- duction requires huge amounts of electricity to extract it from bauxite ore. And an America tooling up for a war that every- one knew was coming wanted all the aluminum it could get. As you likely know, as the war went on America’s output of war equipment — especially airplanes — got bigger each year until the hapless Axis powers were completely overwhelmed -day weather forecast THURSDAY Sept. 8 FRIDAY Sept. 9 51° | 78° 52° | 81° Sunny Sunny SATURDAY Sept. 10 SUNDAY Sept. 11 54° | 85° 54° | 79° Sunny Partly Cloudy MONDAY Sept. 12 TUESDAY Sept. 13 50° | 82° 53° | 86° Sunny Sunny Well planned is Pacifi c Telephone's combined business and dial offi ce being built on S. Seventh Street. Look- ing over blueprints for the $12,000 structure are Bill Hawkins (left), and local managerand G. Huffman. the building is slated for completion in November. of $18,839,000 in the county, and in property taxes to the county. The company’s annual pay- roll in Lane County amounts to about $2,408,000. Hawkins stated that at the fi rst of the year there were 3,225 telephones in Cottage Grove, and that on an average business day, 11,509 calls were being made. Specialist/Dispatcher, and 12 candidates took the National Dispatcher’s Selection Test. The candidates with the highest scores will be invited to an Oral Board interview on Sept. 15. hauled this week represent about two-year’s accumula- tion of material. The cost to dispose of this material was $20,842.27; which does not include fuel and labor. Lane County Solid Waste Manage- ment charges $76.77 per ton to dispose of material at the Short Mountain Landfi ll. Street sweeper piles hauled to Short Mountain landfi ll Last week, Public Works hauled 48 10-yard dump truck loads of street sweeper leav- ings to Short Mountain Landfi ll for disposal. Because street sweeper leavings contain plas- tics, oils, fuels, antifreeze and other materials that can only be disposed of at Short Mountain, The City said there is no other disposal option. The City tem- porarily stockpiles the material near the wastewater plant, and it is then hauled to Short Moun- tain on an annual basis. In this case, the 48 loads that were Communications Specialist Erbes retires The Police Department bid a fond farewell to Communica- tions Specialist Ken Erbes at a retirement luncheon on Tues- day, Aug. 30. Fellow depart- ment retirees, city personnel and police department co-work- ers celebrated his nearly 26-year career at the department. Erbes was honored with a plaque from the City as well as a shadow box that encased one of his fi rst uni- form shirts complete with dis- patcher badge. with hostile (to them) tanks, planes and artillery. By 1945, the output was staggering, and it was topped off with a pair of war-ending nuclear bombings in Japan. The two Columbia River dams played a key role — an ir- replaceable role. The role of the aluminum plants is fairly obvious. But equally important to the out- come of the war, if not more so, was the Manhattan Project. It’s no coincidence that Hanford, where the fi ssile matter for the bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was made, is situated on the Columbia River near the dams — nuclear weapons re- search and production requires enormous amounts of electric- ity. Now, perhaps these needs would have been sated without McNary and Martin’s “unnec- essary and superfl uous” Bonn- eville Dam. But also, perhaps — just per- haps — our production abilities would have fallen short of the challenge that was before us, and we would have lost the race to build nuclear weapons. The Germans were chillingly close to developing a working nuclear bomb when they were forced to surrender in 1945. Without all those aluminum airplanes fl ying over Germany and drop- ping bombs on factories and ore refi neries, they might very well have gotten there fi rst. So, does that mean that the one man in Oregon politics who most resembles a cartoon super- villain actually saved the world from an early nuclear holocaust? We’ll never know for sure, but … there’s a pretty good chance he did. (Sources: Murrell, Gary. Iron Pants. Pullman, WA: WSU Press, 2000; Gulick, Bill. Road- side History of Oregon. Mis- soula: Mountain Press, 1991; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Publication EP870-1-42) 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. To contact him or suggest a topic: fi nn2@offbe- atoregon.com or 541-357-2222. Get your LOCAL news How you want it... In Print. Online. On the go! Monday - Saturday 10am-6pm Cottage Grove Sentinel 10th & Washington CG • 541-649-1365 www.cgsentinel.com Featuring local fruit & vegetables THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL: 10% OFF EVERYTHING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 Criminal Mischief, Lincoln Middle School Onsite staff reported to police that the door to the storage shed at the location had been kicked in sometime over the weekend. Offi cers contacted other staff and determined that no prop- erty was missing. The estimated damage was $350. O FFBEAT Continued from page 4A POLICE BLOTTER Aug. 29 Sept. 6, 1956 Pacifi c Telephone building planned for completion in November 5A Juvenile Problem, Gateway Blvd. A complainant reported that juveniles had been shooting a C-02 pistol toward the apart- ment building and was damag- ing her air conditioning unit. Offi cers contacted the juveniles who said they received the BB gun as a gif from his father and was given permission by the apartment manager to shoot it from the yard without shooting any buildings. No parents or guardians were on the scene. Disorderly Subject, Bohemia Park A reporting person advised that two females were smoking by a play structure at the loca- tion and he advised them of the city ordinance against smoking in the area. The subjects told the complainant that they wouldn’t be putting out their cigarettes. Offi cers were initially dis- patched to the wrong park, but once arrived on the scene, they were unable to determine the correct subjects. Suspicious Subject, Main St. A reporting person advised that a male subject was laying in the grass and appeared to be attempting to stab the grass and then attempting to light it. Of- fi cers contacted the subject but determined no crime had been committed. Sept. 1 Disturbance, N. 11th St. A caller advised that he had a dispute with a friend who had been staying with him for a while and was yelling at an unknown subject named Danny. All parties were contacted and counseled. Theft, S. 6th St. A complainant advised that one of his marijuana plants had been stolen from his residence. The case was logged for infor- mation. Railroad Xing Blockage, HWY 99/S. 6th St. C.O.R.P requested a dispatch and advised that they are receiv- ing a signal that crossing arms are either down or going up and down while there is no train any- where near the location. Offi cers responded and conducted traffi c control until railroad mainte- nance arrived on the scene. Sept. 2 Animal Info, Row River Rd. A caller advised that a dog was locked in a vehicle and was panting. An offi cer on the scene advised that the dog is in dis- tress and it was approximately 85 degrees inside when the complainant fi rst arrived. The offi cer made entry into the ve- hicle with the help of a towing company and was able to get the dog out of the vehicle. It was ap- proximately 90 degrees inside. Fire, North Regional Park Multiple callers advised see- ing smoke coming up from the disc golf course. Callers were transferred to 911. A man was found camping near the park and was advised to remove his camp by the next day. Sept. 3 Juvenile Problem, Columbia Ct. A 14 year-old dialed 911 upset that his mother was being rude and was telling him what to do. Offi cers on the scene counseled the juvenile. CLIP N' CARRY GARAGE SALES HUGE 2 FAMILY SALE 209 Pond Turtle Way Fri-Sat 8am4-pm Tons of Baby/Kids clothes - newborn to size 16, adult clothes, coats, blankets, plug-in fi replace, table/chairs, household misc. Also selling pumpkin cookies. MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE North Delight Valley School Road, Saginaw Fri-Sat 9am-4pm Misc., Western wear, ball- room attire, vintage books, wedding dress, tools. GARAGE SALE 1440 Anthony Ave. Fri-Sat 9am-4pm Whole household must go. Chainsaws to Beanie Babies. HUGE YARD SALE 309 N. Lane St. Fri-Sat 9am-7pm Recliner, Coke & other collectibles, tires, boat, car magazines, invalid care prod- ucts, household items, nice clothing, too much to list. Reasonable prices. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY: PUBLIC NOTICE DRAIN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MEETING ROOM – DRAIN CIVIC CENTER 205 WEST ‘A’ AVENUE MONDA SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 7:00 P.M. The regular meeting of the Drain City Council is scheduled for Mon- day, September 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. It will be held in the Meeting Room of the Drain Civic Center, 205 West ‘A’ Avenue. COUNCIL BUSINESS 1. Public Hearing closing sewer plant design & environmental proj- ect. 2. Bonneville Power mutual aid agreement. 3. Paving project for utility cuts & PARK-WIDE YARD SALE Riverstone MHP Fri-Sat-Sun 8am-4pm Antiques, Electronics, Tools, Furniture, Collectables, Clothes, and Lots More! 77500 S. 6th St. Don't Miss Out! YARD SALE Halderman Road Fri-Sat-Sun 9am-5pm Weather permitting. TREAT YO SELF EVENT! Saturday only, Sept. 10 1 PM - 5 PM Stacy's Covered Bridge Grab lunch and then come shop with us! 10 different vendors to choose from! UPCOMING: CRESWELL ARTS, CRAFTS and FOOD FAIRE Saturday, Sept. 17 9am-4pm in downtown Creswell. Over 65 vendors at four locations, all within four blocks. Head west off freeway and watch for signs! Facebook "Creswell Arts, Crafts and Food Faire Event" for details. roadway repairs. 4. Dyer agreement for engineering services on construction of new wastewater treatment plant. 5. CCD agreement for administra- tive services on construction of new wastewater treatment plant. 6. Executive Session 192.660(1)(a) to consider employment of a public offi cer, employee, staff member or individual agent (lineman). Please contact the offi ce of the City of Drain, 129 West C Avenue, Drain, Oregon, 97435; phone (541)836-2417, at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting time if you need an accommodation in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. TDD users please call Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-735-2900. PUBLISHED: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 9/7/2016 POSTED: DRAIN CITY HALL, DRAIN POST OFFICE, WWW. CITYOFDRAIN.ORG
