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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 21, 2016
Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Sept. 23, 1976
Goodyear fi lms commercial in local area
Friday morning, representatives of Goodyear, camera crews and adver-
tising agency directors gathered near Cottage Grove to make a commer-
cial to demonstrate the strength of a new Dupont product, Flexten, which
Goodyear plans to use in its tire manufacturing process. Also on hand at
the assembly point near Dorena Grange was Oregon Pacifi c and Eastern
Railroad’s old steam driven locomotive — called “old Number Nineteen”
—and its three-man crew.
During the morning hours, crewmen and Goodyear technicians worked
to connect the locomotive to the fi rst of 12 railroad cars. The link was a
ten-foot length of the new Flexten product.
Andy Graven, a Goodyear tire development engineer described the link
as a 1.25 by two-inch “woven strap” that is similar in appearance to a
seat belt.
Mr. Graven said the strap was custom designed for the Cottage Grove
commercial. He indicated the strap would be used several times as the
train was moved from location to location during different phases of the
commercial fi lming.
POLICE BLOTTER
Sept. 13
Animal Info, S Sixth St.
A complainant advised police
that her cat was stabbed the night
before. The case was taken for ani-
mal abuse.
MIP-Marijuana,
Chambers
RR Bridge
A caller reported that approxi-
mately fi ve juveniles were passing
around a pipe at the location and
believed it was marijuana. The ju-
veniles were no longer in the area
at the time of the call. An offi cer
reported of seeing an adult male
smoking tobacco from a pipe.
Sept. 15
Information, Row River Rd.
A caller reported that her 18
month old child is locked inside her
vehicle with the windows rolled up
and the keys are also locked inside.
Prior to the offi cer’s arrival, some-
one helped her open the vehicle
with a slim jim.
Sept. 14
Candidate forums
The Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce
will be hosting a Mayoral Candidates Forum
in City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m.
and a Councilor Candidates Forum the follow-
ing Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. The forums
will be co-moderated by Cameron Reiten from
KNND and Jon Stinnett from the Cottage
Grove Sentinel. Additional supporting spon-
sors for the forums are the Cottage Grove 912
Project and the Blackberry Pie Society.
Suspicious Conditions, Row
River Rd.
Cottage Grove Hospital request-
ed offi cers to be contacted because
they saw two subjects hop the fence
of the airport. The pilot was cur-
rently checking to see if there was
any damage to the aircraft. No dam-
ages were found.
Suspicious Conditions, Harri-
son Elementary
Offi cers responded to reports
from kids that at the south end of
the track there were several people
that were yelling at the kids through
their window with a gun.
Sept. 18
Suspicious Subject, Main St.
A caller advised seeing a male
Illegal Camping, E. Regional
subject threatening anyone close
with a machete. The subject was
taken into custody for menacing.
Lewd Conduct, Dr. Snapp House
A citizen contacted offi cers in the
east parking lot where a male sub-
ject reportedly dropped his pants.
An offi cer contacted the subject
who was clothed at the time. The
subject was advised of the com-
plaint.
Theft of Service, Davidson Ave.
During a routine patrol, offi cers
observed subjects taking water from
the location. Dispatch contacted the
owner who advised that no one has
permission to take water from the
location. Both subjects were arrest-
ed for theft of services and released
at the scene.
O FFBEAT
lumbia into a sport-fi shing paradise as
hoped, or simply kill off the vestigial
from enforcement by industry-friend-
remains of what was once the region’s
ly courts.
top industry.
But by the mid-1920s it could no lon-
Regardless of how that works out,
ger be denied that the Columbia River
though, the fi sh wheels are gone for
salmon fi shery was in terrible shape.
good … or are they?
Numbers were in steady and increas-
On the Okanagan River, about 10
ingly steep decline. In addition to the
years ago, the Washington Depart-
over-fi shing problem, the fi sh were get-
ment of Fish and Wildlife started using
ting hit hard by land development in
a fi sh wheel in a new way – to count
their spawning grounds, where cattle
fi sh, not can them. The baskets scoop
were being run through the little creeks
juvenile fi sh out of the water without
and waterways were being changed and
snaring or hooking them, and because
diverted into sterile irrigation canals.
it all happens so fast they don’t have
So in 1928, Oregon’s state legislature
much chance to hurt themselves fl ail-
offi cially banned fi sh wheels. The can- This hand-tinted postcard image of a fi sh wheel, this
ing around in an underwater net. Once
neries on the Washington side soldiered one shows the weir (underwater fence) built to guide as
in the fi sh-pen, they can be logged,
on for a few more years; Washington many salmon as possible through the fi sh-wheel chute
tagged with tiny electronic tags and
waited until 1935 to ban them; but by to their doom.
sent on their way to the ocean, none
that time, Grand Coulee Dam was well
the worse for wear.
These have all failed, mostly by large margins;
under construction, and the river had
It’s an interesting new, positive role for an old
been blocked. No one thought to install a fi sh but after the most recent one, in 2012, Governor technology that most people think is responsible
ladder on Grand Coulee, or if anyone did he John Kitzhaber stepped in to essentially give the for a goodly share of the collapse of the biggest
wasn’t taken seriously; so, just like that, a good sportsmen most of what they wanted.
salmon fi shery on the West Coast.
The legislation Kitzhaber sponsored will
40 percent of the salmon run was cut off from its
eliminate gillnet fi shing in the main channel of
spawning grounds and doomed to extinction.
(Sources: “Columbia River History,” Center
And that was essentially the end of the Colum- the river, shunting it off into side areas where the for Columbia River History, ccrh.org; Martin,
bia River salmon fi shery as a major economic fi shing is less productive, and cut the commercial Irene. “Gillnet Fishing,” Oregon Encyclopedia,
operators’ share of the total take back to, even- oregonencyclopedia.org; Kytr, Hobe. “2017
driver in the Northwest.
Today, a greatly diminished fl eet of gill-nett- tually, 20 percent of the total allowable catch, Deadline Approaches …,” Chinook Observer, 8-
ers ply the lower Columbia, subject to strict reg- leaving 80 percent for the sport-fi shers, who will 31-2016; “Oregon Commission Hears Review of
ulation by the state. The highest impact on the also essentially have exclusive fi shing rights on Fishing Reforms …,” Columbia Basin Bulletin,
fi shery is from sport fi shing now. Over the years the main-stem river. It remains to be seen, of cbbulletin.com, 4-22-2016)
since the 1930s, there have been several attempts course, whether
to ban gillnet fi shing, mostly driven by sports- this will trans-
men who want to be able to catch more fi sh. form the Co-
Continued from page 4A
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-day
weather forecast
THURSDAY Sept. 22
FRIDAY Sept. 23
44° | 67°
48° | 68°
Partly Cloudy
Sunny
SATURDAY Sept. 24
SUNDAY Sept. 25
48° | 75°
45° | 75°
Sunny
Sunny
MONDAY Sept. 26
TUESDAY Sept. 27
46° | 75°
45° | 73°
Sunny
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CITY BEAT
From the City's Friday Update
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
Park
A reporting person requested an
offi cer to respond with him to two
new transient camps found along
the east side of the park. All sub-
jects were given 24 hours to clean
up the area and move on.
5A
Metals recycled
This week, the Public Works Department
transported 1,834 pounds of assorted metals
to Pacifi c Recycling in Eugene for disposal,
which netted the City $2,620.62. The primary
metals of value were red and yellow brass and
copper wire/solids. The Public Works Depart-
ment routinely collects various types of recy-
clables and transports them to the appropriate
recycling centers for disposal. Once each year,
the City submits a report to the Department of
Environmental Quality detailing the total vol-
ume of materials that are recycled.
Equipment replacement
Public Works is moving ahead with the
purchase of two pieces of replacement equip-
ment that will be used to support utility
operations. The fi rst piece of equipment is
a 2017 Ford F-450 Tipper Truck with a two-
yard dump body. This equipment will replace
a 1985 Ford F-350 Tipper Truck, also with a
two-yard dump body. The second piece of
equipment is a 2017 Freightliner Dump Truck
with a Columbia 12-yard dump body and auto-
matic tarp system. This equipment will replace
a 1979 Ford Dump Truck with a 10-yard dump
body. Both pieces of new equipment will be
acquired through the Oregon State Coopera-
tive Purchasing Program. The old equipment
will be sold at public auction. The cost of this
replacement equipment was included in the fi s-
cal year 2016-2017 City budget.
Taylor Ave. Pump Station
construction begins
H & J Construction will begin laying a new
water line on Monday, Sept. 19 along Taylor
Avenue between Gateway Blvd. and South
10th Street as part of the Taylor Avenue Pump
Station Project. The project consists of:
Constructing a new water distribution pump
station near the school district property off
Taylor Avenue
Decommissioning two old pump stations
Providing back up power generators at the
new pump station, Holly pump station and
Knox Hill Reservoir
Installation of new water mains and services
on Hillside Drive, Park Avenue, Taylor Avenue
and Cambria Avenue
The City said the public can expect fl aggers
and possible delays in the area; the project is
expected to take six months to complete.
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