COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 28, 2016
Cottage Grove Retrospective
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A look back at a Sentinel story from 31 years ago
This week's Sentinel ret-
rospective pays tribute to
Kathleen Richards, a longtime
community contributor and
First Citizen who passed away
in June.
March 6, 1985
First Citizen
Kathleen
Richards: A
Gracious Lady
If she wanted to, Kathleen
Richards could be to Cottage
Grove what Barbara Stanw-
yck was to “Big Valley” or the
“Thorn Birds.”
She has position - her father
was the late Warren Hiram
Daugherty, one of Cottage
Grove’s most successful lum-
bermen and business barons.
She has respect - for nearly 40
years she’s been an iron-willed
civic leader, volunteer and fund
raiser.
She has power - her name alone
often commands results for the
causes she chooses.
And, she even has something
of a Stanwyck impact - hair
that’s as white as a judge’s wig,
confi dence that’s as bright as a
beacon.
But when Kathleen Richards
was announced as Cottage
Grove’ First Citizen at the 36th
annual awards night banquet
Feb. 23, the standing ovation
and thundering applause that
followed was not for someone
of just power, pride and wealth.
Rather, it was for her 40 years
of selfl ess, gracious and some-
times back-breaking service to
the community, say those who
know her best.
When the test tubes and bea-
kers in the hospital laboratory
need washing, Richards often
forgot her “position” and put
her elbows to the suds to clean
off the slime.
When an elderly woman on the
hospital’s geriatrics ward asked
for a shampoo, Richards is
remembered for forgetting her
“power” and literally stooping
down to help.
And, when everyone else was
too busy to drive around the
Cub Scouts and little leagu-
ers, or when money needed to
be raised for the high school
swimming pool and the hospi-
tal, the stories go that Richards
didn’t let price stop her from
doing the chores herself.
“I feel that she’s kind of had
a mother relationship to this
community,” says Bud Taylor,
the decorated swimming coach
at Cottage Grove High School
who credits a large part of his
successes to the Richards’ fam-
ily support of the pool.
“I think she’s just been excel-
lent - I can’t think of the words
to describe how I feel about
Kathleen.”
Richards’ long-time friend
Louise Hansen, wife of the late
Warren Hansen, says Kathleen
learned her giving and humble
ways from her mother, Ina Irvin
Daugherty, who died in 1968.
“Whatever task needed doing,
they would do it. Even if it was
scrubbing fl oors or washing
dishes, they would help...
“The thing about them, they
never fl aunt their wealth. They
are just people.”
Alan Richards, the youngest of
Kathleen and Norman Rich-
ards’ two sons, said his mom’s
Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
FAMILY AND GENERAL DENTISTRY
Brightening Lives One Smile at a Time
Sept. 19
Missing Child, Bohemia
Elementary
A caller reported that her six
year old grandson has been
missing for the past 20 minutes.
He was supposed to be dropped
off at a Main St. stop but did
not get off the bus. The caller
contacted school authorities
but said they have not seen
the child. Offi cers eventually
located the missing child who
boarded the wrong school bus.
Missing Child, Gateway Blvd.
A caller reported that his four
year old daughter attends Head
Start at the old Delight Valley
School in Saginaw and was
supposed to be home an hour
ago but the school bus has not
shown up. When offi cers ar-
rived on the scene, the school
bus fi nally showed up and the
child was returned home safely.
Kathleen Richards
endless community projects are
simply motivated by a love for
people.
“She thrives on that kind of
stuff,” he said, and for evidence
adds that it sometimes takes
Kathleen two hours to buy
groceries because of the people
she’s chatted with along the
way.
But as for Kathleen herself, she
talks far less about what she’s
done for others than what oth-
ers have done for her.
“I’ve just been blessed,” she
says without a fl inch, sitting
with her back to the morning
sun in the kitchen booth of her
and Norman’s spacious home
on South Sixth Street.
“People have made things so
easy for me - Dad, Mom, and
my husband. He makes things
easy.”
That’s partly why she was so
“speechless” - a rare occa-
sion for someone who easily
conquers the crossword puzzle
in each morning’s newspaper
- when her name emerged as
First Citizen for 1984.
“I was surprised, but so pleased
that people cared,” she said.
The Cottage Grove Youth Advisory Coun-
cil is seeking interested youth to join the
YAC for the 2016-17 school year. Youth
that are middle and high-school age are eli-
gible to participate. Applications are avail-
able on the City’s webpage and at City Hall
and must be submitted on or before Monday,
Oct. 3, 2016. All applicants should plan to
attend the Oct. 3 YAC meeting in City Hall
at 6:15 p.m.
Police Department
interviews
This week, the Police Department con-
ducted interviews for the top three candi-
dates for the position of Communications
Specialist. Pending the result of the inter-
views, a conditional job offer will be ten-
dered to the top-ranking candidate. They
hope to fi ll the position left by retiring Com-
munications Specialist Ken Erbes by mid to
late-October.
Additionally, the newest CGPD member
began work last week. John Williams joins
the department as a part-time Community
Service Offi cer.
Bicycle Tourism Studio
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Vehicle Recovered, Gateway
Blvd
An employee at the Quality Inn
dialed 911 to advise police that
the suspect in an unauthorized
use of vehicle case recently
returned and is inside the lobby.
Offi cers conducted a high-
risk stop of Joseph Kellogg
and took him in custody on
The offi cial sign that summer is over hap-
pened this week as the Bohemia Park saddle
span was lowered and disassembled for the
winter. It takes a crew about fi ve hours to
put the structure away for the winter. Two
years ago, Public Works acquired a large
box trailer, which is used to store the cov-
er material, support poles and security
cameras. The trailer is parked at the City
Shop over the winter months and the saddle
span will be reassembled next spring for the
2017 concerts in the park series and other
activities.
Youth Advisory Council
seeks youth
Sept. 20
Bohemia Park
Amphitheater unsaddled
From the City's Friday Update
Intoxicated Subject, Quality
Inn
A reporting person that was a
taxi driver said that he picked
up an extremely intoxicated
male from the Axe and Fiddle.
The driver fi rst took him to a
house where he did not live and
then took him to the Quality
Inn, where he did not have
a room. The taxi driver was
not sure what to do with the
subject. Police transported the
subject to the police department
for non-criminal detoxifi cation.
contact Natalie Inouye from Travel Lane
County at (541)743-8754
CITY BEAT
Travel Oregon working with the East
Lane County Bicycle Coalition is inviting
anyone interested in capitalizing on the
growing bicycle tourism opportunities in
East Lane County to participate in the East
Lane County Bicycle Tourism Studio dur-
ing three workshops held Oct. 20, Nov. 17
and Dec. 13. The Studio aims to develop
ways to enhance cycling assets and create
connectivity that will benefi t cyclists, local
businesses and communities. To register
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several charges: Unauthorized
Use of a Vehicle, fi rst degree
theft, unauthorized entry into a
motor vehicle and possession
of methamphetamine. Dur-
ing the search of the vehicle,
police found several stolen
auto parts from Walmart and
O’Reilly Auto Parts. Kellogg
was charged additionally with
second and third degree theft.
Sept. 24
Civil Problem, N. Eighth St.
A complainant advised that
his neighbor is watering his
fl ower bed against his will and
has cameras pointing toward
his house; he demanded that
offi cers respond and take a re-
port. Offi cers reported that the
neighbor’s hose is stretched out
a little and water was hitting a
little bit of the complainant's
property. The camera was
reportedly a trail camera in the
neighbor’s driveway and point-
ing at the neighbor’s house. No
privacy issues were determined.
Sept. 25
Intoxicated Subject, E. Main
St.
An aggressive male customer at
a bar was reportedly trying to
get into the locked front door of
the business. Offi cers contacted
the subject and counseled him.
Suspicious Conditions, Pen-
noyer Ave.
A complainant requested an
offi cer regarding unknown sub-
jects placing trash and debris
in the un-lockable trunk of her
vehicle on a regular basis when
the vehicle is parked at the
location. Offi cers contacted the
complainant and assisted her
with removing the debris.
Oregon Water Utilities
Council
On Thursday and Friday, Water Produc-
tion Superintendent Ray Pardee and Public
Works Director Jan Wellman attended the
monthly meeting of the Oregon Water Utili-
ties Council (OWUC) in Bend. OWUC rep-
resents the interests of water utilities around
the State in legislative, legal, regulatory, and
policy matters.
Lane County Waste
Management and Senate
Bill 263
Last Monday and Tuesday, Public Works
Director Jan Wellman attended two separate
meetings with Lane County Waste Manage-
ment (LCWM) detailing new waste preven-
tion and recycling requirements and goals
set in Senate Bill 263. The fi rst meeting de-
tailed the recycling goals that each city in
Lane County will have to meet when popu-
lation thresholds are met and the role of lo-
cal offi cials in meeting those goals. Current-
ly, Cottage Grove must meet three recycling
elements, which include the provision of
recycling containers, weekly same-day-as
garbage residential collection, and commer-
cial recycling. Once Cottage Grove reaches
a population of 10,000, a fourth recycling
element may be required, such as yard de-
bris collection and composting.
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