COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 5, 2016
Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at a Sentinel Story from 60 years ago
Oct. 11, 1956
Ralph Petersen, county com-
missioner, who was in Cottage
Grove Monday, announced that
the county commissioners were
working on a new road build-
ing policy, designed to take the
county roads out of politics.
The new policy would be set up
through the efforts of the Lane
County Chamber of Commerce
to start at the beginning of the
next fi scal year on July 1, 1957.
“From observation and ex-
perience I am convinced that
a good many roads have been
built in Lane County to serve
political expediency, rather than
an economic need,” he said.
“Under the old or present sys-
tem of road building, there may
be two roads, on serving 500
people, which means 500 votes,
the other, with scarcely any
people but which might be an
important road for bringing out
timber or minerals and serving
an important economic need.
But which road has the better
chance to be built? One does not
have to answer that question for
the answer is obvious,” he said.
Under the proposed set up,
each of the seven communities
in Lane County would study
their individual needs and in-
vite organizations and individu-
als to make suggestions as to
the most important road to be
improved or built. The locality
would then agree on the most
important road to be built or
improved and the recommenda-
Community Development
Director Howard Schesser and
City Planner Amanda Fergu-
son, both Certifi ed Floodplain
Managers, attended the annual
Northwest Regional Floodplain
Management Association in
Yakima, Washington. The as-
sociation represents private and
public professionals in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and
British Columbia involved in
fl oodplain management. This
year’s theme was “The Chang-
Mental Holding, East Re-
gional Park
Cottage Grove Public Works re-
ported that a staff member just
observed a nude male laying
on the dock at the trout ponds
and had been swimming in the
ponds. Offi cers contacted the
subject and transported him to
the CG ER for a mental evalu-
ation.
A local group is pictured here, discussing the proposed new road policy with Ralph
Petersen, County Commissioner. As outlined, the new policy has met with 100 percent
reception here. Pictured from left to right: Jess Hill, mayor. Seated, H.B McMillian,
Chamber of Commerce manager, Ralph Petersen County Commissioner and Herman
Petersen, president of the Chamber of Commerce,
tions would be submitted to the
county-wide chamber organiza-
tion, which, inturn, would sub-
mit the recommendations to the
commissioners. In this way, the
commissioners would be free to
decide what are the best roads to
be built and would be free from
political pressure.
Art Cooper of Oakridge is a
general chairman of the high-
way committee of the Lane
Chamber and Bill HEsse is the
local representative. Both Pe-
tersen and H.B. McMillan, lo-
cal chamber manager, stressed
the importance of submitting
recommendations by Nov. 1, at
which time they will be taken
From the City
of Cottage
Grove Friday
Update
ing Climate of Flood-
plain Management in the
Northwest.” Many of the ses-
sions dealt with fl ood mitiga-
tion and habitat enhancement,
fl oodplain restoration, wading
through the DFIRM (new fl ood
map) adoption process, fl oods
follow fi res and biological
opinions and NFIP in Oregon
and Washington.
International City/
County Mgmt.
Conference
City Manager Richard Meyers
joined 3,509 other local gov-
ernment managers in Kansas
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weather forecast
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TUESDAY Oct. 11
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up with the county organization.
Mr. Petersen also stressed the
fact that the individual citizen or
organizations could still appeal
directly to the commissioners if
they so desire.
Among the more important
roads in this area now scheduled
for improvement is included the
Lynx Hollow road west from the
old 99 Highway for a distance
of one-and-one-half miles. This
road is scheduled to be paved or
given a fi ve lift oil job.
Another project is a portion
of the Disston road from the
Cloverleaf east for about a mile,
which is unpaved. Another is
the Blackbutte road, beginning
at the London store. This road is
scheduled to be paved for a dis-
tance of about three miles. Still
another improvement project is
the county road from Saginaw
leading to the Saginaw-Walker
access road on the new high-
way. The road was originally
designed to give the northbound
traffi c access to Saginaw, but
not the southbound.
One of the surprising things
about the Lynx Hollow road
is that a traffi c counter shows
more than 1,000 vehicles using
the road daily.
City last week for the Annual
International City/County Man-
agement Conference. Manag-
ers from the United States and
24 other countries attended to
share ideas, knowledge and
skills to pursue continued im-
provement of professional local
government. The conference
provides high caliber train-
ing and keynote speakers such
as Soledad O’Brien, David
Brooks, Bob Chapman and Ver-
nice Armour. The manager at-
tended sessions covering online
citizen engagement, supervisor
training, generational cultures
budgeting and budget engage-
ment, leadership, broadband
and digital inclusion. Beside
the classes and keynote ad-
dresses the conference provides
the opportunity to visit with
managers and share ideas and
experiences to address the
challenges facing local govern-
ments from around the world.
Salem. The City said the con-
ference provides an opportunity
to sharpen skills and knowledge
regarding local government
issues in Oregon.
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Follow Up, S. Sixth St.
A caller obtained information
on the possible whereabouts of
a missing vehicle, last seen in
the area of Hillcrest Market. A
20 year old male was arrested.
Sept. 27
Burglary, Bryant Ave.
A complainant at the police
department advised that he had
three chainsaws stolen out of
his garage in the last month.
Two of the saws were Husqua-
varna saws and one was a Stihl
saw. The case was taken for
burglary and theft.
Disturbance, N. Eighth St.
A complainant advised that her
neighbor is outside videotaping
her while she is taking pictures
of the debris stacked up along
her fence line. The two parties
were cleared as the encountered
stayed verbal.
Suspicious Subject, S. 10th St.
A caller advised that there is
Cottage Grove
Youth Advisory
Council
Recruitment continues for
the 2016-17 Cottage Grove
Youth Advisory Council. Any
middle and high school-aged
youth in the community that
are interested in serving on the
Youth Advisory Council are
invited to participate. Applica-
tions are available on the City’s
webpage at www.cottagegrove
.org. Those applications can
be submitted on Monday,
Oct. 3 at the Youth Advisory
Council meeting at 6:15 in City
Hall. Anyone interested can
come to the meeting to check
out the YAC.
and the Historic Landmark
Commission each have two
positions that that expire at the
end of the year. The Planning
Commission meets the second
and third Wednesday of each
month. The Historic Landmark
Commission meets once a
month on an as-needed basis in
the evening. Applicants for the
Historic Landmark Commis-
sion must have a demonstrated
positive interest, knowledge
or competence in historic
preservation. Incumbents for
both Commissions are eligible
to apply.
The deadline to apply for
both Commissions is Oct. 21
at 5 p.m. Applications can be
obtained from the Community
Development Department or on
the City’s Planning or Land-
mark Commission sites on the
City’s webpage. For further
information please contact the
Community Development De-
partment at (541) 942-3340.
League of Oregon
Cities Conference Planning, Historic Representative for
NTHP meets with
Landmark Com-
City Councilors and staff will
City
be attending various sessions
mission
vacancies
of the League of Oregon Cities
Conference this weekend in
The Planning Commission
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Sheri Freemuth, AICP, a Senior
Field Offi cer for the National
Trust for Historic Preserva-
tion, met with City Planner
Amanda Ferguson, Main Street
Coordinator Shauna Neigh,
Architect of record for the
Armory, David McClean, and
a man in a yellow Polo shirt
carrying a clipboard and has
been walking the neighborhood
for the past two hours. Offi cers
came out to contact the subject
and determined he was just a
door-to-door salesman.
Sept. 28
Disorderly Subject, Palmer
Ave.
A reporting person advised that
a male subject who has been
living in a motor home in the
area came up to her business
and was harassing herself and
customers. Offi cers advised the
subject of the complaint and he
ceased harassment.
Theft, E. Main St.
During an investigation of an
animal welfare complaint, the
victim advised the offi cer that a
cement gargoyle yard decora-
tion was taken three days ago.
There was no suspect informa-
tion.
Oct. 1
Assault, S. Seventh St.
Both the complainant and a
witness were at the Police
Department to report an as-
sault that happened the night
before. Both subjects said they
witnessed the victim being
grabbed by the hair and thrown
to the ground.
Suspicious Conditions, S.
River Rd.
A complainant advised that
he drove by the location and
noticed wires hanging down
from a pole and a male in a
black truck with a hand-held
acetylene torch on the wires.
Offi cers determined he was
a contractor working on the
location.
fundraising Coordinator for the
Armory, Christina Lund, to be-
come familiar with the historic
properties in downtown Cottage
Grove. The group toured the
Armory and the downtown area
to see the historic fabric and
discuss the plans for renovation
and preservation. Grant oppor-
tunities were also explored with
Sheri. For further information
contact Ferguson at the Com-
munity Development Depart-
ment, (541) 942-3340.
Library Directors
meeting
Pete Barrell, Community
Services Director, attended the
annual State Library meeting of
Library Directors from across
Oregon last week. The meeting
brought together directors from
all corners of the state to hear
from State Librarian, Mary
Kay Dalgreen, regarding the
status of funding and support
for libraries here in Oregon.
Directors all shared updates on
their libraries. The City said
the group was amazed to hear
about the busy year that the
Cottage Grove Public Library
has had with special program-
ming such as the Smithsonian
Human Origins Exhibit and
the OBON Society Exhibit of
World War II Souvenirs of War.
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Domestic Disturbance, Birch
Ave.
A male called 911 demanding
that his wife’s family be kicked
out of the house even though
the wife wants them there. He
was advised that was not an op-
tion, and he disconnected.
CITY BEAT
Certifi ed Flood-
plain Managers
attend NORFMA
Conference
POLICE BLOTTER
Sept. 26
New Lane
road building
policy
considered by
commisioners
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