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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 12, 2016
South Lane events to
commemorate October as
'Farm to School Month'
Square Work
P
ictured at right is City of Cottage Grove employ-
ee Alissa Allen, who spent much of Thursday af-
ternoon helping to remove a circular planter from All-
America City Square at the corner of Seventh and Main
Streets downtown.
Allen said she fi elded questions about the removal of
the planter during her work, which City Planner Amanda
Ferguson said was part of a plan for improvements meant
to bolster the usability of the park, which was redesigned
and remodeled by the Economic and Business Improve-
ment District in 2010.
Public meetings were held in May at the nearby CG
Armory to gauge the issues present in the now 10-year
old park, and Dougherty Architects were tasked with re-
porting its most pressing issues and possible solutions.
According to the report, the park’s most pressing issues
aside from its maintenance concerned the fl ow of traf-
fi c through the area, and a design detailing its proposed
changes includes a new entrance to the park on Seventh
Street, in addition to access at the southern end from a
nearby parking lot. The need to remove the circular plant-
er was widely agreed upon.
Ferguson said that, per the plan’s recommendations, the
City will install a circular fl at mosaic where the planter
was previously located. Gravel will cover the site in the
meantime, after which a design competition is planned
this spring to arrive at a design for the mosaic.
Public Works personnel are currently working to in-
stall a Christmas tree sleeve there that can host Cottage
Grove’s tree this December. Lighting at the site is also
planned. The City also removed a wall separating the
park from the parking lot to its south.
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photo by Jon Stinnett
Lincoln students help
out on their day off
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
L
incoln Middle School
held its own Day of Car-
ing on Friday morning.
Since the school was closed,
parents, faculty and students vol-
unteered to help do some reno-
vation work on school grounds.
Assistant principal Emily Wren
supervised and participated in
the work done by dozens of vol-
unteers.
“We’re really proud of all of
our students that volunteered
their free time to do this,” she
said. The students were given a
feast of pizza and donuts at the
end of the three-hour work ses-
sion as a thank-you for all the
hard work.
“They aren’t getting any ex-
tra credit for this stuff, so it’s
really touching to see them so
dedicated to their school,” Wren
added.
The work included painting
a lot of walls, including paint-
ing over a mural that was past
its time. The volunteers also
installed picnic tables at one of
the popular courtyards.
“It’s a really popular spot to
hang out and it just looked dull
and so I think these tables will
get a lot of use,” Wren said.
Braeden Buckland, a student
at Lincoln, said he is proud and
has enjoyed the work he’s done
for Lincoln.
“I just really wanted to make
our school look better,” Buck-
land said, coming out of the
cafeteria.
The decision to host the cam-
pus fi x-up came in the spring
when staff came together and
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photo by Sam Wright
From left, Sy Williams, Maya Wilhour, Preston Holloway
and Conner Costa spread bark chips Friday morning.
decided some changes need to
be made. Wren says that it was
widely agreed that there were
many parts of the school that
needed to be fi xed or changed.
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“I think this has really boost-
ed staff morale and made a lot
of people happy,” she added.
ctober is National Farm
to School Month, and
the Farm to School program
and participants in South Lane
School District have a plethora
of activities planned to com-
memorate the occasion.
Melissa Fery, a master gar-
dener and coordinator of Farm
to School in South Lane, point-
ed out that the program supports
school gardens as outdoor class-
rooms in grades K-12. It also
works to procure more locally
grown and processed foods
for cafeterias; promote locally
grown fruits and vegetables
through Harvest of the Month;
increase student connection
of farms, gardens, where food
comes from, and health benefi ts
of eating fruits and vegetables;
and encourages students and
their families to grow, cook,
and/or eat more fruits and veg-
etables through family engage-
ment programs.
Local October Farm to School
activities include two Farm to
School training sessions and
farm tours with District Food
Service staff. Fery and Monica
Yoss, SLSD Food Service direc-
tor, have planned these sessions,
the fi rst of which was held on
Oct. 4 and featured an hour
of discussion about Farm to
School, including benefi ts and
challenges with storing, prepar-
ing and serving locally produced
fruits and vegetables. The group
then visited Mike Satterstrom at
his Coast Fork Willamette Vine-
yard and Berry Farm in Saginaw
for a tour and tasting.
“South Lane has been serving
hundreds of pounds of these lo-
cally grown grapes during the
harvest season,” Fery said.
The second food service staff
training was held at Highwire
Farm and London School on
Tuesday.
During the week of Oct. 17,
Harvest of the Month (HOM)
tasting tables will continue a
monthly tradition of locally
grown produce served in the
lunch line at all South Lane
schools. Apples will be the fea-
tured food in October.
South Lane is also working to
implement “Eat.Think.Grow”
curriculum in its schools is be-
ing implemented. Kindergarten
and second-grade classrooms
at Harrison, Latham, London
and Dorena and kindergarten-
ers and fi rst-graders at Bohemia
are having garden classes this
month and continuing through
this year. Garden classes at
Harrison are held on Mondays
and Wednesdays, Bohemia,
Tuesday and Thursdays, Latham
on Wednesdays.
Farm Field Trips are sched-
uled for all kindergartners and
most second-grade classes this
month:
Bohemia Kinders to Ruby
and Amber’s Farm: Thursday,
Oct. 27 at 9 a.m.
London K/1 and 2/3 classes to
Ruby and Amber’s Farm- Thurs-
day, Oct. 27 at 11:45 a.m.
Latham K and 2 grades will
visit Ruby and Amber’s on
Thursday, Oct. 20 at 9 a.m.
Harrison second graders will
visit Ruby and Amber’s at the
same time.
Harrison
Kindergartners
are having individual tours at
homestead farms with all of the
garden components with more
hands-on activities:
Mrs. Black’s class will visit
the Terribly Happy Farm of Beth
Pool and Richard Sedlock on
Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 9 a.m.
Mrs. Swearengin’s class will
visit the Terribly Happy Farm
on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 a.m.
Mrs. Parsons’ class will tour
Jerry’s Settelmeyers property
on Friday, Oct. 21 at 9 a.m., and
Dorena K/1 and 2/3 classes will
visit Shady Oaks on Thursday,
Oct. 20 at 9 a.m.
In other Farm to School news,
Cottage Grove High School
now has a garden club starting
up with Bill Bartram as the ad-
visor.
Lincoln Middle School has
Justin and Maggie from Apr-
ovecho as guest garden class
educators coming in about two
times per week to participate in
the Garden Class elective taught
by Vern Stewart.
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