COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 12, 2016
Sheriff's Offi ce warns
of phone scam
Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at a Sentinel story from 40 years ago
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Oct. 14, 1976
Students may have vacation if levy fails
South Lane school adminis-
trators met Monday to discuss
details of a contingency plan for
closing the schools in the event
of another possibly levy defeat
on Nov. 2.
Three Levy proposals have
been defeated this year, and
failure in the next election will
force the schools to shut down
in late November due to a lack
of operating funds.
At press time yesterday,
many details and legal ques-
tions in the plan were yet to be
resolved. But according to Su-
perintendent Ray Mullen, the
plan will be completed for the
school board’s consideration at
its meeting Tuesday evening in
Lincoln Junior High Library.
Meeting time is 7:30.
If the levy fails Nov. 2, schools
will close to students Wednes-
day, Nov. 24, and closure for
staff members will be complet-
ed by Tuesday, Nov. 30. The nex
possible election date would be
Tuesday, Jane. 11 and if the levy
passes then, Mr. Mullen has rec-
ommended that school resume
on Monday, Jan 17.
“I could bring the kids back a
day earlier (Friday, Jan. 14), but
that puts that much added pres-
sure on the staff to get ready to
bring them back,” he said. “ev-
erything will have been checked
in: all the books, all the keys—
everything.”
By starting up again on Jan.
17, students will have missed
27 days in session. To make up
for the lost days, spring vacation
(March 19-27) and an in-service
day will be eliminated. The fi -
nal day of school would also be
changed from June 15 to June
30. The proposed calendar is
tentative, however and may be
revised again on Tuesday.
POLICE BLOTTER
Oct. 3
Illegal Parking, N River
Rd.
The City of Cottage Grove
complained to police that
there have been two campers
and multiple vehicles on a city
lot that have been there for
multiple weeks. It appears that
people are living in them. Of-
fi cers were asked to disregard
until after Oct. 7 as the people
were supposedly in town for a
funeral.
Oct. 4
Illegal Camping, Thomas
Pl.
A complainant advised that
transients have set up a camp
to the west of her residence in
the trees.
Oct. 5
Domestic Disturbance, N.
11th St.
A complainant advised that
a dispute broke out between
his husband and himself and
advised police that there were
guns in the house and wants
to use them on himself. The
caller was advised to go to a
different room away from the
guns. The man moved to the
porch but kept threatening to
harm himself. The caller was
transported to the ER and then
transported to Johnson Unit
and was very uncooperative.
Oct. 6
Fraud, E. Main St. PD
A complainant at the police
department requested to speak
to an offi cer about a possible
fraud case. The offi cer report-
ed that at around 8 a.m. she
received a call from someone
claiming to be United Health
Care and was wanting to send
her some back cream. The
complainant advised that the
subject sounded Indian and
appeared to be in a call center.
She then called a subsidiary of
United Health Care who began
an investigation of fraud.
City staff has been visiting
with South Lane School Dis-
trict representatives to develop
a power service to the Taylor
Street pump station. By coordi-
From the City
of Cottage
Grove Friday
Update
nating the development
of power service, the City said
it can reduce the power service
costs for both the pump station
and the new school project. The
coordinated efforts will require
an easement on the School Dis-
trict property. The South Lane
School Board reviewed the draft
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Suspicious Subject, Village
Dr. CG Hospital
The hospital advised that
a male subject was sitting in
the waiting area of the clinic.
The complainant advised that
the subject is there every day
for approximately 5-6 hours.
The subject left before offi cers
were on scene.
Information, E. Main St.
PD
A complainant advised that
he was supposed to pick up his
kids from school as this is his
visitation time and the school
called to inform him that the
mother picked them up in-
stead. The notice was logged
to record the incident.
Suspicious Subject, Main
Centennial Bridge
Cottage Grove Public Works
reported a male subject climb-
ing a rail on the Centennial
Bridge. The subject was a
male in his 20s with shaggy
brown hair and no shoes on.
Offi cers contacted the subject
and took him into custody on a
valid CG municipal court war-
rant reference.
Oct. 7
Suspicious Subjects, Coin-
er Park
A caller advised of seeing a
group of subjects sitting in the
playground area, possibly as-
sociated with a red Pontiac in
the parking lot near the tennis
courts. Police were unable to
locate the subjects.
Oct. 8
Harrassment, HWY 99
A caller requested an offi -
cer’s assistance in regards to
harassment. The complain-
ant advised that a subject was
caller her to tell her he’s on
his way to her location and is
threatening to light her on fi re.
Offi cers waiting but the sub-
ject never showed up. Police
told the complainant to possi-
bly get a restraining order and
to call 911 if the subject shows
up.
proposal at their last meeting and
authorized the Superintendent
to approve the easement agree-
ment. The easement agreement
will be coming before the City
Council in a future meeting
for their acceptance. The site
for the Taylor Street pump sta-
tion is being prepared between
the School District site and the
freeway. The future extension
of Gateway Boulevard will run
adjacent to the pump station.
Pressure vessel
testing
Last week, the Chubb Group
of Insurance Companies, work-
ing on behalf of City/County
Insurance Services (the City’s
insurance carrier) completed a
Risk Engineering Services in-
spection on all pressure vessels
call the number back. They do not
need to report the incident to local
law enforcement unless they have
lost money or property as a result
of the scam.
Those who are unclear as to
whether the call they received is
a scam can contact the agency in
question at their publicly listed
phone number, not the phone num-
ber provided on the recording. Be-
low are a few indicators of scam
phone calls.
Indicators of a scam:
The caller is threatening you
with criminal action if you do not
promptly send money.
The caller is pressuring you to
make a decision quickly about a
product or service.
The caller requests payment in
non-trackable forms such as cash
cards or gift cards.
he Lane County Sheriff’s Of-
fi ce said it received a report
of a phone scam where a commu-
nity member received a recorded
message stating that they were go-
ing to be taken “under custody” by
local cops because of four “serious
allegations”. The recording asked
the community member to call
323-410-1235. The voice in the
message is female and sounds com-
puter generated.
When the above phone number
is called, the community member
is put on hold until the phone is
answered by a male with a strong
accent identifying himself as the
IRS investigations unit. The male
uses abusive language, including
name calling when questioned,
which LCSO said is an indicator of
a scam.
Those who receive a call that they
believe is a scam are urged not to
Open burning season
opened Saturday
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
CITY BEAT
Taylor Street
Pump Station
Ray Mullen checks his plan. Mullen also said stu-
dents' academic credit would unlikely be affected
by a 27-day shutdown, even though the schools
would only be in sessions 168 out of the 170 days
required by state law. He said he does not believe
the state would "jeopardize" the district for losing
two days. But if the state did make an issue of it,
school would simply be extended two days.
A
burn are reminded that burning
only woody yard debris generated
on their own residential property
is allowed, and that all fi res must
be out by sunset. Burning trash
and garbage is illegal and can re-
sult in stiff fi nes.
Backyard burning generates
the largest number of complaints
received by LRAPA. Complaints
reported to LRAPA about open
burning have climbed in the last
few years and the agency has
levied numerous fi nes for illegal
burning.
“People are becoming more
aware of the health impacts from
smoke and are less tolerant of open
burning, even during the burning
season. It’s a serious health con-
cern for many people, especially
when illegal materials are thrown
into the fi re,” Niehaus said.
Residents can dispose of yard
debris for a minimal charge at sev-
eral collection depots, including
Lane County transfer sites, Lane
Forest Products (541- 345-9085),
or Rexius (541-342-1835). For
more information, visit www.lra-
pa.org or call us at 541-736-1056.
Information is also available on
Facebook and Twitter pages @La-
neRegionalAir.
fter a weeklong delay, the
Lane County Fall Open
Burning season started Saturday,
Oct. 8 and will run until Monday,
Oct. 31 for many residents in the
county.
The season, normally set to open
Oct. 1, is actually opening earlier
than expected. The initial delay
called for burning to wait until
Oct. 15 due to hot and dry weather
conditions. However, with rapid
changes in weather and more days
of rain, the Lane County Fire De-
fense Board decided to open the
season over the weekend.
LRAPA reminds residents that
rules are different throughout the
county and people still need to
check to verify if they live in an
area that allows burning.
“Open burning is prohibited in
the city limits of Eugene and Flor-
ence,” said Lane Regional Air Pro-
tection Agency spokesperson, Jo
Niehaus. “Lots smaller than half
an acre in Springfi eld City Limits
and the Eugene and Springfi eld
Urban Growth Boundaries also
ban open burning. Other areas re-
quire further permits and compli-
ance through LRAPA letter per-
mits or with local fi re districts.”
Residents who are allowed to
under the control of the City.
There are fi ve such pressure
vessels at the Row River Water
Treatment Plant and one at the
City Shop facility. The State of
Oregon requires periodic inspec-
tion and certifi cation of each
pressure vessel in use through-
out the City. The City said each
tank was inspected and found
to be properly constructed, in-
stalled and protected. Ultra-
sonic thickness readings were
used to confi rm the material
integrity of each vessel. In ad-
dition, each pressure relief valve
and automatic drain device on
each tank was operationally
tested.
Copper testing in
wastewater
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required of the City when dis-
charging treated effl uent to the
river.
Oregon
Emergency Mgmt.
Association
Conference
Emergency Manager How-
ard Schesser attended the 2016
OEMA conference where the
theme of “Preparing, Respond-
ing and Recovering” brought
together public, private and
non-profi t emergency man-
agement professionals in Or-
egon. Keynote speaker was
General Russel Honore,’ who
spoke on ‘Resilient Leader-
ship Prepare Today To Prevail
Tomorrow’. General Honore’
was tasked with response and
recovery during the Katrina
incident. Other topics included
lessons learned from the UCC
shooting, and the Loma Prieta
Earthquake as it relates to the
Cascadia Earthquake. School
and hospital emergency plans,
creating a culture of safety,
threat prevention and response
decision-making were major
tracks of the conference.
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