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Cottage Grove Sentinel
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
SOUTH LANE AND NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889
VOLUME 129 • NUMBER 19
Armory to host fi lm
screenings as part of
international festival
'Animal House of Blues 33 1/3' a part of
lineup that includes 11 fi lms
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
Cottage Grove’s Armory will
soon host a selection of fi lms
from around the world, includ-
ing one that celebrates a classic
movie fi lmed partially within
the walls of the Armory itself.
On Friday, Nov. 18 and Sat-
urday, Nov. 19, the Armory will
host screenings of several fi lms
as part of the 11th annual Eu-
gene International Film Festi-
val. The fi lms include “Life on
the Rooftop,” “Teacher X-Gin’s
Lesson in Discrimination,”
“RiverBlue,”
“Bienvenidos,”
“Chocolate: Pathway to the
Gods,” and “CENTAUR,” and
perhaps most notably “Animal
House of Blues, 33 1/3,” a fi lm
that chronicles the making of
the classic fi lm “Animal House”
(fi lmed largely in Cottage Grove
in 1978). Locations of other
screenings include the Broad-
way Metro in Eugene, Oakshire
Public House and Valley River
Center’s Regal Cinemas. The
Armory will also host the pri-
vate opening reception for the
festival’s associated fi lmmak-
ers, VIPs and underwriters on
Thursday, Nov. 17.
Mike Dilley, Executive Direc-
tor of the Festival, said the event
offers a great opportunity to see
the work of several out-of-town
fi lmmakers. He expects “Ani-
mal House of Blues” to be the
most notable work screened in
Cottage Grove.
“This is a whole new version
of the fi lm that incorporated a
lot of the music of the time and
tells the story of how the Blues
Brothers came together through
the fi lming of Animal House,”
Dilley said.
Though the Armory, which
has seen sporadic use since it
was decommissioned by the
Oregon Military Department
in 2009, presents challenges
for the festival, Dilley said he’s
nonetheless excited to bring
fi lms to the facility.
“I think that at the southern
end of the Willamette Valley,
there’s a great collection of
tourist destinations,” he said.
“To have a facility like the Ar-
mory as a convention center in
the area is pure genius.”
Dilley added that there’s “no
reason there can’t be thousands
of fi lms” screened at the Ar-
mory, likening it to the small
French town of Cannes, which
dedicated itself to the fi lm in-
dustry and earned worldwide
acclaim for its festival.
As part of the Festival, fi lm-
makers from New York to L.A.
and elsewhere are expected to
attend screenings and answer
questions about their fi lms af-
terward. Tom Sawyer, producer
and head writer of “Murder, She
Wrote,” is expected, as is Hol-
lywood literary agent Ken Sher-
man and Academy Award-win-
ning distributor of “Dances with
Wolves” and “Amadeus” Mike
Katchman.
In tandem with the “Animal
House of Blues” screening, a
large-scale model of the Delta
House featured in “Animal
House” has been painstak-
ingly built featuring materials
salvaged from the actual Delta
House and will be on display.
Tickets are available at the door
for the Friday and Saturday
shows at the Armory. They’re
also available online at www.
eugenefi lmfest.org.
Photo by Gary Ordway
Lions roll
Junior Juice Clafl in runs head-on into the North Valley
Knights on Friday night. The Lions hosted North Valley
in their fi rst round playoff match and sent them packing
in a 35-17 win. Cottage Grove took a 35-10 lead in the
fourth quarter before an unexpected 94-yard run set the
Knights up to shrink their defi cit just before time ran
out. Students, parents and fans fi lled the stadium for
one of the most electric Friday nights of the season.
Cottage Grove is now scheduled to travel to Astoria,
where they will take on the 8-1 Fishermen. Though the
Lions sit at 9-0, Astoria is ranked third in the OSAA
rankings and gets the home fi eld advantage. The game
will take place on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
Efforts to integrate K-12 system, early
education detailed at School Board meeting
Jackie Lester, South Lane's
P-20 Coordinator, talks of
challenges, successes
in offering support
for early learners
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
S
outh Lane School District P-20 Coor-
dinator Jackie Lester painted a grim
picture for the School Board Monday night
of the challenges faced by many Oregon
students.
Lester, who is in her second year of a
position created by the District and tasked
with integrating the K-12 school system
with early childhood education, detailed the
results of an adverse childhood experience
study commissioned by Kaiser Permanente.
The study measured the prevalence of such
risk factors as emotional, physical and sexu-
al abuse in the home, in addition to neglect,
separation and divorce and drug abuse.
According to the study, students in Or-
egon are more likely to have three or more
such risk factors affecting their lives, factors
that Lester pointed out have a cumulative ef-
fect on the brain and learning development
of kids. The most common factors here, she
said, were substance abuse, verbal abuse and
divorce, though many Oregon young people
also live with an adult that struggles with
Please see P-20, Page 10A
Social media workshop offers strategies
for local business owners
BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
A
group of local entre-
preneurs gave various
reasons for seeking out help
with promoting their businesses
through social media, and by the
end of last Wednesday’s work-
shop, they’d hear about several
avenues for success.
‘Social Media Strategy for
Creatives,’ a workshop offered
by social media strategist Holly
Roberson — who does business
as Holly JustHolly with Soul —
works to help companies aug-
ment and promote their online
presence, and it offered a look
at the many platforms that can
be utilized together or separate-
ly for promotion purposes. The
workshop was held at the new
Crescent Moon Yoga studio at
819 Main Street, which is oper-
ated by Rosemary Foraker.
With regard to their reason
for seeking out help, one at-
tendee said that basic ineptitude
with a computer had been an
obstacle, while another said that
she was starting a new business
that would need help getting off
the ground. Another said that as
a small business owner, she did
not have the resources to pay
someone to spearhead her social
media campaign.
“I want to streamline the pro-
cess to save myself time,” she
said. “I often fi nd myself in
technology loops. I’m spend-
ing money, and I want to know
if I’m spending it in the right
place.”
Roberson said that it is in-
deed wise to spend money to
boost posts on Facebook, add-
ing that 81 percent of adults use
the medium. It’s great for giving
the “big picture” of a business
endeavor, in addition to provid-
ing links to other information.
It also offers a consistent social
media presence.
Roberson also strongly ad-
vocated the use of Instagram,
which has higher visual appeal
and can be used to more quickly
gather an audience for a new or
evolving business.
The Yelp platform is a must for
businesses with a storefront, she
said, adding that those who own
such a business should claim it
on Yelp, as reviews can be writ-
ten there whether the business is
claimed or not. Twitter is a bit
of a “qualifi er” for some social
media users, she said, stating
that a business that doesn’t have
a Twitter account can fi nd itself
at a disadvantage.
“Spend some time exploring
each of these, and see what res-
onates with you,” she said.
Roberson advocated for
building a social media network
through one’s own personal
page, then inviting new friends
to like your business. She also
voiced support for sharing infor-
mation on various platforms, as
long as the content is modifi ed to
fi t the specifi c platform, and she
said that the use of hashtags is a
powerful, quick and easy way to
further one’s online reach.
photo by Jon Stinnett
Holly Roberson (right) offered strategies for promotion
across several social media platforms.
On Wednesday, Dec. 14, Rob-
erson will host another work-
shop, this one meant specifi cally
for small businesses, at Crescent
Moon Yoga. More information
is available at 541-649-1800 or
crescentmoonyogacg@gmail.
com.
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who fought and are still fighting for us.
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