COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 22, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at a Sentinel story from 30 years ago
Feb. 25, 1987
It's not a game, it's a tradition
Dynasty to some people
might be the primetime soap
opera seen on television. Still
others might consider a dynasty
more along the lines of the Bos-
ton Celtics.
But there is a dynasty of even
larger proportions in Cottage
Grove. No, it’s not the endless
stream of swimmers under Bud
Taylor’s guidance. This group
plays a game, or sport, which
borders on not being a sport.
For the 19th consecutive year,
the Cottage Grove High School
chess team will be competing in
the state tournament. In fact, the
last time CGHS failed to qual-
ify, none of the current team
members were even born.
“I guess you could say we
have a great tradition here,” said
Mike Wolfe, a history teacher
who coaches the team. “Being
on the chess team here is some-
thing to be proud of.”
The chess team, under Wolfe
and, before him, Les Corey,
have compiled a record of 231-
80-25 in matches since 1963, a
69 percent winning mark. In-
cluded in that are state titles in
1966 and 1973.
“They say success breeds
success and that’s what you see
here,” noted Wolfe. “People see
all these trophies and want to be
a part of it.”
Cottage Grove captured the
district title with an 11-1 record.
The state tournament will be
held this Friday and Saturday
POLICE BLOTTER
Feb. 13
Welfare Check, HWY 99N
An anonymous complainant
reported that a female was sit-
ting on the ground with bags of
groceries and other miscella-
neous items. The complainant
noted that the subject didn’t
live near the location. Police
contacted the subject who told
police she was having a picnic.
Missing child, Birch Ave.
A complainant advised that
her 12 year old daughter got off
the bust at 3:10 p.m., and is new
to the area. The daughter is new
to the area and hadn’t made it
home yet. Police were contact-
ed a little later to be advised
that the daughter was across the
Shots Fired, Speedway
A complainant heard approx-
imately fi ve shots fi red possi-
bly across the river. A neighbor
came forward and advised po-
lice that he shot off a shotgun as
a scare tactic for possible tres-
passers.
Feb. 14
Theft From Vehicle, CG Ho-
tel
A complainant at the police
department advised police that
someone broke into his vehicle
on Sunday morning and stole an
assortment of tools.
Feb. 15
Burglary, S. Sixth St.
A complainant advised that
subjects broke into an outbuild-
ing last night. The door was
open, but police determined no
one was inside the building and
nothing was taken.
Welfare Check, Main St. PD
A woman advised that she
was just dropped off by her
father after driving from Med-
ford. Her mother was supposed
to pick her up but was then re-
fusing to do so. The mother had
asked the complainant to leave
her residence due to apparent
drug use. The mother was con-
vinced to pick her up and take
her home for the night.
Feb. 16
Welfare Check/Poss. Meth,
Gateway Chevron
Staff at the business advised
police that male subjects came
in with a disoriented female that
didn’t look happy to be there.
Police contacted the subjects
and found that one was in pos-
session of meth.
Burglary, Pritchett Pl.
A complainant called police
believing her house had been
broken into. The complainant’s
daughter’s room was trashed
with muddy footprints, and a
kitchen knife was stuck in her
daughter’s bedroom wall.
Feb. 17
Disturbance, Main St.
A complainant advised that
they were doing repossession
on a truck, but the owner came
running out and climbed into
the vehicle and refused to get
out. The owner also had a large
group of friends and were be-
coming very agitated.
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Traffi c Hazard, Bennett Creek
A complainant advised that
there were two juveniles under
the age of 10 sitting in the mid-
dle of a road that was right off
River Road.
• Marionberry pie lov-
ers got a boost from the
Oregon State Legislature
in time for Valentine's
Day with the introduction of House Concurrent Resolution
19, which designates the pie as Oregon's offi cial state pie.
Budgetary concerns had lawmakers debating the closure of
Junction City hospital the second week of February. Gover-
nor Kate Brown called for the closure of the hospital in her
budget but lawmakers must now decide if it's a viable op-
tion or if keeping the hospital open is a possibility given the
fi nancial restraints of the state's current budget cycle. The
hospital is one of two psychiatric hospitals in the state and
currently serves 81 individuals.
Representative Jodi Hack introduced a bill that would alter
Oregon laws that currently make the state the only one in
the union that cannot impeach its governor. The bill would
change Oregon's constitution to allow a three-fi fths majority
vote to impeach the governor on several grounds including
malfeasance, corruption and neglect of duty.
Legislative republicans introduced several bills that would
alter Oregon's current rules dictating the treatment of un-
documented immigrants. Currently, the state is considered
a sanctuary state wherein local offi cials cannot act based on
immigration status alone. However, the legislation intro-
duced during this legislative session would repeal Oregon
Revised Statute 181.850 which does not allow Oregon law
enforcement to act based on immigration status alone. It
would also require Oregon to comply with federal detain-
ment requests.
Rep. Knute Buehler introduced legislation that would put
an end to "pay-for-play" politics. Essentially, the legislation
would stop businesses, nonprofi ts and labor unions who hold
contracts with the state from fl ooding political campaigns
with contributions.
• Hundreds of people
From around the state
took to the capitol steps
in Salem to support im-
migrant rights on Sunday, Feb. 19.
Timber companies have sued over the expansion of Oregon's
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument signed by former
president, Barack Obama. Murphy Co. sued, claiming that
the decision would reduce the value of 2,100 acres of tim-
berland it currently owns.
Lane County experiences high wind gusts on Monday, Feb.
20, causing several hundred residents to go without power.
EPUD released the following statement: Strong winds are
causing outages to some of Emerald People’s Utility District
customers. About 500 customers are without power, down
from 4,000 earlier this morning. “We have crews out assess-
ing the situation and making repairs,” said Patty Jo Angelini,
Emerald PUD public relations coordinator.“Be prepared for
outages today because of wind gusts. Heavy winds cause
havoc on trees, bringing down limbs on power lines and
causing outages,” she said.
PeaceHealth announced that hundreds of employees would
be without a job after a seperate announcement reported
that Quest Diagnostic would be purchasing a portion of
PeaceHealth's labroatory testing operations. PeaceHealth in-
formed 330 employees in Oregon and Washington that they
would lose their jobs as part of the deal. Quest has since
planned a job fair to fi ll 275 positions.
From the legislature
•
Tony Eberle ponders his next
move.
think this group can bring back
a trophy.”
•
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
street from the police depart-
ment with her grandmother.
Suspicious Subject, N. Ninth
St.
A complainant reported that
a female “tweaker” has been
loitering behind the location for
some time. Police contacted the
subject and advised her of loi-
tering and trespassing.
at Rex Putnam High School in
Milwaukie.
“We want to improve on
last year’s performance,” said
Wolfe, who watched Cottage
Grove lose its fi rst two match-
es last year and fi nish near the
bottom.
Each match consists of fi ve
boards. Playing for Cottage
Grove are junior Nick Hyde
(fi rst board), senior Jon Dolan
(second), junior Colin Cuskie
(third), freshman Tony Eberle
(fourth) and junior Robert Her-
riot (fi fth). Eberle has gone un-
defeated this season and Dolan
has won 10 straight matches af-
ter losing his fi rst one.
“We have a young team that’s
experienced,” Wolfe said. “I
CAPITOL BEAT
Feb. 18
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Criminal Mischief, Main St.
A complainant reported that
a pellet was shot at her vehicle
and broke her window while she
was driving down Main Street.
Civil Standby, Village Green
A complainant requested to
speak to an offi cer about remov-
ing somebody from the property
who paid with a stolen credit
card. The problem is that the
female is there alone with the
trailer and has no way to move
it as the male is gone with the
truck.
Suspicious Conditions, Doug-
las Ave.
A complainant said that he
was told his runaway son was
at the above location and when
the son was told he had to leave,
he went running down the rail-
road tracks and then a gunshot
was heard. The son had threat-
ened suicide if he was made to
go home.
Trespassing, Main St. Safe-
way
During a routine patrol check,
security had detained a shop-
lifter. The shoplifter was co-
operative but didn’t have any
I.D. Security initially wanted to
handle the incident with a civil
compromise but would like an
offi cer to meet in their offi ce.
Feb. 20
Suspicious Subject, Row Riv-
er Walmart
An intoxicated male called
911 requesting a rental car be-
cause he wrecked his in Oak-
land. The caller disconnected
when told that 911 doesn’t offer
that service. A Walmart associ-
ate spoke with police and said
that the subject was extremely
intoxicated and was hanging
around the customer service
area.
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