10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 15, 2017
WORD ON THE STREET
What's your favorite thing about Cottage Grove?
"The Cottage Theatre. It's my home
away from home. I'm the artistic di-
rector and occasionally, I act. We call
it the sucking sound. Once you're in,
it sucks all of your time. I've volun-
teered 2,000 hours in a year. I call it
my second full-time job that I don't
get paid for."-Amanda Ferguson, Cot-
tage Grove City Planner
"What I love about Cottage Grove
is the small-town feeling where you
can walk around town, shop and feel
safe while doing it."-Jeff Gowing,
Cottage Grove Mayor
"My favorite thing is the people.
Cottage Grove is almost a unique-
ly friendly community. I fi nd myself
amazed almost weekly to fi nd another
group working to help their neigh-
bors."- Jake Boone, Cottage Grove
City Councilman
Word on the Street is coming to a street near
you. Chat with our staff, out and about, for your
chance to be featured in an upcoming edition.
CG library member earns
recognition
Library Journal names Pete Barrell for award
Pete Barrell of the Cottage Grove Public Li-
brary has been named a “Mover & Shaker” in the
library profession by the national publication Li-
brary Journal.
In it’s March 15, 2017 issue, Library Journal
named 52 outstanding professionals committed to
providing excellent service and shaping the future
of libraries.
Library Journal honored Pete Barrell because
of his special dedication to Intellectual Freedom,
and to providing culturally diverse collections,
programs and events for the people of Cottage
Grove, Oregon.
Pete Barrell currently serves the City of Cot-
tage Grove and the Cottage Grove Public Library
as Community Services Director. The Cottage
Grove Public Library serves Cottage Grove, a
town of 10,000 people located in the Southern
Willamette Valley of Western Oregon.
This years class of 52 joins a group of talented
professionals who are dedicated, innovative, and
passionate - each alone and all together, trans-
forming the library world and the communities it
impacts for the better.
Pete Barrell has served as Director of the Cot-
tage Grove Public Library for nine years, and
during that time has expanded and diversifi ed the
libraries collection, and has brought programs,
exhibits and special events to the library and
community including: Smithsonian Human Ori-
gins Exhibit (one of only 19 libraries nation-wide
selected to host this fantastic exhibit!); multiple
NASA exhibits and programs including, "Vi-
sions of the Universe"; Astro for Girls, and annu-
al NASA Astronomer visits to do programs and
workshops at the library and in the Middle and
High Schools. Also, the Lincoln/Civil War Exhib-
it, Oregon is Indian Country, Picturing America,
Pushing the Limits, Muslim Journeys Bookshelf,
and many other grant funded exhibits, programs
and opportunities have come to the Cottage Grove
Public Library, all due to Pete's vision, energy and
skill toward writing grants to a diversity of orga-
nizations. Pete also initiated a “Summer Camp”
program that takes groups of children, ages 3 to
17, out into the spectacular landscapes of West-
ern Oregon for STEAM (science, technology, en-
gineering, arts, math) inspired adventures where
kids get to hike, kayak, swim, play, learn, explore
and generally have a great time out in Nature
while also learning amazing things about ecolo-
gy, botany, geology, the arts and other inspiring
topics!
The 2017 Movers & Shakers were selected by
the editors of Library Journal. Each of the Mov-
ers and Shakers will be prominently featured in
the March 15th issue of Library Journal and cel-
ebrated at a special reception in June during the
American Library Association’s annual confer-
ence in Chicago, IL. The print feature’s compan-
ion website is sponsored by OCLC and available
at: http://libraryjournal.com/movers.
ABOUT LIBRARY JOURNAL
Founded in 1876, Library Journal is one of the
oldest and most respected publications covering
the library fi eld. Over 75,000 library directors,
administrators, and staff in public, academic, and
special libraries read LJ. Library Journal reviews
over 8000 books, audiobooks, videos, databas-
es, and web sites annually, and provides cover-
age of technology, policy, and other profession-
al concerns. For more information, visit www.
lj.libraryjournal.com. Library Journal is a pub-
lication of Media Source Inc., which also owns
School Library Journal, The Horn Book publica-
tions, and Junior Library Guild.
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