COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 15, 2017
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St. Paddy's
Trivia
While St. Patrick’s Day is
renowned for celebrating
Ireland, one need not be
Irish to enjoy the festiv-
ities on March 17th. In
fact, St. Patrick himself
was not Irish, having been
born in an area of Great
Britain then referred to as
Roman Britain because
it was still governed by
the Roman Empire. St.
Patrick’s birthplace is not
the only interesting fact
surrounding St. Patrick’s
Day that might surprise
even the most devoted of
Patty’s Day revelers.
• Arguably the most
famous St. Patrick’s Day
parade in the world, the
New York City parade is
more than 250 years old.
The Big Apple’s fi rst St.
Patrick’s Day parade took
place on March 17, 1762,
when Irish soldiers serv-
ing in the British military
marched through the city.
• While New York and
Boston host the largest St.
Patrick’s Day parades in
the United States, more
than 100 parades are held
in honor of St. Patrick
throughout the country
each year. For those who
love a good parade but
don’t have much time on
their hands, the city of
Hot Springs, Arkansas,
is home to the world’s
shortest St. Patrick’s Day
parade. The parade takes
place on the city’s Bridge
Street, which measures
just 98 feet in length.
• In spite of its proximity
to New York City, the city
of Hoboken, New Jersey,
began hosting its own St.
Patrick’s Day parade in
1986.
• Irish ranks among the
top fi ve ancestries in
nearly every state in the
United States. The lone
exceptions are New Mexi-
co and Hawaii. Irish leads
the way in Delaware,
Massachusetts and New
Hampshire.
• While corned beef has
become synonymous with
St. Patrick’s Day celebra-
tions in the United States,
the corned beef eaten in
the United States is not
the corned beef familiar to
people in Ireland. That’s
because the corned beef
eaten in the U.S. is large-
ly from kosher Jewish
butchers, whose corned
beef is made from bris-
ket, a tougher cut of meat
taken from the front of
the animal, whereas the
corned beef produced in
Ireland comes from the
hindquarter.
• Another food associated
with St. Patrick’s Day,
Irish soda bread gets its
unique name from its
ingredients. When baking
this beloved bread, bakers
use baking soda instead of
yeast as a leavening agent.
Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel is hosting a no-show banquet to help raise funds for the project more than 20 years in the making.
Cottage Grove is
no stranger to char-
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ity banquets. With
several nonprofi ts
in town, all with causes close to the hearts
of residents and all in need of funds, social
calendars fi ll-up quickly.
The Friends of the Cottage Grove Carou-
sel group are hoping to free-up a night and
still reap the fi nancial rewards with a unique
ask for giving residents: Please stay home.
On March 18, the group will host a “no-
show” banquet, complete with an invitation
that asks for donations for table sponsor and
presenting sponsors. Except there will be no
tables. There aren’t any presenters. There’s
no catered meal, no program, no theme. In-
By Caitlyn May
stead, the donations will go directly to the
cause: fi nding a home for the vintage car-
ousel that has been in limbo for nearly 20
years.
When Judy Cash fi rst purchased the car-
ousel more than two decades ago, it was
with the intent of seeing it used as a local
attraction in Cottage Grove. However, de-
spite initial community support, according
to a press release on the issue, the need for a
local hospital and theatre in town took prec-
edent and efforts to fi nd a suitable piece of
property for the carousel, waned.
The latest revitalization of the carousel
efforts has seen Don Williams and Russ
McGuire join forces with several interest-
ed residents to locate a proper home for the
vintage attraction and raise the funds need-
ed to restore it.
Currently, the carousel’s animals are
being restored by an advanced art class at
Cottage Grove High School, a project that
is expected to continue through to the end
of the school year.
The group will also have to fund architec-
tural drawings before moving forward with
the project, as well as purchase property to
house the carousel.
The no-show banquet is open to all Cot-
tage Grove residents. For more information,
or to participate, contact Russ McGuire of
Friends of the Carousel at 541-419-6635.
Devon Allen signs with Nike
Former University of Oregon athlete,
Devon Allen announced that he is com-
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pleting his rehab and has signed with Nike.
The announcement came during Track
Town Tuesday, a weekly press gathering
held at the university, on March 7.
The move will begin Allen's professional career after he did a
stint as an Olympian, winning fi fth place in the 110-meter hurdle at
the Rio games in 2016.
Allen also played football for the Ducks before suffering a sea-
son-ending knee injury in November. After the injury, Allen an-
nounced that he would forefeit the remainder of his NCAA eligibil-
ity to focus on his professional track career.
“I’m really excited to start my professional career and have some
good support with Nike," Allen said during Track Tuesday.
By Caitlyn May
Former Duck, Devon Allen announced last week, he has signed with Nike.
Photo courtesy NCAA.
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