COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 5, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
DeFazio drops in on city (1987)
I
n his fi rst visit to Cottage Grove since his election to the 4th
Congressional District seat, Rep. Peter DeFazio met Monday
with local residents to discuss wide range of issues being de-
cided in Washington, D.C.
In a special session for the South Lane Issues Forum, the Demo-
cratic congressman discussed such topics as the federal budget, the
Bonneville Power Administration, nuclear arms talks and the trade
defi cit.
More than 60 people packed the Cottage Grove City Hall council
chambers for the noon-time session. DeFazio, a former Lane Coun-
ty commissioner, defeated Douglas County Commissioner Bruce
Long in November to fi ll the seat vacated by fellow Democrat Jim
Weaver.
DeFazio said the fate of the Bonneville Power Administration
and federal timber receipts paid to western Oregon counties were
major concerns of his during the congressional budget process.
A House budget, which passed April 9, retains revenues from fed-
eral forests that are distributed to counties for schools and roads.
But those funds, which amount to between $160 and $180 million
a year, are at risk in the Senate. Western Oregon counties receive a
portion of timber receipts from timber cut on U.S. Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, and former Oregon & California
Railroad lands.
One version of the Senate budget plan would change the formula
by which the funds are distributed, reducing them by between 60 to
90 percent. This would be a "disaster" to the counties because they
would have no way to replace those funds, he said.
DeFazio, who was in Oregon during Congress' Easter recess, also
criticized Reagan Administration proposals to sell federal assets,
including the BPA, to help reduce the federal defi cit. Though such
sales would provide a small temporary reduction in the defi cit, the
federal Treasury would lose the $530 million in revenues a year
from the BPA.
The BPA, which supplies power to Northwest utilities, should
concentrate on attracting new industry to Oregon by offering them
low-cost power, instead of marketing surplus power to California,
DeFazio said.
"Why not get the jobs here instead of providing them to the L.A.
Basin?" he said.
In another issue related to jobs, DeFazio defended trade sanctions
against Japan aimed at forcing that country to open its markets to
POLICE BLOTTER
American products.
Such sanctions are not protectionism, he said, but only a response
to unfair trade practices that bar the sale of U.S. goods in Japan.
Though the Japanese have been able to sell fi nished goods in the
United States, they have imposed barriers on the sale of U.S. fi n-
ished timber products.
Last week, the Reagan administration imposed 100 percent tariffs
on certain Japanese products. But those sanctions, which only apply
to about a third of one percent of Japanese products coming into the
United States, do not go far enough, DeFazio said.
He said he plans to introduce his own trade bill within the next
few weeks that would deal with the situation in a "hardball manner."
Following the forum, DeFazio toured the pedestrian covered
bridge recently built west of city hall. As a county commissioner,
DeFazio advocated maintaining and promoting the county's cov-
ered bridges as a tourist attraction.
In an interview following the forum, DeFazio talked about his ad-
justment to working in Congress. Despite party affi liation, he said,
he has found the Northwest's congressional delegation is willing to
work together on issues of importance to Oregon, whether it's sup-
porting public works projects to dredge Oregon ports or controlling
BPA rates.
"On things that are specifi c to the state, I think there is very little
disagreement," he said.
CAPITOL BEAT
News from the state legislature
and around Oregon
• The Oregon State
Legislature has been sub-
mitting bills for weeks
and as we move into April, both houses will begin holding
public hearings on potential laws and eventually, debating
the issues and taking a vote. If a bill is to become a law, it
must be voted out of its committee by April 18.
From the legislature
•
Bills scheduled for public hearings and committee votes
include SB 863 which deals with personal information and
marijuana. The bills would prohibit retail marijuana shops
from keeping personal information such as driver's license
numbers, birthdays and other identifying factors of their
customers. The bill was originally introduced out of concern
for state customers after offi cials in the federal government
noted a possible crackdown on marijuana use which is still
illegal at the federal level.
•
Bill 828 is also scheduled for a public hearing. The bills
would require employers to pay workers for four hours of
work if the employee is scheduled to work but does not work
the entire shift due to actions by the employer.
• The Oregon Ducks
lost their bid to make it to
the NCAA championship
game on Saturday. The Ducks had made it to the Final Four
for the fi rst time since 1939.
From around the state
Peter DeFazio tours the city back in 1987 during a visit to Cottage
Grove.
•
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Oregon has
90,000 "involuntary part-time workers." It describes these
individuals as those who are unable to fi nd full-time work or
who work several part-time jobs.
•
Corey Hancock made headlines this week when he stumbled
upon a bear cub while hiking. Hancock thought the bear to
be in distress and took it to a wildlife rehabilitation center
in Salem. The bear was eventually treated for a mild case of
pneumonia but offi cials warned residents that wild animals
should be left in their environment and unless residents see
the mother die, they should not assume a cub has been left,
noting it is not unusual for cubs to be left unattended for long
periods of time by their mothers.
•
Late last week, a Troutdale family's home was vandalized
with perpetrators spray painting Middle Eastern slurs over
cabinets and walls. "Muslim" was scrawled across a kitchen.
The family, immigrants in the country for nearly 10 years,
is not Muslim, but Baha’i, a passive religion that promotes
tolerance. The family also found bullets holding down a note
telling them to leave the country. No arrests have been made.
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
Drain robbery
suspects nabbed
April 2nd
Cottage Grove authorities completed a wellness check after tak-
ing a call noting that a female in a Subaru was slowly rolling through
an intersection at Main and 9th St. and appeared to be asleep.
Police report receiving a complaint of loud music coming from
a vehicle on 6th St. The complaintant noted that after asking the
occupants to turn the music down, they "fl ipped her off."
An arrest was made on Washington Ave. after a caller reported
being threatened with a fi rearm.
Police report a "very uncooperative and demanding" call from an
individual requesting information on what he had deemed to be an
"illegal" landscaping operation or individual.
Brandon Linn Wilson, 34,
and Terry Leon Trudeau, 46,
were arrested on charges of fi rst
and second degree burglary, fi rst
degree aggravated theft and sec-
ond-degree criminal mischief.
The arrests come after a rob-
bery of the Drain Saw Shop
and the Rose Garden Tavern in
Drain, according to the Douglas
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County Sheriff’s Offi ce.
Douglas County Sheriff's au-
thorities responded fi rst to a call
from the Rose Garden Tavern
on March 26 at 5:30 a.m. fol-
lowed by the Drain Saw Shop
where 50 chainsaw blades and
chainsaws were stolen.
The stolen property was lo-
cated in Trudeau's garage.
-day
A call from Gateway noted that a complaintant had multiple
items stolen from her home.
April 1st
Safeway reported two females who "came into the store and ran
out with a case of beer," leaving their backpack behind which staff
said "smelled strongly of marijuana."
Cottage Grove Police answered a call advising that a duck had
gotten its leg stuck in a crack in the middle of the road and the fl ock
had gathered around the animal, refusing to move, stopping vehi-
cles from passing the area.
A call noted that a motor home has been parked near Lincoln
Middle School for two to three weeks and garbage is piling up.
weather forecast
THURSDAY April 6
FRIDAY April 7
58° | 46°
57° | 42°
Mostly Cloudy
Showers
SATURDAY April 8
SUNDAY April 9
47° | 38°
51° | 38°
Showers
Showers
MONDAY April 10
TUESDAY April 11
51° | 37°
60° | 40°
Showers
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