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Candidates to Tiny houses now "Cottage Village"
interview for
Stewart seat today
The goal was to
listen.
That's what
cmay@cgsentinel.com
SquareOne Villages
CEO Dan Bryant told approximately a doz-
en Cottage Grove residents on Thursday,
April 6 during an open meeting addressing
neighborhood concerns over the proposed
tiny village on Madison Ave.
For just under an hour, residents and sev-
eral members of the Cottage Village Coali-
ton, along with Bryant, exchanged concerns
and assurances regarding the development
which currently calls for 13 tiny homes to
be built by the end of 2018.
However, due to the nature of the project,
Bryant repeatedly noted that defi nitive an-
By Caitlyn May
Commission may choose today
Interviews for former Lane County
Commissioner
Faye Stewart's seat be-
cmay@cgsentinel.com
gin today, April 12, with 27 candidates
but not all are taking the opportunity as
a launching pad for their political careers.
Patrick Starnes has announced that if appointed by the remaining
four commissioners, he would not run for re-election in 2018. His
decision is in stark contrast with fellow candidate Kevin Matthews
who told The Sentinel he plans to run next year regardless of the
commission’s decision.
Starnes is joined by fellow applicant Cedric Hayden in vowing
not to seek the seat once the current term expires in 2018. Hayden,
not to be confused with state representative Hayden, currently
serves as the chief of staff for the Oregon State Legislature.
The county received 29 applications for Stewart's seat, announc-
ing plans to interview the 27 who met the basic requirements for the
position including Cottage Grove’s own Cindy Weeldreyer, Thom-
as Weeler, Donald Nordin, Mike Fleck and Gary Williams. Donald
Enrich of Creswell, Charles Conrad, William Ganser, James Barber,
Jennifer Flint, Gary Carl, Christy Inskip, Tim Laue, Gary Mounce,
Thomas Price, Rose Reinertson, Alvin Riggs, Laura Roman, Betsy
Schultz, Robert Schutte, David Stram, John Tyler and Marie Wilson
also threw their hats into the ring.
Stewart resigned from offi ce in March of this year after securing
a position with the city of Cottage Grove as the head of its new joint
public works and community development department.
The individual selected by the commission will fi nish out the re-
mainder of Stewart's term but will have to run in the 2018 election
to retain the position.
The interviews are open to the public and will also be webcast
live at http://apps.lanecounty.org/Webcast/Default.aspx and broad-
cast live on Metro TV (Comcast Channel 21). Public comment will
not be welcome during the interviews.
By Caitlyn May
swers to many questions concerning water,
sewer, utilities, roadways, residents and by-
laws were not available.
The project has stoked passions among
residents and while prior meetings have
garnered shouting matches, Thursday's
meeting saw more leveled discussion, but
no fewer questions.
Several questions concerning the appar-
ent pond that develops every year due to
the layout of the property and fl ood waters
were met with assurances from Bryant that
an engineer has told the group it could be
repaired. However, the cost of the repair is
still unknown.
SquareOne bought the property with a
grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust but in
order to begin construction, it must partner
with Cottage Village Coalition to fundraise
$800,000.
"We'll be fi lling out grants and doing di-
rect asks," said Cottage Village Coaltion
member Sharon Jean. "We're hoping to
bring the price down because Cottage
Grove is such a wonderful, giving place,"
she added in regards to possible donated
materials and services.
According to Bryant, the group has un-
til the end of 2018 to complete the project,
with the current schedule slated to see con-
struction begin next spring. However, if the
group does not raise the estimated $800,000
Please see HOUSES PG. A6
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground
The Parson family was joined by city leaders on April 10 to breakground on their future home provided by Habitat for Humanity. Photo: Greg Lee.
Sentinel launches
"Curtains" opens at Cottage Theatre
new website
On Monday, April 10, Sentinel subscribers were greeted by some-
thing new. Those who logged onto cgsentinel.com found a new lay-
out, easy-to-navigate menus, larger photos, accessible stories and
content that could be readily shared via social media. They found
the new Sentinel website.
The redesign is part of a company-wide overhaul within the News
Media Corporation family of newspapers and is designed to make
the reader experience more informative.
“Transitioning to a new website is a wish come true. The new
website is more user friendly and will allow us to provide even
more and better content to our readers," said Sentinel General Man-
ager Gary Manly.
Readers who already subscribe to The Sentinel and have recorded
their email address with the paper can log on immediately. Simply
login, enter the email address that corresponds to the subscription
and reset the password. The reader will be prompted to re-enter
their email and password and receive an email. Follow the direc-
tions in the email to complete the process. New subscribers can
currently sign up for $29 per year by entering "APR29" online.
Those who have not subscribed will still be able to access the
website. Gone are the snippets of stories from the old website. Now,
readers will be able to read complete stories, up to 10 per month,
without being subscribers.
However, some stories will be behind a hard paywall that will
prompt browsers to subscribe even if they have not yet hit their 10
free story mark for the month.
As the website grows, The
Sentinel staff will continue to
take advantage of the upgrade
by featuring videos and audio
as well as photo galleries along
side stories. The site will also
be updated throughout the week
with breaking news available
immediately and other stories
appearing long before Wednes-
day morning.
Mark VanBeever (playing Aaron Fox), Kim Fairbairn (Carmen Bernstein), Tracy Nygard (Georgia Hendricks), Ward Fairbairn (Oscar Shapiro)
If you are the
kind
of person
For The Sentinel
who doesn’t enjoy
laughing or trying
to fi gure out who is guilty in a murder mys-
tery, then the Cottage Theatre’s “Curtains”
is not for you. However, if you are among
the 99 percent of us who enjoy comedies
and mysteries, then “Curtains” is a great en-
tertainment choice!
“Curtains,” which is a musical within
a musical, is a very clever and brilliantly
written play. Director Janet Rust knew she
had a hit on her hands, the challenge was to
effectively cast the wide-array of comedic
By Jerry Thompson
characters, which is not always easy. Rust
hit a home run with the Cottage Theatre’s
24-person cast.
Joel Ibanez was superb as Lieutenant
Frank Cioffi , the affable policeman, who
found it necessary to quarantine the en-
tire cast of the western version of “Robin
Hood,” the play within the play, after Geor-
gia Hendricks, the lead in the musical fell
dead at the conclusion of her pathetic per-
formance. We quickly learn that every ma-
jor character had a motive for her demise.
Without giving away too much, Hendricks’
murder is followed by two more during the
course of Cioffi ’s investigation.
I have seen many performances at the CT
by Sophie Blades, and I think her portray-
al of Niki Harris was her best to date. She
displayed a wide range of emotions and tal-
ent in this fast-moving production. All the
major characters were very good, but Larry
Brown as Christopher Belling, the pomp-
ous, pretentious director, was spot-on. It is
hard to conceive of anyone who could play
that role better than Brown. He was a joy to
watch and listen to in every scene he was
present.
There are almost 20 musical numbers and
all were choreographed by Rust. I found
Mark VanBeever’s solo, “I Miss the Music”
Please see CURTAINS PG. A6
EASTER
Easter mass schedule
Track, baseball and softball
took the lead for the Lions
last week. PAGE BI
See the schedule for Eas-
ter services and activities.
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INDEX
SPORTS
Baseball & softball
Calendar ...................................... B11
Channel Guide ............................... B5
Classifieds ...................................... B7
Obituaries ...................................... A2
Opinion ......................................... A4
Sports ............................................ B1
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