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COMMUNITY
Mental Health Awareness
Children's mental health
awareness day is coming up on
May 4th, and Oregon Family
Support Network (OFSN) will
be holding an event in recogni-
tion at Oregon's State Capital,
9am-3pm. Provided will be a
legistlative advocacy training
and a free lunch, as well as time
to visit with legislators with the
support of OFSN staff. Come
join us!
LCC closed May 5
Lane Community Col-
lege will be closed for spring
in-service on Friday, May 5.
No classes will be held and no
services will be available, un-
less otherwise announced by a
department or program. In-ser-
vice allows the college to offer
professional development and
training opportunities for clas-
sifi ed, faculty, and management
staff in the form of concurrent,
multi-disciplinary workshops
throughout the day.
President's Circle Award
The Lane Community Col-
lege Foundation will award the
President’s Circle Award for
Philanthropy to an individual, a
corporation, and a foundation at
the President’s Circle reception
on May 4.The President’s Circle
Award for Philanthropy recog-
nizes donors for their ongoing
fi nancial support, their advoca-
cy for Lane’s mission through
their leadership and/or volun-
teer service, and their support of
philanthropy in the community.
Resignation
Newly-appointed
county
commissioner Gary Williams
has resigned from the Historic
landmarks Commission. Budget
Committee and Audit Commit-
tee as part of his new role.
TED coming
“Telehealth Education Deliv-
ered," or TED, will be visiting
Eugene VA Health Care Center
on Friday May 5th from 1100
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Since its in-
ception in 2015, this mobile
demonstration vehicle, creat-
ed by Iron Bow Technologies,
has traveled twice across the
country to showcase the many
telehealth solutions available
today. Now in its third year,
embarking on a cross country
trek, TED is seeking to increase
the use of telehealth within the
Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) by raising the awareness
and understanding of how these
technologies can improve over-
all effi ciency while enhancing
patient access, outcomes and
experiences.
Fishing in Sheridan
A large variety of rainbow
trout is in store for anglers who
attend the free family fi shing
event set for Saturday, May 6 at
Sheridan Pond from 9:30 a.m. to
2 p.m.The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife will release
thousands of fi sh into the pond
especially for this event. The
fi sh will come in several sizes,
ranging from 8-inch “legals” to
two pound “trophies.”
Axe and Fiddle
The Midnight Darlins and
The Poorhouse Millionaires
will be at the Axe and Fiddle
on May 19. The "doo-wop,
swampy-tonk" band will play at
8:30 p.m.
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is two weeks
away, May 14.
Circus tickets
Circus tickets are on sale now
at the Cottage Grove Sentinel
offi ces.
Congratulations!
to our
Resident
Employee
number. The South Lane School District hosts swim lessons for
students as well but according to McCasline splitting the cost of
operation between the city and the school district is relative.
"You can look at numbers different ways," she told the council.
"The school could use the pool 60 percent of the time but main-
tainence bills aren't split. It's just one bill," she said. McCasline
went on to note that dividing the costs 60 to 40 percent did not
always work out mathematically.
Swim lessons are the pool's biggest money-maker but it also pro-
vides public services that McCasline said may be subject to higher
costs in the future as the pool's reserve fund continues to shrink.
Councilman Mike Fleck suggested that, for long-term fi nancial
health of the pool, the organization consider creating an endowe-
ment to ensure the pool can continue services when and if the city
can no longer afford to fi nance it.
Current attendance levels hover close to 42,000 per year but that
number is down from a high of 43,000 in 2012. However, it is a part
of a pattern of steady increase in attendance since 2014.
"People use the pool," McCasline said. The issue, however, is
generating revenue.
According to the presentation McCasline gave to the city council,
it costs $120,000 to operate the pool per year. That includes utili-
ties, supplies and maintenance. Staff costs, the variable McCasline
says keeps increasing, were noted at $144,422 for 2017-2018. That
expense has steadily been climbing since 2012 when estimates
placed staffi ng costs at around $120,000.
As a result of higher staff costs and a gap between what it costs
to run the pool and what the pool receives from the city, the facili-
ty's reserve fund has continuously dropped going from $100,000 in
2012 to under $40,000 in 2016.
"Luckily the city steadily gives us $50,000," McCasline said.
"But our reserve continues to drop and we could raise prices or cut
programs in the future."
Jonny
Cavaner
Kids, make fl ower pots or hanging baskets
for mom for motherʼs day
Free Ice Cream Cone after basket has been complete.
Cost is $7.00, with pre-registration preferred
Shady Oaks
Residents can not place branches in the street where curbside parking does not exist.
Th is is strictly a tree limb pickup, nothing other than loose tree limbs or branches will be picked up.
If you have questions regarding the Tree Limb Pickup Program, please call the Public Works
Department at (541) 767-4100 or stop in at the Public Works offi ce located in City Hall at 400 East
Main Street for a brochure.
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