COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 17, 2017
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Like most teenagers in Cot-
tage Grove, Hayden Walker
cmay@cgsentinel.com
started his high school career at
Cottage Grove High School. But
this June, he’ll be closing it out
just under a mile away at Kennedy, an alternative high school in
the area.
“It has a stigma but I would recommend it,” he said of the
school’s “alternative” label. At fi rst, Walker was concerned it would
be forced to wear the same troublesome label and people would
assume he had been forced into Kennedy because of his behavior.
But his path to Kennedy and its unique way of teaching, started out
of educational concern.
“It was hard at Cottage Grove,” he said of the city’s traditional
high school. “There were big class sizes and I couldn’t get one-on-
one with teachers.”
It was during his sophomore year at Cottage Grove High School
that a teacher suggested Kennedy as a solution. Walker made the
transition and completed his junior year and will be graduating this
June.
When he leaves Kennedy it will be bittersweet. He says his fa-
vorite part of the school and the thing he'll miss the most is the
teachers.
He'll also leave with a new favorite subject, "Math. Not because
I'm good at it. It just made more sense this year," he said.
After graduation, Walker intends to enroll at Lane Community
College to pursue a career in physical therepy or personal training.
"I can't imagine not spending a lot of time in the gym," he says,
explaining he spends several hours in the local gym after school lets
out each day.
"Kennedy was a good choice for me," he said. "I would recom-
mend it to anyone who thinks they can't do well with the 'normal'
way they teach you at CGHS."
By Caitlyn May
ment, the pool would be forced to increase fees and prices by 67
percent. "Just to give you an idea, fi tness passes for seniors would
go from $25 to $42 per month and some seniors have trouble paying
the $25," McCasline said. "A family pass would go from $306 to
$511 if we raised prices the 67 percent."
Resident Pat Paterson and his daughter Molly commented on the
pool's importance to the community with Molly noting that her fa-
ther had utilizing the pool after being told by doctors he needed to
increase his activity.
"He doesn't need a cane in the pool," she said, going on to note
that seniors in the community needed the pool to remain active.
Local children were also touted as pool regulars with McCasline
informing the committee that 335 children were currently enrolled
in swim classes, not including the 25 children who took private
swim lessons at the facility.
However, despite public comment in support of the pool, the bud-
get committee opted to leave the city's funding for the facility at its
current $50,000 level.
Councilor Mike Fleck noted his disagreement with the city at-
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City budget by the
numbers
Expenditures for all funds: $33,115,728
City's permanent rate: $7.2087/$1,000 of as-
sessed value
Full levy estimated to garner: $4,310,850 in tax
revenue
Combining public works and community devel-
opment departments saves: $120,000
Water bill increase: $3.14 monthly increase for
residential users using 5,000 gallons of water
Added funds for water rate increase: $54,400
in the Water funds (Water and Water surcharges),
$76,700 in the Wastewater funds (Wastewater and
Wastewater surcharges) and $62,700 in the Storm
Drain funds
Marijuana tax revenue: $0. The state must reim-
burse the liquor and licensing department before
paying out tax revenue funds to municipalities.
Marijuana revenue budgeted: $15,000 to serve as
a placeholder until the city receives funds from the
tax.
General fund subsidized the Building Inspection
Fund with a transfer of: $10,810
New debt:$1,000,000 in wastewater to complete
capital projects as described in the 5 year plan.
For the complete budget, visit cottagegrove.org
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torney's request that he recuse himself from the fi nal vote due to
his position at Community Sharing. The organization is included in
the city budget and because Fleck receives compensation from the
entity, he was asked to recuse himself from the fi nal vote.
The fi nal vote approved a buget with fi nal expenditures for all
funds of $33,115,728 with $70,000 moved to the police department
to be used for an evidence storage shed.
Meyers drew attention to the intangible concept of the budget in
his message, writing, " think about numbers as you walk or drive on
a small portion of the 50 miles of streets, think about the 49 miles
of water pipes, the 46 miles of sewer pipes or the 31 miles of storm
drain pipes under your feet. Hopefully you will feel safer as you go
home because of the 509 street lights. As you reach home know that
if you need it, there is one of the 431 fi re hydrants nearby and there
is over 4 million gallons of water behind that hydrant to save your
home and property in the event of a fi re. Feel better that within the 4
square miles of the City there are at least two police offi cers on pa-
trol and they are just a phone call away. Within the next week take
the opportunity to get outside and enjoy just a small piece of the 244
acres of park land or just curl up
in a comfortable chair with one
of the 45,000 books from the
library. All this and so much
more is silently and without any
fanfare made available 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, 365
days a year through the work
of about 79 people. The num-
bers in this budget impact your
neighbors, friends, family and
you every day."
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the hospital. The reason why
he had moved, one more time,
to Oregon. After refusing anoth-
er surgery that would keep her
in the hospital and on the mend
for years, Nancy came home to
her children and passed away.
“We buried her ourselves,”
Alex said. “It was crazy, my sis-
ter had to become a funeral di-
rector and we had to learn how
to do it but it was probably the
most powerful experience of my
life. No strangers, just us.”
With Nancy at rest, the fami-
ly is headed on a trip to Alaska,
one of her old haunts and for the
fi rst time, they’ll have a mother-
less Mother’s Day.
Now, Alex is back to work.
He greets his patrons who once
again fi nd his screen door wide-
open. They fi nd their coffee and
conversation, the ambassadors
and food critics and, of course,
Alex buzzing between tables,
refi lling water, conveying the
soup of the day and asking what,
if anything, he can get for them.
This summer, he’ll pull out his
grill again and join the farmer’s
market crowd. He’ll focus on
the recipes his mother left him
and experiment with new ones.
And the plan, for now is just
that he says.
“We’re just going to contin-
ue on in honor of mom and just
rock it.”