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COTTAGE GROVE POPULATION: 10,000 (ALMOST)
Cottage Grove is
growing.
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According to the lat-
est Census estimates, the
little city 20 minutes south of Eugene may have
reached a milestone: 10,000 residents. However,
that’s not the number that counts.
“It is our attorney’s interpretation of the law
that the number that applies to us is the Portland
State University (PSU) number,” said Cottage
By Caitlyn May
Grove City Manager Richard Meyers. That num-
ber, last updated in March of this year, puts Cot-
tage Grove at 9,892 residents.
So what’s 108 residents here or 108 residents
there? A lot.
When a municipality reaches 10,000 residents
in the state of Oregon, certain requirements kick-
in.
“We have to offer another selection of dispos-
al for solid waste,” Meyers said. And for Cottage
Grove, that selection is most likely, yard debris.
“It would cut down on the need to use backyard
burning,” he said.
The new method would be one of the chang-
es occuring in garbage collection after the state
passed new legislation concerning recycling. Re-
gardless of population, municipalities within the
state will now have to formulate and implement a
plan to enforce recycling laws and requirements.
“Basically, someone has to be checking peo-
ple’s recycle bins for contaminated material,”
Meyers said. Kleenex and plastic bags, despite
popular belief, cannot be included in recycle bins
and are considered contaminated material.
To comply with the new law, the city or waste
company will have to create tags that inform resi-
dents who recycle incorrectly that they have done
so and submit plans to the state by 2018 and im-
plement that plan by 2019. They’ll also have to
formulate a system to do periodic checks on res-
Please see 10,000 PG. A10
HAIRCUTS AND HOPE: Mayor chops hair at Relay for Life
Mayor Jeff Gowing readies to have his hair cut during the Relay for Life event held at Bohemia Park on Friday, June 16. Candace Solesbee volunteered her time to pull off the new look while Cottage Grove City Councilor Ken Roberts
offered emotional support. Attendees had the opportunity to choose the mayor's new hairstyle by donating money to one of three buckets representing a haircut. Gowing's wife chose the three styles that were represented and Ryan
Gosling won out in the end. For a complete story on Relay for Life please see page A___
Interim principal selected for Kennedy
Fire board meets
It’s a mess. Doors sit half open revealing
the
remains of a classroom used throughout
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the year, empty now except for papers and
remnants of books and bobbles. Classroom
furniture, chairs, white boards and storage cabinets are piled in the
walkways, signs reading “Going to DV” plastered on this and that.
It’s moving day at Al Kennedy High School.
At the end of the long walk that spiders off into classrooms,
passed the piles of furniture and signs directing faculty to take or
leave boxes in the offi ce. Inside, fi les stand stacked ready to go and
someone calls out for Halie.
She’s in the back space of the offi ce behind a desk sorting through
papers. She sits in the only chair in the room.
Halie Ketcher is the new interim principal at Kennedy, appoint-
ed after former principal Mike Ingman was selected to take Iton
During a 23 minutes fi re board
meeting, the South Lane Fire
District said goodbye to long-
time member Jerry Settelmeyer,
approved a budget, welcomed a new fi refi ghter and
updated the community on the new trucks slated to join
the fl eet this summer.
Settelmeyer, who has served on the board on and off
for over a decade, did not run in the election held in
May. During the June 15 meeting, he bid farewell to
the board saying, "My intention was to start a fi re dis-
trict and we serve the district. Everytime that siren
By Caitlyn May
Udosenata’s spot as Cottage Grove High School Principal earlier
this year. The changes will take effect for students at the start of the
school year in September but for Halie, she’s already rolled up her
sleeves and gotten to work. The entire fl esh and bone of Kennedy
has to be moved from its home near Taylor Ave. out to Delight Val-
ley in the shadow of the Saginaw exit of I-5.
The move means a permanent home for Kennedy, which has been
housed in portable buildings next to the Daughterty community
pool. Students will be sharing the space with Head Start but for
once, Kennedy kids will have a gymnasium and a place to call their
own in their quest to obtain a high school education.
“It would have been a lot for the kids to get a new school and a
new administrator,” Ketcher says, referring to the school district’s
decision to promote from within.
South Lane School District learned of Udosenata’s resignation
By Caitlyn May
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Please see FIRE PG A10
Please see INTERIM PG A9
ENTERTAINMENT
"Carnage" at Opal
Sujo still paints and now
she wants to share her art.
"God of Carnage comes to
Opal Theatre. PAGE A10
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INDEX
COMMUNITY
Artist profi le
Calendar ...................................... B11
Channel Guide ............................... B5
Classifieds ...................................... B7
Obituaries ...................................... A2
Opinion ......................................... A4
Sports ............................................ B1
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