10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 28, 2017
Seniors earn$90k
in scholarships
School's fi nally out and after
the dust of graduation has set-
tled, the Cottage Grove Com-
munity Foundation announces it
gave the city's seniors a parting
gift: $98,580.
The Cottage Grove Commu-
nity Foundation Scholarship
Program was established in 2002
and over the last 16 years it has
provided 780 scholarships val-
ued at a total of $770,000. It's
ultimate goal is to provide at
least one scholarship for each
student at Cottage Grove High
School who plans to continue
their education and increase our
renewable scholarships.
This year, 80 students split
the nearly $100,000 pot. Most
of the scholarships this year
were funded through endow-
ment funds created through the
foundation. As little as $10,000
is required to establish an en-
dowment fund which will pro-
vide scholarships forever.
Recipients and donors are
listed on our website at http://
www.cgcfoundation.org/
The recipients of this year's
scholarships are:
Hannah Albrecht, Scott An-
derson, Kiley Banks, Sara Bass,
Justin Bennett, Luke Bennett,
Elizabeth Brown, Carrie Calk-
ins, Seth Chambers, Ashlee
Cook, Carol Crum, Savannah
Crump, Faith Dunn, Sophia
Edelblute Caps, Kaitlyn Erner,
Adrianne Farris, Erin Foreman,
Kale’a Galbreath, Christopher
Glesmann, Matthew Goes, Mol-
ly Goossens, Ronan Hall, Allie
Harris, Alberto Hernandez,
Claudia Hernandez, Madison
Howland, MacKenzie Husko,
Quint Iverson, Malena Kester,
Abril Leal-Coronel, Chloe Lec-
zel, Hailey Lilly, Emma Meyers,
Samantha Munoz, Sokhoum
Nhep, Victor Nicolas Gaspar,
Brett Ollivant, Kobly Owens,
Savannah Palis, Meilani Pang,
Celeste Pelham, Raymi Piltz,
Elizabeth Poe, Ryan Quick, Vic-
toria Raade, Jessica Ray, McK-
enzie Roberts, Clover Rudicel,
Anthony Sabin, Kelsey Sands,
Upasna Sharma, Garren Tay-
lor, Grace Taylor, Kadie Todd-
Durfee, Rose Trozelle, Areanna
Walters and Sara Witty.
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idea came to her randomly
one night after she sat through a
budget meeting.
“All of it is so heavy and I just
needed something positive,” she
said. “That was about a month
and a half ago and I asked Scott
and he said yes.”
Cottage Grove Police Chief
Scott Shepherd may have said
yes to hosting the event but
within an hour of its kick-off at
5 p.m., he was shouting “no.”
The chief took the second shift
in the dunk tank after city coun-
cilor Mike Fleck and within the
span of fi ve minutes, he hit the
water six times sunglasses and
all. With each splash, Shepherd
shouted, wiped his eyes and
climbed back to the platform al-
lowing children and adults alike
to take a shot at sending him
back into the water.
“It actually feels refreshing,”
Fleck joked, standing in the
shade beside the dunk tank af-
ter his shift, a puddle forming at
his feet and vanishing quickly
in the heat of the afternoon. He
points out that, while he fell vic-
tim to the dunk approximately a
dozen times, the line had grown
considerably for Shepherd.
Twenty-one people stood in line
waiting for their three baseballs
and the chance to send the chief
into the water.
Those who had already
dunked the chief or were wait-
ing for the opportunity to do it
again wandered between a cot-
ton candy machine, police cars,
lights fl ashing for the kids, and
mayor Jeff Gowing’s grill sta-
tion.
“We really couldn’t do it with-
out the sponsors,” Slay said, her
eyes constantly wandering from
station to station. One is out of
hot dog buns, another needs her
attention as well. “The spon-
sors, they really made this hap-
pen.” Several local businesses
chipped in including Safeway,
Urban Kitchen, Brad’s Chevy,
Weyerhaeuser, Big Stuff BBQ
and Stacy’s Covered Bridge
Restaurant.
$8,000
Sigh of Relief raises $15,000
"You don't leave
there
without cry-
cmay@cgsentinel.com
ing," Cottage Grove
City Manager Rich-
ard Meyerstold the city council during its
June 12 meeting.
He was talking about the Sigh of Re-
lief Luncheon hosted by the Family Relief
Nursery and the group's tactics to fundrais-
ing.
While Meyers cited emotional testimo-
nials, Family Relief Center's Executive
Director Diane Hazen said the goal of the
event is to raise funds to continue helping
the community.
The Family Relief Nursery provides ser-
vices to children under the age of six with
families who have multiple risk factors
and stresses linked to neglect and abuse.
According to Hazen, the organization has
helped 400 local families over the last year
with services such as home visits, parental
classes, respite care, crisis response, early
childhood development classes and more.
By Caitlyn May
However, providing these services and
outreach comes at a cost.
Family Relief is currently receives 40
percent of its funding from the state, leaving
60 percent to grants and donations.
During the Sigh of Relief Luncheon,
Family Relief raised $15,000. Half of the
funds will be used for an infant class begin-
ning this fall.
"I am inspired by how this community is
coming together in so many ways to support
children and parents because I believe the
future of any society depends on its abili-
ty to foster the health and well-being of
the next generation," Hazen said. "Today’s
children will become tomorrow’s citizens,
workers, and parents. When we invest wise-
ly in children and families, the next genera-
tion will pay that back through a lifetime of
productivity and responsible citizenship."
While $15,000 falls intot he impressive
category for an afternoon's earning, Hazen
said the number is likely to fall below last
year's $23,000 raised at the same event even
News from outside the Grove
Lorane: (submitted by Lil
Thompson)Well, it's hard to
believe but only six more days
until July 4. That's right, next
Tuesday. Things are drying
out, so please be careful with
your fi reworks.
Make sure
you have a bucket of water
and/or a hose with you and be
on gravel or cement. Discard
your extinguished fi reworks in
a bucket of water or sand.
Grangers, we are meeting at
the grange on July 10 for some
of the fi nal planning for our
Lane County fair booth. The
Grange meeting is the third
Thursday in July.
Wishing you all a very Hap-
py July 4 as we celebrate our
freedom. Enjoy and be safe.
Drain: The Douglas County
Fair is scheduled for August
9-12. This year's draws include
Melissa Ethridge Old Domi-
non, Papa Roach, carnival and
livestock. Presale tickets are on
sale now until July 31. Adults
13 and older are $10, children
6 through 12 are $4, seniors are
$8 and children fi ve and under
are free.
Creswell: The Restore Or-
egon website features a story
titled, “Creswell’s Old School-
house – Linking the Past to the
Future”. Go to https://restoreo-
regon.org and watch the chang-
ing image on the right.
Do you have an interest in
civics and a desire to serve
your community? If you are
over 18 and currently live with-
in the city limits of Creswell
(and have lived here for a year
or more) you could apply to be-
come a City Councilor. There
is one vacancy needing to be
fi lled for a term that will end
December 31, 2018. If you are
interested in this volunteer po-
sition please click on the fol-
lowing link for an application:
http://www.ci.creswell.or.us/
sites/default/fi les/Council%20
Vacancy%20Application.pdf
and then submit your complet-
ed form to City Hall.
Creswell After School Pro-
gram is now seeking volunteers
to begin October 2, 2017. The
After School Program is free
for children 5 and older. The
Program meets on Tuesday
and Thursday from 2:00 – 4:00
pm and follows the Creswell
School District calendar. A
background check is required.
If interested in volunteering
please contact Linda Warner at
cobalt@creswell-or.us.
Free lunch will be provided
at Holt Park for children 18 and
under. The program runs from
June 19 through August 25 and
is sponsored by Food for Lane
County’s Sumer Food Program.
For more information con-
tact:Stefani Roybal, Summer
Food Program Assistant Man-
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hibiting fraternization but ac-
cording to newly elected board
chair Alan Baas, the board
could consider the issue in the
future.
“As new board chair I have
not thought about it yet and
have not talked to anybody
about it,” he said. “Many large
industries do employee fraterni-
zation policies so if that comes
up, I assume the board will
consider it but nothing is on the
table.”
DAN’S PLANTS
We will be closed for the
4th of July, but you can
come see us at the Creswell Park
between 8 am and 4 pm.
after this year's tally becomes offi cial.
Hazen detailed the organization's upcom-
ing projects which include partnering with
South Lane Family Support Collaborative,
comprised of South Lane School District,
Family Resource Center, South Lane Men-
tal Health and Parent Partnership. The co-
hort received a grant through Oregon Com-
munity Foundation to support the health
and well-being of pregnant women and new
mothers. The nursery will also be working
with the 90 by 30 Prevention Leadership
Team to provide baby boxes fi lled with
newborn needs beginning August 1.
In addition, the nursery hosts Darkness
To Light which Hazen said, "is a vital train-
ing to inform and empower community
members to help prevent and respond to
child sexual abuse. Family Relief Nursery
offers this free training the second Tuesday
of every month."
For more information on the Family Re-
lief Nursery or how to donate, call (541)
942-4835.
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The Creswell Food Pantry
is currently accepting appli-
cations for a wide variety of
volunteer positions. The most
critical need is for volunteers
who will deliver food boxes
to shut-ins as well as trans-
port customers for food pantry
shopping. These situations will
be prior-arranged by the Pantry
Manager. We ask that food de-
livery and customer transport
applicants pay a $15 fee, for
a simple background check.
Applications are available at
Creswell City Hall and the Cre-
swell Food Pantry
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