6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 28, 2017
BMD Countdown
South Lane collects fi ve seismic grants
T h e
bridges
are ex-
pected to
fail. Shortly after, the electric-
ity will go. Estimates say cell
phone service will go down and
hopes of having modern conve-
niences up and running prior to
weeks-long days are slim.
The Cascadia Quake has been
the talk of scientifi c communi-
ties for decades but a Pulitzer
Prize-winning article in the
New Yorker brought the issue
to kitchen tables and city coun-
cil meetings. It's also become a
contributing factor to budgets
and buildings.
The South Lane School Dis-
trict was recently awarded fi ve
seismic grants to improve the
structures at Lincoln Middle
School which is comprised of
10 separate buildings.
The grants, obtained through
the Department of Education,
By Caitlyn May
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were a tough get according to
South Lane Superintendent
Krista Parent. She informed the
school board on Thursday, June
22 that the school district was
only expected to earn two of the
fi ve grants they eventually were
awarded.
According to documentation
supplied by the school district,
upgrades to Lincoln to adhere to
new seismic codes are expected
to cost approximately $300,000
per building. The grant applica-
tion focuses on only fi ve of the
10 buildings on campus.
"These fi ve buildings are of
the same construction type and
were built in the same time peri-
od and comprise the core of the
school," the report on the grant
funding states.
The buildings were built be-
tween 1958 and 1963 prior to
the current seismic require-
ments.
"It's that fl at roof that is the
majority of the problem," Par-
ent told the board on Thursday.
According to maintenance
and facilities manager Matt
Allen, the work will revolve
around collapse prevention.
"It's a combination of the
roof and the construction of the
walls. So, what we're doing is
creating a better attachment of
the roof to the masonry walls so
the building can move without
collapsing," he said. "The neat
thing is that they approved us
for all fi ve of the buildings in-
stead of just two."
The work is expected to begin
at the end of June 2018.
The district received a total of
$2.2 million dollars to upgrade
the buildings at Lincoln accord-
ing to the following breakdown:
Building C:$473,292
Building D:$355,142
Building E:$355,142
Building F:$510,277
Building G:$510,277
Construction is expected to
be completed in September of
2019 and will be included in
the rash of other projects taking
place around the district.
In November of 2016, voters
passed a bond focused on up-
grading school properties. The
majority of the money, nearly
$23 million, was earmarked for
the new Harrison Elementary
School scheduled to open in the
fall of 2018.
The remainder of the money
is scheduled to be spent around
the district, most notably at the
Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic
Center. The community pool
has been in need of an upgrade,
including its locker rooms and
during Tuesday's meeting, Par-
ent noted that the district is
working to form a committee
tasked with outlining the most
crucial needs of the building be-
fore construction begins some-
time next year.
"Animal House" celebration planned
Nearly 40 years
ago, the “Animal
House” parade scene
made up of local leaders, business owners,
longtime residents and chamber members.
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Their task is to organize local resources and
court those involved
with the movie 40
years ago to revisit
Cottage Grove.
“For the 25th an-
niversary, Cottage
Grove had a big
event,” said Cottage
Grove
Chamber
CEO Travis Palmer.
“We actually got the
Guinness World Re-
cord for the largest
toga party.”
The city has since
The Cottage Grove Chamver of Commerce plans to roll out a replica of the
lost the title (to a
"Deathmobile" it purchased to celebrate the movie's 40th anniversary.
university in Aus-
put Cottage Grove on the map. Togas and tralia that boasted 3,700 togas) but Palmer,
the Death Mobile headed down Main St. along with the Double Secret Society is de-
and the city headed to the history books as termined to get it back.
the cult-classic’s stomping grounds. Next
It’s only a portion of what the group has
summer, the Cottage Grove Chamber of planned for 2018. Along with dressing ev-
Commerce has plans to capitalize on the ery man, woman and child in a toga for the
movie’s popularity and draw crowds to event, the society is hoping to include indi-
mark its 40th anniversary.
viduals who worked as extras on the fi lm as
They call themselves the Double Secret part of the celebration. According to Palm-
Society for obvious reasons and the group is er, the society has already been in contact
By Caitlyn May
with Universal Pictures and Guinness.
“We’d also like to have showings of the
movie and we’ll be using the Death Mobile,
of course,” Palmer said. “We also want to
add the world record for the biggest food
fi ght.”
As for who would be responsible for
cleaning up the mess, Palmer said he hopes
to use popcorn to make the job easier.
Cottage Grove City Manager Richard
Meyers said of the plan to have half the
city throw food at the other half that it's
been done before during a city celebration
of "Animal House." As for who's going to
clean it up and what type of food will be
throw he said the city and chamber would
have to have a discussion.
The food fi ght, toga party, recreation of
the parade scene (complete with the con-
struction of the famous fl oats), tours and a
concert are expected to come in at a cost of
$50,000.
“We’ve reached out to Universal for a
piece of it and we’re going to try and piece
it together where we can,” Palmer said. “It’s
going to be lots and lots of sponsors and do-
nations.”
The celebration is scheduled for July or
August of 2018 and is expected to take the
full year to plan.
Councilman Bob Ehler and Mayor Jeff Gowing
Time is ticking… Only 15 days until the 58th Annual Bohe-
mia Mining Days festival, July 13-16. Here’s a few steps to take
now to enhance these four days of summer fun.
Volunteer to help. Call Volunteer Coordinator Wendy Johnson
at 541-543-4869.
Be a vendor. Applications still being accepted.
Enter 3 BMD Parades and the BMD Gold Rush Twilight 5K
Run/Walk. Details on festival website
Dress Up. Show some BMD spirit and dress up in Western
or Victorian costumes. Handmade bloomer outfi ts are now for
sale at The Crafty Mercantile, 517 E. Main St. & custom orders
taken. Saturday is Dress-up Day.
All-day Carnival Rides. Discount Carnival Ride Bracelet
Coupons are now at Cottage Grove Bi-Mart. $22 in advance
& $30 on site. Save even more with 2 for 1 “Buddy Day” on
Thursday (7/13). Limited number of coupons available while
supplies last.
Enter Drawing for Home Free Concert Meet & Greet VIP
Ticket Package. Tickets: $5 (only 500 tickets available to sup-
port festival operations) Buy via BMD website or call festival
offi ce. Home Free $15 general admission concert tickets avail-
able at TicketsWest.com or at Cottage Grove Bi-Mart.
Downloadable applications for vendors, Saturday parade and
volunteers are on the festival website or at KNND, CG Sentinel,
and CG Library & CG Community Center Information Desk.
More information is available at www.bohemiaminingdays.
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Bohemia Mining
Days
has been at the
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center of Cottage
Grove’s
tourism
season for 57 years and this year, something
new is coming.
“We wanted to fi nd a way to keep the fes-
tival,” said Joel Reiten, president of Reiten
entertainment and 22 year-resident of Cot-
tage Grove. His solution to the dying fi nan-
cial anchors of traditional country festivals?
Build a new anchor.
“With Bohemia Mining Days, we’re in a
situation where it’s well known but as things
change, we don’t have the timber barons
anymore,” said Reiten, “and so it becomes
the question of, what can we do to keep this
festival going fi nancially?”
Reiten has self-funded a concert, sched-
uled for July 14, bringing the band Home
Free to Cottage Grove.
“I think they have a wide appeal and a for-
pay concert will have the funds going back
to Bohemia Mining Days,” Reiten said.
The festival has remained fairly free of
charge and so the addition of a paid portion
By Caitlyn May
raised issues such as crowd control, ticket
sales and security. To monitor the crowd and
ensure only ticket holders will be permitted
in the stage area, the Bohemia Foundation
is constructing a reusable fencing system.
Faye Stewart of the Bohemia Foundation
and the city’s planning department noted the
fence would encircle the amphitheater and
stand four-feet high.
“It will be something we can re-use,” he
said. “It will be temporary and have a green
mesh material with the Bohemia logo on it.”
The partnership with the Bohemia Foun-
dation has helped, said Reiten but in the
future, he hopes to continue bringing bands
to Bohemia Mining Days—with less of the
fi nancial burden.
“I’d love for us to get big sponsors to
carry some of the initial, up-front costs,” he
said. “But we’re competing with other fes-
tivals around the county at the same time,
who would have the same type of sponsors.”
Sweet Home and Brownsville, both in
Linn County, host country music festivals
in the months of July and August that draw
thousands of tourists and are carried largely
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by fi nancial sponsors that cater to the same
demographic as Bohemia Mining Days.
“Home Free has a wide appeal,” Reiten
said but he noted the band may draw similar
demographics as the country music festi-
vals. “They play country, gospel and patri-
otic music,” he said.
The group took home fi rst place on a mu-
sic competition show and are currently tour-
ing the country. “They sing acapella but you
would swear there’s a band behind them,”
Reiten said.
Tickets are currently on sale and range
from $20 to $150.
“The high-priced seats sold out imme-
diately,” Reiten said, who noted he is also
working with veteran ticket agencies to pro-
vide tickets to service members. “What’s
moving slower are the cheaper tickets. We
want to make sure if someone wants to see
the show, they can because this is for the
Bohemia Mining Days to keep it moving
forward.”
For more information, visit bohemi-
aminingdays.org.
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