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Sunshine and symphony at the park
PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Monday night Bohemia Park welcomed in a host of live music. The evening featured a Cottage Grove community band that was followed by the the Eugene Symphony under the new direction of conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong. This
was the third year the the symphony has come to the park and performed outoors. See more photos on page 11.
Inmate briefl y escapes jail Caven brings 'Sanity' to CG
Mike Caven has been a resident of Cottage Grove and a fi refi ghter for the last
15
years. But when Caven isn’t on call at the station, he owns and operates a
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small batch chocolate shop, Sanity Chocolate. From bean-to-bar, every step of
the process is done by hand.
While Caven plans on opening a chocolate manufacturing facility with a storefront in Cottage Grove
this summer, his love for chocolate wasn’t always a business.
“It was a hobby that got out of proportion very quickly,” Caven said.
Caven was introduced to small batch chocolate making fi ve years ago, after touring a cocoa bean
farm while on vacation in Kauai, Hawaii. Desiring an artistic outlet, Caven researched chocolate mak-
ing on the internet. He took it up as a hobby a year ago which turned into a growing business.
“I needed something that I could create. That’s the reward, seeing that raw bean transition from a
bean into a bar that people want,” Caven said.
The entire process to produce a single batch of chocolate takes three days. Caven gets his beans
through brokers from around the world in sacks that weigh up to 150 pounds. He then sorts the beans,
roasts and cracks the shells and then refi nes them. After the chocolate is produced, it’s aged and tem-
pered in order to make it shine and give it its snap when breaking.
Caven produces a variety of chocolate he sells in one to two ounce bars for $2 an ounce. Caven loves
to add his own touch to each recipe, from making white chocolate to a Peruvian chocolate that tastes
like apple pie.
“The one thing about chocolate, especially bean-to-bar chocolate, is that you impart your skills, your
touch into the chocolate in every step of the process. So, the fi nal product will taste different. You roast
longer, refi ne longer, age longer, all of those things are going to make the chocolate taste different,”
Caven said.
Caven decided to move into a retail space in order to grow his business after originally selling his
chocolate through a private buying club. He said that he believes that chocolate making is the next big
trend.
“Chocolate is 15 years behind microbrews, 30 years behind coffee, and it’s 2,000 years behind
wine,” Caven said.
Caven said he wants Sanity Chocolates to be a place where people can hang out and see chocolate
Man quickly gets caught after successful fl ee
By Eric Schucht
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Last Wednesday morning an in-
mate from the Cottage Grove Mu-
nicipal Jail escaped as he was be-
ing moved from the building. The
inmate, 28-year-old Zackery Scott
Yocham, ran away from offi cers but
was located and taken into custody
about ten minutes later according to
a Cottage Grove Police Department
(CGPD) news release.
Yocham, who was being held for
a probation violation and a theft
case, has been taken to Lane County
Jail. In the ten minutes that he was
out, he reportedly attempted to steal
a car but after hearing the woman
who was getting into the car scream,
he ran away.
CGPD is familiar with Yocham,
who was born and raised in Cottage
Grove, and they report that they
have had multiple contacts with him
over the years and have arrested
him on multiple occasions.
Please see CHOCOLATE PG. A6
Inmate Zackery Yocham
photo courtesy of the Cottage Grove Police Department
City of Drain gets new top administrator after long search
Steve Dahl is on the job in Drain.
The new city administrator began on June 5, taking the place of former
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city administrator Carl Patenode.
“I didn’t take over for Carl in any way, shape or form,” Dahl said. “But
I am now sitting in the big chair.”
That big chair was occupied several times by Patenode who once retired from the position before
By Caitlyn May
SPORTS
New coach
Students stay busy with
Summer Reading Spots
Cottage Grove High
School has hired a new
boys basketball coach
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coming back on in 2016 until the city council could fi nd a suitable replacement. Under Patenode’s
reign as city administrator, the city of Drain put in place a 15-year plan that included infrastructure im-
provements that will continue through his departure. The biggest of which includes a new wastewater
treatment center.
“I interviewed for the job and they hired me because of my background,” Dahl said. “My experience
with Drain was not extensive before that.”
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