COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 2, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
August 5, 1987
Firm plans to build ‘McStop’
A Chicago investment group will team
up with McDonald’s Corp. for a travel store
and retail fuel station to be located south of
McDonald’s Restaurant on Gateway Boule-
vard.
The facility, to be called “McStop”,
would be built by Interpoint Corp., a group
of four investors from the Chicago area led
by former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron
Santo. The 2,400-square-foot retail store
and fuel pumps would sit on land owned by
McDonald’s.
Interpoint, McDonald’s and city offi cials
had been discussing the proposal for sever-
al months before Monday’s announcement.
A conditional-use and design-review pro-
posal for the site will be considered by the
Cottage Grove Planning Commission next
Wednesday (Aug. 12, 1987).
Santo, who explained the planned facility
in a telephone interview Monday, said In-
terpoint chose the Cottage Grove site over
several others because of its proximity to
Interstate 5 and the size and confi guration
of the existing restaurant and parking space.
The freeway’s high volume of traffi c and
the site’s relative remoteness from other
fuel facilities also weighed in the decision,
he said. The willingness of city offi cials to
work with Interpoint and McDonald’s on
the concept sealed the project, Santo added.
“It’s just a great location. I fell in love
with it as soon as I saw it,” Santo said. “Cot-
tage Grove is trying to attract tourists and
this should only help. It will be a high-vol-
ume fuel facility.”
The complex will be compatible in ap-
pearance to the nearby restaurant and pro-
vide complementary products, Santo said.
He described the retail facility as a travel
store that will sell tourist items as well as
food and convenience goods.
The fuel station will be able to service
eight automobiles and four tractor-trailers
at one time, he said.
When completed, the facility will provide
12 to 15 jobs and “create a lot of sales,”
Santo said. He declined to say how much
money is being invested in the project or its
estimated annual economic impact.
“I think it’s going to bring a lot of busi-
ness to Cottage Grove,” he said.
Wib Sutherland, vice president of real
estate for McDonald’s in Oak Brook, Ill.,
POLICE BLOTTER
said the facility would be the third such
station-store arrangement between McDon-
ald’s and private investors. One McStop is
located in Minneapolis, and another is un-
der construction in Thousand Palms, Calif.
“The idea (behind McStop) is simply of-
fering three services - food, fuel and conve-
nience - in a single site,” Sutherland said.
“We thought that with the McDonald’s al-
ready there and the availability of land, it
had all the attributes we want in the site.”
McDonald’s bought 1.41 acres of adja-
cent land for the project, yet plans to use
only about 100 feet of the purchased parcel
for the proposal, said City Planner How-
ard Schesser, citing preliminary site draw-
ings by the project architect, The Balzhizer
Group of Eugene.
According to the plot plan, truck access to
the fuel pumps would come from an entry
point just south of the current southerly en-
trance. Two more curb cuts would be made
for automobile access, and vehicles could
travel directly to the restaurant without
re-entering Gateway Boulevard.
Santo said that if necessary permits are
acquired soon, construction could start in
October with the opening anytime between
December and March.
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
July 28
July 24
An individual on 3rd St. reported that suspects
came onto his porch, moved items around and
then took the sim card from the surveillance
camera that morning around 4:00 a.m.
Several white high school aged kids at Coiner
Park were reportedly yelling racist comments at
a black high school aged kid.
July 29
July 25
A male subject who had his bicycle with him
A man on Chamberlain stopped to get a soda out was on 6th St. was reportedly “extremely high”
of a cooler in the back of his truck when an el- and was repeatedly taking his shirt on and off.
derly man approached him and told him that he
had called the police and that the individual was
July 30
not free to leave the area.
Approximately six males were involved in a
A theft was reported after a woman received
her medication in the mail, started doing other
things and then set it down outside. When she
went back to retrieve it, the medication had been
taken along with the hose.
physical dispute at the intersection of 12th and
Jefferson. No weapons were observed.
A man on Main St. reported that someone had
poured bleach into his bathtub which resulted in
injury to his feet.
July 26
A domestic disturbance was reported on 8th St.
It was reported that a man in the Walmart park- when a woman had locked an intoxicated male
outside and he began screaming and kicking
ing lot with a Mohawk was throwing things,
cars.
yelling and cussing near the bus stop.
July 31
July 27
Living Faith Church reported that two black
A disorderly subject was reported in the 700
block of River Rd. at 6:40 a.m. when a woman rubber mats were stolen from the steps of the
was running around the property naked and yell- church. They have the incident on video.
ing about trying to fi nd her man.
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National Beat
News from around the state and
the nation
The state of Oregon is hot. Temperatures in the valley are
expected to shatter records this week with several state agen-
cies warning residents against the dangers of heat-related ill-
nesses and offering tips on how to stay cool as well as opening
cooling stations. For more information on how to stay cool in
Cottage Grove, please see A1.
Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, 74, has announced
that he may consider retiring from his long-held position.
Courtney's term is scheduled to be completed in 2019--if he
holds out, he will become the longest-serving Oregon legis-
lator.
The eclipse that has been dominating headlines for months
is set to occur on August 21 and the event has hotels around
the state booked. That much has been reported for months
as well but as the event inches closer, other consequences of
having tourists fl ood the state are coming to light included an
increase in traffi c and the national guard being deployed by
Governor Kate Brown.
President Donald Trump has released Anthony Scaramucci
from his position as White House Communications Directr 11
days after placing him in the position. Scaramucci was quoted
in a New Yorker article using profane language days before
his termination.
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found
guilty of criminal contempt of court this week. "American's
toughest sheriff" faced charges after failing to cease racial
profi ling practices in his department as directed by the court.
He faces up to six months in jail.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will face U.S. sanc-
tions courtesy of the Trump Administration after holding
elections on Sunday that would effectively end the country's
government and retain Maduro as the country's leader.
Los Angeles will reported host the 2028 Olympics. The re-
port comes after the city agreed to give up its bid for the 2024
games.
16-year-old Cruz Velazquez is dead after drinking liquid
meth at an airport security checkpoint. Guards required the
boy to drink the liquid to prove it was apple juice.
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