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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 9, 2017 Hundreds come out for Party in the Park Congratulations! to our Employee Resident of the Month of the Month Clara Black Beverly Fetter for the Month of July, 2017 1425 Daugherty Ave. • Cottage Grove • 541-942-0054 South Lane Physical Therapy LLC Quality Local Care… Do you have a question for a Therapist? Or about your insurance benefi ts? You don’t need an appointment!You can email or Facebook Message us anytime! PHOTO COURTESY PARTY IN THE PARK FACEBOOK PAGE Party in the Park gave away 400 backpacks fi lled with back to school supplies on Saturday, August 5 in Coiner Park. The 17th annual Party in the Park was held last week- end in Coiner Park where over 400 backpacks fi lled with school supplies were given out. Hosted by the Cot- tage Grove Faith Center, with help from the 6th and Gibbs Church and the Living Faith Assembly, the event gave out 15,000 hot dogs, 1,000 snow cones and featured vari- ous activities. Nail and face painting, a dunk tank, a bounce house, music and giant bub- bles were also available to participants. “This is an outreach for the churches, we just want to share love and grace with peo- ple. We just wanna make this as fun as pos- sible and let people know that they are loved in this town and supported,” the event’s co- ordinator, Shane May, said. “I want them to feel loved and cherished and know that they are worthy and a part of this community and support them.” The Faith Center collected over $2,500 from it’s members for the event and obtain donations from local business and commu- nity members. “We love to see the smiles on kids when By Eric Schucht For The Sentinel they walk away with that new backpack,” Shelia Powell, the church administra- tor at Cottage Faith Center, said. Over 50 people donned red shirts to volunteer at the event including Victor Pearson who manned the sound system for the event. “It’s a lot of fun, even for the people who are working,” he said. People like Alicia Sanders were grateful for the free school packs and welcomed the activities for her children. Her kids were es- pecially excited for the bounce house. “It’s really just something nice to do with the kids. School supplies are expensive, es- pecially when you're buying them for more than one kid,” Sanders said. A crowd was present well before the backpacks were handed out. Bonnie Ed- munds made sure to get here early in order to grab a spot at the front of the line. She W. STU HOGG PT, OCS, COMT 75 Gateway Blvd, Cottage Grove Phone: 541.942.6482 Fax: 541.942.6483 MARIE WILLIAMSON P.T.A. even brought her own chair. Her grandson will be entering the fi rst grade this fall and she said he was excited for the new school supplies. “Lived in California 20 years, never once in any place did they doing something like this for the children. So Cottage Grove is awesome, it is awesome,” Edmunds said. The event's goal was to bring members of the community together and to provide a day of fun for the families of Cottage Grove, May said. “It’s great serving people, it’s great hav- ing people served, we love Cottage Grove. We love this town,” May said. C ll Blueberr e w s ie re 34030 Orchard Ave., Creswell 541-895-8907 U-Pick or Call to Order Open Daily 8-5pm Accommodate off hour picking by appointment July –August with eight different varieties No Spray! We provide buckets & boxes Please leave pets at home. Planes Continued from A1 Hazelnut farm in Jefferson, Oregon. Even with a busy day of fl ying ahead, he still makes time for jokes with passengers. “The fl ights are free, but the landings cost 80 bucks,” Car- pentiero said. Micolle Garrett celebrated her dad’s 71st birthday with a ride in the biplane. While she said she did feel a bit nausea from the plane going up and down, Garrett said they had the time of their lives. “Amazing, it was awesome. Like the best experience. It was really cool,” Garrett said. The goal of the event was to celebrate the life of Jim Wright, a local aviator and businessman who died in plane crash on Au- gust 4, 2003. The airfi eld was renamed in his honor in Decem- ber of that year. Biplanes from Oregon, Cal- ifornia and Washington fl ew in for the Fly-In. Homemade stea- rman lined the airfi eld as own- ers and enthusiast talked about their hobby. Boeing created the stearman, a type of biplane, in the late 1930s. The biplane was used as a test plane to train WW2 pilots. After the war, the stearman sold as military sur- plus for civilian use. Many were used as crop dusters, Cassandra Barrong, the administer assis- tant for OAHS, said. This year’s Fly-In featured a pancake breakfast with all pro- ceeds going towards supporting the OAHS’s museum. The orga- nization was originally incorpo- rated in 1983 with a mission is Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 to collect, preserve, and restore Oregon related aviation artifacts for educational purposes. “We here at Cottage Grove are excited to bring living his- tory through these WW2 Bi- planes,” Barrong said. While many came for the plane rides, Carpentiero said there were fewer planes in at- tendance than in previous years. Most stearman cost $110,000, with Carpentiero’s plane worth $300,000. With the high costs and unavailability of parts, the biplane community has been shrinking in recent years. “Yeah, it’s always been old guys, these planes aren't cheap,” Carpentiero said. Regardless, many came to take part in the festivities, such as admiring each other planes and telling stories. Some pilots even camped out on the fi eld, Carpentiero being one of them. In addition, the airport is alive and well. The grand open- ing of the Cottage Grove Wel- come Center and Pilot Lounge is scheduled for August 15 at noon. The lounge will provide in- door plumbing and running water for the pilots who use the airport. In addition, the City of Cottage Grove has donated a car for pilots to use around town. Local pilots have also donated two bikes as well. The news has created a buzz among the pilot community. As a result, traffi c to the airport is expected to in- crease, Barrong said. Family & General Dentistry FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE s Grab a BITE of Cottage Grove R estaurant G U I D E FIESTA CANTINA SPECIALS M-MARGARITA MONDAYS T-TACO TUESDAYS W/FRESH MADE TORTILLAS W-WELLLS DOWN CALLS UP TH-TRIVIA NIGHT FRI. & SAT. 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