COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
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Offi cer involved in Creswell shooting on the mend
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
Oregon State Trooper Gerald Ellis
Edward Paul Dungan
The City
of Cottage
G r o v e ’s
Police Department welcomes
its newest Offi cer to the force,
Offi cer Brady Baxter-Dunlap.
A resident of Cottage Grove for
the past three years Baxter-Dun-
lap was offi cially sworn in at
council chambers at the Cottage
Grove City Hall on September
11th.
Originally from Eugene, Bax-
ter-Dunlap has been in process
to become a police offi cer for
four years. After he complet-
ed basing training at the police
academy, he became a reserve
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Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
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195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor:
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Service: 10am,
Sunday School: 9am for all ages
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77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday
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place near England Rd. in Cre-
swell with Dungan abandoning
the vehicle and fl eeing to Sagi-
naw Rd. where he was eventual-
ly captured.
He's been charged with at-
tempted aggravated murder,
unlawful use of a weapon, and
unauthorized use of a motor ve-
hicle.
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
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offi cer at the Cottage Grove Po-
lice Department. After being in
the position for the past seven
months, he applied and was full
time position and was hired on
once become available.
Baxter-Dunlap said that he
fell in love with Cottage Grove
and loves working in a small
town environment.
“I like the community, small
towns. That’s kind of what I was
looking for. I like to be able to
help people,” Baxter-Dunlap
said.
He said that being a police
offi cer requires you to learn
things fairly quickly and can be
a tough job. While he is worried
about getting used to the long
hours, he said he’s excited to
help people and fi nds it the most
rewarding part of the job. He
said he see’s the police depart-
ment in Cottage Grove as being
community oriented and that’s
what drew him to apply.
“They [Cottage Grove City
Police Department] really like
getting out there and having
a good relationship with the
community because if you
don’t have a good relationship
with the community, it’s just
not gonna go very well. I like
that aspect. People look at us
as friends instead of enemies,”
Baxter-Dunlap said.
Baxter-Dunlap said he’s hap-
py living in Cottage Grove and
plans to saying here for the en-
tirety of his career. He said he
hopes to one day join the K9
unit and that he’s interested in
public feedback on how im-
prove as an offi cer.
“I’d say I’m a pretty easy go-
ing guy. I’m open to any sugges-
tions, any help, not just me, but
the whole police department can
improve upon,” Baxter-Dunlap
said.
According to Johns, the
Friends of the Library hopes
to have the library open for a
longer amount of time than it
was previously citing a 20 hour
week under county leadership.
If the group is successful in
passing the measure creating the
special tax district--scheduled
for the May 2018 ballot-it plans
to have services available to the
public 24 hours a week.
"It's more time for the same
amount of money," Johns said.
"The measure passed in Drain
so we're optomistic," she added.
If Drain re-opened the library
and funded it through the bal-
lot measure, it would be one of
the fi rst libraries in the Douglas
County system to do so.
The county ordered the librar-
ies closed on a varying schedul-
ing beginning in April of this
year and ending with the closure
of the Roseburg library on June
1.
Currently, community groups
around the county are brain-
storming ways to fund their
libraries including volunteer
efforts like those in Yoncalla to
ballot measure like the one in
Drain.
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44 cents," Valarie Johns,
member of the Friends of the
Library group said.
With the vote from Drain's
city council, the Friends of the
Mildred Whipple Library can
not move forward with the help
of an attorney, to fi le paperwork
with the county to form a spe-
Worship
Directory
DRAIN:
HOPE U.M.C.
131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
541-315-1617
Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen
Fellowship & Song: 11:30am
Potluck Lunch: 12:00pm
Worship: 12:30pm
"We believe at this time his
ballistic vest saved his life as he
only received minor injuries,"
a statement from Oregon State
Police read.
Ellis was taken from the scene
in an ambulance while multiple
law enforcement agencies, in-
cluding Cottage Grove Police
Department, responded.
The shooting reportedly took
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Edward Paul Dungan, 30, is
in custody after a manhunt last
week for the suspect in an of-
fi cer involved shooting in Cre-
swell.
The incident took place last
Tuesday when reports came in
of an offi cer involved shoot-
ing around 1:20 p.m. The Lane
County Sheriff's Offi ce reports
that Senior Oregon State Troop-
er Gerald Ellis, also 30, attempt-
ed to make contact with Dungun
during a traffi c stop. Authorities
said Dungan opened fi re on the
trooper who was able to return
shots before Dungan fl ed the
scene.
cial tax district.
According to Johns, the dis-
trict would follow the same
boundaries as the current school
district to allow residents who
live just outside of the city of
Drain to benefi t as well.
The city council also voted to
approve a motion that listed the
items the city would provide for
the library district. Drain City
Administrator Steve Dahl said
that list would include the same
items the library was granted
under county control. The city
will be providing the building,
wifi , Internet access, water,
sewer and janitorial services.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712
Father: Joseph Hung Nguyen
Holy Mass:
Tue-Thu: 8:30am; Sat:5:30pm
Sun: 10:30am
Confession: After daily mass,
Sat. 4-5pm or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrock Lane
541-895-8686, Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal
Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist
Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday,
10:40 am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday,
1:00 pm
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Calvary Chapel Cottage
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
Grove
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” Trinity Lutheran Church
541-942-6842
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Pastor: James L. Markus
Living Faith Assembly
Two Services on Sun:
Sunday School & Adult Education
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
9am & 10:45am
9:15am
Pastor Rulon Combs
Youth Group Bible Study
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Child Care 10:45am Service Only Worship & Childrenʼs
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue &
Church 10:00 am
www.cgcalvary.org
Thur 5:00pm TLC Groups
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
tlccg.com
Center for Spiritual Living
Non-Denominational
Cottage Grove
Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
700 Gibbs Ave.
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
1041 Pennoyer Ave
(Community Center)
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
541-942-8928
Rev. Bobby Lee
Worship: 10:30am
Preacher: Tony Martin
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5,
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
cslcottagegrove@gmail.com
Kids Free)
Sunday Worship:10:50am &
2nd & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
5:30pm
Church of Christ
cottagegroveumc.org
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Old Time Gospel Fellowship “VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Cottage Grove Bible Church 103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Pastor: Jim Edwards
1200 East Quincy Avenue
Worship Service: 10:00am
Sunday Service: 10:00am
541-942-4771
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
Join us in Traditional
Pastor:Bob Singer
MIRACLES”
Christian Worship
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
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had no concerns of the group’s
intention or the community’s re-
sponse to the new group.
The stamp of approval comes
months after an initial attempt to
start a neighborhood watch-type
group garnered social media ar-
guments that spilled over into
city council meetings and a sep-
arate meeting designed to organize a watch group. The controversy
centered around open carry laws and worries over vigilantism; the
lone concern Shepherd said he still has.
“With a few success stories here and there we can get positive
stories out about them (COT),” he said. “There are some people in
Facebook land who, if you give them a pot of gold, they’ll look at
it and say, ‘Is that it?’”
Social media concerns aside, COT is moving forward with a
packet of information that includes a reporting sheet for residents to
jot down information like a per-
son’s physical build, hair color,
clothing description and vehicle
makes and models.
“We want people to be aware
The CHURCH OF CHRIST
of their surroundings,” Glaspell
invites you to join us for a
said.
To properly prepare mem-
bers of COT, the pair is hoping
to hold training sessions at the
with
Healing Matrix in downtown
g.v. ayers
Cottage Grove.
of auburn, california
“We will have rules and ex-
pectations of behavior,” Mann
september 21-24, 2017
said. “No false reporting, obvi-
ously and if you report than you
thurs & friday - 7 pm
saturday - 5 pm
have to make yourself available
Sunday - 10:30 AM & 3 PM
to the police if they need to do
a follow-up for more informa-
COME HEAR A MESSAGE
tion.”
The complete set of guide-
FROM GOD’S WORD
lines for COT will be available
in the coming weeks. Current-
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALL US :
420 MONROE AVE
541 • 281 • 6016
ly, the group uses Facebook as
COTTAGE GROVE, OR
97424
a launching pad for its website
that is still under construction.
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