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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 Library celebrates Muslim culture There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world but the most recent data—mined cmay@cgsentinel.com by the Pew Research Center—notes that only 38 percent of Americans report knowing someone who practices Islam. In Cottage Grove, that number may increase with help from the local library. “We can open our horizons,” Pete Barrell, community services director for the city, said. Barrell, along with Friends of the Library President Bruce Kelsh, are inviting residents to visit the Cottage Grove Library during the month of October to mark 30 days of exhibits, displays and special events focused on the Muslim culture. The celebration will include an ongoing display for the month featuring the library’s Muslim-centered collection which began in 1995 with the help of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then, the collection of fi lm, books and music has dou- bled with the help of donors and fundraisers. “The library has a history of looking at different cultures,” Barrell said. The library traditionally starts the year in January with a Native American celebration but has explored other cultures and topics including Smithsonian exhibits “A Place for all People” which focused on African-American history and “Exploring Human Or- igins,” an exhibition that asked what it meant to be human. Later this year, the Obon Society—charged with returning personal items taken during World War II back to Japanese families—will visit the library as part of its Bridging Cultures efforts. “This is an opportunity to know the world a little bit better and we’re going to have real, local people.” Every Monday of the month beginning October 2, the library will welcome a guest speaker and facilitate an activity followed by an open conversation with community members. First on the schedule is a fi lm and a conversation with Ibrahim Hamide, a longtime res- ident of Eugene. Born in Bethlehem in 1950, Hamide left with his By Caitlyn May Fire season proves profi table for SLFR By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com PHOTO BY CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL The Cottage Grove Library is offering a month-long exhibit centering around Muslim culture and featuring books from its collection, seen above. family during the Six Day War of 1967, eventually opening four restaurants in the Eugene area. “The say that 15 percent of the Muslim population lives in the Middle East so this is an opportunity to connect with people that they don’t usually connect with,” Barrell said. October will also see a showing of the 2002 documentary, “Mu- hammad: Legacy of a Prophet” and a Skype conversation with Mansoor Shams, a U.S. Marine veteran and local business owner. “It’s unusual for a small, rural library to pull something like this off,” Kelsh said. Muslim Culture Celebration will kick-off on October 2 in the Shepherd Room at 6 p.m. Parent Partnership starts off the year Community Foundation and Rotary grants go far Parent Partnership received grants from Cottage Grove Rotary and Cottage Grove Community Foundation, which allowed for the purchase of school supplies for South Lane School District students. The supplies were packed in to 250 back- packs by volunteers from our Board of Directors, Cottage Grove Rotary and First Presbyterian Earth and Social Justice mem- bers at Cottage Grove High School. 3A A give-away was held at Community Sharing who provided shoe vouchers for clients and set out tables full of gently used clothes for the participants to choose from. The Cottage Grove Rotary canceled their normal meeting that day so members could be on hand to help distribute backpacks and school supplies to 224 students. The success of the event is due to the generosity of the Cottage Grove Rotary, Cottage Grove Community Foundation, Parent Partnership's McKinney Vento staff and Board, First Presbyterian Church and Parent Partnership's volunteer Executive Director, Karol Kuhn. If any family with students in a South Lane school still needs help with school supplies they can contact Parent Partnership at 541.942.2104. Find where you belong. We’ll get you there by listening, learning and finding the loan that helps you achieve your home ownership dreams. bannerbank.com/home-loans Everyone is back home safe. That’s the wildfi re update given to the South Lane Fire Board by Division Chief John Wooten during the September 21 board meeting. Dozens of wildfi res have been burning around the state of Oregon over the summer with the closest blaze located in Lowell. South Lane County Fire and Rescue, under in place agreements with sur- rounding areas and the state, has sent equipment and personnel to a handful of fi res including the Jones Fire in Lowell, the Chetco Bar Fire near Brookings and the Milli Fire located in Sisters. According to Wooten, a medic unit will continue to support the Jones Fire and in the end, the service will help pad the fi re district’s budget. “We sent a partial billing through September 14 to the forest ser- vice,” Wooten said. “It’s close to $50,000.” Wooten said the money would take approximately 30 days to reach Cottage Grove and half would go to recouping overtime costs. Both Wooten and Division Chief Joe Raade made trips across the state to help in the fi refi ghting efforts. Raade was dispatched to the Milli Fire for seven days, had two days at home and returned to the fi eld at the Chetco Bar Fire for another 10 days. Wooten was dispatched to Chetco Bar as well before Raade headed out again to the Eagle Creek Fire. “I’m in the process of preparing those billing packets,” Wooten told the board. “It will be signifi cantly more than what was in 2015. It’s not costing the district any money, we’re actually making rev- enue on these fi res.” On September 18, state authorities announced that the wildfi re season had consumed 678,000 acres and cost approximately $340 million. Joyce Meyers Continued from A2 selves, we can no longer hide from it. The Bible tells us the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth. He knows just how and when to guide us, and He is gentle and always does what is best for us. It’s not always easy, but I want to encourage you not to reject God’s guidance just because it may not feel good in the moment. Just because something doesn’t feel good doesn’t mean it’s not good for you. Remember, God always has His best plan for your life in mind. I remember when God prompted me to give away a dress a long time ago. It was a brand-new red dress that I’d bought and hadn’t worn yet. I really liked it. I was praying for a friend of mine one day and asked God what I could do to bless her, and He spoke to my heart to give her the red dress. Well, I didn’t want to give away my dress. Immediately, I began to rea- son with God, “But it’s new!” He told me once more to give her the dress. I tried again, “But God, I bought these really nice earrings to go with it.” He said to give her the earrings too! So I prayed, “God if this is really You…” Finally, I realized that red dress was too important to me. I had to face truth in that moment: Did I want to obey God or be selfi sh? I humbled myself and gave my friend the dress. You know, it really wasn’t about the dress…it was more about my heart. God was teach- ing me how to be a steward and not an owner of things. God may want to use you to bless someone else. If you are not so attached to things, it won’t be hard to give away something if He asks you to. We all have times like this in our relationship with God if we are willing to be completely hon- est with Him and let Him search our hearts. When we do, the best thing we can do is embrace the truth and let it set us free! Remember, we are created in the image of God. To be like Him, we must learn to examine our motives and be honest with ourselves when God shows us something that needs to change, because it is always for our good. Pray that you will know the truth so you can be set free from deception. And then face the truth God shows you—about you. 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