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City council issues support for fi re levy
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
South Lane County Fire and Rescue (SLFR)
Chief Jon Wooten had a presentation planned for
the Cottage Grove City Council Monday night on
Ballot Measure 20-278.
Things changed.
Wooten, along with Division Chief Joe Raade
and several members of SLFR were sent to Cali-
fornia as part of fi ve strike teams from Oregon to
fi ght the wildfi res that have claimed more than 30
lives and hundreds of homes.
"The experiences I had in Santa Rosa, I won-
dered if that could happen here and the answer is
absolutely yes," Wooten told the council.
Wooten said current conditions and the increase
in wildfi re activity over the last few years could
lend itself to a crisis like the one in California.
And if Cottage Grove were to face such a crisis,
Levy set for November 7 ballot could mean cuts to
service if voters say no
the fi re district would need to maintain its cur-
rent level of service or improve and to do that, it
must be funded with a continuation of the levy.
The fi re levy proposed in Measure 20-278 is
not a new tax. The levy was passed in 2011 and
set to renew this year by a vote of the people.
"I was on the fi re board and I can't tell you how
desperate the district was before the levy was
passed," Councilman Mike Fleck said.
Prior to the passage of the levy, the district had
an out-the-door time of three minutes and 30 sec-
onds. The current time, with the levy in place, is
LIONS COME HOME, WIN BIG
Lion's Mane owner
celebrates more
than 30 years
LOW
Please see FIRE LEVY PG. A11
By Isabel Hirst
PHOTO BY CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Cottage Grove High School celebrates homecoming with its traditional parade through town. The football team beat out Sutherlin to end a winning regular
season 8-0. The team will head to the state play-offs after a bye week.
Please see LION'S MANE PG. A12
Dollar General continues expansion Guide to Halloween
New stores are popping up all
in Cottage Grove
over Oregon, but not Cottage
Grove
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
In a few week's time, the
doors to the new Dollar General
in Sweet Home will open. It will
follow the opening of the Dollar
General in Creswell and Drain
and Philomath and soon, Klam-
ath Falls. The company an-
nounced in January of this year
that it intends to open 1,000 new
stores in 2017, adding to its fl eet
in 44 states. According to Dollar
General representative Angela
Petkovic, a new store typically
brings six to 10 new jobs when
it sets up shop in a community.
However, Cottage Grove will
not be seeing those jobs.
"When choosing store loca-
tions, meeting customers’ needs
is Dollar General’s top priority.
The company looks for places
where we can offer customers
an easy and convenient shop-
ping choice," Petkovic said.
Cottage Grove was not selected
for a new location in the compa-
ny's Oregon expansion.
Dollar General said it typi-
cally serves customers within
a three to fi ve mile radius, or a
10-minute drive. Cottage Grove
is located 9.2 miles from the
new location in Creswell and
just over 17 miles from the new-
ly opened Drain location.
Cottage Grove Area Cham-
ber of Commerce Executive
Director Travis Palmer said he
was unaware of the stores ex-
pansion in Oregon and "didn't
know much" about the project.
He noted that the company may
have overlooked Cottage Grove
due to the city's three existing
grocery stores. Sweet Home
has two grocery stores in town,
Drain is home to Ray's Food
Place, BiMart serves as a grco-
ery store in Creswell and Klam-
ath Falls has six grocery stores
including Albertsons, Walmart
and Fred Meyer.
Cottage Grove may not miss
out completely on the benefi ts of
Dollar General coming to town.
According to Petkovic, "Dollar
General is deeply involved in
the communities it serves and is
an ardent supporter of literacy
and education through the Dol-
lar General Literacy Founda-
tion, which awards grants each
The following is a list of known activities in the city but may not
represent every opportunity for fun this Halloween.
PHOTO COURTESY DOLLAR GENERAL
Dollar General is expanding into three new states, including Oregon.
year to nonprofi t organizations,
schools and libraries within a
20-mile radius of a Dollar Gen-
eral store or distribution center
to support adult, family, summer
and youth literacy programs."
Drain lost its library after vot-
ers turned down a ballot measure
to continue funding the Douglas
County Library system. Cottage
Grove is 17 miles from Drain,
falling within the 20-mile radius
detailed by Petkovic, and offers
the closest functioning library.
"Since its inception in 1993,
the DGLF has awarded more
than $140 million in grants to
nonprofi t organizations, helping
more than nine million individ-
uals take their fi rst steps toward
literacy or continued education.
For more information about the
Dollar General Literacy Foun-
dation and its grant programs,
visit www.dgliteracy.com," Pet-
kovic continued. She went on to
explain that the foundation also
does education and language
outreach, "The Dollar General
Literacy Foundation also sup-
ports individuals in the commu-
nities that Dollar General stores
serve who may be interested
in learning how to read, speak
English or prepare for the high
school equivalency test. Refer-
rals to a local organization that
provides free literacy services
are available online or a post-
age-paid reply card that can
be mailed in for information is
available at the cash register of
every Dollar General store."
On Thursday, October 26, activities will kick off with the Opal
Center's annual Halloween Mash-up at 7:30 p.m. The show puts a
spin on classically horrifying stories including Dracula. The sched-
ule calls for a showing of "Draculala Land" which is described as
follows: DracuLaLa Land is a musical tale of undying life and love.
Mina is a struggling actress in Hollywood which has been taken
over by bloodsucking vampires. Will she choose the mysterious
Count Dracula, her fi ancé Jonathan or a life of fame and fortune?
The Oscar-less performance will be followed by Les Misery and
Hairplane. Les Misery will detail an author's periless interaction
with his rescuer after having car trouble in Cottage Grove while
Hairplane will tell the story of a plane full of hippies on its way to
Cottage Grove.
Opal's Mash-up won't be the only theatrical celebration of Hal-
loween this year. Cottage Theatre's schedule plays special attention
to the spooky holiday by putting on Jekyll and Hyde. The classic
story will be shown on stage Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8
p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
On Halloween, Cottage Grove families can take part in the Fall
Family Fun event being held at the Nazarene Church on M St. The
event promises a free dinner, kids clothing and games from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. Delight Valley Church is also hosting an event on Hallow-
een beginning at 6 p.m. For families who want to indulge in tradi-
tional trick-or-treating but don't want to walk blocks and blocks to
score a haul of candy, Trick-or-Treat on Main St. will be held from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Main St. Booths will line Main St. manned by
local businesses and children can parade down the line, receiving
candy along the way.
Other Halloween-related activities this coming week include:
Please see HALLOWEEN PG. A11
SPORTS
Makeover
Lions stay perfect
Great Days set for a day of
renovations. PAGE A10
The football team takes
on its last regular season
game. PAGE B1
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Calendar ...................................... B11
Channel Guide ............................... B5
Classifieds ...................................... B7
Obituaries ...................................... A2
Opinion ......................................... A4
Sports ............................................ B1
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struggle of fi nding long-term
clients. Luckily, for her she was
able to get her name out fast and
just like that, her talents brought
in many new clients. Hirst said,
“At the beginning it was diffi -
cult to bring in clientele and to
fi gure out how to run a success-
ful business. Once I got more
comfortable with the idea of
owning a business, that's when
I started succeeding.”
Speaking to other challenges
she went through as a business
owner, Hirst explained that
she used to run her business
out of a very small building,
CYAN
In Cottage Grove there are
many small businesses com-
peting for survival. One that
has undergone many challenges
and still survived is owned by a
woman named DeAnne Hirst.
The Lion’s Mane, a hair salon
in Cottage Grove, had been up
and running for almost 37 years
thanks to Hirst and her manage-
ment.
As you can guess in the 37
years Hirst has been in busi-
ness, she's come across a few
struggles as well as a few major
successes. When Hirst opened
her salon in 1989, she had the
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