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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 25, 2017
Unemployment up again
In September, Ore-
gon's nonfarm payroll
employment dropped
by 3,800 jobs, follow-
ing a revised loss of
7,000 in August. These
job losses followed
rapid gains during
February through July,
when a total of 42,600
jobs were added in just
six months.
Recent forest fi res
did not have a notice-
able impact on the
September jobs report.
Although many indi-
viduals and businesses
were impacted in Sep-
tember by forest fi res
that raged in many
locations within Ore-
gon, the industry em-
ployment totals did not
appear to be impacted
signifi cantly. A job is
counted in this report
when a worker is em-
ployed for any part
of the business's pay
period that includes
the 12th of the month.
Workers able to return
to work during the
September pay period
are counted in the jobs
report.
In September, four
industries cut more
than 1,000 jobs, while
two added more than
1,000. Leisure and hos-
pitality (-3,700 jobs)
cut the most as this in-
dustry returned to the
long-term trend line
after a spike upward
in June and July. With
vacancy surveys indi-
cating that many fi rms
are having trouble at-
tracting workers, part
of the weakness in hir-
ing is likely due to the
tight labor market.
Professional
and
business
services
(-3,100 jobs) cut back
at a time of year when
a fl at trend is typical
for the industry. The in-
dustry appears to have
stalled from its upward
trajectory over the past
eight years. Each of
its published compo-
nent industries cut jobs
since September 2016:
employment services
(-1,400 jobs), busi-
ness support services
(-400), and services to
buildings and dwell-
ings ( 1,500). The two
other industries that cut
substantially in Sep-
tember were private
educational services (
1,400 jobs) and other
services (-1,200).
All was not lost in
September, as con-
struction added 2,900
jobs and government
added 1,400.
The September jobs
report indicates that
Oregon's
over-the-
year job growth, while
moderate, has slowed.
Between
September
2016 and September
2017, payroll em-
ployment
expanded
by 37,400 jobs, or 2.0
percent. This is a re-
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Mini barrel gardens a hit
This year there are a few more
folk than usual putting their gar-
dens to bed this fall.
These gardens are actual-
ly half barrels that were pre-
pared and delivered by Dorena
Grange members back in June.
The lucky recipients were able
to transplant and care for their
own lettuce, radishes, tomatoes,
herbs, and benefi cial fl owers,
in their yards or patios, thanks
to seedling donations from Log
House Nursery and Gayle at
The Bookmine.
Sustainable Cottage Grove
purchased twenty used 55-gal-
lon food grade barrels from
Glory Bee and the potting soil at
a 50% (donated) discount from
Boyce & Sons. Because of ini-
tial grant funding from Regence
Medical through Oregon Food
Bank, this is the second year in
a row that these fi ne establish-
ments have generously made
mini gardens possible. Some
have never had the opportuni-
ty to work in their own garden
because they live in apartments,
have limitations that prevent
them from working in the
ground, or their soil is contami-
nated, these gardens are helping
to feed families.
Kids and adults alike cele-
brated as they worked in the soil
with Bill Anthony and Steve
Barnes, while Carolin Pettit,
Susan Carver, Jimmy Shaper,
and Beth Pool—all Dorena
Grange members—organized
the mini garden distribution
ranging from Creswell through
Cottage Grove and into Drain.
This effort could not have hap-
pened without support from in-
stitutions like London Elemen-
tary School, South Lane Mental
Health, Family Relief Nursery,
and food security activists Crys-
tal Fawn Johnson, and Gayle
Kahane, and Johanna Nowak.
One person helping another
strengthens our community ties
and enriches all our lives.
Dorena Grange, located at
MP 4 on Row River Road, in-
vites you to their social potlucks
on second Tuesdays at 6:00 and
to their fourth Tuesday’s busi-
ness meetings at 7:00. Farming
is not a pre-requisite to serving
our community through the
granges. There is more informa-
tion on the Dorena Grange face-
book page.
You can learn more about
securing our local food system
in the South Willamette Valley
by visiting Sustainable Cottage
Grove’s website at Sustaina-
bleCottageGrove.org or call-
ing (541) 942.2360. Their next
Quarterly Gathering is January
27, 2018.
Contact either organization
if you would like to grow your
own mini barrel garden next
summer.
HUMANE SOCIETY
OF COTTAGE GROVE
Th anks our sponsors for
sponsoring our successful
Jamboree that was held in
Creswell on October 21st.
KNND Radio
Cottage Grove Sentinel
Creswell Chronicle
Banner Bank of
Cottage Grove
Northwest Community
Credit Union
Douglas County "home rule"
Voters will decide on homerule in Douglas County, mapped above.
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
The fourth time's a charm?
That might be true for resi-
dents of Douglas County who
are hoping to pass a ballot mea-
sure that would see "home rule"
be put into affect for the county.
The November 7 ballot will
include a home rule charter for
voters to vote down or pass.
This will be the fourth time the
county will vote on the issue in
the last 20 years.
Home rule, essentially is a
constitution for an area to set up
its own government. While all
counties in the state of Oregon
must follow the guidelines and
provisions in the state's consti-
tution, home rule allows for a
more local approach and allows
counties to take actions as long
as they do not violate state stat-
ute. Counties without homerule
are considered General Law
counties are are restricted to the
statutes found in state law.
The home rule charter on
the November 7 ballot would
change the county's government
from its current form.
The board of county com-
missioners would go from
a three-member board to a
fi ve-member board. Those fi ve
members would no longer be
"at-large" commissioners but
districts would be formed and
each commissioner would rep-
resent a certain district. Com-
missioners would also give up
their salaries in exchange for a
monthly payment--reported at
$500--that would be dependent
on their attendance at public
meetings. They would also be
considered part-time rather than
full-time.
Currently, Douglas County is
run by the county commission.
and while that won't necessarily
change under home rule, the ins
and outs and details to running
the shop will fall to a county
manager.
Douglas County does not cur-
rently have a county manager
and opposition to the home rule
charter site the common govern-
ment structure as a way to take
responsibility away from elect-
ed offi cials and give them to an
unelected--but hired--manager.
The charter, which is avail-
able to view on the county's
website, notes that the manag-
er cannot have previously held
the offi ce of a county commis-
sioner for Douglas County or
an employee of the county. The
manager would be hired for an
undefi ned term and serve at the
pleasure of the board of county
commissioners.
In total, nine counties around
the state of Oregon have passed
a home rule charter in the form
of a ballot measure. Nearly 20
other Oregon counties have vot-
ed the issue down.
If approved, the charter notes
that it would go into effect 60
days after being approved by
voters of Douglas County.
It will appear on ballots as
Measure 10-159
GARDEN CLUB MEETING
On Tuesday, November 7,
Cottage Grove Garden Club
will host Ashley Chesser of The
Northwest Center for Alter-
natives to Pesticides (NCAP).
We'll learn more about why
we should reduce our pesticide
footprint and get some basic tips
for managing weeds and pests
in our gardens and homes with-
out pesticides.
Ashley is the Communica-
tions and Membership Director
for the Northwest Center for
Alternatives to Pesticides. Be-
fore joining NCAP, she worked
as a crew leader for the Mon-
tana Conservation Corps and
in graphic design/marketing for
the outdoor gear industry. She
holds a degree in graphic design
from Portland State Universi-
ty and in her free time enjoys
running, biking, rock climbing,
backpacking, and gardening.
The Garden Club's informa-
tional meeting begins at 6pm
and Ashley's talk on Pesticides
and Alternatives begins at 7. We
meet at the First Presbyterian
Church, 216 South 3rd Street
(the corner of 3rd and Adams).
In
Honor
of All
Veterans
The Cottage Grove Sentinel is preparing to publish its
“Salute to Vets” a special section devoted to all military veterans
who are Cottage Grove-area residents or have a connection to this
area.
If you are interested in sharing your military story in the annual
Veterans Day publication, or in updating information that we have
published previously, please complete the form below and submit
it to the Cottage Grove Sentinel. Service photographs are also
welcome.
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the Cottage Grove Sentinel, 116 N. 6th Street, Cottage Grove.
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