COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 25, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Mill owners await rain Oct. 14, 1987
many years.
Starfi re shut down its sawmill Fri-
day morning and started up again today
(Wednesday). Scott said about 75 workers
were laid off because of the lack of raw ma-
terial.
The loggers who supply material for Star-
fi re have been able to log only fi ve days
since Sept. 1, he said.
"Ordinarily we would be stockpiling logs
for the winter," Scott said. "We haven't been
able to do that."
Cascade Lumber Inc. is facing similiar
problems. Sawmill activity has been re-
duced to about 60 recent of normal, said
company representative Duane Hadley.
Less than fi ve employees have been laid
off, Hadley said, but he added that almost
all of the workers have seen reductions in
their hours.
Hadley said he has been in the lumber
industry since 1982 and can't remember a
situation like this. He said future log supply
could be severely affecte because the com-
L
ogging restrictions due to extreme
fi re danger in area forests have local
lumber companies praying for heavenly
showers.
Curtailed logging operations have left
several companies with few logs in stock.
The curtainlment has has mainly affected
smaller mills.
Bob Scott, a controller for Starfi re Lum-
ber Co. in Cottage Grove said the logging
restrictions are the worst he has seen in
POLICE BLOTTER
pany has lost nearly two months of prime
logging time.
Larger companies such as Bohemia Inc.
and Weyerhaeuser Co. seem to e hanging in
there.
Public Relations Director Bud Stewart
said Bohemia's Saginaw plant has enough
inventory to keep the mill going full speed
for another few weeks. Stewart said logging
operations for the company are current-
ly about 20 percent of normal. All current
logging operations are west of Interstate 5,
Stewart said.
Stewart reported that the restrictions have
put a dent in Bohemia's inventory but add-
ed the company lans to log throughout the
winter. He said there are no plans to curtail
operations at either the Saginaw or Culp
Creek facilities.
So far, Weyerhaeuser operations have
not been affected by the curtailments, and
company offi cials do not anticipate any raw
material shortage.
National Beat
News from the state and around
the nation
•
A four-year-
old Klamath Falls
girl has been returned
to her aunt and uncle in Kentucky after months of
an adoption back-and-forth with an adoptive Or-
egon family. Laila Sloan was sent to live tempo-
rarily with her relatives in Kentucky two years ago
with the understanding the couple would adopt her.
However, a year later, Oregon ruled that an Oregon
family who had adopted the younger brother she
had never met, should also have custody of Laila.
The courts have ordered the girl be returned to her
family in Kentucky.
From around the state
•
ICE agents were fi lmed entering a private residence
in Salem without a warrant and arresting a man who
had been inside. Carlos Bolanos was part of a crew
remodeling the house and has since been released
after the footage emerged.
•
Republican Sen. Jeff Kruse was released from his
committee assignments in the Oregon legislature
last week after reports of “ongoing workplace is-
sues.” The reports noted a collegue had reported
being touched inappropriately by Kruse.
•
The 15-year-old boy suspected of starting the wild-
fi re that swept through the gorge has been charged
with reckless burning, depositing materials in forest
lands, criminal mischief and recklessly endanger-
ing other persons. The boy, reportedly from Wash-
ington, was not named.
•
An atmospheric river fell over Oregon last week-
end, dumping record-breaking rainfall on the area.
The 5,000-mile front brought 50 mile per hour
winds and 1.11 inches of rain in a single day.
Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504
October 16
A customer at the Safeway gas station in a white and green van
paid for gas using a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.
An individual came to the police department to report that he was
concerned that he may have been drugged. He refused to use the
ambulance.
October 19
A syringe was found laying on the ground near a fi re hydrant on
River Rd.
An individual on Hwy. 99 called and reported that a 61-year-old
was intoxicated and attacking people inside the house.
October 20
October 17
A woman on 10th St. who is currently in Alaska but has cameras
set up in her house reported that she saw what looked like fl ash
lights being shined into her home.
An individual came to the police station to report that his grand-
mother was intoxicated and missing. She was later found near Wey-
erhaeuser.
A woman on Ash Ave. reported that the Department of Human
Services placed kids in her care but that their mother was now at the
location attempting to take them.
October 18
•
President
Donald Trump an-
nounced last week
that he would allow the release of confi dental fi les
related to President John F. Kennedy. The JFK As-
sassination Records Collection act of 1992 gives
the government until Oct. 26 of this year to release
the documents.
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A reckless driver was seen getting off I-5 at exit 174, driving
through the grass, doing a u-turn at Gateway and Row River Rd.
and then getting on I-5 northbound.
October 22
A domestic disturbance was reported on Madison Ave. when a
girl inside a home was destroying it while others were inside. Both
parties were reportedly intoxicated.
•
Schools in Puerto Rico will begin opening to stu-
dents again more than a month after Hurricane
Maria battered the island. The buildings have been
used for shelters with large percentages of the is-
land still without power or drinking water.
•
The Houston Astros defeated the New York Yan-
kees to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World
Series that began yesterday.
A group of three or four juveniles were reportedly walking on an
overpass yelling obscenities at passing cars.
A couple arrived at their home on Adams Ave. to fi nd that their
front door was wide open and the screens had been removed from
the back of the house.
A German Shepherd was seen chasing a deer on the 2100 block
of Harrison Ave. The pair had entered the roadway.
An individual was seen throwing trash and attempting to feed an
individual something poisonous.
State
Representatives
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-day
weather forecast
THURSDAY October 26
FRIDAY October 27
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Mostly Cloudy
Sunny
SATURDAY October 28
SUNDAY October 29
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Showers
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MONDAY October 30
TUESDAY October 31
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Showers
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