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$1.00 PERSONAL | COMMERCIAL BENEFITS | SURETY C ottage G rove S entinel (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove SPORTS The Lions make it to the state championships B1 WED 62º/54º SOUTH LANE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017 FACEBOOK.COM/CGSENTINEL • TWITTER.COM/CGSENTINEL For a complete six- day forecast please see page A5. CGSENTINEL.COM He Cottage Grove fails to reach 10,000 Giving Back Population won't trigger city changes By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com PHOTO BY CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Cottage Grove High School leaders Jackson Perkins (R) and Cooper Ladd (L), supported by staffer Carmen Adler, hand over a $550 check to Com- munity Sharing's executive director Mike Fleck on Monday, Nov. 20. The high school held a food drive, garnering piles of canned goods as well as monetary donations for the community food pantry. Fleck thanked the students, noting it had been a diffi cult year and the pantry has suffered from food shortages. Do no harm: New substance program at work in CG PHOTO BY CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL South Lane Mental Health is venturing into substance treatment with a harm reduction program aimed at allowing patients to choose their level of treatment. olly Serrano detoxed for four days in a Native American sweat lodge. It was because, she said, the experi- ence of recovery has to be equal to or greater than the addiction. Now, armed with a master’s de- gree, she is helping guide other people through the process as part of the new substance use recovery program at South Lane Mental Health. Serrano works with a team COMMUNITY of mental health professionals and peer supporters at the cen- ter, located on 5th St. in Cottage Grove. Since its grand opening in May of this year, it has served nearly 100 individuals. But the journey to get here has been two years in the making. “South Lane Mental Health made the decision two years ago to expand treatment to include substance use treatment,” Ser- rano said. “We wanted to treat substance use in the context of mental health.” Grants helped the program get on its feet after Serrano joined four other individuals in crafting the content. “When they said they wanted to do this we asked, ‘Can we come at it from a harm reduction stand- point?’” she said. While traditional 30, 60 or 90- day programs focus on sobriety, the substance use program at MYSTERY Baseball legend Box of memories A local resident remembers his friend. PAGE B1 A resident's hunt for the owner of a box of memo- ries. PAGE A8 INDEX H South Lane Mental Health uti- lizes harm reduction—a con- cept that allows individuals to choose whether or not to kick a substance completely. “Maybe their goal is employ- ment,” Serrano said. “They need to cut their drinking down enough to maintain employ- ment or maybe they want to moderate their substance use so their relationship with their signifi cant other is better.” The goal, according to Serrano, is to reduce the use of substances to allow individuals to function in a productive manner. To do that, the program can service people for as long as they’re willing to receive treat- ment, rather than the traditional 90-days covered by insurance at traditional addiction programs. South Lane Mental Health’s program is also covered by Medicaid but also offers pay- ment options for the $175 a month price tag. “It’s less than their substance of choice,” Serrano said. The price covers the entirety of treatment which consists of an approach built around a team system. It’s an approach Jody The sign greeting visitors to Cottage Grove just off Interstate 5 declares that this is a city of less than 10,000. There's been debate and speculation over the last year but according to Portland State University (PSU)--the only agency that matters in such distinc- tions--Cottage Grove will remain a city of less than 10,000 people. For now. According to PSU, there are 9,920 residents in the city. " Recently reported the US Census 2016 Estimate puts the City of Cottage Grove’s population at 10,109. The US Census method- ology uses less community specifi c information and is a rougher estimate of the population. PSU uses the same data but also pulls in specifi c information such school enrollments, building permits, housing demolitions and other community or county specifi c data to attempt to generate a much more accurate estimate," Cottage Grove City Manager Richard Meyers wrote of the estimate. Meyers and other city offi cials wait with baited breath for the population estimates because once Cottage Grove hits 10,000 resi- dents, a slew of changes must go into affect. The city will need to add an additional garbage service which will coincide with the current confusion of recycling. Plastics are no longer accepted at the landfi ll and state regulations approved by the state legislature during its last session will essentially require that the city create "garbage police" to monitor what items are being recycled. According to Meyers, when the city does hit 10,000, it will likely opt for a weekly yard debris services that will either be billed sepa- rately or increase the cost of the current garbage bill. The estimate released last week is preliminary and is made public each year around Nov. 15. The number will be certifi ed in Decem- ber. Cannabis facility up in fl ames By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com In December of last year, Miguel Tena applied for a conditional use permit from the city of Cottage Grove to begin processing can- nabis oil at an exisiting marijuana facility on Lane St. in downtown Cottage Grove. He told city offi cials that the building would be equipped with explosion-proof fans, ventilation, a six-foot fence and that it wouldn't emit any odors associated with the production of 50 to 100 pounds of product a week. On November 16, the air in downtown Cottage Grove had a dis- tinct twinge of marijuana. The facility was on fi re. At approximately 4 p.m., South Lane County Fire and Rescue as well as Cottage Grove Police gathered at the scene where, report- edly, a piece of equipment was left on. One person was taken to the hospital in Eugene. Arson investigators were on the scene Friday but have yet to re- lease information concerning the investigation. Local fi re authori- ties said on Monday that all information has been turned over to the CGPD, Oregon State Police and the DEA. Please see SOUTH LANE PG. A6 Calendar ...................................... B11 Channel Guide ............................... B5 Classifieds ...................................... B7 Obituaries ...................................... A2 Opinion ......................................... A4 Sports ............................................ B1 AD 6x2 cgnews@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-3325 ph • (541) 942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Corner of Sixth and Whiteaker, Cottage Grove _______________ VOLUME 129 • NUMBER 70 No au bla bla
