COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 22, 2017
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Millie Oberg prepared a vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner in 1987.
Millie Oberg can thank her mother for in-
stilling vegetarianism into her lifestyle.
Her mother raised chickens, and one of
Millie’s chores was to hold the chicken
while her mother sought the family din-
ner. She would peer into the tiny eyes of
the birds. “Then I was supposed to eat that
chicken,” she said.
Now, she can laugh about her deep love
for animals but she still cringes at the sight
of dead creatures. She can’t bear to watch
fi shing on television, and when her friends
POLICE BLOTTER
return from hunting trips, they
don’t tell her if they killed any
animals.
A retired school teacher, she
studied the food cycle in her
classes at the University of Or-
egon in Eugene. As long as she
could eat nutritious meals from
the lower rungs of the food
chain, she may as well do so, she
decided.
Yet her vegetarian diet didn’t
emerge only out of her love for
animals. She has never liked to
eat meal, and the vegetarian diet
is more healthful, she said.
Her deceased husband, Stan-
ton had been a physician in
Cottage Grove for 31 years.
One of his concerns was eating
nutritiously, such as avoiding
red meat which is high in cho-
lesterol content. Her husband
practiced healthful diet and the
coronary heart attack which led
to his death was likely a result of heredity,
she said.
Still, it’s been diffi cult to prepare vege-
tarian foods, she said. “You have to work to
make it palatable,” she said.
CAPITOL BEAT
News from the state legislature
and around Oregon
From around the nation
•
Infamous killer Charles Manson died on
Sunday, Nov. 19 of natural causes. Manson
was in poor health for the last year and
earned a life sentence for a murder spree
which included the killing of actress Sha-
ron Tate.
•
Eight women accused veteran journalist
Charlie Rose of sexual harassment. The lat-
est accusations come after accusations laid
against GOP candidate Roy Moore, Con-
gressman Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein,
comedian Louis C.K., journalist Glen Rush,
and Jeffrey Tambour.
•
The Department of Justice is preparing
an anti-trust lawsuit against the proposed
merger of AT&T and Time Warner. The
$85.4 billion merger includes CNN, owned
by Time Warner . National media outlets
report that CNN insiders claim President
Trump—who routinely criticizes CNN for
its coverage, is behind the move by DOJ.
•
Janet Yellen will resign from the Federal
Reserve Board. It was announced earlier
this year that Yellen would be replaced by
Jerome Powell.
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November 13
A woman reported that she found an arrow stuck in
the roof of her home on Clark St.
A suspicious subject was reported on Main St. when
an individual wearing a black jacket, black fedora,
black pants was standing “at attention” with a samu-
rai sword handle sticking out of his jacket.
An individual reported that there was a confused
elderly woman on Gateway St. and she did not know
her name or how she got there.
An individual attempted to ship marijuana via the
UPS store on Main St.
An individual on 6th St. reported that a woman had
come to their door and requested money, was denied
and then became irate.
November 14
An individual called for a welfare check after seeing an
individual fall off a bike at the park and was not getting
up.
November 15
continually been parked on an alley on 16th St. and
that it appears the individuals in it may be involved
in drug activity due to the heavy foot traffi c after
they arrive.
An individual reported a burglary after he woke up on
the ground covered in blood with a hurt arm. The door
to his home was also broken in.
From around the state
November 16
A man called the non-emergency police line stat-
ing that there was a hostage situation and he then
demanded cash delivered to him. The man claimed
to have shot his brother and said his two sons were
with him and that if he was not given money that he
would shoot them. Information was given to Lane
County Sheriffs Offi ce and they confi rmed the broth-
er and children were not at the location.
•
Oregon basketball got a boost this week
when Bol Bol, son of Manute Bol, com-
mitted to the University of Oregon over the
Kentucky Wildcats. Bol is ranked 4th in the
class of 2018.
•
Jeremy Christian, the Trimet Killer, was
denied bail by a Portland judge this week.
Christian is accused of stabbing passengers
on the train after they confronted him about
anti-Muslim rhetoric he was shouting.
Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best
were both killed.
•
The Oregon sign that greets tourist as
they cross the bridge into Portland is in
the middle of a trademark spat. Old Town
Brewing contends that it owns the image of
a leaping deer. The city of Portland has a
trademark for the sign.
•
A camel was found wandering around in
Sisters this weekend. It was eventually
reunited with its owner.
November 17
Multiple calls were made in regard to an armed sub-
ject on I-5 northbound near mile post 176.
November 18
A man reportedly had an open container while going
through a fast-food drive thru at 2:55 a.m.
A woman on Bryant Ave. reported that threatening
statements were being made towards her and her
family.
An individual notifi ed the police that a car that has
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State
Representatives
Senator Floyd Prozanski
District 4 State Senator
PO Box 11511
Eugene, OR 97440
Phone: (541)342-2447
E-Mail : sen.fl oydprozanski@state.or.us
Rep. Cedric Hayden, Republican
District 7 State Representative
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 986-1407
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