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$1.00 PERSONAL | COMMERCIAL BENEFITS | SURETY C ottage G rove S entinel SOUTH LANE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove SPORTS Cottage Grove basketball teams have winning week. Elkton girls beat longtime rivals. B1 WED 49º/38º FACEBOOK.COM/CGSENTINEL • TWITTER.COM/CGSENTINEL For a complete six- day forecast please see page A5. CGSENTINEL.COM He Chamber honors community No au bla bla Parent, SLSD agree to retirement terms Superintendent Krista Parent will retire June 30, fourth complaint dropped, recommendation letter signed By Caitlyn May PHOTO BY GREG LEE Jim Gilroy, Chelsea Armstrong, Diane Hazen, Sarah Drew, Pat Ware, Julie and Tom Johns, Greg Lee pose with their awards during the 69th Annual Cham- ber Banquet. Below, Jim Gilroy holds his award. Businesses, elected officials and community members attended the 69th Annual Chamber Banquet South Lane Superintendent Kris- ta Parent has signed a deal with the school district to retire after nearly nine months of news reports concern- ing a personal relationship between Parent and a South Lane School Dis- trict employee continued to circulate leading to more than 100 SLSD em- ployees requesting Parent be placed on administrative leave earlier this month. Under the terms of the agreement, Parent will continue to work as an employee of the school district in various projects until June 30 as well as maintain her positions on several state boards including the American Association of School Administrators National Con- ference in February, the Oregon School Activities Association Ex- ecutive Committee (OSAA) and the Oregon Association of School Executives Executive Board. Outside of the specifi c terms of the agreement, Parent’s employ- ment will continue to be guided by her superintendent contract. The deal also provides Parent with a letter of recommendation and strict language preventing anyone other than the human resource director from speaking to potential employers. In the spring of 2016, a Cottage Grove resident fi led an offi cial complaint with the district claiming that Parent had entered into a personal relationship with an SLSD employee. In response to the complaint, the school board funded an $8,000 investigation into the matter which concluded the district did not have an anti-fraterniza- tion policy and therefore, Parent had not violated the terms of her Please see PARENT PG. A11 CITY CREATES CODE OF CONDUCT By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com PHOTO BY GREG LEE “It’s just common courtesy.” That’s how Cottage Grove City Manager Richard Meyers summed up the new city policy issued by his offi ce which creates a code of conduct for residents using public buildings. The code, effective Jan. 18, lays out specifi c rules concerning hygiene, sleeping, animals and soliciting inside city hall, the public library, the armory and the pro-shop at Middlefi eld Golf Course. Prohibited behaviors on the list include: Willfully annoying, ha- rassing, intimidating or threatening another person, damaging a city building, posting notices or fl yers unless authorized to do so, behav- ing in a loud, boisterous, offensive, indecent or disruptive manner, using a cell phone in a manner that’s disruptive, leaving personal items in the building, failing to wear appropriate clothing includ- ing footwear and shirts and having offensive hygiene, odor or scent including but not limited to scented products such as colognes, af- ter-shave lotions, perfumes, deodorant or hair sprays that constitute a nuisance to other persons. “If they come in we can direct them to other resources like Com- munity Sharing, let them know they have vouchers and clothes and when they get it taken care of, they can come back,” Meyers said. Individuals who violate the code of conduct will be asked to leave city property—while all offenses committed outside public buildings on city property will still be governed by city ordinance— and may be escorted by city police if they do not comply with the request to leave. Repeat offenders, according to Meyers, may be barred from city property for a designated time period. “We have people who come into the community center as soon as it opens and they sit in the lobby and take over,” Meyers said. Community members turned out in force for the 69th Annual Chamber Banquet honoring business leaders and citizens who work to make Cottage Grove a better place throughout the year. See complete story on page A8. EDUCATION Crab Feed delayed Lion's Pride returns The annual Crab Feed will be held Feb. 17. PAGE A10 The student-led newspaper has a trial run today. PAGE B9 INDEX COMMUNITY COFFEE WITH THE EDITOR Have a news tips? Want to talk about community events? Have a question? 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