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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 7, 2018 Latham "Waver" recognized Continued from A1 members a rough estimate of $779,500 to fi x rotting win- dows, intercoms, water pipes, septic system, roofi ng, minor asbestos, lead paint, Americans with Disabilities compliance upgrades and possibly a boiler. A previous discussion by the board concerning Latham’s fate revealed a possible savings of nearly $200,000 if the school were to close. “The question that is linger- ing,” said board chairman Alan Baas, “is either we win the lottery or Latham is closing at some time in the future.” That time, however, is not next fall. The original discussion that began in December and was centered around closing Latham at the end of this school year so students and teachers could enter the new Harrison Elemen- tary School that is scheduled to open Fall 2018. Now, the Latham community will wait until October or November to learn if they’ll be granted an additional year or close for the 2019-2020 year. “It just feels like we’re be- ing dragged along again,” said Latham parent Ashley Rigel. One son is a second-grader at Latham, the other is set to start kindergarten there next year but Rigel knows now that he most likely will not make it to second grade at Latham like his older brother. “I just want a yes or a no,” she said. The school board has sug- gested the Latham parent club look into increasing enrollment at the school which currently spends approximately $5,000 per student for instructional time. London spends $4,800. Harrison, $4,700. “We don’t know what the school enrollment is going to do,” Duerst-Higgins said before making a motion to prolong the decision to close Latham for an- other year. 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After fi ve years and anoth- er child in Portland, Stevens bounced around Oregon work- ing in lumber yards and over- working in lumber yards. “I smoked, I worked 60 and 70 hour weeks. It was the stress of life,” he said. The night he had his heart at- tack, doctors placed a stent in his neck and watched his vitals. He began having pain again and doctors worried he was having another heart attack. “I had a nicked artery,” he said. He was released from the hospital with a life vest: a con- traption that was strapped to his body with the intention to shock him back to life if he suffered another heart attack and cover him with blue dye to notify him when he woke that he’d nearly died. “I was off work for four months, I stopped smoking and started walking. I could walk miles a day,” he said. He went from 235 pounds to 190 pounds. Then, he went back to work. “I really had to, we were a one-income house after my heart attack,” he said. However, his health again, went into a decline. He started having memory problems and would come close to passing out at work. “My heart was fl ooding,” he said. “And it would scare the guys at work. They’d say I got bright white and looked horrible but if I went home and slept for awhile, reset, I was ok again.” After further consultation with his doctors, Stevens was facing a pacemaker or perhaps a bypass until fi nally, a transplant was suggested. “But there are things you have to do fi rst before you go on the list,” he said. “They want your heart that you have to go as far as it will go fi rst.” But that means he can’t work and while he’s applied for his social security benefi ts, it’s a long process. “I didn’t have a fl ood or a fi re. I wasn’t the victim of a shoot- ing or an earthquake so it’s hard to fi nd a way to get help,” he said. “But we need help. This really could happen to anyone. A health problem, a heart attack at 44 and you could lose every- thing,” he said. 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