Library hosts new exhibit this month
A
rchitecture of Intern-
ment, an exhibit about the
build-up to the incarceration of
Japanese Americans on the West
Coast during World War II, will
be presented from March 10 to 31
at Cottage Grove Library, 700 E.
Gibbs Ave in Cottage Grove.
The traveling exhibit highlights
the role of Oregonians in the de-
cision to incarcerate 120,000
people of Japanese ancestry, of
whom more than two-thirds were
U.S. citizens. The display in-
cludes documents from 1941 and
1942 advocating for the exclusion
and incarceration of Oregonian
Japanese Americans, blueprints
of potential assembly centers and
internment camp locations such
as racetracks and fairgrounds, and
letters from Japanese Americans
expressing their outrage about the
injustice of internment.
A series of events will ac-
company the exhibit, starting
on Tuesday, March 13, with a
presentation by Lawson Inada,
a jazz musician, professor and
poet laureate of Oregon who was
an interned at the age of four.
On Monday, March 19, a Lane
Offbeat
County Dreamer, Jesus Nar-
vaez, will speak and Mansoor
Shams, a U.S. Marine Corps
veteran will answer questions
by live Skype chat. At the fi nal
event on Thursday, March 29, the
documentary “Never Give Up!
Minoru Yasui and the Fight for
Justice” will be shown, followed
by a talk with the fi lm’s director,
Holly Yasui. All events will run
from 6 – 8 p.m.
The public is invited to join
the conversation on March 13,
March 19 and March 29.
For more information about
this event, contact Pete Barrell,
541-941-3828.
But by this time,
the conviction was on
the books, and Gong’s
only hope was that the
governor would par-
don him. The gover-
nor, at that time, was
Sylvester Pennoyer …
who won the governor-
ship in part by taking
over an anti-Chinese
protest and whipping
it into a slogan-chant-
ing,
brick-throwing
street riot. He certainly
wasn’t going to help
any Chinese guy out.
And so, at 12:25
p.m. on Aug. 9, 1889,
Chee Gong stood on
the scaffold, prepared
to take a rap that
was pretty obviously
pinned on him. Invit-
ed to speak, he told the
crowd that although
he was innocent, the
member of his “fami-
ly” — the tong — who
had committed the
crime had disappeared,
and blood had to an-
swer the blood, and his
blood had been select-
ed for the sacrifi ce.
Whether he commit-
ted the crime or not, by
taking the rap as he did,
Chee Gong probably
ended the tit-for-tat ex-
change that could have
escalated into an actual
tong war. Of course,
that wasn’t the end of
highbinder-society vi-
olence in Portland; but
the leaders of the tongs
knew well that if they
kept too high a profi le,
bad things would hap-
pen. They were careful
to keep a lid on things,
to prevent other Port-
landers from cracking
down on them and
interfering with their
opium-smuggling and
other quasi-legal oper-
ations.
So Chee Gong was
hanged, and his body
goggled at and tittered
over by street urchins
as the hearse carried
it to Lone Pine Cem-
etery for burial. Seid
Back, the most promi-
nent Chinese merchant
at the time (who, by
the way, would be a
key player in the opi-
um-smuggling scandal
of 1893, in partnership
with Oregon Repub-
lican Party chairman
James Lotan), paid for
his burial expenses.
Worship
Directory
DRAIN:
HOPE U.M.C.
131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
541-315-1617
Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen
Fellowship & Song: 11:30am
Potluck Lunch: 12:00pm
Worship: 12:30pm
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Service: 10:00am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
COTTAGE GROVE:
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor:
Seth Bailey
Service times: 9am & 10:30am
Sunday School: 9am for all ages
Christian Education
Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade
www.6thandgibbs.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday
6:00pm
Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun:
9am & 10:45am
Youth Group Bible Study
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
www.cgcalvary.org
Center for Spiritual Living
Cottage Grove
700 Gibbs Ave.
(Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
cslcottagegrove@gmail.com
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Hope In The Grove
700 E. Gibbs • 401-855-5668
Pastor: Wayne Husk
Sunday services:
Worship: 9am
Coffee Fellowship: 10:15am
Bible Study: 10:30am
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Pastor Rulon Combs
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:00 am
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave
541-942-8928
Preacher: Tony Martin
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Jim Edwards
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Join in Traditional Christian Worship
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420
Father: Joseph Hung Nguyen
Holy Mass:
Tue-Thu: 8:30am; Sat:5:30pm
Sun: 10:30am
Confession: After daily mass,
Sat. 4-5pm or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrock Lane
541-895-8686, Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education
9:15am
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
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By Kathleen Noll
For The Sentinel
C
ottage
Grove
High
School (CGHS) recently
celebrated Unity Week, a week
dedicated to bringing staff and
students together. Activities
took place that promoted togeth-
erness in the high school com-
munity and encouraged a sense
that each student is not alone
in their daily battles. It was led
by the leadership class and stu-
dent council. One of the major
highlights of the week was the
awarding of The Martin Luther
King (MLK) Awards. This year,
two teachers, two students and
two members of a community
organization were honored. Mr.
Nick Garman and Mrs. Carmen
Adler won the teacher awards,
Chelsea Armstrong and Nate
Farrell were the two seniors
that won the student awards,
and Looking Glass Community
Services, a social services orga-
nization, was awarded for their
work in aiding the community
and student body.
The MLK awards go to re-
cipients whose contributions to
the school and community show
integrity, leadership and creativ-
ity. The student body votes for
students and teachers, anony-
mously in advisory class,
that they believe encapsu-
late these qualities.
Mr. Garman, now in
his 27th year of teaching
at CGHS was honored to
receive the award that the
student's nominated him
for.
“If this award shows that
CGHS students like and re-
spect me then I want them
to know the feeling is mu-
tual!” said Garman. “I en-
joy coming to school and
working with the students
here and I believe in treat-
ing people the way I would
want my own child to be treat-
ed. I just like be around them
all, keeps me young I guess.”
Mrs. Adler happened to be
granted this award last year as
well.
“I am fl attered and honored
to be the recipient of the MLK
Award for the second time.”
stated Adler, “The fact that this
award is voted on by students is
humbling and it is my pleasure
to serve and teach the students
of CGHS, they have my heart!”
CGHS Students, Chelsea
Armstrong and Nate Farrell,
were selected by their peers
for being valuable members of
CGHS. Both were granted this
honor because of their academic
achievements, extracurricular
involvement and service in their
community.
Armstrong is a member of
many clubs and community
service organizations, such as
Key Club, Interact Club, Rotary
and Kiwanis, where she gives
her time to help others in need.
She is also the student council
ASB PR manager which means
she presents what’s going on in
the school to the school board at
monthly meetings and assists on
any duties that members need
help with. Armstrong was com-
pletely surprised with the honor.
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Councilor Amy Slay served
on the city council for the last
time on Monday, Feb. 28. Slay,
who recently bought property
outside of the city limits, is no
longer eligible to serve on the
board. During Monday night's
meeting, board members ex-
pressed their gratitude for Slay's
service and police chief Scott
Shepherd presented her with
gifts and a hug. Councilor Jake
Boone said of people consider-
ing applying for Slay's seat, "If
you can be like Amy, be like
Amy."
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“VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
MIRACLES”
in the newspaper. If your congregation
“I felt ecstatic and speechless,
I wanted to cry out of grati-
tude,” admitted Armstrong, “I
can really only thank my peers
for the award because without
the opportunities brought by
them I wouldn’t ever be in this
position.”
Farrell is an outstanding
member of the student body
who always seems to have a
smile on his face and is doing
something nice for others.
“It felt amazing to get this
award, it was a really happy
moment,” said Farrell, “I work
hard to make people happy and
go out of my way to have sim-
ple conversations with people
because I know it could make
someone’s day.”
Farrell believes the award
represents not only Martin Lu-
ther King Jr.’s fi ght for civil
justice, but also the kindness he
showed towards people,
“That’s partially what MLK
Jr. was about, not just equal
rights, but who was someone
who cared about everyone,”
said Farrell.
Looking Glass Communi-
ty Services is a social services
organization, that was granted
the community MLK awards
for representing the work and
principles of MLK Jr. Looking
Glass offers a wide range of ser-
vices aimed toward solving is-
sues related to educational defi -
cits, mental health issues, drug
addiction, and homelessness.
Unity Week created initia-
tives at CGHS that have worked
to create a togetherness in the
school and has brought topics
to light that may have been ne-
glected in the past, like depres-
sion and rough family lives in
high school students. The MLK
Awards as well have shown rec-
ognition to important members
of the school and the commu-
nity and brought light to people
who give their all for CGHS.
Slay says goodbye
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5,
Kids Free)
1st & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
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CGHS celebrates Unity Week
Sammy Elsdon and Amanda
Hampton of Looking Glass hold MLK
award.
Continued from A4
But, looking over
the
records,
luck
doesn’t seem to have
had much to do with
it. As historian Diane
Goeres-Gardner points
out, it’s rather unusual
for multiple witness-
es to have stories that
match up perfectly
point by point … al-
most as if they were
working from the same
script, furnished to
them in advance.
And, in fact, after
the inevitable con-
viction by a jury of
12 white Portlanders
of northern European
ancestry, a number of
Chinese residents pre-
pared affi davits swear-
ing that they had been
forced to testify against
Chee Gong.
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