10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Football team to receive
championship rings
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
Nov. 25, 2017 was an historic
night.
The Cottage Grove Lions
powered passed Marshfi eld to
win the school’s fi rst ever state
championship title by a score
of 48-14. It had been a winning
season for the boys who had
gone undefeated throughout
and had seen their fi nal match
against coach Gary Roberts’
alma mater.
And while community mem-
bers traveled to the game to
cheer them on and local social
media pages lit up after their
win, the streets were quiet when
the buses came rolling back into
town carrying the state champs.
The decision not to have a
victory parade for the team
ignited community curiosity
and passion. Residents wrote
into the newspaper and chatted
about the lack of a parade at
public meetings. A banner out-
side of a main street favorite
Lane County selects auditor
Casey Crear, PhD has been
selected as Lane County’s next
performance auditor. If the con-
tract is approved by the Board of
County Commissioners during
its February 27 meeting, Crear
will join Lane County in March.
“We are pleased to have Ca-
sey join Lane County and bring
his insight and experience to our
Performance Audit Offi ce,” said
Lane County Board of Commis-
sioners Chair Jay Bozievich.
“His background in auditing
a variety of local government
functions – from administrative
processes to direct services –
will serve us well. Lane County
is committed to maintaining a
performance audit function and
to providing transparent, effi -
cient and accountable services
to our residents.”
was erected to mark the team’s
accomplishment. But no parade.
"The biggest thing is that we
hadn't done one in the past for
the basketball team when we
won in 1991," Roberts said of
the decision not to have a pa-
rade. ”Or the soccer team when
we won around '01. I didn't want
it to look like we were doing
something specifi cally for the
football team that we wouldn't,
or didn't, do for other teams.”
There’s still no plan for a
parade but the community has
been invited to join the team as
players receive their champion-
ship rings on March 6 at 7 p.m.
in the high school cafeteria.
Roberts has asked that those
who want to show their support
for the team, attend the ring cer-
emony.
"We wanted to do something
to involve the community pri-
or to the pushback about not
having a parade," Roberts said.
"The pushback just reinforced
that we needed to do some-
thing. We're excited to have the
community involved."
Local scholarship reminder
The Cottage Grove Com-
munity Foundation's scholar-
ship program offers a way for
graduating seniors from any
school within the South Lane
School District to apply for
over 40 awards valued at a total
of over $70,000. One applica-
tion makes the student eligible
for any scholarship where they
meet the criteria. Awards are
from $500 to $2,000. There are
awards for students attending
LCC or trade school programs
at community colleges or pri-
vate schools. There are special
awards for students who want
a career in the medical, engi-
neering, veterinarian, educa-
tion, mental health, business or
agricultural careers. Financial
need and overcoming obstacles
are more important that the fi nal
grade point average. The list of
scholarship, instructions and the
application form are available
from any of the school's coun-
selors or on the CGCF website,
CGCFoundation.org. Deadline
is March 15.
Each year, Oregon Communi-
ty Foundation offers opportunity
to Oregon students by awarding
nearly $10 million in scholar-
ships for higher education and
training. With more than 500
funds that make a bright future
more accessible, OCF has one
of the largest scholarship pro-
grams of its kind in the U. S.
The deadline for students to
apply for funding for their high-
er education and training in the
2018-19 school year is March 1.
OCF has partnered with the
Offi ce of Student Access and
Completion for nearly 30 years.
This state agency makes the
scholarship process especially
simple for students, who can
complete a single application
form to be eligible for scholar-
ships from OCF, as well as from
many other public and private
sources.
The challenges that Oregon
students face include the high
cost of post-secondary edu-
cation, OCF found in a 2015
research paper. Oregon is the
seventh least-affordable state
for low-income families attend-
ing four-year institutions. Our
community colleges are third
least-affordable in 15 western
states. Even modest awards
infl uence enrollment and com-
pletion, and larger awards have
even greater impact, the re-
search showed.
“We know for many students
cost is a major road block to
achieving post-secondary ed-
ucation,” said Max Williams,
OCF President and CEO. “At
Oregon Community Founda-
tion, we want to break down the
barriers that keep students from
achieving their dreams. Schol-
arships provide opportunity for
students who are proving them-
selves with hard work.”
Crear succeeds Shanda Mill-
er, who previously served as
performance auditor since
2015. Crear was selected after a
competitive national search pro-
cess and numerous interviews,
including participation by the
community-led
Performance
Audit Committee, commis-
sioners, and other stakeholders.
The process included candidate
phone interviews, as well as
public, in-person interview pan-
els.
The performance auditor re-
ports directly to the Board of
County Commissioners and
is responsible for evaluating
whether County programs are
achieving the desired outcome,
whether services are provided
effectively and effi ciently, and
whether legal requirements are
being met. Lane County also
works with a separate, indepen-
dent fi nancial auditor each year.
"My sincerest thanks are ex-
tended to the Board of County
Commissioners, Performance
Audit Committee, County em-
ployees, and everyone else who
took part in this process," said
Crear. "I count myself blessed
and do know myself to be ex-
tremely grateful for the oppor-
tunity and privilege to serve
in Lane County. I am, indeed,
looking forward to the work
ahead."
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