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- h d f d - r ” - s a s - e . s d - o , o - n COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 21, 2018 Cottage Grove Retrospective A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago Decade of service has memories: 1988 education. “It’s been a long pull for Lois and I, and we would like to have some good years to enjoy life and do some traveling and visit with the kids,” the 55-year-old says. That “long pull” often included 10 to 12 hour days, sometimes six days a week. While much of his time has been spent pouring over budgets, he also has what six-year board member Ron Howe calls “A steadfast defense of the educational system” and the belief that education encompasses more than curriculum. “It was not just a narrow classroom approach,” Howe says. Keating’s management skills were tested as soon as he began his term, which he acted as district negotiator in contract talks. Within about six weeks, he and the teaching staff were able to reach an agreement, averting a strike. “The morale of the school staff at the By Monica Alleven Sentinel Staff of 1988 It was April 1978, when the South Lane school board announced its new superintendent. The had looked for fi ve months, expanding their search to west of the Mississippi River. They wanted someone with strong management skills, collective bargaining experience and a commitment to educational excellence, among other qualities. Then they made their decision. Out of 43 applicants, they selected a man from Moscow, Idaho; a man whom the community would come to know as Mr. Ambassador. Now Marshal Keating will leave his post after 10 years as South Lane District superintendent, ending a 32-year career in POLICE BLOTTER time was absolutely rock bottom,” Keating recalls. There was despair, “a fair amount of anger, and an awful lot of turmoil in the school district.” So began a process of building rapport with administrative and teaching staff in the district; a relationship which both school district personnel and board members agree has improved over the years. That relationship brought stability to the district after its disruptive closure in 1977, Howe says. From janitors to counselors, Keating has helped build better labor relations with certifi ed and classifi ed staff, and his ratings from administrators have been consistently and increasingly high, he added. Involving teachers in the decision-making process has been one of his techniques to keep the channels open for communication, Keating says and his “open-door” policy has helped encourage communication. Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 National Beat News from the state and around the nation From around the state Students around the state joined in a nationwide walkout to protest current gun laws on March 14. The protests came ex- actly one month after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where a 19-year- old former student killed 17 people. Students from Portland to Cottage Grove walked out of their classes at 10 a.m. and observed a 17-minute moment of silence, one for each victim of the Parkland shooting. Governor Kate Brown fi red state librarian MaryKay Dahl- green last week. A replacement has not been chosen. The trapper who shot a gray wolf has been sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service. David Sanders reportedly found the animal—reported to be a female juvenile— in one of his traps before shooting it. A suspect in the armed robbery of a Pizza Hut in Keizer is dead after being shot by police. According to reports, Ryan Chapman fl ed the scene, crashing his car into another vehicle before entering into a confrontation with law enforcement. A student in Portland was arrested last week after posting a photo of themselves on social media with a gun in their waist- band while inside a classroom. The Franklin High School stu- dent was not identifi ed due to their age. e d - , - f - 5A From around the nation March 17 March 13 a fi ght. A man returned to a local business he had been seen trespassing previously “trying to pick a fi ght with staff.” A person reported sheep in the roadway near London Rd. Call transferred to Lane County Sheriff. A person was observed sitting in the driv- er’s seat of a vehicle. Individual attempted to dispose of a glass pipe when offi cer ar- rived on the scene. March 14 Grapevines were reported as damaged on R St. Complainant later recanted. Damage was old. Suspicious person reported checking out a vacant house on Adams Ave. Several callers contacted the Cottage Grove Police Department to report a fi ght in the area of S. 8th St. People reported yelling that a male subject had been stabbed. March 16 Illegal camping reported at 5th and Elm. A complainant said his dogs alerted to people on his property. Unable to give a de- scription due to darkness. March 12 Noise complaint fi led for loud music coming from a nearby parking lot. Contraband seized on Hwy. 99. Offi cer disposed on small amount of drugs con- tained in a baggie. Offi cer disposed of used syringe near K St. A male was seen attempting to enter an older vehicle with a screwdriver on Main St. Illegal camping reported at Row River Rd. and Interstate-5 over pass. 24-hour no- tice posted. A male subject was reported as throwing items against a house. A male was reported as yelling, swear- ing and mentioning that he wanted to pick A pedestrian bridge at Florida International University col- lapsed on Thursday killing several people. At the time of the incident, the number of fatalities was unknown. The bridge had been newly installed at the time of the incident. At least six vehicles were crushed under the bridge when it collapsed. Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested on March 15 after bringing a knife and pepper spray to a walkout planned at her school in South Carolina. Prior to the walkout, Roof posted to social media, “Your (sic) walking out for the allowed time of 17min, they are letting you do this, nothing is gonna change what <ex- pletive> you think it’s gonna do? I hope it’s a trap and y’all get shot we know it’s fi xing to be nothing but black people walkin out anyway…” Morgan’s brother Dylann was arrested in 2015 for killing nine black members of a congregation during a meeting he attended at the church. He was sentenced to death. A teacher in California accidentally discharged a fi rearm during a public safety class last week. A 17-year-old student was injured by a bullet fragment. The injury was described by local law enforcement as “superfi cial.” On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the Trump Organization. The subpoena asks for documents re- lated to the Russia investigation. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI report- ed last week that evidence exists of an “intrusion” campaign by the Russian government dating back to March, 2016. Ac- cording to reports, the Russian ‘actors’ allegedly gathered data from “energy-generation” facilities. The nicotine level in cigarettes may be lowered according to the Food and Drug Administration. In an announcement on Thursday, the FDA said it was moving toward issuing a new standard that would place nicotine levels as “minimal or non-addictive.” Information in the Police Blotter is provided by the daily police log kept by the Cottage Grove Police Department. 6 -day weather forecast THURSDAY March 22 FRIDAY March 23 45° | 35° 42° | 33° Showers Showers SATURDAY March 24 SUNDAY March 25 42° | 33° 46° | 34° Snow Snow MONDAY March 26 TUESDAY March 27 51° | 34° 57° | 37° Showers Partly cloudy 60% of smalled businesses close their doors within 6 months following a cyber-attack. Call today (541) 942-0555. PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove Family & General Dentistry State Representatives Oregon state representation Douglas uglas G. G Maddess, M ad d d ess DMD DM “Brightening Lives One Smile at a Time” 914 S. 4th Street Cottage Grove 541-942-1559 www.douglasgmaddessdmd.com 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 Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ hayden E-Mail : rep.cedrichayden@state.or.us Oregon federal representation Peter DeFazio (House of Representatives) 405 East 8th Ave. #2030 Eugene, OR 97401 Email: defazio.house.gov/contact/email-peter Phone: (541) 465-6732 Ron Wyden (Senator) 405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020 Eugene, OR, 97401 Email: visit wyden.senate.gov Phone: (541) 431-0229 Jeff Merkley (Senator) Email: visit merkley.senate.gov Phone: (541) 465-6750
