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$1.00 PERSONAL | COMMERCIAL BENEFITS | SURETY C ottage G rove S entinel (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove SPORTS Did the Lady Lions keep winning or fall back to old ways? B1 SOUTH LANE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY'S MOST AWARD-WINNING NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1889 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 WED 66º/47º FACEBOOK.COM/CGSENTINEL • TWITTER.COM/CGSENTINEL For a complete six- day forecast please see page A5. CGSENTINEL.COM New Main St. business draws protest Wolfclan Armory earned backlash from residents who say the business has ties to white supremacist By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com PHOTO BY CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Wolfclan Armory’s Facebook page is full of links to videos decrying Antifa—a term used to describe a broad group of individuals identifying as anti-fascists. One link leads to a video asserting that Native Americans were actually “white Caucasians” and yet another that shows a man grinning in front of a confederate fl ag and promoting his book “Question- ing the Hoax of the Six Million” that calls the Holocaust into question. But according to Jeanette Laskey, it wasn’t Wolfclan that posted those things. It was her son, Jacob who is currently in a Lane County jail after being charged with fi rst-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree criminal trespass. The charges are in connection with a January stabbing incident at a Creswell mobile home. According to Laskey, the incident is not what brought the family business, Wolfclan Armory, to Cottage Grove from Creswell. Neither is the 11-year federal prison stint her son complet- ed—according to the Southern Poverty Protesters speak with law enforcement outside of the new location for Wolfclan Armory, a former Creswell business that has plans to move to Cottage Grove's Main St. Opponents of the move claim the business has ties to a white supremacist. Please see WOLFCLAN PG. A10 NEW KID ON THE BLOCK Greg Ervin settles in as new councilman Greg Ervin was looking for a vol- unteer opportunity when he settled in Cottage Grove in the house his wife grew up in. He landed on the budget committee, a board that reports to the Cottage Grove city council. A few years and three tries later, Ervin is a Cottage Grove city coun- cilor, but is still getting his feet under him—including interacting with the local media. “I’m new to this, interviewing” he said last Thursday, still high on the joy and thrill of welcoming his fourth child the day before. Fatherhood isn’t a new trait on the council with three others al- ready sitting on the board but man- aging a newborn while serving, is. Ervin, who replaced councilor Amy Slay last month after she purchased COMMUNITY into a schedule that's made up of four children, a wife and a job in Eugene that fo- cuses on compliance with the federal health care laws. "I don't over extend my- self," Ervin said. "I don't get into a situation where I can't fulfi ll my obliga- tions." Currently, his board ob- ligations include attending meetings on the second and fourth Monday of the month but that may change in the future as board members regularly sit on sub-committees and travel to League of Cities confer- ences. Ervin will also be hearing from constituients of Ward 4--something he said he looks forward too. "I want people to know that I am open to commu- nication and available," he said. While he doesn't have a particular project or issue in mind, Ervin, who describes himself as fi scally conser- vative, said he is ready to take issues on as they come and get to know his fellow board members. "Everyone has been wel- coming, it's been good," he said. SPORTS Trail closure Sunny skies Row River Trail may close for repairs this summer. Baseball teams get ahead of the rain this week.Some, for the fi rst time all season. PAGE A11 PAGE B1 INDEX By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com land outside of city limits making her ineligible for her seat, is the only coun- cilman to have a young family, something Cottage Grove City Manager Rich- ard Meyers acknowledged prior to Ervin’s appoint- ment. “He’s a voice the council doesn’t have either though. He has a young family. There’s only seven seats and a lot of voices,” Meyers previously told The Sentinel with regards to the lack of women in govern- mental positions. With two city council meetings under his belt, Ervin said he thinks he can bring a new perspec- tive to the board. “You al- ways have a crossing of the generations,” he said. “But I’m taking an approach of listening and when there’s something to say or if I have a question, then I ask it,” he said. Ervin was the only appli- cant to Slay's seat, though he has applied for the posi- tion twice before, including the last time the seat was vacant when he was beat out by Slay. Now, he plans to incor- porate his council duties COFFEE WITH THE EDITOR Have a news tips? Want to talk about community events? Have a question? Stop by Backstage Bakery. The LAST THURSDAY of every month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Latham Principal Anne Fisk presents to the South Lane School Board on Monday, April 2. School board meets, discusses interim search By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com Members of the South Lane School Board won’t be the only people in the room when candidates for the interim superintendent position interview at the end of this month. On Monday, the board opted to take a suggestion from Oregon School Board Association’s (OSBA) Steve Kelley and include members of the district’s staff, allowing them to listen-in on the interviews but not be part of the deliberation. Board member Gary Mort said Tonya Kerns and Kyle Tucker would be on his list of names for the group allowed to be in the room where it happens on April 23 as candidates interview for a one-year term as superintendent. Current acting superintendent Tucker and board secretary Kerns would be joined by maintenance department head Matt Allen, a licensed employee of the district, a classifi ed employee and a building administrator to be named by the board’s April 16 meeting. Calendar ...................................... B11 Channel Guide ............................... B5 Classifieds ...................................... B7 Obituaries ...................................... A2 Opinion ......................................... A4 Sports ............................................ B1 On Monday, the board held an executive session and during open session, discussed the number of questions applicants would be asked (15) as well as the order in which the board would hear from interviewees for both the superintendent position and search fi rms hoping to contract with the district to conduct a broader search for a long-term superintendent. The board announced longtime superintendent Krista Parent’s retirement, effective June 30, earlier this year and appointed Tucker as acting superintendent. Tucker informed the board that he would not be applying for the interim position. Also during Monday's meeting, Latham Principal Anne Fisk reported to the board on the daily operations of the elementary school while Allen gave an update on the construction of Harrison Elementary, currently a week behind, and scheduled to be completed and ready for students by the fall of next year. cgnews@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-3325 ph • (541) 942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Corner of Sixth and Whiteaker, Cottage Grove _______________ VOLUME 130 • NUMBER 36 Rain Country Realty Inc. RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Licensed in the State of Oregon RainCountryRealty.com • raincountryrealty@gmail.com 1320 Hwy 99 • 541-942-7246
