COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 2, 2018
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Cottage Grove Retrospective
A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 and 60 years ago
Flyers circulate; tat-
toos unreported
discourages the circulation of the fl ier.
Neighbors continue
to battle over quarry
Sentinel Staff
1988
A fl ier advising parents of dangerous
stamps soaked with LSD and other drugs
that may be harmful to children continues to
circulate throughout Cottage Grove, alarm-
ing some parents and baffl ing others.
Police in Cottage Grove say they have not
seen the ‘tattoos,’ which are said to be about
the size of a pencil eraser. “We haven’t run
across any locally,” said Commander Larry
Worsham.
The fl ier, distributed by the Portland Elks
Lodge No. 142, describes specially how
drugs may be packaged and made tantaliz-
ing to young children.
Pat Balzer, former chairman of the lodge’s
drug awareness committee in Portland, said
he had received more than 100 calls about
the fl ier before his tenure as chairman ended
several weeks ago. He was unable to verify
all of the information in the fl ier, he said.
Offi cials at South Lane School District
are looking for anyone who can substantiate
the information in the fl yers.
While the district doesn’t encourage the
circulation of the fl yer, it doesn’t totally dis-
count it, either.
“Our intent is to see if somebody has
some concrete, factual information, as op-
posed to the rumors,” said Rich Davidson,
director of elementary education.
LSD is being used by teenagers, and the
symptoms are worth nothing, according to
school nurse Ruth Ackley. But if cannot be
absorbed through the skin, she said, and she
By Pete Mallris
1988 Sentinel Staff
Longtime residents of Molitor Hill Road
north of Cottage Grove want their neighbor-
hood to return to the quiet, peaceful place
they envisioned when they bought property
on the dead-end street more than a decade
ago.
Owners and operators of Pleasant Hill
Ranch want to operate their business in
peace. Unfortunately, bot parties can’t be
satisfi ed at once, and their dispute has led
to what promised to be a long legal battle.
The controversy centers around a
62-acore rock quarry that sits on the 1,00-
acre Pleasant Hill Ranch, located on Sears
Road north of Monitor Hill Road.
Billy and Christa Gruner bought the ranch
and the quarry from Verel Morrell about 17
months ago. Gravel trucks currently drive
across ranch property to reach the quarry
and leave the same way. The current route
takes the trucks north of the quarry until
they hit the ranch’s driveway, which stars on
Sears Road near the Saginaw interchange.
The Gruners want to change that rouge,
using Molitor Hill Road to hit Sears Road.
Area residents are fi ghting it, saying the
trucks make too much noise and are danger-
ous to children that play on the street after
school.
Last March, Lane County planners ap-
POLICE BLOTTER
proved the Gruners request for a partition
to buil d a road on their property that will
run west of the quarry and turn left to hit
Molitor Hill Road.
Two are families, Howard and Shirelle
Bird and Ed and Kay Rodewald, appealed
that decision 10 days later, with the sup-
port of several other area homeowners. A
hearing that appeal ws scheduled for 9 a.m.
Thursday at Harris Hall in Eugene.
The quarry, and the possible existence
of a new road for heavy trucks, affects the
Birds more than anyone in the area. The
proposed new road would run about 200
feet from t heir kitchen window. Shirelle
Bird feels the noise would be unbearable
and the road would ruin a picturesque view
of the hillside.
“The thought of trucks going up and
down that hills is more than I can take,”
Bird said.
Residents also feel the trucks will be a
hazard to children who play on the road. A
bus stop is located just across Molitor Hill
Road from Bird’s house.
Jack and Emily Smith support the fi ght
against the new road. Jack Smith said it
would be impossible for the heavy trucks to
stop for an unwary child in the road.
More than the local residents stand in the
Gruners’ way of using the proposed new
route for the grave trucks.
In May of 1987, after testing both Sears
and Molitor Hill Roads, the county reduced
the maximum weight limit on the m from 27
tons to 17 tons.
National Beat
News from the state and around
the nation
From around the state
•
Authorities are offering a $2,000 reward for in-
formation leading to the individual responsible
for shooting wild deer with arrows. The animals
were discovered in the Shady Cove area still able
to walk and feed with arrows through their bodies.
Offi cials told multiple news outlets that they were
unable to capture the deer due to the short distance
required to administer a tranquilizer.
•
Vance Day, the Oregon judge who was suspended
after refusing to perform same-sex marriages will
face a criminal trial for reportedly allowing a felon
to handle a fi rearm.
•
The Oregonian reported on Monday that the Her-
minston School District will not participate in a
state reading program because of the inclusion of a
book that features a transgendered child. “George”
tells the story of a 10-year-old child who looks like
a boy but feels like a girl. The district said the sub-
ject matter was “not appropriate.”
•
Missing Oregon trucker, Jacob Aaron Cartwright,
22, has been found after going missing in Eastern
Oregon early last week. Reportedly, his GPS de-
vice led him astray and he ended up in a remote
area. When he attempted to turn around, the truck
got stuck in an embankment. Cartwright had no
cell service and did not touch any of the chips he
was carrying in his truckload despite being miss-
ing for four days.
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April 19
An individual on N. Douglas St. fi led a noise complaint after
hearing “loud drumming” from their neighbor’s house.
An individual came to the station to talk with an offi cer after be-
ing approached earlier in the week by a “white supremacist” who
was talking about burying a body.
Two male teenagers were seen standing in the middle of the
Swinging Bridge and swinging it back and forth.
she believed was a fake social security card that belonged to the
person that she purchased her car from. The individual whose card
it was said they would pick it up but then denied it was theirs when
told it would be at the police station.
April 24
April 21
A noise complaint was fi led after a loud party was occurring at
a trailer on Karen Ct. When the complainant approached the group
to ask them to turn down the noise, the party-goers yelled back to
“call the police.”
April 25
A man on Whiteaker reported that as he was leaving the business,
an employee kicked him in the back.
A suspicious subject was reported after a woman was seen at the
post offi ce going through trash inside the lobby and appeared to be
sorting through other people’s mail. The woman was contacted and
said she was looking for coupons and magazines.
Criminal mischief was reported after six or seven males were
seen climbing trees on 3rd St. and appeared to be attempting to
break the branches.
April 22
A public hazard was reported after an individual on 6th St. found
used syringes in their garage.
A noise complaint was fi led on Madison St. after an individual
had been working on a car and revving the engine for nearly two
hours.
•
Adult entertainer Stormy Daniels has fi led a defa-
mation suit against President Donald Trump.
•
ICE Director Thomas Homan announced his re-
tirement earlier this week. He’s served in the posi-
tion for the last 14 months.
•
The White House Correspondents Association
criticized the performance of comedian Michelle
Wolf at its annual dinner held last week. During
the dinner, Wolf told jokes about the president,
democrats, republicans, press secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders and the media.
•
James Shaw Jr., the man responsible for unarming
a shooter in a mass shooting that killed two and
injured four more, has raised more than $185,000
for the victims of the shooting. Shaw, who was un-
armed, managed to wrestle the AR-15 away from
the shooter.
•
Comedian Bill Cosby was found guilty of drug-
ging and sexualy assaulting a woman 14 years
ago. The accusation was one of dozens that alleged
Cosby used pills to sedate the women before rap-
ing them. He faces up to 30 years in prison.
A caregiver for a 13-year-old reported that the juvenile was stuck
in an enclosed patio area after the door got jammed. The individual
was unable to get the 13-year-old out and back into the house.
A disturbance was reported after an individual saw a group of
teenagers Tazing each other at the far end of a parking lot on Row
River Rd.
A “possible small brush fi re” was reported behind hole number
10 at Middlefi eld Golf Course.
From around the nation
April 27
A prowler was reported on Pennoyer St. at around 5 a.m. The
individual was seen in the back yard of their neighbor’s house.
A woman came to the police station to give the authorities what
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Information contained in the Police Blotter is
provided by the public log kept by the Cottage Grove
Police Department.
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