COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JUNE 27, 2018 • 8A
Kennedy students’ skills continue ‘growing’ through summer
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
School is out for the sum-
mer but there are still students
hard at work at Kennedy High
School.
On June 18, a small group
of students gathered in the
fi eld beside the school where
gardens have been growing all
year. Th ey stripped beans from
stalks and moved soil across
the rows of plants as the sun
worked hard as well, heating
the day to a summer-like 80
degrees.
“We’re transitioning from
spring to summer,” said Matt
Hall who leads the crew
throughout the school year and
who will guide it through sev-
eral projects this summer.
With the help of several
grants, including $13,000 from
Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps (OYCC), the students
at Kennedy will work with the
Bureau of Lane Management
and the forestry service to weed
out invasive species and im-
prove the Row River bike trail
undergoing construction later
this summer.
But two weeks ago, they were
cleaning house fi rst, making
sure the grounds at Kennedy
were ready for the summer sea-
from A1
FIRE
on Hwy. 99 for approximately
one year but have plans to stay
in the city.
“It’s just been so much love,”
she said. “Even the cashier
at Bi-Mart when we went to
get some toiletries, came and
BMX
from A1
funding, equipment, the dirt.
We’re hoping to fi nd compa-
nies to donate.”
According to Meyers, the
former BMX track fell into
disrepair when the BMX pro-
gram left town.
“City crews cleaned the
property and removed the
structures to mitigate haz-
ards,” Meyers wrote in his
weekly update on the state of
city projects and events. Be-
fore the track was fl attened,
it drew crowds and hosted
events including the 30th an-
nual Governor’s Cup.
“Right now, we’re in the
early, early stages,” Britz said
of the project. Th e commit-
tee, made up of parents inter-
ested in seeing a BMX track
return to Cottage Grove, are
in the middle of establishing
a non-profi t status for the
group so it can begin taking
donations.
“We don’t want to do a go-
fundme,” Britz said. “It takes
some of the donations as a
fee and so we’re just looking
at other ways we can do it.”
While the group is in the
early stages, it has already
made contact with BMX offi -
cials and will begin working
on plans, with Britz noting
son.
Th ey tossed fava beans into
bins, holding conversations
between the rows of garlic, po-
tatoes and onions they’d grown
all year. Th e garden helps to
feed the students at Kennedy
but it also makes its way out
into the community.
Th e crew donates some of its
harvest to Soup’s On, a weekly
dinner hosted at the communi-
ty center for anyone who may
need a meal. Th e program was
started by resident Sharon Jean
and was just recently handed
off to her band of volunteers
aft er she retired to Hawaii. Th e
food from Kennedy’s garden
helps Soup’s On provide home
cooked meals with fresh pro-
duce rather than frozen and
canned foods that are oft en all
charitable food pantries can af-
ford.
Once the Kennedy gardens
are squared away the crew
members, who earn $10.75 an
hour throughout the summer,
will work with state and federal
agencies on a variety of proj-
ects.
CAITLYN MAY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
“It depends on what they
want us to do,” Hall said. “We’ll Students at Kennedy High School tend to the garden, which contributes to the Soup’s On community dinner program.
Th e BLM is just one of It works to build connections
Several students at Kenne- was off ered a position with the
remove noxious weeds, we
might do some trail work, the the agencies that works with between positive experiences, dy have taken part in the pro- forestry service as a result of his
BLM might have us work on OYCC, which was founded in work skills and personal respon- gram over the years, according time in OYCC and crew pro-
1987 through legislative action. sibility for Oregon students.
to Hall, and a recent graduate grams.
the bike path,” he said.
hugged us.” She also noted
that she was grateful for the
fi refi ghters who responded to
the call and credited them, and
their neighbors, with saving
her roommate’s life.
“She had just laid down to
go to sleep. I am so grateful be-
cause sometimes the boys are
back deeper in the house and
recognizing that it’s a loss but
it could have been catastrophic
loss because we didn’t lose our
lives.”
No cause for the fi re has
been released. Th e family’s go-
fundme page can be viewed at
https://www.gofundme.com/
h2y4j-smith-family-house-
burnt-down.
that it plans to redesign the
track.
Interested individuals who
would like to join the com-
mittee or take part in the re-
building of the track can visit
the Cottage Grove BMX Re-
build Project page on Face-
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