4A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 29, 2018
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LETTERS
Speeds still too fast
Pedestrians are still in
harm’s way when crossing.
Speeds are still too fast on
Main Street and tail gating
is real bad.
Also, I hope the work
put in on Harrison school
construction is better than
the way all the grass they
put in. Looks like a weed
patch.
—Ike Shepherd
Cottage Grove
Thank you to Cottage
Grove community for
hospitality
On behalf of the North
West Dodge Brothers
(NWDB) and the Northern
California Dodge Brothers
& Sisters (NCDB&S) An-
tique Auto Groups (Th ose
crazy people driving those
Old-Cars) who visited
your beautiful city over the
week of Aug. 13-18, I want
to thank the citizens and
the City of Cottage Grove,
all of the businesses, the
Cottage Grove Historical
Society, Oregon Historical
Aviation Society and the
Bohemia Mining Museum
for showing our 100 mem-
bers — along with their
cars and trucks — your
hospitality and kindness
throughout our visit to
your wonderful town.
A special thanks must
go to the City of Cottage
Grove, Parks and Recre-
ation Department, for al-
lowing our members to
display their 1915 through
1962 Dodge Brothers and
Dodge vehicles around the
beautiful fountain at your
Wednesday Night “Music-
in-the-Park” celebration.
Th anks also to Travis
Palmer, his staff and vol-
unteers at the Chamber
of Commerce for the bro-
chures and pamphlets that
helped to guide our mem-
bers around downtown
and out into the rural ar-
eas of Lane and Jeff erson
counties.
A big thanks to the folks
who prepared the guide to
locating and the descrip-
tions of the covered bridg-
es of Lane County.
Four of our members
wanted to send an special
thank you to all the folks at
Les Schwab Tires for help-
ing with blown-out and
road damaged tire prob-
lems occurring on the way
to our meet.
Our attendees want to
thank Don Sperry, gen-
eral manager of the Cot-
tage Grove, Chrysler Jeep
Dodge Ram Dealership
for allowing our numerous
car-trailers to park in his
vacant lot over the dura-
tion of our meet.
Congratulations to all
the staff and volunteers of
the Saturday Toga Parade
and the evening’s “TOGA,
TOGA, TOGA Party.” We
hope that it was as large a
success, as it was fun for
the toga-wearing guests.
My personal thank you
must go to downtown
businessman, Tim Sch-
weitzer for his enthusiasm
and creativity in providing
commemorative “Animal
House” t-shirts as souve-
nirs of the community An-
imal House Party and our
stay in your town.
Th ank you, Cottage
Grove, for everything and
we look forward to return-
ing.
—Donn Marinovich,
Treasurer and Event Chair-
man, Northern California
Dodge Brothers and Sisters
Columbia, Calif.
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS
Oregon state
representatives
Oregon federal
representatives
• Sen. Floyd Prozanski
District 4 State Senator
PO Box 11511
Eugene, Ore. 97440
Phone: 541-342-2447
Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@
state.or.us
• Rep. Cedric Hayden
Republican District 7 State
Representative
900 Court St. NE
Salem, Ore. 97301
Phone: 503-986-1407
Website: www.leg.state.or.
us/hayden
Email: rep.cedrichayden@
state.or.us
• Rep. Peter DeFazio
(House of Representatives)
405 East 8th Ave.
#2030
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: defazio.house.gov/
contact/email-peter
Phone: 541-465-6732
• Sen. Ron Wyden
405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (541) 431-0229
• Sen. Jeff Merkley
Email: merkley.senate.gov
Phone: 541-465-6750
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