COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 •
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed to
host movie night, seeks volunteers
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the
Coast Fork Willamette Wa-
tershed Council will show the
documentary fi lm “Th e Lost
Fish: Th e Struggle to Save Pa-
cifi c Lamprey,” by Freshwaters
Illustrated.
Th e fi lm documents the
determined eff orts of several
Columbia Basin Tribes to re-
store this sacred fi sh to their
ancestral waters, and captures
the passion and spirit of those
working on behalf of lamprey,
3A
Grove set to groove by ‘Light of the Harvest Moon’
including Nez Perce elder and
Lamprey Champion, Elmer
Crow Jr.
Th e group is also in need of
volunteers for National Public
Lands Day on Saturday, Sept.
22. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., vol-
unteers can help plant trees
and shrubs at the Pine Mead-
ows Campground and receive
a free night of camping.
Volunteers can RSVP by
calling 541-942-5631.
A Potluck Celebration of Life for
DARREN M. JONES
1/2/1969 – 9/5/2018
Will be held at
The Cottage Grove Elks Lodge • 775 River Rd
on Sunday Sept. 30th
We will be welcoming guest from 12-4pm
Wear your Duck or Raider stuff.
First-annual Harvest Moon Benefi t Concert will draw genres, community together at the historic
Cottage Grove Armory this Saturday.
A lover of music of many
kinds, BJ Jones, founder of
Cottage Grove-based non-
profi t Music Money, has
worked to bring an eclectic
array of sounds to town for
the past few years.
Recently, Jones set her
sights on reggae, and she’s
reached out for a little help
from her friends to craft an
unforgettable evening.
Th is Saturday, Sept. 22,
the Harvest Moon Benefi t
Concert at the Cottage Grove
Armory will aim to support
musical and cultural diversi-
ty in this town of just under
10,000 residents, in addition
to off ering the community
a reason to gather and cel-
ebrate the season — and of
course listen and move to
some fantastic tunes.
Th e show runs from 7
p.m. to 1 a.m. and will fea-
ture performances by Lady
Omega, Acoustic Folly, One
Dollar Check and DJ King
Toby.
For help in organizing the
benefi t, Jones reached out to
Dana Merryday, a passion-
ate supporter of eff orts to
restore the swinging bridge
that spans the Coast Fork of
the Willamette River just a
few blocks from the Armory.
“BJ said that she needed
some more people power,
and I’m doing anything I can
to get the bridge out there,”
Merryday said. “Plus, I really
like local music in Cottage
Grove, so it was a win-win as
far as I was concerned.”
For his knowledge and
connections to local reggae,
Jones recruited Noah Wem-
ple, whose Tayberry Jam
drew some of the genre’s best
acts in recent years.
Th us, Music Money will
host the benefi t with coop-
eration from the Friends of
the Swinging Bridge, KSOW
Real Rural Radio 106.7
p.m. and Wemple’s Cougar
Mountain Farms.
Originally part of the duo
of reggae band Afro Ome-
ga, Lady Omega is known
throughout the northwest
reggae scene and as a teacher
and supporter of Afro-Ca-
ribbean dance.
She’ll perform at the Ar-
mory with an international
band.
Acoustic Folly features
the energy and dynamism
of Fortune Folly frontwom-
an Calysta Cheyenne-Vox
and guitarist Ira Mazie. Cre-
swell’s One Dollar Check
brings high and occasionally
heavy energy behind their
own brand of “dirty roots”
tunes.
As the host of “Roots N’
Kulcha Radio on KWVA 88.1
FM, King Toby spins a “cru-
cial selection of founda-tion
roots classics” that promise
to “keep the roots Rastafari
vibes fl owing throughout the
night.”
And keeping the good
vibes fl owing is, according
to Jones, what Music Money
and the Harvest Moon Ben-
efi t are all about.
“We deserve great mu-
sic in this town,” she said.
“Community and coopera-
tion is what it’s all about, and
I hope to foster a community
feeling and help everybody
have a good time.”
Th e Harvest Moon Ben-
efi t Concert is sponsored
by local organizations the
Brewstation, Brad’s Cottage
Grove Chevrolet, Banner
Bank, the Opal Center for
Arts and Education, Green
Day Garden Supply, B&A
Automotive and Boyce and
Sons landscaping and build-
ing supply.
Tickets cost $10 each and
can be purchased in advance
at the Bookmine at 702
East Main Street in Cottage
Grove, the Craft y Mercantile
at 517 East Main and online
at opalcenter.mytix.net.
More information about
the event can be obtained
by calling Merryday at 541-
942-7037 or email-ing dana_
merryday@yahoo.com or bj
jonesoregon@gmail.com.
Public Lands Day this Saturday; Army Corps seeks volunteers
Th e U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers invites volun-
teers who aren't afraid of
the “Knights who say Ni” or
shrubberies (Monty Python
reference) to help celebrate
the 25th anniversary of Na-
tional Public Lands Day by
planting trees and shrubs at
Cottage Grove Lake on Sat-
urday, Sept. 22.
Th e event supports the
nation's largest single-day
volunteer restoration eff ort
Cottage Theatre presents
The fantastic fairytale adventure for the whole family
October 5-28
Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig
Directed by Keith Kessler, Music Direction by Keri Davis,
Choreography by Janet Rust
Sponsored by:
541-942-8001 • 700 Village Drive • Cottage Grove
www.cottagetheatre.org
for America’s public lands.
Scouts, youth groups, civic
clubs, families and individu-
als are encouraged to partic-
ipate in the event.
For their eff orts, volun-
teers can stay in Pine Mead-
ows Campground for free,
either the night before or the
night of the event.
Volunteers will also re-
ceive a pass, which is good
for free entry any day during
the next year at public land
sites managed by the Nation-
al Park Service, U.S. Forest
Service, U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service, Bureau of Land
Management or the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
“Th e new plants and
trees will provide habitat
for wildlife and improve the
environment for campers,”
said Corps Park Manager
Tami Schroeder. “We like to
involve volunteers in these
planting projects because it
helps build a sense of stew-
ardship for Corps-managed
lands.”
Th e event is from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at Pine Meadows
Campground and volunteers
will also receive a free lunch.
All volunteers should
wear sturdy closed-toe shoes
and long pants. Gloves, tools
and drinking water will be
available.
Th e campground is locat-
ed south of Eu-gene: 75166
Cottage Grove Reservoir
Road in Cottage Grove.
Volunteers
should
pre-register by contacting U.
S. Army Corps of Engineers
park ranger at 541-942-5631.
For more information
about National Public Lands
Day, visit www.publiclands
day.org.
Cottage Grove Dam and
Reservoir is one of 13 dam
and reservoir projects oper-
ated by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers in the Willa-
mette River drainage system.
Each dam contributes to
a water resource plan de-
signed to provide fl ood risk
management, power genera-
tion, irrigation, water quality
improvement, fi sh and wild-
life habitat and recreation
on the Willamette River and
many of its tributaries
Read more at www nwp.
usace.army.mil/news/article
/Article/1624458/we-want-a
-shrubbery-or-some-volun
teers-to-plant-shrubberies.