COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • OCTOBER 10, 2018 • 11A
LET’S SHRED
Identity Theft & Fraud Crime Prevention
Identity theft and fraud crimes are more prevalent every year. PayneWest
Insurance wants to help you avoid becoming a victim of identity theft and
fraud by making your personal information unavailable to thieves. Sensitive
information in the garbage or recycling is vulnerable to being found by
thieves to steal and use for the purposes of taking your money.
▶ FOR THIS REASON,
PAYNEWEST INSURANCE
RECOMMENDS AND
ENCOURAGES CITIZENS
TO USE A SHREDDER
(PREFERABLY CROSS-CUT)
FOR SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS.
ARE YOU
SHREDDING THESE
DOCUMENTS?
• Credit card statements
• Financial statements
• Pre-approved credit
card offers
• Old IRS tax forms
• Bank checks
• Household bills
• Other documents that
may contain sensitive
information
FRIDAY, OCT. 12
2-5 PM
Bring your
sensitive
documents to
be SHREDDED
FOR FREE!
PayneWest Insurance
1645 East Main
in Cottage Grove
Call today
(541) 942-0555
PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove
Event Specifics
Items no larger than staples and paper clips may be attached to the papers.
Limit of three boxes per vehicle. Service will be on a first come, first served
basis and limited to the capacity of the commercial-sized shredding truck.
LATHAM
from A1
“It’s not like we’re put-
ting it off , this is just how
long it takes to get it right,”
said board mem-ber and
Latham parent Taylor Wil-
hour as discussion broke
out among the board about
the timeliness of this report.
“We just want to make the
right decision whether we
maintain the building or we
close the building. I want
the best information out
there so that we can make
that decision,” said Sullivan.
To start the board meet-
ing, Latham parents Mel-
anie Stuhlmiller and Ash-
ley Rigel spoke during the
public comment to urge the
board to make a decision as
soon as possible.
“I just really ask that in-
stead of this slow, painful
peel of the band aid, we
just get it over with what-
ever your decision is,” said
Stuhlmiller who also serves
as an EA and Librarian at
Latham. “And not a linger-
ing, we’re going to wait one
more year and reassess. Or
a we’re going to wait until
February to make a deci-
sion. We kind of just, do
your due diligence, go over
everything, hear everybody,
like I know you guys will
and make your decision.”
“Our kids’ education is
limbo and our lives are kind
of in limbo,” said Rigel.
W ANT MORE NEWS ?
WWW .CGS ENTINEL . COM
School board considers
options for full-time
superintendent
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Th e South Lane School
District superintendent
search will be at the heart
of next week’s (Monday
Oct. 15) meeting.
Th e school board is
faced with two choices:
work with Oregon School
Boards Association
(OSBA) to fi nd a full-
time superintendent who
would start next school
year or bring back inter-
im superintendent Larry
Sullivan for one more year.
Aft er board members
voiced their approval for
Sullivan to stay at Sep-
tember’s school board
meeting, the twice-retired
Sullivan announced at
last week’s meeting that
he would like to serve one
more year.
“I’m certainly at a stage
of my career that I look
forward to retirement and
do some things that are
really important to me.
But at the same time, the
same reason I came here
is the same reason I would
want to stay: you have a
terrifi c staff ,” he said. “A
terrifi c cabinet and lead-
ership in the district and
principals; the teachers are
phenomenal. It would be
hard for me to walk away
from that.”
Board chair Alan Baas
expressed interest in keep-
ing Sullivan for another
year while making sure
that the board stays true to
their word.
“I remind us that we
have told the district that
we will move forward as
quickly as we feel rea-son-
able with the superinten-
dent search,” said Baas,
adding, “I would lean
towards keeping Larry and
thoroughly examining and
making sure that we’re ful-
fi lling our responsibilities
towards the district.”
Th e sentiment was
echoed across the board.
“I’ve done several
searches for superinten-
dents and it’s very, very
time-consuming,” said
board member Sherry
Duerst-Higgins. “And it
seems like we have a full
plate every month so it
would be my recommen-
dation that we keep you
for two years and then we
search so we can fulfi ll
and continue what we
started this year.
“We had a very diffi cult
year and we’re rolling
down that hill now.”
To all who attended and gave of their time, talents and resources for the 2018
COTTAGE GROVE MAYOR’S BALL
We offer a heartfelt
THANK YOU!
Your contributions bring us closer to the renovation of the
Cottage Grove Armory’s iconic exterior.
P AK T ECH
T ITLE S PONSOR
M IDDLEFIELD O AKS S ENIOR L IVING
D ESSERT D ASH S PONSOR
F AYE & L UCILLE S TEWART F OUNDATION
M USIC S PONSOR
C OMMONWEALTH F INANCIAL N ETWORK
L IGHTING AND D ECOR S PONSOR
George and Teri Devine
/DUU\7DUGLH,QYHVWPHQWV
3DFLÀF<XUWV
$2N%XLOGLQJ
Maintenance and
-DQLWRULDO
Travel Lane County
Cottage Grove
Community Foundation
Woodard Family
Commonwealth Financial
3DFLÀF3RZHU
Foundation
%XLOGHU·V(OHFWULF
Cottage Grove Sentinel
6PLWK/XQG0LOOV
)XQHUDO&KDSHO
6RXWK/DQH)LUH 5HVFXH
0\OHVDQG-RDQQH%XWQHU
0D\RU-HII*RZLQJ
&RWWDJH*URYH&KDPEHURI
Commerce
Tim and Pamela
Herrmann
3DFLÀF<XUWV
City of Cottage Grove
7KH%RRNPLQH
6WDWH)DUP,QVXUDQFH
6RXWK/DQH6FKRRO'LVWULFW
7ZLQ5LYHUV3OXPELQJ
Warren H. Daugherty
Aquatic Center
NIGHTS
OCT 12th
Quote Software, Inc.
PeaceHealth Foundation,
Cottage Grove
&RPPXQLW\+RVSLWDO
MOVIE
Oakway Catering
&UHVZHOO%DNHU\
3DUWLHV7R*R
and a very special Thank You to Banner Bank for the contribution of
a grant to match the evening’s paddle-raise proceeds.
ADAMS FAMILY
• • •
OCT 13th & 19th
HOCUS POCUS
Amazon Joe’s
Oct 12th 10:00am - 11:15am
the Farm & Hayrides
* Breakfast at EVERY
*
SAT.
Shady Oaks
Plants & Produce
It’s the Place to Be!!!
77380 Hwy. 99 South
www.shadyoaksplantsandproduce.com