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$1.00 S entinel C ottage G rove Est. 1889 PERSONAL | COMMERCIAL BENEFITS | SURETY (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove SPORTS Cottage Grove volleyball takes second at state. B1 Serving the communities of Cottage Grove, Dorena, Drain, Elkton, Lorane and Yoncalla. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 FACEBOOK.COM/CGSENTINEL • TWITTER.COM/CGSENTINEL CGSENTINEL.COM By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com A look at campaign contributions for local candidates Four local boys trained together before serving overseas in 1965 By Caitlyn May Roger Rue, Hayward Clark, Walt Bouche and Robert Kephart weren’t that close. Th e only things they had in common in 1965 were that all four were Cottage Grove residents and they were all old enough to be draft ed. “I would see them on the street and wave ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ but the four of us were not, we knew each other but not to where we were running the streets together,” Rue said. More than 50 years later, the men are not that much closer but the list of things they have in common is a bit lon- ger. Th ree of them stayed and worked at Weyerhaeuser. Two of them still pass Th e last ballots made their way to drop boxes yesterday and election re- sults started fl ooding in last night. Due to Th e Sen- tinel’s production sched- ule, stories concerning the outcome of local elections have been posted online at cgsentinel.com, on our social media pages and will be included in the Nov. 14 edition print edition of Th e Sentinel. Several races directly aff ected Cottage Grove in- cluding the head-to-head between Cedric Hayden and Christy Inskip for the Oregon 7th district house seat, the battle be- tween Gary Williams and Heather Buch for the East Lane Commissioner seat and three races on the city council for at-large seats and the Ward 3 represen- tative. Also on the ballot, Floyd Prozanski defended his Oregon State Senate seat against Scott Rohter and Frank Lengele Jr. and sev- eral ballot measures rang- ing from abortion funding to aff ordable housing. Th e Sentinel has com- piled an at-a-glance look at how the candidates raised funds in their race toward Election Day. All totals are up-to-date as of Nov. 4 and can be viewed online at sos.state. or.us. COURTESY PHOTO Platoon A-3-3 stands for a photo in 1965. The platoon was comprised of 44 men, all from Oregon. Four men were Cottage Grove residents and three, returned to town after the war. each other on the street. Th ree of them served in Vietnam. And all four of them trained for the war as part of a platoon made up of men entirely from Oregon. Rue moved to Cottage Grove in 1963 at the age of 18 — an age that lends itself to running in the same crowds in small towns. It meant that he knew Keph- art and Bouche but didn’t count them among his friends. Clark, however, he could. And while friendship hadn’t bound the four men together as young men, they found themselves in a group that would be bound together by a governor’s recog- nition. Between 1964 and 1975, more than three million men were deployed to Southeast Asia. In 1965, 44 of those men were sent to California from Ore- gon to train together. Th e men were part of the A-3-3 train- ing unit, one that would earn the recog- nition of the state. “Th e unique thing about that was that it was 44 men, all 44 men were from Or- egon,” Rue said. It was a distinction that would earn the group an Oregon State fl ag from then Governor Mark Hatfi eld. For eight weeks, Rue says, the group trained together before being sent to train for an additional eight weeks at various locations. “Aft er 16 weeks, three of us went to See VETERANS 11A School board talks pool, Latham Incredibly fun Halloween By Zach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com Oregon House District 7 PHOTO BY GREG LEE/FOR THE COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL The annual trick-or-treat on Main Street hit Cottage Grove on Oct. 31 sending superheroes, princesses, unicorns, dinosaurs and an avacado to the 40 businesses that set up booths and distributed candy. More than 1,000 children fl ooded Main Street for the chance to collect candy and play on the infl atable slide and bounce house erected for the event. For more photos, see A6. As the Warren H. Daughtery Aquatic Cen- ter undergoes a renova- tion with funds from the 2016 bond, the South Lane School District is currently fundraising to make sure the upgrade includes a warming pool. At Monday night’s South Lane School District school board meeting, Commu- nications Coordinator Garrett Bridgens detailed the eff ort from the district to raise $520,000 so that the warming pool is add- ed now instead of being pushed down the road. As of now, the district has over $400,000 from donations and commitments, includ- ing a commitment from the city of Cottage Grove, to fund the pool that is used especially for therapy. “Th at pool could have a tremendous impact and I think, more importantly for right now, (the com- munity) see that they don’t want to wait on it,” said See SCHOOL 9A City partners with UO on Row River Nature Walk project See SPENT 9A COMMUNITY By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com On Oct. 27, students from the University of Oregon’s School of Planning, Public Policy and Man- agement met at the Row River Na- ture Park to see how they could help. Th e event, billed as a design charrette, was part of a partnership between the UO’s class and the city of Cottage Grove to generate ideas concerning the 56-acre park and the boat ramp and potential BMX track located in the park. Earlier this year, Cottage Grove resident Brandon Britz had a BMX track on his mind. He grew up near a track in Eugene and when his old- est son recently took an interest in LORANE NEWS Family receives award Weekly update The Hull family is recognized for its tree farming. Crow High School Band, movie nght and more. PAGE A6 PAGE A3 INDEX Dentist and rancher Ce- dric Hayden, fi rst elected in 2015, was defending his seat against Cottage Grove resident and Lane Coun- ty health analyst, Christy Inskip. Both Inskip and Hayden focused on health care and the economy during the campaign as well as education. • Hayden: Cash contributions: $66,535 Loans: $10,000 In-Kind Contributions: $9,354 Total contributions: $85,889 Total expenditures: $54,549.90 Hayden had 19 out-of- state contributors includ- ing For a complete six- day forecast please see page A5. From Cottage Grove to Vietnam Who spent what? cmay@cgsentinel.com WED 55º/29º Great Selection Calendar ...................................... B10 Channel Guide ............................... B4 Classifieds ...................................... B7 Obituaries ...................................... A2 Opinion ......................................... A4 Sports ............................................ B1 See PROJECT 11A cgnews@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-3325 ph • (541) 942-3328 fax P.O. 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