COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • NOVEMBER 7, 2018 •
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Swinging Bridge fails to earn $150,000 grant, continues forward
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
Construction on the Swing-
ing Bridge is set to begin next
summer but according to
the Cottage Grove city man-
ager’s offi ce it will be without a
$150,000 grant.
In an update released week-
ly by City Manager Richard
Meyers, it was reported that the
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department informed the city
it had not been recommended
for the Recreational Trail Pro-
gram grant request of $150,000.
“Th is was a $150,000 grant
request to help fund the recon-
struction of the bridge,” the up-
date stated. “City staff will re-
search whether or not to apply
again next year.”
While the city’s grant request
was not granted, the Swinging
Bridge has earned the funds
necessary to begin construction
aft er the project was awarded a
$200,000 grant earlier this year.
In addition, residents have
contributed to the repair fund
by rounding up utility bills
to the nearest dollar amount
and multiple fundraisers have
been held by the Friends of
the Swinging Bridge support
group. Th e combined eff ort has
raised more than $10,000.
DCSO to particpate in ‘No
Shave’ November
Douglas County deputies
adhere to strict grooming
standards, which include lim-
itations on facial hair. Th is
November, Sheriff Hanlin has
temporarily relaxed the facial
hair standard in the name of
community service.
Deputies and staff from all
divisions of the Sheriff ’s Of-
fi ce will be participating in a
fundraiser to raise money to
battle cancer, with an empha-
sis on men's health.
Deputies will be allowed to
grow a goatee or beard during
the month. In lieu of spending
money on facial hair groom-
ing supplies, those funds will
be placed into an account
managed by the Douglas
County Law Enforcement
Association. At the end of
the month, 100 percent of the
money raised will be donated
locally to Roseburg's Com-
munity Cancer Center.
Personnel will return to the
previous policy terms eff ec-
tive Dec. 1.
If members of the public
would like to support the ef-
forts, donations can be mailed
to:
Douglas County Law En-
forcement Association
Att: No Shave November
P.O. BOX 1591
Roseburg, Ore. 97470
Please indicate “No-Shave”
in the memo line of the check.
Congratulations!
to our
Employee
Resident
Th e bridge has been closed
since 2016 aft er the city’s engi-
neers determined the structure
to be unsafe.
In March of last year, the city
council was given three options
for repair including a prefab-
ricated model that would not
swing. Th e council opted to re-
tain as much of the traditional
movement of the bridge as pos-
sible and in March of this year,
an initial bid showed a price
tag of approximately $750,000
before it was corrected during
a March 12 city council meet-
ing to refl ect a repair cost of
$950,805.50.
However, that fi gure includes
approximately $500,000 in en-
gineering fees which could be
handled in-house, eff ective-
ly bringing the actual cost of
repair of the bridge closer to
$500,000.
According to the city manag-
er’s offi ce, the project will con-
tinue to move forward.
Th e weekly report from Mey-
er’s offi ce noted, “Engineering
staff met with Earth Engineers,
Inc. at the Swinging Bridge to
review geotechnical conditions.
Th e intent of this due diligence
research is to confi rm that there
are no engineering defi ciencies
with the existing footings and
subgrade conditions.”
Community to host Veterans Day recogition events
Veterans Day event set for Sunday
Th e local VFW Post 3473 is hosting a
Veterans Day event this Sunday, Nov. 11,
at the Cottage Grove Armory.
Th e event will begin at 11 a.m. and
feature guest speaker and local Vietnam
Veteran Marc Waszkiewicz.
Evening prayer
Th ere will be a service of Evening
Prayer at St. Andrew’s on Sunday, Nov.
11, at 3 p.m., followed by a program of
piano music.
Th e event is sponsored jointly by First
Presbyterian, St. Andrew’s Episcopal,
and United Methodist churches.
Th e brief service will be followed by
piano selections played by our organist,
Emily Wallace, a graduate student in
musicology at the University of Oregon.
Father Crumb will also participate.
Reception following in the church hall.
Video contest opened to Oregon high school students
High school students across
Oregon are invited to let their
video skills shine for a good
cause: increasing awareness
about workplace safety for
young workers.
Th e annual “Speak up. Work
safe.” video contest is now open
for submissions. Th e top three
entries will take home cash
prizes ranging from $300 to
$500, and students will earn
a matching amount for their
school.
Students must create a
90-second or less video that
inspires young workers to do
at least one thing diff erent-
ly to stay safe on the job. Th e
video must include the theme:
“Speak up. Work safe.”
Th e video must educate
young workers about the im-
portance of speaking up in the
workplace.
Participants are encouraged
to develop a key message or
slogan, use humor, and get cre-
ative while emphasizing ways
to protect themselves — and
their co-workers — from get-
ting hurt on the job.
Submissions will be judged
on certain criteria, including:
• An original health and safe-
ty message that appeals to teen
workers and safety educators
• Overall production value
(video/audio quality, acting,
and editing)
• “Speak up. Work safe.”
theme is used eff ectively
Th e deadline for submis-
sions is Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.
Videos can be submitted on-
line or mailed.
Contest winners will be
unveiled at a screening event
in spring 2019, and winning
entries will be posted on You-
Tube.
For contest information, in-
cluding rules, tips, entry forms,
workplace safety and young
worker resources, and a play-
list of past fi nalist videos, go
to www.youngemployeesafety.
org/contest.
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