2A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • DECEMBER 26, 2018
RECORDS
Lane County Sheriff ’s Office to conduct DUII checks
Through Jan. 1, Lane
County
Sheriff ’s
Office
(LCSO) deputies are partic-
ipating in saturation patrols
as part of a nationwide effort
focused on reducing impaired
driving and related vehicle
crashes.
The Sheriff ’s Office re-
ceives special allocated fund-
ing from the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation and
the Oregon State Sheriffs’ As-
sociation to provide for over-
time patrols with a focus on
traffic and life safety empha-
sizing Driving Under the In-
fluence of Intoxicants (DUII)
enforcement.
The U.S. Department of
Transportation reports that
in 2016, 781 people lost their
lives in alcohol related crashes
in the month of December in
the United States. Lane Coun-
ty continues to rank in the top
three for the number of traffic
crash fatalities as compared to
other counties in Oregon.
As we enter into this hol-
iday season when several
community members may
be traveling to see family and
friends, the Sheriff ’s Office
is hopeful that the increased
law enforcement presence on
our roadways will result in a
decrease of impaired driving
crashes and fatalities.
The Lane County Sheriff ’s
Office wants to remind mo-
torists to drive safely during
the typically hazardous con-
ditions this time of year, drive
sober, and utilize designated
drivers, taxis or other public
transportation if you choose
to drink.
With the passage of Or-
egon’s marijuana laws, this
is also a reminder of the im-
pairment marijuana creates in
drivers, impacting their abil-
ity to safely operate a motor
vehicle.
Driving Under the Influ-
ence of Intoxicants (DUII)
applies to drivers under the
influence of marijuana, as it
does with alcohol.
DMV announces new Oregon driver license design
The next time you renew
your Oregon driver license or
identification card, you may
see a new design with new se-
curity features.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) is rolling out
a new card design starting this
winter and early 2019.
The beauty of the new
cards isn’t just skin deep. The
enhanced colorful look is part
of the new card’s advanced
security features, making it
harder to alter or duplicate.
Your current driver license
or ID card will remain valid
until its expiration date, so
you do not need to replace
your card before that date.
You also do not need to re-
place your card when you
move within Oregon — you
can file your new address on-
line at OregonDMV.com.
This is the first major up-
grade to the card technology
in Oregon since 2003. In ad-
dition to the new look and
security features, the new card
will provide a vertical layout
for provisional driver license
holders — drivers younger
than 21 years old.
This will make it easier to
identify minors where age re-
strictions apply, such as the
purchase of alcohol.
The new card will hold the
same information as the cur-
rent card, including name,
address, issuance date and ex-
piration date, as well as a small
duplicate “ghost” image of the
person’s photo. Driver license
and ID card fees will remain
the same with the new card.
Among the new security
features:
• The card body is a dura-
ble plastic material made of a
polycarbonate blend.
• Customer information
is laser-etched in clear, highly
defined lines.
• The colors are printed in
tiny patterns that are difficult
to see without magnification
and difficult to duplicate.
• The clear laminate cover-
ing the card front shows a ho-
logram of Oregon symbols at
certain angles and light con-
ditions.
DMV will begin to test and
install the new card system in
two Salem-area field offices
starting the week of Dec. 17.
After making sure the new
process is working properly,
DMV will begin to install it
in the rest of its 60 field offices
during the first half of 2019.
As a reminder, this new
card design is not yet available
as a Real ID Act-compliant
card. Oregon will begin to of-
fer an optional Real ID-com-
pliant card in July 2020. Un-
til that time, Oregon driver
licenses and ID cards will
continue to be accepted as
identification at secure feder-
al locations and for boarding
commercial aircraft.
For more information
about Ore-gon and Real ID,
visit www.oregon.gov/ODOT/
DMV/Pages/Real_ID.aspx.
New Oregon license plates will feature Smokey Bear
Keep Oregon Green, in
partnership with the USDA
Forest Service and the Ore-
gon Department of Forest-
ry, is launching the sale of a
brand new Oregon license
plate design. The plate will
feature the iconic image of
Smokey Bear set against a
green forested backdrop
and the words ‘Keep Ore-
gon Green,’ as a reminder of
the need to protect Oregon's
scenic landscapes from care-
less human-caused wildfires.
The release of the plate
design and voucher sale co-
incides with a year-long,
nationwide celebration of
Smokey Bear’s 75th Anni-
versary in 2019. Keep Ore-
gon Green will promote the
license plate on social media
using the hashtag “#Drive-
WithSmokey” each week
until they sell 3,000 vouch-
ers. The Keep Oregon Green
Association will also partner
with other firefighting and
emergency response orga-
nizations to help spread the
message.
“Each year, approximate-
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ly two-thirds of Oregon’s
wildfires are human-caused
and they are all completely
preventable,” says Keep Or-
egon Green’s CEO, Kristin
Babbs. “Keep Oregon Green
has been a household slogan
since its inception in 1941,
and this message is more
important now than ever be-
fore. Wildfire awareness op-
portunities like this will help
ingrain it in Oregonian’s
DNA.”
In 2018, the number of
human-caused fires repre-
sented 79 percent of all ig-
nitions. The leading culprits
behind a number of these
fires included illegal burn-
ing, driving poorly-main-
tained vehicles that spark
fires, and failing to extin-
guish campfires properly.
Other fire causes include
power lines, mowing dry
grass, fireworks, and smok-
ing.
To purchase a $40 vouch-
er and contribute to Keep
Oregon Green’s fire preven-
tion message, visit drive-
withsmokey.com. The Ore-
gon Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) will begin
producing the license plates
when 3,000 vouchers have
been sold.
Betty J. Leach
1951-2018
Betty J. Leach, 67 of Dorena, Oregon
passed away December 20, 2018, from ALS.
She was born May 4 th , 1951, in Cottage Grove,
OR to Hosea H. and Viola (Lovengood)
Woody. Betty graduated from Cottage Grove
High School. She was employed by the forest service for 10 years
in seed improvement. She was a private in-home care provider
then a care manager and administrator for Magnolia Gardens.
Betty enjoyed spending time with her family, children and
grandkids. She married Vernon Leach on July 13, 1967. Betty is
survived by her loving husband of 51 years, Vern Leach; son Greg
Leach, Cottage Grove OR, daughter Michele Blomquist and son
Tim Leach, both of Dorena, OR, brothers Wayne, Harold, Merle;
sisters Alma, Judy, Mozell, Ella, Rochelle, Jan and Shirley, 10
grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held
at 11:00 am on Thursday December 27, 2018 at Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel, 123 S 7 th Str., Cottage Grove, OR 97424 with
burial to follow at Sears Cemetery. Arrangements in the care of
Smith-Lund-Funeral Chapel.
For more on wildfire pre-
vention information and the
Keep Oregon Green Asso-
ciation, visit www.keepore-
gongreen.org.
Margaret Eloise Wallace
1921-2018
Margaret “Mickee” Wallace passed away
on December 13, 2018, at the age of 97 from
complications due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Margaret was born in Osborne County,
Kansas, on November 12, 1921, to Samuel
Russum and Josephine Dawley Russum.
She had two older sisters, Dorothy and
Lenore.
Th e family moved from Kansas in 1934 to Cottage Grove,
Oregon. Margaret attended Cottage Grove schools, graduating
from Cottage Grove High School. Later in life she graduated from
Lane Community College.
Margaret married Eldon Jones in 1938. Eldon passed away in
1951. She married Darrel Burch in 1953, and they later divorced.
In 1963 she married Joseph Wallace and they were married until
his passing in 1982. For several years they operated Wallace
Optical in the Eugene Medical Arts Building.
Margaret resided in the same house on her beloved farm in
Pleasant Hill for close to 50 years. She was an avid gardener, and
enjoyed travel throughout Oregon with her trailer club. She served
as wagon master on many of the outings.
She is survived by her daughter, Paula Jones Th ies (Harold) of
Central Point, Oregon; Steven Jones of Pleasant Hill; Brenda Burch
(Patrick Ryan) of Phoenix, AZ; granddaughters Nyssa, Alicia, Erin
and Sean; and 6 great-grandchildren. Margaret’s parents, sisters,
and daughter, Barbara Burch, preceded her in passing.
A Graveside service was held at 1:00 PM on Th ursday,
December 20, 2018 at Brumbaugh Cemetery in Cottage Grove,
OR. Arrangements are in the care of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel in Cottage Grove
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