COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JANUARY 30, 2019 •
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Cottage Grove projects among those to receive Housing Improvement Grant
Th e Lane County Board
of Commissioners voted
unanimously to award a total
of $2 million in Housing Im-
provement Program (HIP)
grant funding to fi ve projects
that will increase the stock of
permanent, supportive and
aff ordable housing in our
area.
“Increasing
support-
ive and aff ordable housing
across Lane County is one of
our top priorities,” said Lane
County Administrator Steve
Mokrohisky. “Th ese projects
represent the kind of pub-
lic-private partnerships we
need to increase the supply,
aff ordability and diversity
of housing options in Lane
County.”
Permanent
supportive
housing combines low-barri-
er aff ordable housing, health
care and supportive services
to help individuals and fami-
lies lead more stable lives.
Supportive housing is
most helpful to people who
are homeless or otherwise
unstably housed, experience
Cottage Grove Safeway receives
bonus check from Oregon Lottery
Ann Mingis of Spring-
fi eld recently won the larg-
est Mega Millions prize
in Oregon since the game
came to the state in 2010.
She purchased her win-
ning $3 million ticket at
the Lottery-to-Go machine
inside the Cottage Grove
Safeway. When she saw
press reports of someone
winning the $3 million,
she checked her tickets and
realized it was her.
Yesterday aft ernoon, Or-
egon Lottery offi cials pre-
sented a $30,000 selling
bonus check to representa-
tives of Safeway, at 1500 E
Main St., for selling a win-
ning $3 million Mega Mil-
lions ticket.
Lottery offi cials also
handed out a limited num-
ber of free promotional
Scratch-it tickets at the
event.
During the 2015-17 bi-
ennium, more than $50.8
million lottery dollars were
directed to Lane County’s
state parks, school districts,
watershed enhancement
projects and economic de-
velopment.
Since the Oregon Lot-
tery began selling tickets
on April 25, 1985, it has
earned nearly $12 billion
for economic develop-
ment, public education,
state parks and watershed
enhancements.
For more information
on the Oregon Lottery visit
www.oregonlottery.org.
packet.
Funded projects within
Cottage Grove will include:
• Legion Cottages Project by
Homes for Good ($250,000)
A joint project among the
American Legion, City of
Cottage Grove and Homes
for Good. Th e project will
develop four tiny homes to
serve homeless veterans re-
ferred and case managed by
the St. Vincent de Paul Vet
LIFT program — a program
that serves homeless veter-
ans dually diagnosed with
substance abuse and mental
health issues.
Construction is slated to
begin fall of 2019.
• Cottage Village Proj-
ect by SquareOne Villages
($500,000)
Th irteen tiny houses that
will provide aff ordable hous-
ing for singles, couples and
small families with low in-
comes (under 50 percent of
median income) or very low
incomes (under 30 percent
of median income) who are
homeless or at risk of home-
lessness. Th e community will
operate as a limited-equity
housing cooperative. Con-
struction is slated to begin
January of 2019.
Th e grants funds were set
aside by the county adminis-
trator in his 2018–2019 bud-
get proposal and are one-time
Secure Rural Schools fund-
ing ($1.5 million) and Health
& Human Services LaneCare
funding ($500,000).
2018 CGHS graduation rate remains among highest in county
Cottage Grove High
School’s graduation rate con-
tinues to remain high and
well above the state average
according to the Oregon
Department of Education’s
annual report of statewide
graduation and drop out
rates released last week.
CGHS’s four-year gradu-
ation rate was 90.91 percent
and it’s fi ve-year graduation
rate was 97.11 percent.
Th e four-year state aver-
age was 78.68 percent and
80.04 percent for the fi ve-
year average. Both rates
are among the highest rates
of comprehensive high
schools in Lane County.
CGHS’s drop out also re-
mained low and well below
the state average, with a 2018
drop out rate of .27 percent
versus the state average of
3.55 percent. CGHS’s drop
out rate continues to be the
lowest among other area
comprehensive high schools.
percent increase from the
previous school year and a
nearly 10 percent increase
from three years ago.
“All of this is happening
because we have some of
the top people in the county
teaching for us who are
dedicated to helping all
kids succeed.”
— Alan Baas, SLSD School Board Chair
Ke n n e d y A lt e r n at i v e
High School improved its
graduation rate from 16.67
percent in 2017 to 25.49 per-
cent in 2018 — an almost 6
Kennedy’s fi ve year grad-
uation rate was 30.51 per-
cent, while its 5-year com-
pleter rate was 59.32 percent.
Th e completer rate is sim-
ilar to the graduation rate,
but includes students who
earned other completion
credentials, such as extended
and adult high school di-
plomas, GED’s and modi-
fi ed diplomas.
SLSD School Board
Chair Alan Baas praised
the work happening in
South Lane.
“While I am very proud
of that very near perfect
graduation rate, I am ex-
tremely happy to see how
many kids we have decid-
ing to return to fi nish their
schooling in their fi ft h year
or with alternatives such as
GED’s,” said Baas. “All of
this is happening because we
have some of the top people
in the county teaching for us
who are dedicated to helping
all kids succeed.”
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