COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • FEBRUARY 6, 2019 • New rules adopted by Land Conservation, Development Commission for 2019 Th e Land Conservation and Development Commis- sion (LCDC) meeting held Jan. 24-25 in Salem resulted in the adoption of several new rules that will be fi led with the Secretary of State and added or amended in the Oregon Administrative Rules. Rules adopted at the Janu- ary LCDC meeting: • Simplifi ed Urban Growth Boundary — Th e commission adopted rule Winning smile related to potential amend- ment of an urban growth boundary. Th is rulemaking was required by Senate Bill 418 (2017). • Solar Power Generation Facilities on High-Value Farmland — Th e commis- sion adopted temporary rule amendments to the rules concerning criteria for ap- proving solar power gener- ation facilities on high-value farmland. Th e purpose of the tempo- Simplifi ed Urban Growth Boundary, Sequential Urban Growth Boundary and Solar Power Generation Facilities on High-Value Farmland are among new rule changes adopted by the LCDC amendments to amend the Simplifi ed Urban Growth Boundary amendment pro- cess. Th e changes 1) clarify the disposition of certain types of lands devoted to public and similar uses as part of a buildable lands in- ventory, 2) clarify the treat- ment of lands that are split between multiple diff erent plan or zoning designations, 3) update several data tables. • Sequential Urban Growth Boundary — Th e commission adopted per- manent rules related to “Ur- ban Growth Boundaries." Th e purpose of the amend- ments is to establish proce- dures for submittal and re- view of phases of work tasks 3A rary rules is to provide addi- tional protection for a subset of the best high-value farm- land (Class I, II, prime and unique soils) and authorize a new opportunity to increase the size of solar facilities where there is a commit- ment to maintain commer- cial farm uses (“dual use”). Th e rules seek the balance opportunities for contin- ued solar development with farmland protection. Due to a petition to sub- mit additional information, the public comment period will remain open until Feb- ruary 15, and the adoption of permanent rules is post- poned until March 2019. GARY MANLY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Safeway store manager Jay Patterson receives a check from Patrick Johnson, Oregon Lottery Public Information Specialist, on Jan. 29. Lottery offi cials present a $30,000 selling bonus check to representatives of Safeway for selling a winning $3 million Mega Millions ticket. That is the largest Mega Millions prize since Oregon began off ering the game in 2010. Lottery offi cials will also be handing out a limited number of free promotional Scratch-it tickets at the event. Ann Mingis of Springfi eld, who won the Mega Millions prize, came to the state in 2010. She purchased her winning $3 million ticket at the Lottery to Go machine inside the Cottage Grove Safeway. Master woodcarver to contribute to carousel project Renown artist Ken Means is considered to be a master wood carver and painter of carousel animals and many other bigger than life sculp- tures carved out of wood, as well as the fi nishing detail He has a carving school in Myrtle Point, Ore. Th ere are several carvers from the Eugene/Springfi eld area who are currently taking — or who have taken — carving classes STILL RUNNING OUT TO FETCH THE PAPER? DON WILLIAMS PHOTO Myrtle Point resident and world-renoun wooden carousel horse carver Ken Means (right) will paint one of the horses that will be on the Cottage Grove Carousel. Subscribe to home delivery, and we’ll deliver it to your mailbox! SUBSCRIBE At the 2018 Rate and Save! Subscribe before February 28, 2019 to take advantage of the 2018 rate of $41.00. S entinel C ottage G rove 541-942-3325 www.cgsentinel.com *This offer is not transferable and the offer is available those who have not subscribed in the last 31 days. Special introductory off ers are limited to no more than two special subscriptions in a twelve month period and must be paid in advance to qualify for special rate. Once the above discounted period ends, you will be billed at the regular subscription rates. from him. When this writer fi rst was considering starting a car- ousel committee in Cottage Grove to bring to the citi- zens of South Valley a carou- sel, I organized a meeting of like-minded carousel people in Albany and the carousel museum. Twenty-six folks from Oregon and Washington came to discuss the Avenue of Carousels, Interstate 5. Coquille sent eight rep- resentatives to that meeting, including Ken and his wife, Betty. When Ken learned of our successful reconstruction of the Cottage Grove Carou- sel, he called and asked if we would like to have him paint one of our animals. Remember, he has the rep- utation of being a master carv- er and painter in the world of carousels. I was delighted to say Yes, we would certainly welcome that. Nadine Kelly, one of Ken’s carving students, and recent winner of the Cottage Grove Chamber Presidents’ Award, had adopted a carousel horse to help the building fund for a temporary or permanent home for the Cottage Grove Carousel. Nadine was thrilled to accept Ken’s off er to paint and detail her carousel horse, which will be done at his workshop. I have personally toured many carousels, most with all hand-carved wooden ani- mals, some with wooden and aluminum animals. All the carousels are beautiful to look at, with detailed work by true artists. If anyone has a chance to drive through Myrtle Point, it is well worth the time to pre- arrange a tour of Ken’s studio and see the beautiful work on his lions, giraff es, horses, etc. He is a true artist, and we, the organizers of the Cottage Grove Carousel Project, are thrilled to have the support of a world-renown authority on carousels. I would add that the “Star Trek” star, William Shatner, has contracted Ken to carve two full-size horses. Story submitted by Don Williams, Cottage Grove Carousel Project Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. Birch Avenue Dental Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. 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