COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • MARCH 20, 2019 •
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PHOTO COURTESY OF DONALD BURTON
Left: The original one-room school house with the geodesic art dome
in the background. “This picture depicts London’s commitment,
despite the conditions, to teaching old-school values with modern
quality education,” said London School Office Manager April Sexton.
Above: Volunteers from the Christian Aid Ministries Disaster Re-
sponse Service spent time in Cottage Grove in the days following the
snowstorm, meeting each morning at The Koffee Kup before break-
ing off into groups with lists of people to help. Among them was the
Polgars, located way up Abbet Lane north of Cottage Grove.
PHOTO COURTESY OF APRIL SEXTON, LONDON SCHOOL OFFICE MANAGER
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front of the school, he said,
“The reason we didn’t do that
again is because it got destroyed
immediately.”
Though he’s proud of this
year’s accomplishment, James
doesn’t think he’ll continue the
tradition.
“This is the last one,” he
laughed. “That was way too
much work.”
Rural Rescue
April Klein woke up Monday
morning after the storm to find
that snow effectively walled in
the little Dorena street of Sallee
Road.
“We were buried,” Klein said.
“It was probably 18 to 24 inches
of snow just mounded and fro-
zen in the road and driveway.”
Some households on the
street had generators, though,
and neighbors worked togeth-
er to clear debris, share water
and check on each other, but by
Wednesday there was still too
much snow on the street for
smaller cars to get out.
“You couldn’t even get out
of your driveway to get to the
store, to go to work, to go into
Worship
Directory
DRAIN:
HOPE U.M.C.
131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
541-315-1617
Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen
Fellowship & Song: 11:30am
Potluck Lunch: 12:00pm
Worship: 12:30pm
COTTAGE GROVE:
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
10:00am
Christian Education:
Pre-K through 5th
www.6thandgibbs.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Services: 9:00am & 10:45am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711 • Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Baptist Church
301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242
Pastor: David Chhangte
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship Service 11:00am
Youth Wednesday 6:30pm
cgfi rstbaptist.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Rev.: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
fpcgrove.com
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education
9:15am
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
tlccg.com
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a
Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all ages
welcome)
Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades)
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
umcgrove.org
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave
541-942-8928
Preacher: Tony Martin
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Jim Edwards
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Join in Traditional Christian Worship
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025. N. 19th St.
541-942-3420
Father John J. Boyle
Holy Mass:
Saturday Vigil – 5:30 PM
Sunday – 10:30 PM
For weekday and Holy Day of
Obligation schedule see website
OLPHCG.net
Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM
Saturdays or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrook Lane
Sunday 8:30 AM
town to get water if you needed
it — nothing,” said Klein.
Residents pooled together
some money and posted a plea
on Facebook for someone to
plow the area.
“We had a couple of folks in-
terested on Facebook, but they
said it would be another day or
so,” said Klein, “and then this
guy in a white truck and trailer
with a John Deere on the back
with a blade on it — we saw him
driving up and down road.”
The man stopped once to
ask Sallee Road neighborhood
boys if they needed help, “but
they didn’t realize what he
was asking and they said, ‘no,’”
laughed Klein.
However, on another pass,
one of the neighbors caught the
driver’s attention.
“It turned out he had just
driven from Harrisburg and
just wanted to help people,”
said Klein.
Some young men jumped
out of the truck with the driver
and began pushing and scoop-
ing snow from the street and
driveways.
Klein estimates about 17 to
20 people were stuck on that
road. “It freed everybody,” she
said. “It was just such a nice
thing.”
“One of the first questions
people asked was, ‘How much
do you charge?’” said Gene
Hursh, the driver of the truck.
“Well at that point we weren’t
charging anything — we were
just looking to get people help.”
Hursh, a Harrisburg resi-
dent, is a grass seed farmer and
owns acreage in the Creswell
and Cottage Grove area. After
checking on his crops, he re-
alized how badly people in the
area needed help.
“I have equipment to do the
job and I thought, well, I’ll
go down and see where I can
start,” he said. “So I just started
knocking on doors.”
He and his nephews worked
their way down Row River
Road, past Dorena, looking for
houses which seemed snowed
in and offering their services to
surprised residents.
Hursh cleared the road for
about “about a dozen or more”
houses all together, he said,
working both Wednesday and
Thursday to help people as far
as Pleasant Hill. One family in
particular, Hursh remembered,
had no electricity or even a
wood heating system.
“They were really cold,” he
said. “They were very grateful
to be able to get out of there
and get back into town.”
Klein expressed her appreci-
ation for living in an area with
such community spirit. “It’s just
amazing,” she said. “The com-
munity and the support and
people coming together and
helping each other. It’s just been
incredible.”
Some of that appreciation,
expectedly, was reserved for
Hursh.
“It was a big impact for our
tiny little area,” Klein said. “He
didn’t want any money, but of
course we paid for his efforts.”
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Cloverdale Chapel
& Meetinghouse
Cloverdale Oregon at the Corner of Danstrom & Rogers Roads
Unique Historic buildings where you can host any special occasion.
“VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
MIRACLES”
• Weddings
• Receptions
• Community Gatherings
• Family Reunions
• Anniversaries
• Bring your requests
Creswell, Oregon 97426 | 541.521.2601
CRESWELL:
Creswell Presbyterian Church
75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419
Rev. Seth Wheeler
Adult Sunday School 9:15am
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am
website www.creswellpres.org
Cottage Grove
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St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
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200 Gateway Blvd.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
(541) 942-5400
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1325 Birch Ave.
541-942-2471
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