COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • MARCH 27, 2019 • 3A
Lorane News
CG Community Foundation awards 16
Community Grant Award recipients
Th e Cottage Grove Com-
munity Foundation (CGCF)
awarded grants to
16
non-profi t organizations for
a total of $16,600 on Tues-
day, March 19. Funding for
the grants was made possible
through donations from the
Cottage Grove Green Earth
Advised Expendable Fund,
Believe in Angels Fund, Ve-
atch Fund, Carlton Woodard
Advised Fund, the Cottage
Grove Women and Chil-
dren’s Assistance Fund and
the Community Founda-
tion Permanent Endowment
Fund. Th e organizations who
received grant funds this year
March 27
Submitted by
Lil Th ompson
for Th e Sentinel
are Ophelia’s Place, Parent
Partnership, CASA of Lane
County, Community Sharing,
South Lane Mental Health,
Womenspace, South Lane
School District, Bohemia El-
ementary School, DanceAbil-
ity International, South Valley
Athletics, Bohemia Mining
Days, Family Relief Nursery,
NAMI Lane County, the City
of Cottage Grove, Friends of
the Cottage Grove Carousel,
Lincoln Middle School and
the Cottage Village Coalition.
Pictured are Donors, Recip-
ients, Board Members and
CGCF staff .
-Submitted Report
Musicians Melissa Ruth, Terry Robb in Cottage Grove this week
Th e Axe & Fiddle in Cot-
tage Grove will host two album
release parties this week, begin-
ning this Friday, March 29, with
Terry Robb. Th en, on Saturday,
March 30, Melissa Ruth will be
featured during a special CD
release party.
Robb’s latest album “Con-
fessin’ My Dues” is being hailed
as one of the fi nest fi ngerstyle
blues guitar albums on the in-
ternational scene. Confessin’
My Dues marks the second
release from Robb on the Port-
land-based independent record
label, NiaSounds, and his 15th
solo recording. Confessin’ My
Dues will be available world-
wide May 31, at online retailers
and streaming services such
as Amazon, Apple Music and
Pandora. Th e worldwide re-
lease is preceded by Robb’s solo
promotional tour of the Pacifi c
Northwest, California and Brit-
ish Columbia where Limited
Edition Advance Release CDs
will be available for purchase.
On Confessin’ My Dues,
Robb draws on his deep knowl-
edge of Delta blues, ragtime
and swing in 13 original com-
positions ranging from blis-
tering instrumental blues and
stunning ragtime fi ngerpicking
to soulful singing backed by a
powerhouse rhythm section.
Renowned jazz musicians Gary
Hobbs and Dave Captein are
featured on drums and upright
bass throughout the album, and
blues guitarist Adam Scrams-
tad makes a guest appearance
on electric rhythm guitar.
“Every release that Ter-
ry Robb puts out is a cause to
celebrate,” says Greg Johnson,
president, Cascade Blues As-
sociation. “Th ere are not many
guitarists in the blues or any
genre that you can come by that
are as detailed and clever with
their creativity. Confessin’ My
Dues is yet another example of
Terry Robb doing what he does
best — leaving us with a sense
of awe and joy with every note
he plays. It’s a winning formula
that continues to lead the pack.”
Terry will perform this Fri-
day at the Axe & Fiddle, 657 E.
Main St., beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12 in advance (ter-
ryrobb2ataxe.brownpapertick-
ets.com) or $15 at the door.
Th en on Saturday, the Axe
& Fiddle will be hosting a CD
release party for Melissa Ruth’s
release of her latest album, ‘Me-
teor,’ beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Ruth’s music is described as
somewhere along that stretch
of sonic highway where Amer-
icana and blues converge into
one long, sometimes lonesome
road. But Ruth likes to detour
toward a place she prefers to call
“doo-wop twang” — a sound
that contains, in her words,
“the space of blues, the teeth of
country and the grit of rock ‘n’
roll.” Of course, the highway is
more than metaphor for Ruth,
who puts 30,000 miles a year
on her car as a traveling teach-
er and performer, carrying her
music and messages to audi-
ences well beyond her rural
Oregon home. She actually ad-
dresses her “perpetual motion”
nomadic life in “Long Haul
Heartbreak,” a track from her
upcoming album, Meteor (re-
leased March 1from Both Ears
Records). Ruth’s travels also
inspired “Hey Mr. Bartend-
er,”a meditation of sorts on the
country’s current social climate.
Th ere is no cover charge
Saturday.
-Submitted Report
Hopefully all students,
staff and teachers are en-
joying their Spring break!
• Applegate Elementary has
been enjoying an amazing
focus on China and shar-
ing with all the school. Th e
Booster club put on a spec-
tacular Ohana Dance en-
joyed by students and par-
ents just before the break.
• Exciting news for a small
district by several stu-
dents. Tayla wrestled at
Scappoose High School
at state and bought home
fi rst place in both free-
style and Greco wres-
tling.
Awesome
job!
• Congratulations go to
Stephanie Wigle, Megan
Green, Mehmet Kayasi. All
three Crow High School
seniors who will compete
on Th ursday, April 2, in
the Rotary 4-Way Speech
Contest. Th e winner of this
local contest hosted by Air-
port Rotary will win $100
and advance to district
conference in Coos Bay on
May 4. First prize at district
is $3,500, second is $2,500
and third place receives
$1,500. Good luck to all!
• Lorane Grange enjoyed
a good attendance for din-
ner and bingo last Saturday
(March 23). No one won
the progressive blackout
this time, so it will grow. A
couple of people did win
several bingos and the reg-
ular bingo. Th e more who
play, the better the bingo
prizes. Due to many re-
quests, they may have din-
ner or dessert and bingo
in April. Watch the news
and Reader Board. Next
Grange meeting is Th urs-
day, April 4, at 7 p.m.
• Th e RAC/Lorane Grange
Talent Show is set for Sun-
day, April 7, at 3 p.m. For
more information or get
on the list of performers,
contact Lil Th ompson
at lilyhillthompson@gmail.
com or Barbara Dare at
541-943-7911, or just show
up by 2:45 p.m. All talent
is welcome, plus station-
ary art like artwork, hand-
craft ed items, etc. It’s all
free, so come enjoy. Finger
food snacks available too.
• Come to Lorane Rebekah
Lodge on Monday, April
8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
for a scrumptious bake
sale; it is always delicious.
• Mark your calendars
for Sunday, April 14,
for a truly inspirational
event at Lorane Chris-
tian Church. Come take
in the very moving Live
Last Supper. If you haven’t
seen it or if you have, you
still won’t want to miss it.
• Kindergarten Roundup is
coming! Mark your calen-
dars for Th ursday, May 7,
at Applegate Elementary
starting at 3:15 p.m. Chil-
dren must be age 5 by Sept.
1, 2019. For more informa-
tion call the offi ce at 541-
935-2100.
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