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$1.00 3 CGSENTINEL.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | APRIL 24, 2019 | $1.00 S entinel C ottage G rove Est. 1889 VOL. 131, NO. 17 Serving the communities of Cottage Grove, Dorena, Drain, Elkton and Yoncalla Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Breaking the silence of suicide PERSONAL | COMMERCIAL BENEFITS | SURETY The impacts of suicide in the words of those left behind, and those who have tried By Erin Tierney (541) 942-0555 The Creswell Chronicle Editor’s note: This is the last in a four-part special collaboration be- tween the Cottage Grove Sentinel, The Creswell Chronicle, the Siuslaw News and Newport News-Times focusing on the rising suicide rate in Oregon. Each week in April, the four newspapers in this collaboration con- tributed a part to the series and pub- lished them together — the hope being that, by sharing our resources and readerships, we can begin establishing a dialogue within each of our commu- nities about this important subject. PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove WEATHER Partly cloudy with a high of 67 and a low tonight of 44. Full forecast on A5 erin@thecreswellchronicle.com A aron was 28 when he died by suicide in May 2017, leaving behind two kids, Cora, 10, and Gabe, 6. “I wish I knew how to describe how I feel,” he wrote in his final Facebook post. “These past few weeks and days have left me feeling pretty (screwed) up mentally, emo- tionally and physically. I’m losing faith, but at the same time I’m not, See SERIES 6A COMMUNITY ‘Fashion Funk’ takes runway at Trashion Show It’s (almost) showtime By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com It’s not every fashion show one might fi nd a post-apocalyptic, steam-punk cyborg emceeing the event. Then again, not every fashion show creatively covers its models in garbage. Opal Theater’s 2019 Trashion Show put reusable, fashionable rub- bish on display Saturday night to a sold-out house. Oregon’s Poet Laureate visits LES A5 SPORTS — B DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Derrick tosses no-hitter for NDHS B1 Seniors Riley Hutchins and Lucas Davey rehearse a skit for the teen pageant show. CGHS pageant raises funds for children • RECORDS By Damien Sherwood Obituaries Police Logs Births A2 Cottage Grove Sentinel Cottage Grove High School seniors will com- pete on stage this Satur- day in the school’s annu- al Lion Pride Pageant, a fundraiser for sick and injured children at Peace- Health Sacred Heart Medical Center at River- Bend in Springfield. “This year the theme is Lion Pride Pageant – The Musical,” said Lorri Han- son, pageant co-advisor. “Each of the contestants will be dressed as a char- acter from a different mu- COURTESY ALEXANDRA GALBREATH PHOTOGRAPHY sical.” The pageant, a part of Cottage Grove High School student contestants and pageant coordinators. the Kids Helping Kids ago with a young Eugene student ularity soon spreading to other program, will raise funding for who, after getting in trouble on the schools in the area. Children’s Miracle Network, a non- school bus, was penalized by having “It’s become part of the culture profit program of the PeaceHealth to come up with a way he could give at a lot of these schools and part of Sacred Heart Medical Center Foun- back to the community. Though his their legacy, which I think is really dation dedicated to providing med- plan initially began as a coin drive, neat,” said Alexa Sharps, the Foun- ical services and treatments to chil- the idea gradually expanded. dation’s pediatric program director dren. In the 1992-1993 school year, The fundraising concept orig- Sheldon High School staged the inated more than two decades first pageant, its success and pop- See PAGEANT 9A • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B8-B9 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /CGS ENTINEL @CGS ENTINEL CGS ENTINEL . COM 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. 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This year’s theme was “Junk, Gunk, Fashion Funk.” “We’re really trying to highlight the junk and gunk part – the amount of the trash that is out there,” said Michele Rose, show producer and designer of her own line. “We’re trying to focus on the plastics and things that are not recyclable and to heighten awareness in our commu- nity. We’re making an educational statement, but making it fun at the See TRASHION 11A EVERYONE DESERVES A GREAT SMILE! EUGENE CRESWELL 622 E. 22nd Ave Suite C 195 Melton Rd. 5 41. 6 8 6 .17 3 2 541.686.1732 or visit us at www.thornton-ortho.com ¤£¤ ª¡£¤£Š£¤ ¡¦¡£¡® Ŷ ¨ဖª£¡ ¤£¤¡¯£ GIVE US A CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION TODAY!