2A | WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
ELECTION RESULTS
South Lane School
District 45J3
Of four South Lane
School District seats up
for election, all but one
ran unopposed. In the
contested race for posi-
tion 7, incumbent Gary
Mort, who was first elect-
ed to the board in 2015,
retained his seat with
about 57 percent of the
vote.
Results:
Demian Schartz: 721
Gary Mort: 1,007
Write-in: 36
In positions 1, 3 and
6, candidates ran un-
opposed. Included in
that were incumbents
Tammy Hodgkinson
and Jerry Settelmey-
er, who were both
re-elected.
Hodgkinson
has
served on the board
since
2011
and
Settelmeyer since 2015.
The other candidate
running
unopposed
was Dustin Bengston
who was elected to po-
sition 3.
Bengston, the lone
new face on the board,
decided to run for the
position after having
conversations with in-
dividuals around the
community and see-
ing an opening on the
board.
“I really want to try to
help the district make
sound decisions for the
future. We’ve got a re-
ally important decision
coming up with the
superintendent,” said
Bengston. “I’ve had
some experience in
both selecting and sup-
porting a leadership
type position so I’m
hoping I have some-
thing to offer there.”
The one contested
race was for position
seven.
Board
members
serve for four years at
a time and the new-
ly elected members
will be joining Taylor
Wilhour, Sherry Du-
erst-Higgins and Alan
Baas — whose terms
all expire in June of
2021 — on the board.
Measure 20-299
Lane County voters
rejected a $154 million
bond to build a new
county courthouse. The
measure failed to pass
with about 58 percent of
voters in opposition.
A new courthouse
would have replaced
the current 60-year-old
building and was meant
to address space issues,
regularly
occurring
plumbing and elevator
failures and safety and
security risks for vic-
tims, witnesses, visitors
and others.
Upon review of the
final election results,
Lane County officials
have stated they will
determine whether the
Oregon Legislative As-
sembly will continue
to make available up to
$94 million toward Lane
County’s
courthouse
construction before de-
ciding whether to place
an updated bond mea-
sure before voters in a
future election.
Officials say the leg-
islative funding is not
enough to build the
courthouse on its own
and requires a local in-
vestment.
local option levy of $1.50
per $1,000 of assessed
value for general opera-
tions of schools for the
next five years, begin-
ning in 2020. The mea-
sure passed with about
60 percent approval.
Results:
Yes: 31,141
No: 43,503
Results:
Yes: 372
No: 245
Measure 20-300
Voters of the Crow-Ap-
plegate-Lorane School
District chose to renew a
DEATH NOTICE
M AT S O N — M a r t i n
Lawrence Matson, 86, of
Cottage Grove, Ore., died
May 23, 2019.
Arrangements handled
by Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel in Cottage
Grove.
Matthew Jason Millam
1984-2019
Search warrant leads to arrest of Curtin man
Curtin
—
On
Wednesday, May 22, at
1:20 p.m., Deputies with
the Douglas County
Sheriff ’s Office received
information regarding
a domestic dispute that
had occurred at a resi-
dence in the 1000 block
of Bear Creek Road ear-
lier that day. The initial
report was that the resi-
dent, 43-year-old Grego-
ry Wayne Ferguson, had
fired a weapon at his girl-
friend inside the home in
the presence of a small
child. Both the child and
female had left the res-
idence before reporting
the incident.
Despite their efforts,
deputies were unsuccess-
ful in contacting Fergu-
son regarding the report-
ed incident.
Deputies
continued
the investigation and
were able to contact Fer-
guson at his residence
Weapon
• Menacing
• Pointing a Firearm at
Another
• Reckless Endanger-
ing
• Unlawful Possession
Shirley Jean Raymond
PHOTO COURTESY OF LCSO
Gregory Ferguson
Thursday morning.
Deputies later served
a search warrant at the
residence for evidence
of the disturbance.
During the search of the
home, deputies located
evidence as well a sub-
stantial quantity meth-
amphetamine and oth-
er suspected controlled
substances.
Ferguson was taken
into custody and lodged
at the Douglas Coun-
ty Jail on the following
charges:
• Unlawful Use of a
David Allen Anderson
1963-2019
on them with his son. Other
interests included being an
avid Seahawks fan, fi shing in
Alaska, building model cars,
and working on his classic
1950 Chevy truck. Dave
loved surprising people with
random acts of kindness. He
was a member of the fraternal
order of Eagles, Interna onal
Associa on of Machinists,
David Allen Anderson, 55 of
Aerospace Workers (IAM)
Co age Grove, OR passed
and Northwest Focus Midgets
away on May 22, 2019. He
was born on July 14, 1963 in
Tacoma, WA to parents Clinton
J. and Bonita M. (Roundtree)
of Methamphetamine
• Unlawful Delivery of
Methamphetamine
• Unlawful Manufac-
ture of Methamphet-
amine
Racing. David is survived by
his son, Doug Anderson, WA;
sister, Kris e Mangialardi and
husband Mike, Federal Way,
WA; brother, Randy Anderson,
Anderson. Dave re red from
Madris, OR; and 8 nieces and
Boeing where he worked as
nephews. No services are
a machinist for several years.
planned. Arrangements in
David loved everything about
the care of Smith Lund Mills
racing cars including working
Funeral Chapel.
1928-2019
Shirley Jean Raymond passed
away of cancer May 15, 2019 at
home in Cottage Grove, OR.
She was 91 years old. Shirley
was the daughter of Frank and
Grace LaBlue and was born at
Hebron, just outside Cottage
Grove. On August 3, 1946 she
married Howard Raymond in
Bremerton, WA and they lived
in Cottage Grove for over 60
years. Shirley was employed
locally from 1961-1973 work-
ing as a school secretary at
SLSD and Weyerhaueser Co.,
as an inventory clerk and then
at the C.G. Police Department
as a dispatcher. She was also a
volunteer and was appointed
to many committees and com-
missions over the years. She was
appointed by the Lane County
Commissioners to serve on the
Lane County’s Committee for
Seniors. She was appointed by
Governor Hatfield to serve on
the Governors Committee for
Children and Youth. She was
also on The Lane County Road
Advisory Committee, The City
of Cottage Grove Budget Com-
mittee for 8 years and helped to
establish the Teen Beat Organi-
zation (a club for teenagers), a
first in Cottage Grove. She vol-
unteered for many committees
for the senior citizens including
the local Hot Wheels and helped
to set up the first transportation
program for Senior Wheels.
Her interest in politics led her
to help several local candidates
with their campaigns and lat-
er became Interim Secretary
for Peg Jolin, a State Repre-
sentative/State Senator until
her retirement in 1991. Shirley
enjoyed God’s gift of Oregon’s
beautiful outdoors, friends and
family, camping, fishing, hunt-
ing, chopping wood, (Yes-a true
Oregonian).
Shirley is survived by a
daughter, Sherry Susanne Go-
odrick of Cottage Grove, a
sister, Judy Cummings of Cot-
tage Grove. 4 Grandchildren;
Kellie Lamb, Stevianne Cook,
Richard (Butch) Goodrick. 5
Great-Grandchildren; Shannon,
Holly, Adam, Chelsea, Jordan;
4 Great Great-Grandchildren;
Shailee, Mariah, Aaliyah and
Jaxson. 1 Great Great Great
Granddaughter - Kyle (Keke).
What an honor to have 6 gen-
erations, all girls! Shirley was
preceded in death by her hus-
band Howard in 2006 and a son,
Steve in 2009. As a member of
Riverside Community Church
of God, Shirley leaves many
special friends and acquaintanc-
es in the congregation. Proverbs
3:5 and 6. Services to be held
June 15th at 1:00 at the Riverside
Community Church of God.
Matthew Jason Millam of
Cottage Grove, OR was born on
August 10, 1984 to Robert and
Pamela (Hayes) Millam. Matt
passed away unexpectedly from
sudden cardiac arrest on May
13, 2019 at the age of 34 - way
before his time. He was born
at Cottage Grove Hospital, a
preemie and spent time in the
Sacred Heart NICU unit in Eu-
gene. Matt graduated from Cre-
swell High School and obtained
an Associate of Applied Science
Degree at Umpqua Community
College receiving his Paramedic
certifi cation. Matt started at the
young age of 15 as a cadet fi re-
fi ghter with Creswell Fire/South
Lane County Fire & Rescue and
was currently a paramedic and
treasurer of the volunteer asso-
ciation. He worked several sum-
mers as a seasonal fi refi ghter for
the Oregon Department of For-
estry Eastern Lane unit as an en-
gine operator before securing a
permanent job with Med Trans
as a Paramedic/Training Offi cer.
He worked for Cascade Health
as a paramedic at the Springfi eld
jail and for the past seven years
he has worked part time as a
Deputy Medical Examiner with
the Lane County District attor-
ney’s offi ce up until his passing.
Matt became an avid reader
at an early age and had many
hobbies growing up including
karate, Boy Scouts and FFA. He
enjoyed four wheeling with his
family, gunsmithing, scuba div-
ing, camping and “sometimes”
fi shing. Matt’s greatest passion
was spending time with family
and caring for others. He was
part of a very large family that
included many friends. Matt
is survived by his mother, Pa-
mela & Tim Hamilton; father,
Robert Millam and wife Debra;
brother’s Joe Millam (Jenny);
Zach Hamilton, step-brothers,
Adam Slater (Lexi), Ben Slater
(Davina); step-sister, Liz Brown
(Matt) and many nephews &
nieces who would say he was the
world’s best uncle. He is greatly
missed by all. A Celebration of
Life/Memorial Service will be
held on Saturday, June 1, 2019
at 11:00 AM at Cottage Grove
High School Cafetorium, 1375
S. River Rd., Cottage Grove,
OR. Arrangements in the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove, OR.
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