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WEDNESDAY EDITION | JULY 17, 2019 | $1.00 CGSENTINEL.COM 3 Est. 1889 S entinel C ottage G rove VOL. 131, NO. 28 S ERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF C OTTAGE G ROVE , D ORENA , D RAIN , E LKTON , L ORANE AND Y ONCALLA Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Local brews set to tap into CG PERSONAL | BUSINESS BENEFIT PLANNING | SURETY By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel. com T (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com /Cottage-Grove WEATHER DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Partly cloudy with a high of 82 and a low tonight of 53. Full forecast on A5 Two breweries are slated to make their debuts in Cottage Grove this year, potentially putting the town on the craft beer culture map. wo local business- es, The Brewstation and Cottage Grove Brewing Group, are on track to launch their own local breweries, a devel- opment which may signal a new economic engine as well as a slight identify shift for the small town. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Travis Palmer welcomed the pros- pect. “I think if Cottage Grove becomes known for having a great beer and food scene, that’s all the better for Cot- tage Grove,” he said. Open since 2014, The Brewstation has solidified itself on Sixth Street as a reliable hub for locally crafted beers and other li- bations. Soon to be added to that list is its own nano- brewery. “Essentially, nanobrew- eries are classified as the smallest professional brew- eries,” said The Brewsta- tion’s head brewer Stephen Mathys. “It’s what separates professional brewing from home brewing.” Within the industry, it is commonly thought that nanobreweries consist of three or fewer barrels. In The Brewstation’s case, it will be a two-barrel site. “Even by microbrewery standards, that’s tiny,” See BREWS 6A Shiny Saturday COMMUNITY Very Little Theater to present “Harvey” A3 SPORTS — B Cottage Grove cele- brates 71st rodeo B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Births A2 • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B8-B9 DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL On Saturday, Crow Booster Club hosted its annual Crow Car Show with 145 car entries, autos ranging from 1931 to a 2018. Held on the Crow High School football field, the event also included a free pancake breakfast, raffles, a Kidszone and concessions. Money raised from the event benefits the Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District and is the largest fundraiser by the Crow Boosters. (More photos on page 11A) Carousel completion a step closer By Sophia Edelblute Cottage Grove Sentinel Intern FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /CGS ENTINEL @CGS ENTINEL CGS ENTINEL . COM 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 The Cottage Grove Carousel is closer than ever to being open to the public. The most recent test of its functionality took place this past Thursday, July 11, in the Cottage Grove Industrial Park, where it’s currently be- ing housed. Twenty-seven vol- unteers and visitors, including members of the Cottage Grove Corvette Club, were in atten- dance during Thursday’s test. Thursday’s stress test involved having people sit on the animals or in the chariots while the ma- chine turned, which served to evaluate the carousel’s power us- age and balance. Every volunteer “tester” signed a waiver acknowledging the carousel was not a certified machine and was then able to climb aboard. “...We’re calling them ‘testers’ because ... the machine has to be certified and all the phases of the electrical system need to be done. All of that needs to be in- spected before we can give prop- er rides,” said Alice Nowicki, vice-president of Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel. The carousel was able to go See CAROUSEL 7A BMD to celebrate 60th anniversary By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Cottage Grove’s summertime tradition Bohemia Mining Days returns this week for its 60th anni- versary, marking its “Diamond Ju- bilee” with events and attractions running from Thursday through Saturday. The theme this year, “Diamonds in the Rough,” will honor Cottage Grove’s own “rough diamonds” in the community with a spotlight on the celebrated nature writer Opal Whiteley. “We made a commitment that we wanted to bring more cultural heritage activities into the festival,” Performing All Phases of Automotive Repair Specializing in Gas & Diesel Engines Most Makes and Models FORD • GM • DODGE 80408 Delight Valley School Road Cottage Grove, OR 97424 www.huddleaut omotive.com said Cindy Weeldreyer, who has been the festival coordinator since 2016. “And so that has been our focus every year as we program what we’re going to do.” The festival’s 60th anniversa- ry traces its roots to 1959 when statewide centennial celebrations of Oregon’s statehood were taking place. “Cottage Grove had the biggest one outside Portland,” Weeldreyer said. Though “Bohemia Days” cele- brations had been held for a few years in the 1930s and a sizeable festival took place in 1955, it was See BMD 8A
