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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
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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
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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,”
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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
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