10A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
What’s
Rotary?
We focus our time, energy, and efforts on
service projects encompassing:
Local Projects: High School Scholarships, Bike
Helmets for Lincoln Middle School, Literacy,
Aquatic Center Mural, downtown Bike Lockers
and Playground Equipment for Coiner Park
Global Projects: Thai Library Project, Clean
Water in Central America
Become a member today.
Rotary Club of Cottage Grove
Meet every Thursday at Noon at Stacy’s
Covered Bridge Restaurant.
Contact Karol Kuhn Simons
rotary424cg@gmail.com
Service Above Self
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City Players performed
the play “Opal Whiteley:
Unpolished Gem” over
three days spotlighting the
local legend. The original
play was written and di-
rected by Jennifer Man-
deville Schulz, starring
Sophia Schulz as a young
Whiteley, examining the
childhood of the preco-
cious nature writer.
Festival-goers were also
invited to participate in
Cottage Grove’s historical
feud between Slabtown
and Lemati, two rival set-
tlements which quarreled
over ownership issues
such as the new railroad,
the post office and water
rights.
Participants in this
year’s feud collected points
for their respective teams
in a series of competitions
during the festival, which
included tug-of-war and
cherry pit spitting. The
final tally gave the win to
Slabtown with 119 points,
versus Lemati’s 72.
The Community Spir-
it Award was handed out
to local businesses who
participated in other
ways. Schweitzer’s Work
& Western Wear won an
award for best costume
and The Flower Basket
& Gift Boutique received
first place for best display
while Stacy’s Covered
Bridge Restaurant took
second.
By all accounts, partic-
ipation and turnout ex-
ceeded previous years.
Rainier Amusements’
carnival ticket sales, for
example, completely sold
out at 900, raking in al-
most $12,000.
“We made more money
on the carnival than we
have ever made,” Weel-
dreyer said. “We are so
grateful to every single
person who bought one
of those advanced ride
bracelets for us.”
Compared to around 50
vendors last year, registra-
tion this year reached 87
and sales here, too, were
gainful.
“The vendors are so
happy,” said Weeldreyer.
“Most of them made mon-
ey hand over fist.”
To finish off the event
on Sunday morning, the
Prospectors and Gold
Diggers Club served 821
people for its 55th annual
Breakfast on the Moun-
tain.
By Sunday evening,
festival volunteers had
finished cleaning up the
parks, a feat Weeldreyer
said was representative of
the increasing efficiency
of the group.
“We’ve been doing this
for so long now, since
2012, that it has become
a much tighter, well-run
event. We’re really getting
better at producing it,” she
said. “We had a great time
and we hope everyone else
did too.”
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