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City approves rezoning for old Harrison property
By Damien Sherwood
dsherwood@cgsentinel.com
(541) 942-0555
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WEATHER
The Cottage Grove City Council
voted July 22 to approve an ordi-
nance to modify the old Harrison
School property at 1000 S 10th
Street from a low-density residen-
tial designation and R1 single-fam-
ily residential zoning to a medi-
um-density residential designation
and R2 medium-density multiple
Sunny and dry with a
high of 87 and a low
tonight of 56.
Full forecast on A5
family residential zoning.
During the public hearing on the
matter, resident Molly Patterson
addressed the council representing
people who she said were “highly
concerned with the school board’s
lack of holding agreement to what
they told the voters they were go-
ing to do and inability to budget
efficiently, creating this situation.”
The South Lane School District
has sought this year to redesignate
and rezone the 6.86-acre parcel to
help dispose of the surplus proper-
ty while addressing housing needs
in the city. A 2018 Housing Need
Analysis had identified the land as
a potential site for multiple-family
housing.
Patterson expressed her oppo-
sition to this change and, noting
resident efforts to raise concerns
about the rezoning previously at
a Planning Commission meeting,
she said their voices of disagree-
ment seemed to fall on deaf ears.
“We all felt like we kind of got
blown off by the Planning Com-
mission,” Patterson said. “No one
from the school board even came
to the public hearing. That sent us
a really strong message.”
Patterson posited that culpabil-
ity for promises broken regarding
See COUNCIL 11A
‘Chili’ summer day
COMMUNITY
Crooning to benefit
the CG Carousel
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SPORTS — B
Ninth annual triath-
lon held at CG Lake
B1
PHOTOS BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
• RECORDS
T
he Grove was hot and “chili” over the weekend as chili and classic car
enthusiasts gathered to feast their eyes on a collection of custom vehicles
— and feast their taste buds on some of the area’s best chili. The event, which
took place on Saturday on Main Street in Cottage Grove’s Historic District,
drew hundreds to The Grove to help choose the best in several chili contest
catagories. (More photos on page 7A)
Obituaries
Corrections
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• LORANE NEWS
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Listings and public
notices
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Coat returns to Cottage
Grove after ‘Titanic’ journey
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After two years of travel and exhibi-
tion, the coat worn by Titanic survivor
and later Cottage Grove resident Mari-
on Wright Woolcott has returned to its
roost in the Cottage Grove Museum.
Exhibitions at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Ca-
lif. and the National Geographic Muse-
um in Washington, D.C. featured the
coat alongside a blanket used by Wool-
cott on her life boat, which is also un-
der the Cottage Grove Museum’s care.
Through the tour, the coat was pro-
vided with new display casing and an
information board, which has now be-
come part of the Cottage Grove Muse-
um’s exhibit, “She Survived the Titanic.”
“These are museum-quality items,”
said Becky Venice, Cottage Grove Mu-
seum board chair. “We would not have
the means to buy this kind of stuff.”
The exhibit will open to the public on
Aug. 10.
On April 10 of 1912, Woolcott
boarded the Titanic, leaving her home
in Yoevil, England to marry her fiancé
in Cottage Grove. Five days later, she
would be wearing her now iconic wool
coat while escaping the sinking ship.
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Sentinel welcomes new
sports, education reporter
By Sophia Edelblute
sedelblute@cgsentinel.com
Readers of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel will be see-
ing a new face at sporting
events and school board
meetings with Nick Snyder
taking over as The Sentinel’s
new sports and education
reporter.
Zach Silva, who held the
position since 2017, spent
the last two weeks bringing
Snyder up to speed before
heading to Coos Bay to
work for the daily newspa-
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per The World.
“Having Nick in Cottage
Grove and at The Sentinel is
just a joy,” Silva said of work-
ing with Snyder and prepar-
ing him for his new position.
“He’s eager to learn, ready to
get to know the communi-
ties we serve and is going to
be a great addition to both
the paper and the commu-
nity.”
Snyder attended the Uni-
versity of Oregon, graduat-
ing in 2011 with majors in
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