COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 | 11A
Prep
from A1
Ferguson added that this
was part of the reason the
county was pleased with
the city government of
Cottage Grove.
“They were perfect-
ly happy with us. We
didn’t need anything from
[them],” she said. “The
more each jurisdiction can
take care of their own, it
frees up the capacity of that
agency or whatever group
above them is.”
And, while indepen-
dence can be a virtue unto
itself, Ferguson stressed the
need for community in-
volvement as well.
“Self-sufficiency and in-
terdependence,” she said.
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“Interdependence rather
than necessarily indepen-
dence — insomuch as that
I think it’s very important
that you worry about you
and your family’s prepared-
ness, but then you need to
ask, outside of that bubble,
‘How are your neighbors
doing?’ And if we all reach
out one hand in each direc-
tion, we create a loop.”
And for a city the size of
Cottage Grove with strong
rural ties, such lessons are
not hard to learn.
“Cottage Grove is a cool
place,” said Meyers. “We’re
not urban in the sense that
we don’t know what to do
and can’t take care of our-
selves.”
For those wanting to
learn more, the third annu-
al Emergency Preparedness
Fair will be held in Coiner
Park this Saturday, Aug. 10,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
event is free and will in-
clude more than two dozen
booths staffed by emergen-
cy preparedness organi-
zations and first respond-
ers. Those who visit every
booth will have a chance to
win a family-size, 72-hour
emergency preparedness
kit in a raffle and the first
100 visitors will receive an
emergency preparedness
backpack.
(In Part II next week,
The Sentinel looks at the
groups, organizations and
programs in place that are
addressing emergency pre-
paredness on individual,
community and govern-
ment levels.)
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