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2B | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Hello from B1 PHOTO BY SOPHIA EDELBLUTE/CG SENTINEL Trailblazers fan, the Lukes of Oregon basketball (Jackson and Ridnour) hold a special place in my heart and Marcus Mariota is practically a holy figure in my eyes. I even tend to root for Beaver baseball after a jealous UO pro- gram swooped in to claim some thunder in the face of so much success up in Corvallis. Basketball and baseball are my particular sports passions. I’ve loved foot- ball since I was young, but my interest in the NFL wanes with each addition- al penalty, game stoppage, in-game sponsorship and TV timeout. However, it is with that in mind that I can’t wait to begin cov- ering high school football; a level where the game is still about the game, about stories, about peo- ple, about community without all the extra riff raff that comes along with cable television. I come from a fami- ly - family on both sides - that made up for their lack of physical gifts and elite athletic ability by watching sports and, well, playing them too ... at least until everyone else got too big, fast or strong. My mother and father, in their retirement, are cur- rently checking off boxes on their ongoing national MLB stadium tour. My grandmother, in all her blindness, listened to At- lanta Braves games every day on the radio, every day until she passed away well into her 90s. This love of sport was all passed on to me. Before receiving this opportunity in the world of journalism, I spent five years in education, teaching, creating curric- ula, guiding students and even a year learning about library science and man- agement. Now, as I dive back into the world of ed- ucation from a completely new angle, I see further opportunity to use the skills I’ve tried to hone over the years. For much of the last ten years of my life, I’ve been transient, never staying in the same city or housing situation for too long. I even had a four year hiatus from American life when I taught English in China. But this was never really by design. Perhaps in the tumult of our 21st centu- ry world, it’s been a part of my own self-searching, looking desperately for the place that adult-me can call home. For the past three years in particular, I’ve slowly been on a kind of nar- rowing trajectory. I’ve found myself working my way down the ladder in terms of population, from a chinese mega-city of 12 million, to Portland, to Eugene, and now on to Cottage Grove. This downsizing and change has allowed me to experience different lifestyles, from the cos- mopolitan to the rural. It has allowed me to engage and connect with people of all walks of life, from Chinese farmers to Port- land-area entrepreneurs. Most importantly, it has led me to realize that this, right here in Cottage Grove, right now, is the place I want to be. It is these varied life experiences that I bring to the table when I think about stories. Every ex- perience informs the next and the same will be true of all the new things and people I will come to see and meet as I embark on covering sports and edu- cation in the greater Cot- tage Grove area. After a few weeks, I already feel welcome. I already feel comfortable, but I have a sneaking suspicion these feelings will only grow and deepen throughout my time at the Sentinel. And that is a testament to the strength of the com- munity here, a communi- ty I’m proud to now be a part of. Public use restrictions for campfires now in effect Due to increased fire danger, public use re- strictions went into ef- fect across the Umpqua National Forest this past Saturday, Aug. 3. Dry con- ditions have elevated the risk of wildfire through- out the area. These pub- lic use restrictions do not apply to those lands with- in designated wilderness boundaries. Under public use re- strictions, campfires may be built in Forest Service constructed fire rings in designated recreation sites only. Portable cooking stoves using pressurized liquid gas or propane are permitted in all other ar- eas. Use of generators with an approved spark-arrest- er screen is allowed in designated campgrounds. Portable heaters using propane are also permit- ted. People are urged to ensure all campfires are fully extinguished when departing. Smoking is allowed only in vehicles, designated recreation sites, in areas clear of vegetation mea- suring at least three feet in diameter, or aboard wa- tercraft on waterways. “Human-caused fires are 100 percent prevent- able and public use restric- tions are put into place to prevent those fires,” said Riva Duncan, Interagen- cy Fire staff officer. “Be- cause we are moving into our peak fire season, the weather is getting hot- ter and drier, and the fire danger indices continue to climb we have had to add these restrictions.” Violation of rules on campfires and closed ac- cess for the Umpqua Na- tional Forest are punish- Fly-in from B1 Children check out some of the Stearman biplanes at Jim Wright Field. PHOTO BY NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL and having a history background just intrigued me more with the role that Oregon aviators had here that affected the whole world. The more you learn, the more you gain insight and respect for what the pioneers in aviation here have done.” In talking with Talen, Kindred and others, one learns that Oregon was the first state in the union to have a de- partment of aviation, even before the Federal Aviation Administration was founded. Oregon was also the original home of the home-built aircraft com- munity. Where the FAA eventually saw the future of flight in commerce, many local Oregon pilots during the 1930s and 1940s saw aviation as part •Printing & • Notery Services Document Finishing • Postal products & • Packing & shipping services • Mailbox Services • ID/Passport photos The UPS Store Safeway Shoppping Mall 1498 E. Main St., Ste 103 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 541.767.0888 theupsstore.com/5813 Hours: Mon-Fri Sat. Sun NEW: Digital X-Rays Your Family Deserves The e BEST Technology... Value... TV!... Add High Speed Internet Cottage Grove Dental /mo. 190 Channels America’s Top 120 CALL TODAY Save 20%! 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So much of it is cross-gen- erational and a lot of it is also paying homage to the people that came before us,” said Talen. “We want to let people know in the area that OAHS is open to the public and they can come in and talk air- planes. They don’t have to be a million- aire, this is not a millionaire’s sport. It’s a great way to connect in that sense and just learn a little bit about aviation and flying.” The next event at OAHS is the Great American Home Built Fly-In on Satur- day, August 31, and will feature home- made aircraft from around the state of Oregon and surrounding areas. and parcel of their right to freedom and the indelible spirit of self-suffi- ciency that litters the annals of U.S. history. “Here in Oregon, we started actually with a different idea of what aviation was all about. Yes, it had commercial value but it also had value in terms of education and learning how to build things and how to engineer things and aeronautics was more than just com- merce. 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