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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 | 3A Community News Dowell named to Cottage Grove Carousel Board The Board of Direc- tors of CG Carousel has announced that Carmen Dowell has been selected to be the recording secre- tary. Dowell replaces Cin- dy Weeldreyer, who has left the board for other du- ties but remains an advisor and assists Nadine Kelley with grant writing. Dowell is currently the graphic designer at Dirt Cheap copies in Cottage Grove and is associated with Opal Theater. She has a background in marketing and advertising. “Carmen will be a valu- able member of the carou- sel board in many different ways,” said Board Presi- dent Don Williams. Dowell graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 1991. She has worked for major airlines and climbed her way to baggage manager, work- ing in both San Francisco and Los Angeles airports — providing an oppor- tunity to learn teamwork and strong organizational skills. After starting a fam- ily, Dowell went to work for a successful financial planning firm, starting as the receptionist and even- tually becoming the firm’s marketing manager. In 2002, Dowell moved back to Cottage Grove with her three children, becoming active in parent clubs, Cub Scouts and soc- cer. She helped raise funds to get the playground built at Latham School. In 2008, she graduated from Pi- oneer Pacific College as Valedictorian, receiving her Associates of Applied Science in the criminal Mayor’s golf tourney donation justice field. Her passions have al- ways included working with people with special needs and the arts. Three years ago, Dowell start- ed her own acting group called “Creative Chaos.” Everyone involved has a Carmen Dowell disability and they write and preform shows at the Opal Center. She has been involved in theater for more than 20 years, volun- teering countless hours at both Cottage Theatre and The Opal Center. Along the way, Dowell has won grants due to her volun- teering success for multi- ple organizations. In 2016, she received the Les Schwab Pride and Prestige Award for her dedication to the Special Olympics. She is currently the Local Program Coor- dinator and has been in- volved for over 10 years. “Carmen brings to the Carousel Group her en- ergetic spirit, positive attitude and strong orga- nizational and marketing skills,” said Williams. “She has a strong “thrive to suc- ceed” attitude in any proj- ect she takes on.” COURTESY PHOTO Cottage Grove City Councilor Mike Fleck (left) and Mayor Jeff Gowing hold up a check for $1,765.26 raised during the recent annual Mayor’s Golf Tournament. The check was donated to Community Sharing’s H2O Program. SELCO accepting applications for SPARK! grants SELCO Community Credit Union began taking applications Aug. 15 for its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants, and the process will remain open through Monday, Sept. 30. The grants are a valuable tool for educators, award- ing as much as $1,000 each to K–12 educators across the 27 Oregon counties that SELCO serves. Now in its 26th year, the SPARK! program was creat- ed with the belief that fund- ing should not be an obsta- cle for educational projects that excite curiosity, deepen understanding and encour- age new ways of learning. Whether leading stu- dents through a solar ro- botics project in Burns or teaching students how to use fingerprint kits to solve crimes as part of a forensic science class in Culver, ed- ucators have used SPARK! grants in unique and excit- ing ways. In the 2018-19 school year alone, SELCO award- ed $45,587 to 54 teachers across Oregon, a record for the program. “Creative classes or proj- ects are often the ones that spark a lifelong love of learning,” said Laura Illig, SELCO’s vice president of marketing. “Funding these learning experiences can be difficult, which is why SELCO continues to invest in this program more than a quarter century after we awarded our first grant. “Strengthening the ed- ucational efforts of our communities has been at the heart of our mission since our beginnings more than 80 years ago, when the credit union was founded by a group of educators as passionate as those we sup- port today.” SPARK! grants are awarded to educators with innovative classroom ideas and a need for materials or other resources to get those ideas off the ground. “Without the SPARK! Grant, we wouldn’t have had a forensics class. We could have studied the ma- terials and observed what other people do, but we didn’t have the means to perform the experiments and practice what we were learning,” said Culver Mid- dle School teacher Mark Habliston. “This grant cre- ated an elective where kids were learning new skills and having fun, which would have never hap- pened otherwise.” For more information about SELCO Communi- ty Credit Union’s SPARK! Creative Learning Grants or to apply, visit www.selco. org/spark, or call 541-686- 5382. It’s Your Subscription. ONLINE Brad’s Cottage Grove Chevrolet Customer PRINT MOBILE Appreciation Month MAKE THE MOSTOFIT. With print home delivery and full digital access for one low price, your Cottage Grove Sentinel subscription connects you with a unique combination of trusted news, information, community events, entertainment, special sections and valuable money-saving offers anytime, anywhere! 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