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WEDNESDAY EDITION | SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 | $1.00 CGSENTINEL.COM 3 S entinel C ottage G rove Est. 1889 Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! PERSONAL | BUSINESS BENEFIT PLANNING | SURETY KNND settles into new home By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com /Cottage-Grove WEATHER Clouds with a high of 74 and a low tonight of 50. Full forecast on A5 For the second time since its in- ception, local radio station KNND has found a new home in Cottage Grove. The move marks a deeper im- print for the station in the city, one which has already met the test of time as the station has long re- tained local appeal. “Most radio stations, you listen to them and they’re either getting syndicated programming from across the country or it’s all just canned stuff,” said station owner Cameron Reiten. “But here, we have live programming seven days a week.” While the station began broad- casting from the new location at 717 E Main Street early last month, the full process of moving in was completed in the following weeks. First broadcasting in 1953 from the rodeo grounds on Highway 99 under the callsign KCTG, the station later moved downtown around 1975 to 321 E Main Street, where it had stayed until recently. “It was a good arrangement over the years. It worked out well,” said See KNND 6A Summer smiles in The Grove COMMUNITY Swinging Bridge begins next phase A3 SPORTS — B VOL. 131, NO. 35 P OSTAL C USTOMER C OTTAGE G ROVE , O RE . 97424 S ERVING C OTTAGE G ROVE , C RESWELL , D ORENA , D RAIN , E LKTON , L ORANE AND Y ONCALLA Humane Society of CG promotes spay and neuter eff orts By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@ cgsentinel.com Animal organiza- tions and community volunteers mobilized last month when a Lane County woman pub- licly requested help to deal with a population of nearly 400 cats on a property between Veneta and Eugene. Two weeks prior, the property’s elderly own- er had been admitted to the hospital, leaving her daughter-in-law, KaSandra Riley, to fi nd a way to care for the an- imals. In answer to the call, the community rallied to take on the monstrous task of caring for the col- ony of felines, bringing in food and water and providing Riley with ad- visement. As of the beginning of this month, only a few cats had reportedly been removed as a handful of volunteers continue man- aging the cat crisis by providing nourishment and medical attention. As many of the cats are feral, they are not being accepted by animal shel- ters. See HUMANE 10A Big week for CG Rotary, Carousel Lions get off to rocky start in week one B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Police Logs A2 Residents and visitors to Cottage Grove took advantage of last week’s sunny weather to enjoy the local farmers market as well as the monthly Artwalk in the historic district. Photos by Greg Lee • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B8-B9 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : CGS ENTINEL . COM Afterschool ‘Delight’ provides youth enrichment By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 In a bid to expand on its already vibrant youth community of gamers and tech-oriented clientele, local game store Delight is launching an “afterschool enrichment program” designed to explore the intersection of education and play. Therese Nguyen, co-owner of De- light, is partially modeling the pro- D I N LICENSED N I SURE Test Water Quality And Water Flow Rate D ON E D Install, Service, and Replace Pumps and Water Filtration Systems gram on the concept of trial-and-er- ror exploration. “That’s how you can be inventors and creators. You try things and they don’t work and you keep try- ing,” she said. “That’s what playing and learning is. And we can wrap around other projects that use that sort of methodology. So it’s very hands-on.” Delight first popped up on Main Street nearly eight years ago, selling D @CGS ENTINEL B /CGS ENTINEL SURE Bonded Licensed Insured CCB# 225978 Brandon Ervin (Owner) Tel: 541.649.8100 • For service after hours, Call (503)991-9159 For service after hours, Call (503)991-9159 Email: ervinfamilypumpervice@gmail.com items like plush anime dolls, jewelry and candy. Nguyen had previously worked for the nonprofit United Way. “I really love the idea of commu- nity and that whole United Way and working together with youth was something I cared about,” she said. Nguyen’s interest in gaming led the store to explore new avenues of community exchange. See DELIGHT 11A Last week, Rotary District 5110 welcomed 10 members of the Phil- ippine delegation, which visited Springfi eld, Cot- tage Grove and Eugene to learn about local Rota- ry projects. While in the Cottage Grove area, delegates were shown the repaint of the aqua lion mural at Warren H. Daugh- erty Pool, the historic downtown bike lockers, as well as learned about the annual Community Christmas Party, Swing- ing Bridge project, schol- arships for seniors and Rotary Youth Academy camp for sophomores. They were also told of the bike helmet, car seats and life jackets programs, the Rotary’s support for Family Relief Nursery, food security, South Lane Dental free clinic, art supplies for local students, personal dictionary for third-grad- ers, and received a tour of PeaceHealth Riverbend, Weyerhaeuser, Pacifi c Yurts and participated in a walking tour of See WEEK 9A