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CGSENTINEL.COM 3 WEDNESDAY EDITION | SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | $1.00 S entinel C ottage G rove Est. 1889 VOL. 131, NO. 36 S ERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF C OTTAGE G ROVE , C RESWELL , D ORENA , D RAIN , E LKTON L ORANE AND Y ONCALLA Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! House fi re displaces local family PERSONAL | BUSINESS BENEFIT PLANNING | SURETY (541) 942-0555 The community is collecting items to help the Moores PayneWest.com /Cottage-Grove WEATHER By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@ cgsentinel.com Clouds and rain with a high of 64 and a low tonight of 51. Full forecast on A5 COMMUNITY PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG LEE Riders roll into Schwarz Park on Friday from Diamond Lake, a 95-mile ride, for the final stage of the Cycle Oregon Classic bicycle tour. Cycle Oregon sweeps through The Grove From left: Mayor Jeff Gowing, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Travis Palmer and City Manager Richard Meyers (out of frame) address the Cycle Oregon crowd in Schwarz Park on Friday. By Damien Sherwood Creative Chaos returns to The Grove A3 SPORTS — B Lions take down Klamath Union B1 dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Roughly 2,000 cyclists and staff descended upon Schwarz Park on Friday for their last stop on the Cy- cle Oregon Classic seven-day bicy- cle tour. This year marks the third visit for Cycle Oregon, a nonprofit which has been organizing annual bicycle trips around the state since 1988. The event at Schwarz Park re- sembled something of a festival, complete with vendors, food, a beer garden and a stage which hosted live music. Local representatives from the Obituaries Announcements A2 • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B8-B9 U.S Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Cottage Grove wel- comed the riders from the stage while members of the Creswell Heritage Foundation shared the impact the Cycle Oregon’s grants have had on the nonprofit. “I can’t think of a better place for you to have your last night,” said See CYCLE 8A New year, new teachers, programs at SLSD “With leadership changes, the challenge that we meet head on is to continue the trajectory, continue the vision...” Lest community mem- bers feel as though staff nsnyder@cgsentinel.com turnover from the pre- With every new school vious school year was year comes a number of extreme or abnormal, changes and South Lane Interim Assistant Superin- School District, like dis- tendent Brian McCasline tricts throughout the state put the changes into per- of Oregon, isn’t immune. spective. Fall has nearly arrived “As I look back over the —Brian McCasline, Interim Assist. in full and school got back last five years, there was Superintendent into session over two weeks a year that we had more ago. Fortunately, the ad- hires. There were a few with new staff as well as outlining ministrators at the district office areas of focus that the district office years where we had around the same spent the summer proactively tack- and local schools will emphasize See SLSD 7A ling potential issues that may arise throughout the year. By Nick Snyder • RECORDS PHOTO BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/CG SENTINEL FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /CGS ENTINEL @CGS ENTINEL CGS ENTINEL . COM City launches emergency preparedness contest By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 September is National Prepared- ness Month and Cottage Grove is taking a unique approach to getting the message out: competition. A series of emergency situations this year – including a snowstorm, flooding and fires – has put the com- munity’s state of readiness on the ra- dar. City Manager Richard Meyers sees the trend as an opportunity to proactively motivate citizens and city officials to get prepared. “I was thinking, ‘How can we get more people to actually do some- thing?’” he said. By challenging residents to com- pete in four preparedness tasks identified by the city, Meyers hopes participation will at least spark the concept in the public’s conscious- ness. “These preparedness tasks alone don’t get you all the way prepared,” The Flower Basket and Gift Boutique “A Flower Shop and so much more” Creative Floral Arrangements • Jewelry • Balloons Home Décor • Fine Gifts • Boutique Clothing & Accessories 119 South 6th Street • 541-942-0505 Meyers said. “It’s saying, ‘Here’s a step.’” Completing each task qualifies a resident or household to enter a drawing in which they may take home preparedness-related prizes. Drawings are open only to resi- dents within the Cottage Grove city limits and only one drawing per ad- dress. The first task asks households to See PREPARED 8A Performing All Phases of Automotive Repair Specializing in Gas & Diesel Engines Most Makes and Models FORD • GM • DODGE 80408 Delight Valley School Road Cottage Grove, OR 97424 www.huddleaut omotive.com Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, South Lane County Fire and Rescue (SLCFR) crews were dispatched to a structure fi re in the 1000 Block of South 10th Street in Cottage Grove. Fire crews arrived to fi nd heavy fi re in the kitchen of the home, which caused signifi cant damage to the house, and were able to keep the fi re contained to the room of origin with light fi re damage to a neighboring room. Crews were met by the See FIRE 7A City responds to water quality concerns High water usage cause of ‘brown water’ By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@ cgsentinel.com Reports of cloudy wa- ter from users in Cottage Grove surfaced earli- er this month prompt- ing many to question the quality of the city’s drinking water. In a Sept. 11 inter- view with KVAL, Public Works and Development Director Faye Stewart addressed the concerns. “All of our tests have come back negative for any issues,” he said. “Our chlorine levels are within the requirements of the state, so our water is safe to drink.” Staff from the water treatment plant take daily water samples at multi- ple locations throughout the city and no changes in water quality have been reported. The city’s stated pol- icy when testing indi- cates drinking water is in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act Reg- ulations is to notify each user, the Oregon Health Authority and media outlets. Water treatment plant operators sample and test the water according to federal and state laws, screening for any of the See WATER 11A