2A | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
SPARK! learning grant application deadline nears
SELCO
Community
Credit Union is taking
applications for its annual
SPARK! Creative Learning
Grants 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
created with the belief that
funding should not be an
obstacle for educational
projects that excite curios-
ity, deepen understanding
and encourage 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, educators have
used SPARK! grants in
unique and exciting 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
projects 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 educa-
tional efforts of our com-
munities 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
support today.”
SPARK! grants are
awarded to educators
with innovative classroom
ideas and a need for ma-
terials 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
materials and observed
what other people do, but
we didn’t have the means
to perform the experi-
ments and practice what
we were learning,” said
Culver Middle School
teacher Mark Habliston.
“At our small rural school,
students don’t get as much
outside experience or ex-
posure to electives as oth-
ers might. 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,
or to apply, visit www.
selco.org/spark,
email
spark@selco.org or call
541-686-5382.
Take time to get ‘2-Weeks-Ready’ this month
SALEM — September
is National Preparedness
Month and Oregon’s Of-
fice of Emergency Man-
agement urges individu-
als, families, businesses
and local organizations to
take time during this time-
frame — and throughout
the year — to be “2 Weeks
Ready.”
For many years, a 72-
hour preparedness kit was
the standard for disaster
planning.
This is a good start, and
helpful in the event of
short-term power outages
or temporary evacuation.
But as OEM Director An-
drew Phelps points out, a
large earthquake and tsu-
nami will leave much of
OSU Food
Preservation
hotline open
until Oct. 18
The Oregon State Uni-
versity Extension Ser-
vice’s food preservation
and safety hotline will
be open through Oct.
18. For anyone who is
going to preserve foods
for the first time or who
has questions about rec-
ipes and methods, the
OSU Extension Service
hotline can provide re-
search-based informa-
tion to assure a quality
and safe product.
The Statewide hotline
has been a service of the
OSU Extension Service
since 1990 and every year
has helped thousands of
citizens across the state
with their food preserva-
tion/safety questions.
The toll-free hotline at
1-800-354-7319 is avail-
able Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The hotline is staffed by
certified Master Food
Preservers in both Lane
and Douglas Counties.
For more information
about home food pres-
ervation and class offer-
ings visit the OSU/Lane
County Extension Food
Preservation website at
www.extension.oregon
state.edu/mfp.
the area’s transportation
routes destroyed and leave
large areas of Oregon
without resources for days
or weeks.
“Having two weeks
of food, water and oth-
er emergency supplies is
critical for individuals and
families who may need to
take care of themselves
until formal response re-
sources can reach them,”
says Phelps.
There is no one correct
way to put together two
weeks’ worth of supplies
since everyone has indi-
vidual dietary and med-
ical needs. If your family
includes children, seniors
or pets, you will have ad-
ditional needs. Everyone’s
kit will look different but
for a basic starting point
visit Ready.gov.
This site offers a wide
range of preparedness
perspectives on the specif-
ic essentials to include in
a kit.
Other 2-Weeks-Ready
resources include a series
of animated one-minute
videos, along with easy-
to-read graphics and bro-
chures.
Each brochure offers
helpful tips on what to do
two minutes, two hours,
two days and two weeks
after a disaster.
In the aftermath of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in
2001, steps have been tak-
en by emergency manage-
Bernice Velma Andes Brower
Bernice Velma Andes Brow-
er was born in Divide, Ore-
gon to Herbert And Elizabeth
Gertji Raymond. She was the
best momma and friend and
dearly loved each and every
one...those related by blood
and those acquired through
love and friendship. She will
be greatly missed but nev-
er forgotten. She is survived
by daughters, Debbie Bragg
(Rob) of Yoncalla, Linda En-
gle (Jim) of LaPine formerly
of Creswell, sons Mike Andes
and Vern Andes (Rae) both
of Drain, 12 grandchildren,
19 great grandchildren and 4
great great-grandchildren. She
is also survived by her broth-
ers Bob Raymond (Marie)
and Doug Raymond. She was
preceded in death by her hus-
bands, Lewis Andes and Roger
Brower, her parents, her sister
Shirley Geary, her two brothers
Don and Steve Raymond. We
would also like to thank her
best friend, Alice Edmundson
for all her love and support
through the many, many years.
Th ere will be a Potluck Cele-
bration of Life on September
29th at 2:00pm at the Yoncalla
Community Center. Arrange-
ments in the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Ronald Scott Chase
1960-2019
Ronald Scott Chase, 59,
passed away on September 4th,
2019. He was born in Cottage
Grove, Oregon to Th eodore
and Lavonne (Kethcart) Chase
on September 4th, 1960 and
was raised by his mom and dad
Donald R. Brown. Although
Scott only attended school
through the 10th grade, he
worked to receive his GED in
1997 to prove to his children
that it could be done. He was
a self-employed log truck driv-
er in the timber industry for
most of his life. He married
Cathy E. Smith on July 18th,
1992 in Redmond, OR. Scott
enjoyed riding his motorcycle,
and spending time with his
children and grandchildren.
He made it a priority to attend
his grandchildren’s sporting
events. Scott is survived by son
Levi Chase; daughters Melissa
Wells, Sandra Chase, Rachelle
Slonecker and Krista Ritter; his
wife Cathy; sisters Debbie, Bar-
bara, Martha, Cheri, Desiree,
and Debbie; brothers Teddy,
Ronnie, Robert, and Fred; dad
Donald Brown; and 8 grand-
children with 2 more on the
way. Scott was loved by many
and impacted many lives he
will be dearly missed. A private
family ceremony will be held
at a later date. Arrangements
by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel in Cottage Grove, OR.
ment organizations across
the country to encourage
citizens to prepare for
disasters and emergen-
cies — natural or human
caused.
National Preparedness
Month was launched in
2004; program messages
include make a plan, build
a kit, be informed.
Oregon Governor Kate
Brown issued a proclama-
tion in support of Nation-
al Preparedness Month
and the 2-Weeks-Ready
concept.
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