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6A | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Community invited to give housing code input The City of Cottage Grove is proposing a score of changes to the Cottage Grove Develop- ment Code to encourage a greater range of housing mix and housing density. The goal of this work is to meet needs identified in the city’s 2018 Hous- ing Needs Analysis and to comply with the recently adopted HB 2001. These changes, recom- mended by the Cottage Grove Residential De- velopment Code Audit Committee, will come to the Planning Commis- sion for a public hearing on Dec. 18. Community members interested in sharing their housing code ideas can present them during a series of open houses on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The city will be pre- senting information and taking comments at City Hall, 400 E. Main St., from 2 to 3 p.m. that day, and also from 7 to 8 p.m. Information on the process and recommen- dations is available online at www.cottagegrove.org/ cd/page/residential- de- velopment-code-audit. For more information, contact the Public Works and Development Office at 541-942-3340 or email planner@cottagegrove. org. Two-day climate series to begin Friday with documentary On Friday, Nov. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m., there will be a free screening of the multi award-win- ning documentary “A Plastic Ocean,” followed by a presentation from David Gardiepy. Released in 2016 by explorers Craig Leeson and Tanya Streeter and a team of international sci- entists, “A Plastic Ocean” is a documentary film that demonstrates the staggering scope of the environmental disaster affecting all the oceans of the planet. The team travelled to 20 locations around the world over four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans and dis- cover alarming truths about plastic pollution and reveal working solu- tions that can be applied now. After the film, Gar- diepy will give a pre- sentation on recycling — both plastics and curbside — as well as discuss how waste driv- en by over-consumerism is impacting the planet and ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Gardiepy, who was featured in a recent edition of The Cottage Grove Sentinel, founded the local nonprofit Eco- Generation to develop collection solutions for plastics in our commu- nity. He hosts recycling efforts, addressing the serious need for plas- tic recycling options in Lane County. The film will be shown at the Cottage Grove Community Center, 700 E Gibbs Ave., in Cottage Grove. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 9, there will be a plastics collection event hosted by EcoGene- ration at the Cottage Grove Armory, 628 E Washington Ave., from 1 to 4 p.m. EcoGeneration will be collecting #2, 4 and 5 plastics that are clean and label-free. Bring recyclable plastics or simply drop by to learn more about EcoGenera- tion’s collection program or to get involved as a volunteer. Both free events are hosted by Climate Ac- tion CG, EcoGeneration, Forest Web and Sustain- able Cottage Grove. Volunteers needed to help with cold weather shelter program Beds for Freezing Nights is preparing for its 12th season of offering a warm bed on the cold- est of winter nights. A shelter will open at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 1025 N. 19th St. in Cottage Grove, when the average temperature drops below 29 degrees from Nov. 15 through March 31. Two volunteers are needed to staff the shel- ter during each of the following shifts: 6 to 11 p.m., 10:45 p.m. to 4 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. to 8 a.m. Responsibilities in- clude setting up/taking down shelter supplies, checking guests in and out and supervising the shelter. Volunteers are re- quired to undergo a $10 background check and attend the Saturday, Nov. 9 training meeting at OLPH from 10 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will be as- signed a shift according to their availability when the shelter is activated. To volunteer, or for more information, vis- it www.freezingnights. com. Tax deductible cash donations may be sent to BFN (checks made out to Beds for Freezing Nights) at P.O. Box 1110, Cottage Grove, Ore., 97424. Drive-through live Nativity scene to open in Drain on Dec. 8 The Drain Church of Christ is inviting the community to its Live Drive-Through Nativi- ty, which will take place St. in Drain. Sunday, Dec. 8, from 6 The Nativity will fea- to 8 p.m. in the church’s ture lighted scenes, parking lot at 401 Second which includes live peo- ple and animals depict- cross. ing the events leading up The event is free and to Christ’s birth and in- visitors can go through cludes his victory on the multiple times. Letter carriers to collect holiday season food donations On Saturday, Nov. 23, the National Associa- tion of Letter Carriers will conduct its annual Holiday Food Drive. To make a canned or non-perishable food donation, simply take the food you wish to do- nate and leave it by the mailbox. Your postal carrier will do the rest. This year, the annual NALC food drive day has changed due to the December workload for letter carriers. Annual Halloween ‘Mashup’ show continues at Opal In an evening made up of actual psychopaths’ writings, movie character monologues and twisted turns on TV theme songs, “The Psychopath Mono- logues” explores the dark side of humanity with the irreverent glee and black humor that local fans have come to expect from OPAL Center for Arts and Education’s annual Halloween Mashups. Performances opened Oct. 31 and continue Nov. 8 and 9, each show at 8 p.m. Tickets $12 available online or at The Crafty Mercantile. The Opal Center is lo- cated at 513 East Main St. in Cottage Grove. 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