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CGSENTINEL.COM 3 Est. 1889 WEDNESDAY EDITION | NOVEMBER 20, 2019 | $1.00 S entinel C ottage G rove VOL. 131, NO. 45 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! PERSONAL | BUSINESS BENEFIT PLANNING | SURETY Park clean-up prepares for holiday festivities By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com /Cottage-Grove WEATHER Community members came out on Nov. 16 to clean up the All-America Park in anticipation of the city’s Christmas celebration on Dec. 7, which will include a Christmas tree lighting. “Today was another step forward in making our community better by getting community to work to- gether,” said City Councilor Ken- neth Roberts, who organized the clean-up. “I just saw a need to get the park cleaned up and to make it the best it could be for the city Christmas tree.” Members of the Cottage Grove Garden Club and others cleared the park of debris, weeded gar- dens, planted flowers and removed a tree to improve visibility from the street. The Dec. 7 celebration and hol- iday festivities will include light displays, scavenger hunts, refresh- ments and shopping specials from businesses downtown as well as other attractions throughout the city. A list of businesses that will be open, discounts offered and planned activities will be published in the Cookies & Carols section of The Sentinel. Beautifying the downtown area is part and parcel of Roberts’ goal to energize the historic district and bring in more visitors. “We have a very unique, beauti- ful downtown,” he said. “As some- one who has traveled a lot … I’ve seen a lot of towns and this town is very special. And I’m just trying to show people how special it is — Partly cloudy with a high of 52 and a low tonight of 31. Full forecast on A5 See PARK 11A Letter carriers help ‘Stamp Out’ hunger COMMUNITY Mail carriers will be collecting food this Saturday By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@ cgsentinel.com ally liked it and thought it would be appropriate for high school. It’s fun, the kids get into the campiness of it and I have the right kids for it too.” Juniors Enzo Valdez (Gomez), Alex Keedy (Morticia), Darcy Rust (Wednesday) and sophomore Maia Wilhour (Lucas) take on the leading roles, while fellow sophomore John Swanson gives a particularly mem- orable performance as Uncle Fester. “Our Fester, John, it took us a month to be able to do those scenes with him while keeping a straight On Nov. 23, letter car- riers across Lane County will be expecting more than letters in mailboxes. Stamp Out Hunger, a nationwide food drive led by the National Asso- ciation of Letter Carriers (NALC), is gearing up for its November col- lection period in Lane County. “The idea is, clean out your pantry,” said food drive coordinator for lo- cal NALC Branch 916 Bruce Meier. “Anything you want to get rid of, put it in your mailbox.” The food drive re- stocks the shelves of area food pantries, ensuring that local efforts have lo- cal impact. “The fact that it stays in your own community is really benefi cial,” Mei- er said. “All your food stays in Cottage Grove.” Now in its 27th year, the food drive collects non-perishable food items such as pasta, rice, beans and canned goods; Meier pointed to a par- ticular need for canned protein such as tuna and chicken in the area. Participants are en- couraged to leave their donations in weath- er-proof bags if possible. The food drive runs every May across the nation, but Lane County uniquely commits to a second drive every No- vember. “It works out real- ly well because they’re spaced far enough apart that, for example, Food for Lane County shelves start to run dry about the time a drive kicks in,” Meier said. Though now a national project, the food drive’s origins are in Eugene, See CGHS 7A See HUNGER 10A Local “Rosie” featured in calendar. A3 SPORTS — B PHOTOS BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Creative Chaos founder Carmen Dowell (left) rehearses a scene with actor Ian Miller. Creative Chaos expands its reach By Damien Sherwood Fall sports come to a close. B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Police Logs Regional News A2 • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B8-B9 FOLLOW US FOR THE dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Acting troupe Creative Chaos is ready to expand beyond the stage. Beginning February next year, monthly social events will become a regular fixture for the group, which has provided a theatrical outlet for people with disabilities for the past three years. After experiencing the draw of social programs for people with dis- abilities in Eugene, Creative Chaos founder Carmen Dowell saw the potential for the troupe to extend its reach into the social lives of its members and others in the Cottage CGHS drama department offering range of theater experience LATEST NEWS : /CGS ENTINEL @CGS ENTINEL CGS ENTINEL . COM Grove community. “The sad thing is, we don’t have anything like that down here,” said Dowell. “I just thought about my mission of Creative Chaos and said, ‘There’s no reason why we can’t do it.’” The events aren’t limited to Cre- ative Chaos members, however. “It’s open to the whole commu- nity and surrounding areas,” said Dowell. “I just want a social event once a month for them.” The new monthly events will kick off on Feb. 7 with a “Sweetheart Dance,” opening up the Opal The- Creative Chaos actor Monica ater with music and refreshments. Venice (left) hams it up during rehearsal. See REACH 9A By Nick Snyder nsnyder@cgsentinel.com 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 The Cottage Grove High School (CGHS) drama department kicked off its 2019-20 season last weekend with two showings of “The Addams Family” musical, one each on Friday and Saturday evenings. Based on audience numbers, it was a success- ful opening run for director Janet Rust and her talented cast of actors and actresses. “We had to put up three extra rows of chairs last night,” Rust said when asked about Friday’s premiere. The comedy production — which will have two more shows at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 and Sat- urday, Nov. 23 — centers around Wednesday Addams, daughter of Gomez and Morticia, who falls in love with a “normal” boy, Lucas Be- ineke. The two star-crossed lovers from divergent backgrounds must find a way to obtain both parents’ approval with help — and occa- sional roadblocks — from the other zany members of the titular family. “I really loved the Addams Fam- ily when I was a kid,” Rust said. “I also listened to the music and I re- EVERYONE DESERVES A GREAT SMILE! 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