COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 | 3A
Community News
‘Calendar Girl’
Veteran group names RN Scholarship recipient
DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Former Cottage Grove resident and Rosie the
Riveter member Florence Rexroad, 93, returned
from Seattle where area “Rosies” were honored
by the Washington Women in Trades with a ban-
quet and VIP tour of a Boeing facility. “They
made me feel like a celebrity,” she said. Rexroad
was a riveter for Boeing from 1944 to 1945 and
is featured in the Washington Women in Trades’
2020 calendar, which is the last calendar to be
produced by the group.
COURTESY PHOTO
Lane County Voiture 80 Voyageurs present Lane Community College Registered Nursing student Toviana
Lyons Jackson (front, center) a keepsake ceremonial $500 check.
La Societe, also known
as Forty & Eight, is an
independent
fraternal
organization of wartime
veterans established in
1920 as a fun honor soci-
ety.
Its Nurses Training pro-
gram, unique to the veter-
an organization, was estab-
lished in 1955 as a means
of ensuring adequate num-
bers of skilled Registered
Nurses for the nation in
times of war and peace.
Nationwide, the Forty &
Eight’s nurses training pro-
gram has graduated more
than 26,000 Registered
Nurses with total program
grants exceeding $20 mil-
lion.
Gingerbread house workshops to be held at Cottage Events Venue
The Cottage Events Ven-
ue is offering several op-
portunities for families to
have creative holiday fun
this season by decorating
a handmade, pre-built gin-
gerbread building together.
Participants will have
more 30 different candies
and decorating items to
choose from, ranging from
candy canes to gummy
butterflies to gingerbread
fences and everything in
between.
The Venue’s owner, Kim
Still, designed the three
styles of buildings and
bakes and assembles them
in advance so they are ready
for decorating when folks
arrive.
There is a classic cottage
style, a country church and
model of the Mosby Creek
covered bridge. Each of
the models has hard sugar
“stained glass” windows and
tiny LED lights inside.
“Since we are in Cottage
Cottage Theatre presents
Grove, I especially wanted
to include a covered bridge
as an option,” said Still. “I
went and took photos so
I could get the shape just
right. It took quite a bit of
engineering to get it to go
together properly. ”
Workshops are sched-
uled for Nov. 24, from 2 to
4 p.m.; Dec. 1, from 2 to 4
p.m.; Dec. 7, from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.; Dec. 11, from 7 to
9 p.m.; Dec. 18, from 7 to 9
p.m.; and Dec. 22, from 2 to
4 p.m.
Each building costs $30
and includes six choices of
decorations.
Additional candies can
be purchased for 50¢ each.
Reservations must be made
in advance.
The Cottage Events Ven-
ue is located at 2915 Row
River Rd. in Cottage Grove.
To reserve or for more in-
formation, visit www.cot
tageevents.com or call Kim
Still at 541-942-6888.
Annual Rotary Children’s
Christmas Party
Thursday, Dec. 5th, 6pm
Bohemia Elementary School
Games • Prizes • Refreshments • Santa
COLORING CONTEST
Lio ionel Bart’s
Lion
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Directed & Choreographed by Janet Rust
Music Direction by Mark VanBee ver
Sponsored by:
PeaceHealth
Cottage Grove
Community Medical Center
541-942-8001 • 700 Village Drive • Cottage Grove
www.cottagetheatre.org
Name
Sponsored by
Rotary Club of Cottage Grove
Age
Bring your colored picture
to the party!