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CGSENTINEL.COM THURSDAY EDITION | JANUARY 2, 2020 | $1.00 S entinel C ottage G rove Est. 1889 VOL. 132, NO. 1 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 A look back at the (541) 942-0555 PayneWest.com /Cottage-Grove Top Stories of 2019 WEATHER Clouds and rain with a high of 50 and a low tonight of 42. Full forecast on A5 FEATURE A s Cottage Grove rings in a new year, The Sentinel takes a look back at some of the top stories of 2019. Last year saw the community navigate growth, celebrate its roots and weather storms both literal and figurative. Through each trial and success, community members aligned to explore solutions, pre- serve a reflective hometown appreciation and underscore the cooperative ethos that makes Cottage Grove unique. The Sentinel is proud to be a part of chronicling that process and looks forward to bringing you another year of news, insight and communal dis- covery. In the meantime, let’s look back at some of the stories that defined our community in 2019... Pet Tps ‘n’ Tales. A5 SPORTS — B An eventful 2019 for area sports. B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Police Logs Births A2 DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Clockwise from top: Nika, a Husky belonging to Facebook user TeayRex Irving of Cottage Grove, looks at the sky over Cottage Grove Lake after the first snowfall (photo submitted by TeayRex Irving); The Safe Haven house serves as a sober living environment for women recovering from addiction to transition back into a healthy lifestyle; The J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge was closed in September 2016 due to structural concerns. Following its final repairs, it was officially re-opened and dedicated Nov. 30. • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B6-B7 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /CGS ENTINEL What Now? Cottage Grove area emerges from once-in-a-century snowstorm (Originally printed March 6, 2019) Snowfall in the Willamette Val- ley is often greeted with a certain affection. Children may get to skip some school days, families bond while creating snowmen and win- ter sports enthusiasts rub their hands together at a chance to make their mark on fresh slopes. The evening of Feb. 24 likely sparked such sentiments as weath- er forecasts made good on their promise and the first snowflakes lazily floated to the valley’s floor. To the surprise of many, however, the snowflakes didn’t stop. And soon they weren’t falling so lazily. By 8 p.m. that night, the first reports of power outages had be- gun to surface in Cottage Grove and the snow had risen to eight inches in some areas. Through the night, the storm battered the val- ley and, by Monday morning, the National Weather Service report- ed 14 inches had fallen in Cottage Grove while residents in outlying areas posted through social media snowfall closer to two feet or more. The situation was nothing short of a crisis and states of emergen- cy were declared for both Cottage Grove and Lane County Tuesday, Feb. 26. Before long, Gov. Kate Brown issued an emergency dec- laration for 10 Oregon counties, including Lane, last Thursday. “It frees up resources that wouldn’t otherwise be available to us,” said Lane County Com- missioner Heather Buch. “Getting those additional resources is criti- cal because people are not as avail- able to help when they’re stuck in their own locations. We have sev- eral other folks from different See YIR 6A @CGS ENTINEL CGS ENTINEL . COM City to expand recycled water storage capacity 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Following a $1.3 million bid award to R & G Excavating in a Dec. 9 City Council meeting, Cot- tage Grove is moving forward with projects to add a recycled water Quality Cleaning Certifi ed Green Carpet Cleaning Specialist 541-942-0420 storage pond and a pump station to the city’s wastewater treatment system. In the same action, ahead of an expected January 2020 price increase, the city authorized the expenditure of an additional $259,031 for the purchase of in- tegration materials for the project such as control panels and instru- ments that can “talk” to the exist- ing components in the treatment plant. The move brings the city closer to implementing a long-term solu- tion to handling its daily flow of effluent. “Essentially [the pond] will be a storage facility for treated efflu- ent,” said Public Works and De- velopment Director Faye Stewart. “And it’ll help us meet our DEQ See WATER 5A CASCADE GARDEN EQUIPMENT, LLC Sales & Service –Since 1959– Open Mon – Fri 8 – 5 Pickup & Delivery Available 1035 Conger St. #3 Eugene, OR 97402 541.344.6992 cascadegardenequip.com Read the owner’s manual before operating Honda Power Equipment. Call Us About Your Riding Mower