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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 | 7A TINY from A6 Mayor Jeff Gowing to a crowd of community members and project vol- unteers who turned out for the April 25 event. After more than three years of planning and vol- unteering, the first of 13 tiny homes has begun to take shape as a new phase has begun in the collabo- rative affordable housing project run by the Cottage Village Coalition (CVC) and SquareOne Villages. SquareOne Village’s ex- ecutive director Dan Bry- ant emphasized the need for projects like this. “There are a million Americans who lose their housing every year, evicted simply because they cannot afford their rent,” he said. “And so this is a way to ad- dress this problem.” Providing low-income housing while maintain- ing quality is a challenge to any affordable housing project, but those involved in building Cottage Village are confident they have struck that balance. “This is going to be high quality. It’s going to be at- tractive. It’s going to be something the whole com- munity can be proud of,” said Bryant. The need for affordable housing is no secret in cit- ies like Cottage Grove. In the Cottage Grove Hous- ing Needs Analysis relas- ed in August last year, the 20-year plan indicated the need for an average of 69 new units to be built per year in order to meet pro- jected demand. Units like those planned for Cottage Village not only fall under the housing analysis’s stated low-in- come need, but also pro- vide security for those who are economically vulnera- ble to a single expense-lad- en event that may render them without housing. “It started really because people were saying, ‘We’ve got homeless people in our community; we know these people. What are we going to do about that?’” said Bruce Kelsh, chair of CVC. “And then it evolved into learning more about the state of homelessness in Lane County.” DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Past Bohemia Mining Days queens were part of the festival’s 60th anniversary celebration during the Grand Miners Parade down Main Street. Community bids farewell to Latham (Originally printed June 5, 2019) Community members gathered Friday to bid a final farewell to Latham Elementary School, a sta- ple institution of Cottage Grove’s history and point of reference for many of the community’s memories. Following a South Lane School District board de- cision earlier this year to close the school, Latham will be finishing out its last year of operation this month, ending 166 years of presence in the commu- nity. Friday’s event was at- tended by current and for- mer students, staff and res- idents who wandered the school in an open house before packing the school gymnasium for a series of presentations and speeches to commemorate the clos- ing. The sheer age of the school has ensured an en- during imprint on a com- DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL The evening ended with Tom Davis, son of influen- tial past Latham principal Cal Davis, ringing the school’s iconic bell. munity in which one’s great-grandparents may well have been students at Latham. The school even predates the founding of Cottage Grove itself, which became incorporated in 1887. For the hour-long open house, the halls and rooms of the school were filled with people running their fingers along child- hood memories, flipping through class pictures and greeting old friends. Brothers Dennis and Leslie Chapman, former Latham students, returned Worship Directory COTTAGE GROVE: 6th & Gibbs Church of Christ 195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822 10:00am Christian Education: Pre-K through 5th www.6thandgibbs.com Calvary Baptist Church 77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290 Pastor: Riley Hendricks Sunday School: 9:45am Worship: 11:00am The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm Church of Christ 420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 Sunday Service: 10:30am Cottage Grove Bible Church 1200 East Quincy Avenue 541-942-4771 Pastor:Bob Singer Worship 11am Sunday School:9:45am AWANA age 3-8th Grade, Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm www.cgbible.org Cottage Grove Faith Center 33761 Row River Rd. 541-942-4851 Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett www.cg4.tv Full Childrenʼs Ministry available Services: 9:00am & 10:45am Delight Valley Church of Christ 33087 Saginaw Rd. East 541-942-7711 • Pastor: Bob Friend Two Services: 9am - Classic in the Chapel 10:30am - Contemporary in the Auditorium First Baptist Church 301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242 Pastor: David Chhangte Sunday School 9:30am Worship Service 10:30am Youth Wednesday 6:30pm cgfi rstbaptist.com First Presbyterian Church 3rd and Adams St 541-942-4479 Rev.: Karen Hill Worship: 10:00am Sunday School: 10:00am fpcgrove.com Hope Fellowship United Pentecostal Church 100 S. Gateway Blvd. 541-942-2061 Pastor: Dave Bragg Worship: 11:00am Sunday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday www.hopefellowshipupc.com “FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” St. Philip Benizi, Creswell 552 Holbrook Lane Sunday 8:30 AM St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050 Rev. Lawrence Crumb “Church with the fl ags.” Worship: Sunday 10:30am All Welcome Seventh-day Adventist Church 820 South 10th Street 541-942-5213 Pastor: Kevin Miller Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 to the school for the event. “When I started here there were just four class- rooms,” said Dennis, who attended Latham from 1944 to 1952. “You went two years in the same room with the same teacher — no kindergarten, no Head Start — just boom, straight in.” While memories of by- gone eras abounded, it was often the unchanging charm of the school that struck many attendees Fri- day night. “I hate to see it go,” Den- nis said. Following the open house, the gymnasium filled with attendees to lis- ten to reflections and cele- brations of the legacy of a school with a century and a half of influence on the lives of families in the area. Tom Davis, son of influ- ential past Latham princi- pal Cal Davis, reflected on the deep connection his family had with the school. “My parents, Cal and Doris Davis, loved the Latham and London com- munities,” he said. “They treasured the people and treasured the schools.” After students sang a fi- nal song, Davis rang the iconic Latham school bell one last time. ‘Diamond Jubilee’ shines bright for BMD (Originally printed July 24, 2019) Cottage Grove celebrat- ed 60 years of Bohemia Mining Days with its “Di- amond Jubilee” last week as fortuitous sunny skies made for high turnout in both particpants and festi- val-goers. “I think it went extreme- ly well,” said festival coor- dinator Cindy Weeldreyer, crediting much of the suc- cess to the all-volunteer team. “This is the 26th Bohemia Mining Days celebration I have helped produce. As festival coor- dinator, I had the largest volunteer production team I’ve ever worked with.” The three-day event featured a wide variety of family-friendly attractions, often drawing on the city’s heritage, and included 13 Main Stage performances, a carnival, competitions, daily parades and historical presentations. Festival-goers were also invited to participate in Cottage Grove’s historical feud between Slabtown and Lemati, two historic rival settlements which quar- reled over ownership issues such as the new railroad, the post office and water rights. By all accounts, partici- pation and turnout exceed- ed previous years. Compared to around 50 vendors last year, registra- tion this year reached 87 and sales were gainful. “The vendors are so hap- py,” said Weeldreyer. “Most of them made money hand over fist.” By Sunday evening, festi- val volunteers had finished cleaning up the parks, a feat See BMD 8A Cottage Grove 200 Gateway Blvd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424 4 (541) 942-5400 Mon. - Sat. 8am - 9pm Sun. 9am - 8pm Ed & Kori Sowa Independent Owner-Operators facebook.com/CottageGroveGroceryOutlet SAVE 40-70% ON GROCERIES. BEAUTIFUL, HUH? Come experience our new laser Living Faith Assembly 467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612 Trinity Lutheran Church Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373 Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all Pastor: James L. Markus ages welcome) Sunday School & Adult Education Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades) 9:15am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Non-Denominational Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur Church of Christ 5:00pm TLC Groups 1041 Pennoyer Ave tlccg.com 541-942-8928 Preacher: Tony Martin United Methodist Church Sunday Bible Study:10:00am 334 Washington 541-942-3033 Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm New Pastor Craig Pesti- Strobel www.pennoyeravecoc.com Worship 10:30am umcgrove.org Old Time Gospel Fellowship 103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999 “VICTORY” Country Church Pastor: Jim Edwards 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913 Sunday Service: 10:00am Pastor: Barbara Dockery Join in Traditional Christian Worship Worship Service: 10:00am Message: “WE BELIEVE IN Our Lady of Perpetual Help MIRACLES” and St. Philip Benizi Catholic Churches 1025. N. 19th St. 541-942-3420 Father John J. Boyle Holy Mass: Saturday Vigil – 5:30 PM Sunday – 10:30 PM For weekday and Holy Day of Obligation schedule see website OLPHCG.net Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM Saturdays or by appointment CRESWELL: Creswell Presbyterian Church 75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419 Rev. Seth Wheeler Adult Sunday School 9:15am Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am website www.creswellpres.org Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature in this newspaper. If your congregation would like to be a part of this directory, contact us today! S entinel C ottage G rove 541-942-3325 116 N. 6th Street Cottage Grove, OR Brent Bitner, DDS DENTISTRY WITH FAMILY IN MIND C ALL U S T ODAY ! 541.942.7934 350 E. W ASHINGTON A VENUE • C OTTAGE G ROVE WWW.CGSMILES.COM
