COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
| MARCH 19, 2020 | 7A
from A6
asked to call the police
department instead.
Emergency respond-
policy in light of the
ers with South Lane
outbreak, though both
County Fire & Rescue,
providers recommend
too, are continuing to
on their websites that
follow guidance docu-
customers use electron-
ments provided by the
ic or telephone options
Oregon Health Author-
whenever possible in
ity and Lane County
lieu of visiting the offices
Public Health such as
in person.
screening practices, ill-
Following Lane Coun-
ness recognition and
ty Public Health guide-
wearing personal pro-
lines, the Cottage Grove
tective equipment.
Police Department is
Public transportation
also taking steps to min-
in Cottage Grove, how-
imize risk, though Police
ever, was faced with
Chief Scott Shepherd as-
disruption when Lane
sured that the essential
Transit District (LTD)
DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
service will continue as
announced
Monday
School children recieved breakfast and lunch sacks from South Lane School that, beginning March
usual.
“One of our biggest District Tuesday morning. Food will continue to be distributed through the 17, the Cottage Grove
concerns is just try- week and also on March 30 and 31 at CGHS, London and Dorena schools.
Connector
service
ing to keep everybody personal hygiene and try slightly to accommodate case-by-case basis.”
would be canceled un-
healthy,” said Shepherd. to limit exposure.”
Cells in the Cottage til further notice. The
the threat of the virus,
“We clean surfaces that
Grove Municipal Jail limited Saturday fixed
Policing tactics in Shepherd noted.
are heavily used and we dealing with offend-
“If it’s somebody who house single individuals route schedules to Cot-
pay attention to our own ers have changed only is not a habitual offend- and the department is tage Grove are to be im-
er and we don’t think continuing to monitor plemented on weekdays
would be a nuisance to inmates’ conditions.
instead.
Shepherd added that
the public, we’re opting
“We all need to do our
and Gift Boutique to issue citations rather citizens with issues part to reduce everyone’s
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LTD’s general manag-
er in a press release. “In
addition, LTD’s team
continues to clean the
buses every day with
high-powered disinfec-
tants and other cleaning
protocols.”
When riding the bus,
LTD suggests riders fol-
low guidelines from the
Centers for Disease Con-
trol (CDC) to reduce the
exposure and spread of
the coronavirus.
Though the LTD
Connector service is
suspended, local trans-
portation
nonprofit
South Lane Wheels will
continue its “Door-to-
Door” service for the
time being.
Other local services
such as the Cottage
Grove Public Library
and Community Cen-
ter are slated to remain
closed until March 30
and events in the build-
ing have all been can-
celed, though the city is
looking into delivery op-
tions for those wanting
to check out books of the
library, said Meyers. The
Cottage Grove Armory,
too, is closed until April
13.
Virtual meeting in-
structions for public
meetings are to be pro-
vided at the top of the
respective agenda pages
on the city’s website at
cottagegrove.org.
Questions
about
COVID-19 can be an-
swered by visiting Lane
County Public Health
and the Oregon Health
Authority websites or by
calling the Lane County
Public Health Commu-
nity Call Center line at
541-682-1380.
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