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he City of Cottage Grove
conducted its annual
Memorial Day ceremony
on May 25, part of which was
broadcast virtually without audi-
ence to stay in compliance with
coronavirus-related restrictions
on gatherings.
“It’s our first ever doing a virtu-
al ceremony and hopefully our
last doing a virtual ceremony,”
said Mayor Jeff Gowing as he wel-
comed viewers.
The event, hosted in partner-
ship with American Legion Post
32 and Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) Post 3473, was broadcast
live on South Lane Community
Broadcasting channel 14.4. and
streamed on the city’s Youtube
channel.
Following an opening prayer
on the topic of sacrifice by Pastor
Rulon Combs and a performance
of the national anthem by Cora
Branstetter, Gowing spoke to the
spirit of the national holiday.
“So many have given so much
for our freedom. So many have
paid the price with their own life,”
he said.
Gowing paid respects not only
to service members who died in
combat, but those who returned
home only to lose their lives to
psychological pain, depression or
complications from the chemical
warfare herbicide Agent Orange.
Gowing also referenced the list
of names read each year of local
service members who have
passed.
“The older I get, those names
turn from just names to someone
I’ve known for years. This year is
no different and has become even
more impacting to me,” said
Gowing, whose father, great-un-
cle and friends were included in
the reading this year.
Keynote speaker Colonel
Francis Scott Main, who was
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‘Back on the menu’ Community loses artist, pilot
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With the United States en-
during plummeting econom-
ic activity and a historic rise
in unemployment due to re-
sponses to the novel corona-
virus outbreak, forecasts of
the nation’s economic health
remain a consistent point of
uncertainty.
Despite turmoil at the na-
tional level, however, the food
and beverage sector in Cottage
Grove seems determined to
bounce back.
“Actually, I’m pretty optimis-
tic,” said Cottage Grove Cham-
ber of Commerce President/
CEO Shauna Neigh. “It seems
everybody is coming back to
business.”
Since Gov. Kate Brown is-
sued an executive order March
23 shutting down all non-es-
sential services and severely
restricting food and beverage
sellers, restaurants and bars in
Cottage Grove have either
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On May 12, Cottage Grove com-
munity member Shirley B. Froyd
passed away due to natural causes,
leaving behind a local legacy of art,
aviation and nature conservation.
Froyd was born Shirley Ann
Blocki in Chicago on June 6, 1926.
A child of the Great Depression,
she learned to surmount challenges
PHOTO BY ERIC ALAN
early in life as she lost her mother
Froyd co-piloted Ron Englund’s 1929 to leukemia at only age five.
Despite this less-than-ideal start,
Fleet biplane at Jim Wright Field for
her 88th birthday, June 2014.
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