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| MAY 28, 2020
| COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
South Lane Wheels restarts modified door-to-door service
South Lane Wheels, a
non-profit dedicated to
providing public trans-
portation for South Lane
County residents, restart-
ed modified service to the
Cottage Grove area this
past Tuesday, May 26.
This modified door-to-
door service will operate
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each
weekday for the next eight
weeks at a reduced price of
$2 per trip for local trips
within the Cottage Grove
area.
Metro service between
Cottage Grove, Creswell,
Springfield and Eugene
will also resume, at regular
prices.
For the security of its
passengers and drivers,
South Lane Wheels will
adhere to safety guidelines
that will include social
distancing, passenger lim-
its and regular bus wipe
downs among its health
precautions.
For that reason, all pas-
sengers are required to
wear a face mask.
It is important to note
this is not an LTD service;
it is a modified version of
South Lane Wheels pro-
prietary service, so it does
not operate the same as
the LTD Connector.
gers will need to call in
their pickup (date and
time), as well as the time
of their return trip.
Note: Since this is not
an LTD service, LTD fare
is not accepted.
The service is reser-
vation only and must be
called into SLW dispatch-
ers at 541-942-0456 ext. 1.
Passengers can schedule
trips in advance but SLW
will also try to accommo-
date same-day requests as
it is able.
In both cases, passen-
Oregon families to start receiving $134 million in SNAP food benefits Car crash claims life of CG woman
On May 5, the Depart-
ment of Human Services
(DHS) and the Oregon
Department of Education
(ODE) announced that
more than 351,000 students
receiving free meals from
Oregon schools will get ad-
ditional food benefits for
groceries during the school
closure.
Households will receive
food benefits equivalent to
the cost of one lunch and
one breakfast for each eli-
gible student — $5.70 per
normal school day for the
months of March, April,
May and June.
Beginning in June, these
additional benefits will be
automatically
deposited
for Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program
(SNAP) households to their
existing Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT) accounts on
their regular issuance date.
Benefits are sent out from
the 1st to the 9th of the
month, based on the last
digit of your SSN.
Students who get free
school meals but do not
receive SNAP benefits will
automatically receive an
Oregon Trail Card in the
mail in the months of June
and July. Parents do not
need to apply if their chil-
dren are part of a school
where all students receive
free meals.
Families whose children
attend participating schools
and have experienced sig-
nificant income loss may
have become eligible for
free school meals, and there
is still time to apply. Apply
online at www.ode.state.
or.us/apps/FRLApp/De-
fault or contact your local
school.
To find out if your school
participates in this program,
visit
www.oregon.gov/
ode/students-and-fami-
ly/childnutrition/Pages/
COVID-19.aspx.
Benefits will be retroac-
tive to March 16 for stu-
dents who received free
and reduced-price meals
when schools closed. For
newly eligible free or re-
duced-price students or
SNAP households, benefits
will start at the beginning
of the month they become
eligible.
Eligible students will re-
ceive the following:
• $69 for March
• $126 in April
• $120 in May
• $69 in June
More information about
the program is available
at govstatus.egov.com/or
-dhs-benefits and at www.
oregon.gov/ode/students
-and-family/childnutrition
/Documents/FAQ-Parent-
Website.pdf.
DHS will continue to
work with federal part-
ners to provide greater as-
sistance to Oregonians in
need.
For more information
about food assistance, vis-
it needfood.oregon.gov or
call 2-1-1.
Last Thursday, May 21,
at approximately 2:10 a.m.,
Oregon State Police Troop-
ers (OSP) and emergency
personnel responded to
a single-vehicle crash on
Highway 99, near milepost
5 in Creswell.
Preliminary
investi-
gation revealed a Honda
Accord, operated by John
Farrell, 42, of Cottage
Grove, was northbound
Rita Lorraine Sabin Workman
1935-2020
OHA seeks to expand healthcare volunteer registry for COVID response
The Oregon Health Au-
thority is amplifying ef-
forts to recruit health care
professionals to join the
State Emergency Registry
of Volunteers in Oregon
(SERV-OR) as part of safely
reopening Oregon.
Since March, SERV-OR
has added more than 800
new volunteers, strength-
ening OHA’s ability to con-
tain COVID-19 cases and
building the capacity of
the volunteer program to
respond to future emergen-
cies.
“Oregon’s health care
workers are our most
valuable asset in the fight
against COVID-19,” said
OHA Director Patrick Al-
len. “Their skills and en-
ergy are saving lives every
day, in every part of the
state. SERV-OR provides
another opportunity to give
back and support response
efforts while connecting
volunteers to high-quality
training.”
Duties of SERV-OR vol-
unteers are as varied as they
are vital, from supporting
medical casualty triage and
behavioral health services
Final
Arrangements
to staffing medical shelters
and information hotlines.
OHA is planning for vol-
unteers to be a critical part
of the state’s COVID-19
recovery effort by support-
ing contact tracing, testing,
community wellness cam-
paigns, as well as studies of
long-term community ef-
fects and mass vaccination
programs.
Those signing up in the
coming days will have the
opportunity to train and
deploy quickly.
In addition to disease
outbreaks, SERV-OR vol-
unteers are ready to re-
spond in case of other
emergencies and natural
disasters such as flooding,
wildfire and earthquakes.
As volunteers, medical
professionals who are reg-
istered with SERV-OR gain
access to valuable training
and learning opportunities,
including continuing ed-
ucation credits, workforce
training and emergency re-
sponse training.
Health care professionals
can register to volunteer
with SERV-OR at SERV-
OR.org.
Peter “Pete” Dale Anderson
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Rita Lorraine Sabin Work-
man passed away of natural
causes at home in Lindon,
UT on May 18, 2020. All who
knew her were touched by her
service, love and positive spirit.
She was born Oct. 14, 1935
in Heyburn, ID, to Arthur
and Verna Sabin. Rita was the
youngest of 4 siblings and was
known for her out-going na-
ture.
Rita married her high school
sweetheart, Wayne, in 1955
and moved to Cottage Grove,
Oregon where they raised 5
children. She was an excellent
homemaker, breadmaker and
bookkeeper as they bought
and renovated rental homes
and owned and managed an
adult foster home for Veterans.
Rita and her husband eventual-
ly relocated to Albany, Oregon
to be near their sons, and then
in 2015 to Lindon, Utah to be
near their daughter.
Rita was preceded in death
by her sister, Melba Damico
and her youngest son, Mitchell.
She is survived by her husband
Wayne, daughters Mary (Blair)
Kent, Deedra (David) Hansen,
and sons Th omas (Penny) and
Jerry (Caroline). Rita will be
missed dearly by her 21 grand-
children and 8 great grandchil-
dren.
Th e Dallas Mortuary Trib-
ute Center is caring for the
local arrangements. www.dal-
lastribute.com
SOUTH LANE COUNTY
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on Highway 99 when it left
the roadway and damaged
approximately 100 feet of a
wood fence.
Farrell was stabilized by
medics and transported to
River Bend Hospital.
A passenger in the Hon-
da, Elizabeth Slagley, 31,
also from Cottage Grove,
sustained fatal injuries and
was pronounced deceased.
Peter “Pete” Dale Ander-
son, 57, died May 17,2020 in
Cottage Grove, Oregon. Pete
was born to parents Dale and
Josephine (Brown) Anderson
on October 18, 1962 in Cot-
tage Grove, OR. He gradutat-
ed from Cottage Grove High
School in 1981. Pete worked
in diff erent locations through-
out Cottage Grove. He enjoyed
walking, drinking Pepsi, go-
ing church, potlucks, picnics,
swimming, and spending time
with family. Halloween was his
favorite holiday and he loved
handing out candy to the trick
o’ treaters. Pete was a member
of the Church of Christ Sixth
and Gibbs where he enjoyed
potlucks. Pete is survived by his
mother Josephine Anderson of
Cottage Grove, OR; sister Pa-
tricia (Gary) Edwards, of Ve-
neta, OR; brother Michael An-
derson of Cottage Grove, OR;
brother Louie (Tina) Anderson
of Springfi eld, OR; his nieces
Catelynn, Nneka, and Maki-
ja. He is preceded in death by
his father and grandparents. A
private family Inurnment will
be held at Fir Grove Cemetery,
Cottage Grove, OR. Arrange-
ments in the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in
Cottage Grove, OR.
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Air Membership
$124 per year
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Cups & to-go food boxes
Coffee, soft drink cups, ALL cups, to-go boxes & more.
Paper intended to hold liquid or food contains either a chemical additive or
plastic layer—both not recyclable. Plastics can't be properly sorted by sorting equipment & must be put it in the trash.
Clear containers for deli, produce, bakery and other products
ucts
Often made of 2 laminated plastics, they are not recyclable.
Put them in the trash if you cannot find ways to reuse them at home.
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Frozen pizza boxes, microwave dinners, ice cream cartons & more.
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Plastic grocery, bread, dry-cleaning bags & more.
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