COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | JULY 2, 2020
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Community members can share BMD
Emerald PUD’s Short Mountain
memories in special publication
Landfill Generator Reaches Milestone
Next week, The Sentinel
will publish its annual “Bo-
hemia Nugget” to celebrate
the Bohemia Mining Days
festival, which was can-
celed this year due to the
COVID-19 virus.
Any community mem-
ber who has a special mem-
ory or a reason why BMD
is important to them is en-
couraged to write a short
paragraph and email it to
festival coordinator Cindy
Weeldreyer at bmd@Bohe-
miaMiningDays.org.
The Sentinel would also
like to publish communi-
ty members’ favorite pho-
tos, especially from the
1970s-1990s.
For assistance submit-
ting older photos, call Gary
Manly at 541-942-3325.
Submission deadline is
Monday, July 6, to be in-
cluded in this special keep-
sake publication.
Historical Society to host summer scavenger hunt
The Cottage Grove His-
torical Society has an-
nounced that it will be
sponsoring a scavenger
hunt this summer.
The hunt is designed for
families but is open to ev-
eryone.
All locations are local
and outside to accom-
modate social distancing
guidelines.
Instructions
are included at the his-
torical society’s website at
https://cghistory.org/imag
es/2020_Scavenger_Hunt.
pdf.
It has been organized
and funded by Cottage
Grove area Partners in His-
tory. Organizers hope the
community and visitors
alike will enjoy this free lo-
cal activity.
All forms must be sub-
mitted by July 31st to be
entered into the drawing
for a family dinner ($150
gift certificate) at a local
restaurant.
Each tagged social media
post will add an entry in
the drawing and increase
your families chance at
winning so don’t forget
to post using the hashtag
#CGHistoryHunt.
Emerald People’s Utility
District’s Short Mountain
Landfill gas generating
plant recently celebrat-
ed an impressive mile-
stone: half a billion kilo-
watt-hours of electricity
produced since coming
online in the early 1990s.
This is enough energy
to power approximately
32,000 homes for an en-
tire year.
More than just a large
number, the figure speaks
to the longevity and reli-
ability of a plant that was
well ahead of its time
when first constructed.
Short Mountain Land-
fill, located just outside
of Eugene, is owned and
operated by Lane Coun-
ty. In the mid-1980s, the
county solicited proposals
for capturing the methane
gas produced at the facil-
ity.
Emerald PUD respond-
ed with something of a
radical idea at the time:
use the gas to produce
electricity.
Although landfill gas
generators are common
today, back then there
were few — if any — such
plants on the west coast.
In fact, Emerald PUD
staff was forced to trav-
el to other regions of the
country to learn about
this new approach.
After years of study
and planning, the Short
Mountain
generating
plant was finally commis-
sioned in 1992. Today, it
features four generators,
each capable of produc-
ing 800 kW of renewable
electricity to Emerald
PUD’s 21,000 customers.
“Short Mountain was
kind of a wild idea at the
time, but it’s proven to be
a great resource for the
utility,” said Doug Hoover,
an Emerald PUD Landfill
Gas Technician who has
been there for every kWh
produced since the begin-
ning. “I’m proud of the
way it has worked out.”
In addition to the en-
ergy production benefits,
the plant also prevents
harmful greenhouse gases
from entering the atmo-
sphere. In a typical year,
more than 368 million cu-
bic feet (CF) of gas is cap-
tured at the plant, equiv-
alent to the emissions of
approximately 3,000 ve-
hicles.
Looking forward, Em-
erald PUD plans to con-
tinue operating at Short
Mountain for at least the
next several decades.
The utility recently
signed a new contract
with Lane County to se-
cure the gas utilization
rights through 2043.
Emerald PUD is a not-
for-profit electric utility
formed in 1978 by a small
group of local citizens
who wanted better, cus-
tomer-oriented service at
the lowest possible rates.
Today EPUD serves
more than 20,000 meters
in Lane County, Oregon.
Follow Emerald PUD on
Twitter @emeraldpud or
Facebook at www.face-
book.com/emeraldpud.
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State Farm announces $25k relief-grant program
Matt Bjornn, agent for
State Farm, recently an-
nounced that State Farm
“Neighborhood Assist® is
back for its ninth year in
2020.
This year, $25,000 in
grants is being offered at
a time when nonprofits
and the communities they
serve need it most. Due to
the many challenges fac-
ing the nation, State Farm
is removing all category
requirements for sub-
missions this year. This
action will free up com-
munities to submit causes
to address their greatest
needs.
The program will con-
tinue to award $25,000
grants to 40 nonprofit or-
ganizations to help fund
neighborhood improve-
ment projects. According
to a recent State Farm re-
search study, one-quarter
of respondents say that
they are “extremely” or
“very” involved in trying
to improve their neigh-
borhood and 6-in-10 are
trying to improve their
neighborhood in some
capacity.
Here’s how the program
works:
• Submission Phase:
Starts July 15 and ends
when 2,000 submissions
are reached. Individu-
als can submit a cause at
www.neighborhoodassist.
com starting July 15.
Prepare now by going
to the website and down-
loading the submission
guide. Once 2,000 sub-
missions have been re-
ceived, the State Farm
Review Committee will
then narrow the field to
the Top 200 finalists using
a scoring rubric.
• Voting Phase: Sept.
23 through Oct. 2. Ulti-
mately, voters will decide
which community im-
provement projects will
receive grants.
The public will have a
chance to vote 10 times a
day, every day, for 10 days
between Sept. 23 and Oct.
2 from the list of finalists.
Voting can be done
online at www.neighbor
hoodassist.com.
• Winners announced:
Winners will be an-
nounced Nov. 4 at www.
neighbor hoodassist.com,
with the 40 causes that re-
ceive the most votes each
win a $25,000 grant.
“Grant programs that
address community needs
like Neighborhood Assist
are more important than
ever,” said Bjornn. “This
initiative truly embodies
the spirit of being a Good
Neighbor.”
Last year, 163,000 peo-
ple cast 4.4 million votes
in support of their favor-
ite causes, selecting win-
ners from small towns
and big cities.
Since the program
began, State Farm has
awarded $8 million in
support of more than 300
causes.
Local caregiver network group to meet July 13
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The Caregiver Network
of Cottage Grove will
meet Monday, July 13,
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Guest speaker will be
speech pathologist Nancy
Vasilakes.
Anyone who is a local
caregiver is invited to hear
this valuable and infor-
mative presentation.
The group meets at
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