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S ERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF C OTTAGE G ROVE , C RESWELL , D ORENA , D RAIN , E LKTON , L ORANE AND Y ONCALLA C ottage G rove THURSDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 8, 2020 | $1.00 S entinel VOL. 131, NO. 40 • Est. 1889 Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Going with the flow Bundle home & auto to save $$. (541) 942-0555 WEATHER Partly cloudy with a high of 69 and a low tonight of 48. Full forecast on A5 EDITORIAL Celebrating National Newspaper Week A4 COLUMNIST DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Work continues as the Row River Water Treatment Plant expansion project sets completion for mid-December; an additional mem- brane rack (below) is being installed, which will bring the plant’s water capacity to six million gallons per day. Water treatment plant ramps up expansion By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Official releases A2 • LORANE NEWS B1 C ottage Grove’s Row River Water Treatment Plant has kicked its ex- pansion project into high gear, entering the final leg to in- crease the plant’s water treat- ment capacity. “We’ve put several months of work into getting up to this point getting a lot of the phys- ical labor done and now we’re going to start doing the final tie-ins to get it all buttoned up,” said the plant’s Water Produc- tion Superintendent Ryan Kim- ball. Plans for the project were solidified in a vote by the Cot- tage Grove City Council Sept. 23, 2019, to expand the plant’s water treatment capacity from four million gallons per day to six million. Coming in at a final cost of just over $1.1 million, the proj- ect is intended as a proactive measure to address a number See WATER 10A • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B5-B6 COVID presents different challenge for school athletes Dorena resident off ers fi re services to community By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com /CGSentinel @CGSentinel 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL A Cottage Grove High School student athlete rests between training activities last week while fol- lowing social distancing guidelines. Emerald Valley Armory, LLC Handguns • Long Rifles Concealed Carry Classes Tues. - Sat. 10-6 147 E. Oregon Ave. Creswell, OR 97426 541-895-2666 Students athletes are back in the fields and courts for the 2020-21 school year, but little of their routine resembles previous seasons. With heavily differing metrics regard- ing COVID-19, Lane and Douglas County school districts are navigating approaches to the sports season in different ways. “To some degree, it’s left up to the local level,” said Cottage Grove High School Ath- letic Director and Assistant Principal Matt Myers. “Different districts are doing See SPORTS 7A Th e Dorena community may have a new fi refi ghting option with repairs fi nished on a decades-old fi re engine. “I’d just hate to see another house burn,” said the fi re en- gine owner Dan Holt, who is off ering the truck’s use next time a blaze breaks out. Holt came across the vehi- cle about two years ago See DORENA 5A Free Appraisals I’ll Come to You! BUY & SELL Gold, Silver, Scrap, Men’s Jewelry, Costume Jewelry, Pieces & Parts. Even Junk! 25+ Years Experience The Jewelry Girl, LLC L ISA R USSELL (541)556-9598
