8A | OCT0BER 15, 2020
Candidates from A6
arch. New paint on the light
poles would be nice. I love
keeping downtown clean
and planting flowers. But to
me the real questions is, how
can we get the 10,000 people
who live here to come down-
town?
Savage: I shop downtown
frequently and see there are
many vacancies. I believe
this is a result of the hous-
ing crisis. People who open
shops want to live in the
town their shop is in.
With no housing avail-
ability there are very few
businesses going in. The
more people are shopping
downtown the later the ex-
isting shops can be open.
The more disposable in-
come we have in our com-
munity the more our lo-
cal economy can grow. By
solving the housing crisis,
I believe downtown will be
revived.
Stinnett: In recent de-
cades, many American com-
munities have lost the use
and function of a centralized
downtown where people can
come together to work, shop
and play. Cottage Grove is
lucky in this regard — our
downtown is a wonderful
place that’s full of potential.
But that potential must be
nurtured to be fully realized.
While successes can easily
be found here, a future that
includes a thriving down-
town is far from certain.
Supporting existing down-
town businesses in the com-
ing months will be crucial to
their survival and to the vi-
ability of downtown Cottage
Grove as a place to live and
conduct business, and as a
destination for visitors.
While keeping in mind
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current measures designed
to control the COVID
pandemic, the city must
nonetheless work with the
citizenry and groups like
the Chamber of Commerce
and “Downtown Cottage
Grove” — a group recent-
ly created by the merger of
the Main Street Program
and Economic and Business
Improvement District — to
promote downtown Cottage
Grove as a wonderful place
to gather to make purchases,
partake in cultural activities
and create community.
Fires, snow and flooding
have caused evacuations and
states of emergency in the
area for the past two years.
Do you feel the city is playing
a sufficient role in improving
disaster preparedness?
Gowing: I feel that the
city has done a good job pre-
paring for emergencies and
natural disasters. I do think
we need continued improve-
ment. The city staff con-
tinue to learn from recent
disasters and keep updated
on emergency protocols.
Communication about pro-
cedures with residents needs
to be an ongoing goal.
Del Sol: The city, like
most of the United States
government, is in total de-
nial of the true emergencies
and disasters our society is
facing. They did pretty good
with the snowplows though.
Roberts: The city has an
emergency plan, but needs
some updating and mod-
ernization. It’s important
that the city be proactive and
work closely with county,
state and federal agencies to
ensure that resources within
the city are as adequate as
possible to handle any emer-
gency or disaster.
Emergency plans should
be regularly updated. How-
ever, it is also understood
that the city does have lim-
ited resources due to its size
and relative isolation from a
large metropolitan area.
Therefore, it’s import-
ant that all emergency and
disaster plans include and
address community infra-
structure and partnerships
as much as possible.
I think it’s important to
form and train a volunteer
force within the city and
identify infrastructure than
can be utilized for various
emergencies and disasters.
The recent fires taught us
a lesson that it is important
for the community to have
a plan to come together
and assists where and when
possible. Again, this can be
easily implemented through
specially trained community
volunteers and partnerships
with existing infrastructure.
The CERT program ad-
dresses some of this, but
there are shortcomings,
such as additional funding. I
think there’s an opportunity
for the city to become more
proactive and approach this
idea in such a way as to be
far reaching to all citizens of
Cottage Grove.
Savage: I believe the city
was very well prepared for
these disasters but lacked
communication to ease the
fears of the community. I
would take a survey and
ask how residents want to
receive this type of informa-
tion. It could be in the form
of a text, email, social media
post or automated phone
call.
During the different
change of seasons, we could
put together a short list of
tips and tricks residents can
do to stay prepared. Winter,
flooding and fire prepared-
ness all look different so
each list would be slight-
ly different. List making is
one of my favorite things to
do and I would be happy to
work on this.
Stinnett: Natural disasters
seldom strike when we’re
truly prepared to handle
them, and they often wreak
havoc on the systems that
make our day-to-day life
possible. And yet, as recent
emergencies have taught
us, extremes of weather and
other natural disasters can-
not be dismissed and must
be expected as a fact of life.
Thus, we must do every-
thing in our power as a com-
munity to prepare for the
worst.
The City of Cottage Grove
has prepared plans to help
safeguard the city’s functions
in the event of an emergen-
cy. It is now time to widely
share those plans with local
residents — including infor-
mation about what agencies
and systems can be counted
on for assistance and infor-
mation in emergencies.
The city can also under-
take initiatives to encour-
age neighbors to reach out
to each other to share their
own plans and concerns.
In times of trouble, it’s of-
ten our neighbors that can
— and must — reach out
to help us when we need it
most. Our city government
can and should be a helpful
“neighbor” when disaster
strikes.
(More Q&A responses are
available online at https://
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candidates-share-perspec-
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6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
10:00am
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Tim Baker, Senior Minister
www.6thandgibbs.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Rev.: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
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Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
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Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Services: 9:00am & 10:45am
Hope In The Grove
Baptist Church
77820 Mosby Creek Rd
Pastor: Wayne Husk
Worship: Sunday 10:00am
Evening Bible Study: Wednesday
6:30pm
541.649.1043
For weekday and Holy Day of
Obligation schedule see website
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Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM
Saturdays or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrook Lane
Sunday 8 am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Living Faith Assembly
Sunday School & Adult Education
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
9:15am
Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all
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5:00pm TLC Groups
Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades) tlccg.com
Non-Denominational
United Methodist Church
Church of Christ
334 Washington 541-942-3033
1041 Pennoyer Ave
Worship 10am
541-942-8928
umcgrove.org
Delight Valley
Preacher: Tony Martin
Church of Christ
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
“VICTORY” Country Church
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
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Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Two Services:
Worship Service: 10:00am
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Old Time Gospel Fellowship
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
10:30am - Contemporary in the
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
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Pastor: Jim Edwards
Sunday Service: 10:00am
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Sunday School 9:30am
and St. Philip Benizi
Rev. Seth Wheeler
Worship Service 10:30am
Catholic Churches
Adult Sunday School 9:15am
Youth Wednesday 6:30pm
1025. N. 19th St.
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am
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Father John J. Boyle
Holy Mass:
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Sunday – 10:30 am
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