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WEATHER
Tomorrow: Mostly
sunny with a high of
50 and a low of 30.
Full forecast on A5
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HOLIDAY HUMOR
PHOTO COURTESY OF KENNETH MICHAEL ROBERTS.
The city’s Pallet Shelters, currently awaiting deployment on City Shop property, will provide a warm and safe sanctuary for the
unhoused on freezing nights this winter.
New shelters to provide respite for unhoused
The shelters are manufactured
by the Washington-based company
Pallet, which defines itself as a “so-
cial purpose company” aiming to
end unsheltered homelessness and
develop a nontraditional work-
force.
The structures are built to be an
efficient, safe and affordable option
for temporary cottage-style hous-
ing.
Taking only about 30 minutes to
set up, the insulated shelters can be
snapped together on site and in-
clude amenities such as electrical
connections, heat, windows, beds,
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Campus Life assists student access to distance learning
Obituaries
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By Cindy Weeldreyer
Special to The Sentinel
A spike in Lane County’s
positive coronavirus cases
in late September stopped
South Lane School Dis-
trict (SLSD) students from
heading back into their
classrooms in the fall.
All students are cur-
rently participating in
Comprehensive Distance
Learning (CDL), which
remains a logistical chal-
lenge for all involved —
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By Cindy Weeldreyer
Special to The Sentinel
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Campus Life Director Richard New helps Abby Stere with
her online lesson at the new Student Learning Center.
City council ratifies curbside pick-up program
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students, teachers and par-
ents.
It is especially challeng-
ing for parents who work
outside the home, have
limited internet connectiv-
ity, students who need ex-
tra help with their school-
work, or who have kids
who are not very good at
self-managing their time.
Campus Life is a non-de-
nominational youth orga-
nization serving middle
By Damien Sherwood
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com
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P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
The Cottage Grove City
Council ratified a tem-
porary curbside pickup
program on Monday in
response to the current
“two-week freeze” ordered
by Governor Kate Brown.
The program is intended
to aid downtown business-
es during the COVID-re-
Quality Cleaning
functional
• Upon arriving at the
curbside pickup space, the
customer should call to
have their order brought
to them
The curbside pickup
program will be in place as
long as there are emergen-
cy COVID-19 restrictions
issued by executive orders
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restricted to no more than
15 minutes
• City will provide signs
and barricades which the
business can place on the
curb before business pick-
up hours and must be re-
moved when closed
• Curbside pickup is for
parking spaces immediate-
ly in front of the business
and should use a minimal
number of spaces to be
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Certifi ed Green
Carpet Cleaning Specialist
lated restrictions by creat-
ing pickup locations along
storefronts, a strategy
which saw success when
implemented earlier this
year.
The curbside pickup
program was created with
the following parameters:
• Program is available
to businesses that have no
private off-street parking
• Occupying the space is
Oregon Health Au-
thority (OHA) reported
this month that traces of
SARS-CoV-2, the virus
that causes COVID-19,
has been detected in the
wastewater of the City of
Cottage Grove as part of
a wastewater monitoring
project.
Traces of the virus
have also been detected
in 23 other cities in the
collaborative effort be-
tween OHA and a team
from Oregon State Uni-
versity (OSU).
The City of Cottage
Grove volunteered to
participate in the pro-
gram, which collects and
tests weekly samples of
wastewater for traces of
the novel coronavirus.
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testing detects
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Don’t Lose Your Giblets
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As night temperatures continue
their gradual seasonal decline, a
new model of warming shelters is
set to debut in Cottage Grove this
December.
The Cottage Grove City Council
voted for the purchase of 18 Pallet
Shelters on Oct. 26, addressing an
anticipated need to secure shelter
this winter for the unhoused.
Currently erected and standing
by in the Cottage Grove City Shops
property, the shelters are awaiting
site preparation, which is estimated
to be completed mid-December.
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