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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 | DECEMBER 17, 2020 | $1.00 S entinel VOL. 131, NO. 50 • Est. 1889 Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Get an insurance plan —not just a policy. First doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Lane County PeaceHealth at RiverBend is expected to receive initial doses for healthcare workers on Dec. 22 By Ned Hickson nhickson@cgsentinel.com (541) 942-0555 WEATHER The first COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived in Oregon. Legacy Health is the first regis- tered COVID-19 vaccine provider in the state to receive the vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. The health system’s Holladay Park site in Portland and Meridian Park site in Tualatin each took de- livery of one package of 975 doses Clouds and rain with a high of 46 and a low tonight of 37. Full forecast on A5 macy, Kaiser Permanente’s Airport Way Center in Portland, and St. Alphonsus Medical Center in On- tario, with each receiving 975-dose packages of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The remaining 30,225 Pfizer vaccine doses from this week’s allocation of 35,100 dose for Oregon will arrive at hospitals OHA Director Patrick Allen throughout the rest of the week, at around 7 a.m. this past Monday at three other locations in Oregon with 10,725 doses going to skilled (Dec. 14). on Tuesday, including Oregon See VACCINE 11A Additional doses were expected Health & Science University Phar- “The vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel, but we will be in this tunnel for several months...” Merry Marines SLSD board fi lls vacant position HUMOR By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Th e South Lane School District (SLSD) Board vot- ed unanimously Monday evening to fi ll its vacant seat with candidate Colleen Val- ley. Th ree other candidates — Andrea Hummel, Am- ber Mongan and Martha Gaines — appeared before the school board in a virtual conference to answer inter- view questions during the board’s session this week. Valley will be fi lling Posi- tion 5 on the board, which was vacated by member Alan Baas last month. Baas stepped down from his posi- tion aft er serving eight years on the seven-member body, citing health concerns as the Humor columnist James Kazad — B1 COMMUNITY See SLSD 10A Lorane drive-up food drop-off B1 • RECORDS Obituaries Official releases A2 • LORANE NEWS B1 • TV LISTINGS B5-B6 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B7-B8 B FOLLOW US FOR THE @CGSentinel 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 laundry facilities and maintenance staff. Homes for Good is Lane Coun- ty’s housing agency and works primarily to help low-income resi- dents find affordable housing. The Legion Cottages project was developed in a partnership with Homes for Good, Post 32 of the American Legion in Cottage Grove, Lane County and the Uni- versity of Oregon. The concept for Legion Cottages began when Cottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing brought the idea up with the American Legion board a couple years ago, the mayor said in On Monday (Dec. 14), the Cottage Grove City Council voted to amend the city’s municipal code on used business licenses, removing the license requirement and replacing it with a registry. Chapter 5.28 of the Cot- tage Grove Municipal Code establishes licensing, op- erating and recordkeeping requirements for used mer- chandise businesses within the city limits. License renewals are re- quired on an annual basis. Th e code came under scrutiny last month in re- gards to its effi cacy. Th e used merchandise business license was induct- ed into the city code in 1981 with the intent of aiding the police department in track- ing stolen items. Th e code defi nes used See COTTAGES 8A See CITY 6A Legion Cottages welcomes first occupants By Damien Sherwood /CGSentinel By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com PHOTOS BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL dsherwood@cgsentinel.com LATEST NEWS : City votes to remove used business licenses ags of toys flowed out of the South Lane Fire and Rescue (SLCFR) Harrison station on Sunday (Dec. 13) to a stream of appreciative families driving through. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), SLCFR and local Community Emergency Response Team members took part in the Toys for Tots pro- gram, a nonprofit charity through the USMC which donates gifts for youths 14 and under. SLCFR reported a total of 121 families includ- ing 299 children were recipients of this year’s donations in Cottage Grove. Support for the program included donations from Cottage Grove and Creswell Bi-Marts, Jim’s Point S Tire and Auto and the Creswell Dollar Store. Cottage Grove passed another milestone in affordable housing this week as Legion Cottages, a Homes for Good project to provide housing for low-income veterans, began welcoming in tenants. “It’s really getting people into a solid and safe, clean place to live that they can stay in for the rest of their lives if they want to,” said Homes for Good Real Estate De- velopment Director Steve Ochs. “There’s no end to when they can stay here.” Legion Cottages consists of four tiny home developments located between Ash Avenue and Main Street behind the American Le- gion. All four approved tenants are veterans coming out of homeless- ness, determined as the most in need for housing in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs out of Eugene. The 384-square-foot, loft-style homes will be managed and main- tained by Homes for Good staff from Riverview Terrace, another Homes for Good apartment com- munity located directly across Main Street from the cottages. The partnership with Riverview Terrace will give veterans access to the complex’s community room,