COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | APRIL 8, 2021 | 3A
‘If I Were Mayor’ contest
deadline approaching
The Cottage Grove
City Council is partic-
ipating in the Oregon
Mayors
Association’s
student “If I Were May-
or …” contest.
The deadline for
youth to enter is quickly
approaching on Friday,
April 16, at 5 p.m.
Youth in the commu-
nity are invited to enter:
• Poster Contest for
4th and 5th grade stu-
dents are invited to par-
ticipate in a poster con-
test with local prizes of
1st Place ($50) and 2nd
Place ($25.)
• Essay Contest for
6th through 8th grade
students are invited to
participate in an essay
contest with local priz-
es of 1st Place ($75) and
2nd Place ($50).
• Digital Media Pre-
sentations
for
9th
through 12th grade stu-
dents are invited to par-
ticipate in a digital me-
dia presentations with
local prizes of 1st Place
($100) and 2nd Place
($50).
The Cottage Grove
City Council will be
awarding the local priz-
es at that April 26 city
council meeting.
The local 1st place
winners will be entered
into the Oregon Mayors
Association’s statewide
contest.
For information on
how to enter and fur-
ther details about the
contest follow the link
of the city Council’s site
at: www.cottagegroveor.
gov/citycouncil.
Master Gardener Spring
Plant Sale has begun
The Lane County
Master Gardener Asso-
ciation announces its
2021 Spring Plant Sale.
Plants for sale include
vegetables, berries, na-
tives, perennials, shrubs,
and roses.
Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, orders will be
online only, with in-per-
son pick-up on April 24.
Customers will sign
up for a time and be
provided with pick-up
location upon purchase.
For the safety of our
customers and volun-
teers, no plants will be
available to purchase
onsite.
Pre-orders will con-
tinue through April 23.
All sales final.
Pick-up in Eugene on
April 24, between noon
and 6 p.m.
Location disclosed af-
ter purchase.
Order plants online
at www.lcmgaplantsale.
square.site
For more informaton,
contact Laura Hoover
by email at lcmgaplant
sale@gmail.com
New Marshal in Town
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n March 24, Cottage Grove Municipal Judge Martin Fisher (left) swore in the newest Bohemia City
Marshal, Councilor Kenneth Michael Roberts. At the press conference, Bohemia Mining Days offi-
cials announced plans to produce a two-day celebration on July 16-17 in Coiner Park. BMD President
Don Williams said they are enthusiastically moving forward to give the community a celebratory gift
this summer. The organization wants to remain fluid and re-evaluate the OHA restrictions in early May
to determine if the event can happen.
LRAPA director retires; new director named
The Lane Regional Air
Protection Agency (LRA-
PA) Executive Director,
Merlyn Hough, concludes
16 years of service at the
Agency and began retire-
ment with his final day on
April 2.
LRAPA’s next Director,
Steve Dietrich, began April
5.
Hough joined LRAPA
in 2005 after more than 31
years of service at the Or-
egon Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality (DEQ).
Under Hough’s guidance
Lane County residents have
benefitted from great im-
provements in air quality,
specifically particulate mat-
ter (PM2.5), the most com-
mon form of air pollution
in the county.
PM2.5 pollution has fall-
en in Oakridge, where it has
been at the highest in Lane
County, by 30 percent over
the last 15 years.
During his time at the
agency, Hough held the role
of Co-President of the Na-
tional Association of Clean-
er Air Agencies (NACAA)
from 2014 to 2015. In 2012
he was the President of the
Air & Waste Management
Association (A&WMA).
In these prestigious and
important roles, he guided
the national dialogue on
air quality concerns and
helped shape and coordi-
nate feasible solutions.
In 2008 Hough was
awarded the EPA Region
10 “Clean Air Excellence”
award for work in reduc-
ing benzene in the PNW
gasoline supply. Hough re-
ceived recognition in 2017
with the Stanley E. Kappe
Award from the American
Academy of Environmen-
tal Engineers and Scientists
recognizing his extraordi-
nary contributions for the
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betterment of the environ-
ment and the advancement
of public awareness.
The next Director to
lead the Agency is Steve
Dietrich, appointed unan-
imously by LRAPA’s Board
of Directors during their
March meeting.
Dietrich joins LRAPA
from DEQ where he cur-
rently serves as an Air
Quality Manager for the
Northwest Region.
Dietrich worked as the
Air Quality Division Ad-
ministrator for Wyoming
DEQ.
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