4A | APRIL 8, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
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ned hickson, managing editor | 541-902-3520 | nhickson@cgsentinel.com
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New location, same commitment to you
rities.
If these walls could
talk, well... let’s just say
they’d speak volumes.
But recently, those
walls have needed repair
as time and aging struc-
Change is hard.
Even when it’s for the
better.
In the case of our re-
cent move from our
building in the historic
district that was home
to The Sentinel for de-
cades, it’s hard leaving
a place that has had so
many
conversations,
laughs, arguments, tears,
bleary-eyed
deadline
nights and mornings,
sighs of relief and wist-
ful whistles when every-
thing came together.
It’s a building that has
heard the footfalls of dif-
ferent editors, reporters,
office and sales people,
visiting dignitaries from
state representatives to
mayors and a few celeb-
Ultimately, wherev-
er we hang our Sentinel
hats, the end result is the
same: a commitment to
bring you the news, in-
formation and stories
you need to know, and
From the Editor's Desk
Ned Hickson
tural issues prompted
us to begin looking at a
new beginning in a loca-
tion more suited to our
needs in the modern
era.
One thing we’ve
learned over the past
year, as we have primar-
ily operated from our
homes, has been how
four walls isn’t near-
ly as important as the
fortitude of those with-
in them regardless of
where those walls might
be.
to provide a place for
community conversa-
tion.
With that in mind, we
are happy to announce
our new home at 1498
E. Main St., Ste 104, in
the Safeway shopping
center, next to the UPS
Store (and, for us, dan-
gerously close to the
Safeway bakery section.)
We hope you’ll come
see us and visit our
new office. We’re plan-
ning an official news-
paper-warming party
(Don’t worry, SLCFR,
nothing combustable)
once we are settled in.
But there’s still work
to do. For example,
Damien Sherwood and
I will be removing a
partial (non-bearing!)
wall this weekend to
make more space for the
newsroom.
There’s also still some
painting and reorganiz-
ing to do.
But when you call,
you’ll still hear Meg
Fringer’s cheerful voice.
General Manager Gary
Manly, and marketing
consultants Gerald San-
tana and Carla Skeel, are
still manning the sales
office.
And each Thursday,
you’ll find The Sentinel
in news stands, in your
mail box and at stores
around town because,
well — some things
don’t change.
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS
Oregon state
representatives
• Sen. Floyd Prozanski
District 4 State Senator
PO Box 11511
Eugene, Ore. 97440
Phone: 541-342-2447
Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@
state.or.us
• Rep. Cedric Hayden
Republican District 7 State
Representative
900 Court St. NE
Salem, Ore. 97301
Phone: 503-986-1407
Email: rep.cedrichayden@
state.or.us
• Rep. Peter DeFazio
(House of Representatives)
405 East 8th Ave.
#2030
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Oregon federal
representatives
Email: defazio.house.gov/
contact/email-peter
Phone: 541-465-6732
• Sen. Ron Wyden
405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (541) 431-0229
• Sen. Jeff Merkley
Email: merkley.senate.gov
Phone: 541-465-6750
• Heather Buch
Lane County Commissioner
- District 5
Email: Heather.Buch@lane
countyorg.gov
125 E. Eighth Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
Or call 541-682-4203
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