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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 | JULY 22, 2021 | $1.00 S entinel VOL. 132, NO. 29 • Est. 1889 Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Get an insurance plan —not just a policy. Jay the Magician performs at BMD (see A6) BMD bounces back By Damien Sherwood (541) 942-0555 WEATHER Sunny with a high of 82 and a low tonight of 51. Full forecast on A5 COLUMNIST Betty Kaiser’s Chatterbox A3 SPORTS & REC dsherwood@cgsentinel. com Bohemia Mining Days (BMD) made a much-an- ticipated return to Cottage Grove last weekend. De- spite swirling uncertainty about its many layers of execution, the festival was largely deemed a success – an accomplishment evok- ing both relief and gratitude from many of the organiz- ers. “I can’t say enough for our production crew,” said BMD President Don Wil- liams. “All of these peo- ple have put in hours and hours and hours – not just an hour here and there, but hours of time and energy and/or money.” After choosing to cancel last year amid coronavirus safety and financial uncer- tainty, similar issues chal- lenged the organization to find solutions and work- arounds for this year’s fes- tivities. Normally a three-day event, this year’s festival took up only the July 17-18 weekend, but still managed to squeeze a whirlwind of events and performances into its schedule as it moved PHOTO BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Members of the South Valley Athletics cheer camp show off their moves and vocal chords in the parade. PHOTO BY SOPHIA EDELBLUTE/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL PHOTO BY SOPHIA EDELBLUTE/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL “Gang” members rushed to pose for photogra- A band of bikers flash their rides during the Grand Miners Parade on Saturday. phers between their re-enacted shootouts. see BMD on A10 Cowboy Buck and Elizabeth bid farewell Ore Cart teams race for gold B1 By Sophia Edelblute sedelblute @cgsentinel.com • RECORDS Obituaries Official releases A2 • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B5-B6 follow us for the latest news: /CGSentinel @CGSentinel DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Students in the AKHS garden collect shallots, which will be stored and used later in the school’s cooking class. Al Kennedy garden continues to grow By Damien Sherwood 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Students in Al Kennedy High School’s (AKHS) summer conservation program spent their Monday morning happily col- lecting shallots in the school’s garden. The shallots will go into storage and eventual- ly be used in the school’s the sustainable foods class. The alternative high school’s garden pro- duces a healthy list of vegetables. Depend- ing on the time of year, fava beans, basil, tomatoes, collard greens, garlic, broccoli, lettuce, carrots or cabbage may be growing. There is also an orchard in the works which will eventually bear fruit to add to the community pot. see GARDEN on A9 Last Saturday and Sun- day the 17 and 18 of July, otherwise known as Bo- hemia Mining Days week- end, tunes of Patsy Cline, Bob Dylan and a song called “Penguins and Polar Bears,” written by elemen- tary school kids, acted as a set of swan songs for an iconic duo. Cowboy Buck and Eliz- abeth performed for what will be their last time at BMD as they were elected as grand marshals of the Grand Miner’s Parade. Af- ter nearly 20 years of fun and songs at BMD, they are retiring to Oklahoma to be with family. “We kind of planned for it. It just happened a couple years sooner than we had planned for, so it’s okay. And who could know that Covid was gon- na change the course of life?” said Elizabeth. She and Buck were not able to do a reunion or retirement tour of sorts because of the timing, but “we always joke and say ‘we’ll come back some day and do a tribute to our- selves.’ So we’ll be back someday,” she said. The two have been trav- eling the Pacific Northwest for roughly three decades teaching kids to write mu- sic and perform through their “education through entertainment” program. Now, after so many years, some of the kids the duo visited in school are all grown up with kids of their own. But they still remember the time Buck and Elizabeth taught them to make music. “I’ve had kids come up and say ‘do you remember this song? I wrote this line.’ They remember their own song,” Buck said. “Because I would sit with them when we wrote the song and say ‘who wrote this line?’ And they would raise their see FAREWELL on A8 + 100% Contactless Service & Fully Insured Honest. Dependable. Authentic • Complete lawn care packages • Trimming, weeding & mulching • Custom/one-time service options PO Box 341, Cottage Grove, Oregon 541-731-8528 prasadalandscapes.com
