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PHOTOS BY DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
From top left, clockwise: District 13 VFW Commander Bob Beck conducts his keynote speech; a vet stands in recognition of his branch’s
song; a 21-gun salute kicked off the event; vets stand in honor of the National Anthem; and the Armory was once again the site of
Cottage Grove’s Veterans Day ceremonies.
CG honors, thanks vets
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SPORTS & REC
By Damien Sherwood
dsherwood@cgsentinel.com
The community took time to honor veter-
ans on Thursday, Nov. 11 in a Veterans Day
ceremony held at the Cottage Grove Armory.
With ample space for attendees to space
out during the ceremony, Cottage Grove
VFW Post 3473 and American Legion Post
32 helped organize and conduct the event.
The ceremony started off with a 21-gun
salute in front of the Armory. Inside, VFW
Post Commander Kenn Hunt emceed and
commended the improvements to the Ar-
mory, which once hosted local National
Guardsmen.
“I remember the first time I came here to
do one of these was about eight or nine years
ago, and it was pretty shoddy. It’s not shoddy
anymore,” he said. “It looks really great.”
Hunt recalled when Veterans Day was
known as Armistice Day and noted that
“they changed it to recognize all the people
that are serving and have served. And I can’t
emphasize that enough that it’s about them.
Not just about the ones that fell in combat.
There are an awful lot of vets that sometimes
people forget are even there. They sort of
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BMD leaders step down
Harrison
vaccine clinic
canceled
Warriors volleyball
makes history
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By Damien Sherwood
dsherwood@
cgsentinel.com
• RECORDS
for the first time its “Youth
Warming Project,” a do-
nation program targeting
at-risk youth in the com-
munity.
Through Nov. 30, the
grocery store is partner-
ing with Cottage Grove’s
Looking Glass Rural
Program
to
provide
much-needed items to
youth in need.
The nonprofit Look-
ing Glass program assists
homeless youth from 11 to
21 years of age and helps
them create long-term
solutions to improve the
A Lane County Pub-
lic Health (LCPH) free
COVID-19 vaccine clinic
scheduled at Harrison Ele-
mentary School this Tues-
day was canceled just the
night prior to the event,
which has prompted some
to point the finger at lo-
cal protests for shutting it
down.
The cancellation came
on the heels of a boisterous
Saturday vaccine clinic at
the Cottage Grove Cham-
ber of Commerce during
which protesters appeared
and some attendees have
reported feeling uncom-
fortable as they went in for
a jab.
A worker at LCPH told
The Sentinel early on Tues-
day that the vaccine clinic
was canceled due to con-
cerns around protests and
that no further vaccine
clinics were yet planned in
Cottage Grove.
Interim Public Infor-
See GIVING 10
See CLINIC A7
Obituaries
Official releases
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DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
• LORANE NEWS
Looking Glass received socks for at-risk youth fol-
lowing a friendly money-raising challenge among
community members.
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Scott Borgioli dressed as the deputy marshal for
BMD 2021.
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By Damien Sherwood
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cgsentinel.com
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At its Nov. 11 meeting,
the Bohemia Mining Days
(BMD) Board of Directors
voted unanimously to hire
Scott Borgioli as its new
festival coordinator on
Monday (Nov. 15), replac-
ing Cindy Weeldreyer, who
is stepping down from a
position she has held since
2015.
Borgioli said he was
thankful for the opportuni-
ty to become the newest fes-
tival coordinator and looks
forward to working closely
with board members, spon-
sors and volunteers to con-
tinue BMD in 2022.
“I want to thank the
BMD Board of Directors
for selecting me serve as
its new festival coordi-
nator,” he said. “My wife,
Gilda, and I have lived in
Cottage Grove for several
years now and we’re com-
mitted to growing deep
roots in the community.
We share a strong spirit of
volunteerism and believe in
giving back. Volunteers are
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In the spirit of giving
By Damien Sherwood
dsherwood@
cgsentinel.com
The spirt of charity has
begun its seasonal satura-
tion in Cottage Grove as
organizations, businesses
and community members
ramp up their volunteer
recruitment and find ways
to give back to the com-
munity.
This holiday season will
see a new option for Gro-
vers to contribute to area
youths as well.
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