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THURSDAY EDITION | DECEMBER 9, 2021 | $1.00 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 S entinel VOL. 132, NO. 49 • Est. 1889 Your Local News Delivered Your Way: In Print. Online. On the Go! Bundle home & auto to save $$. Acoustic Jam Nights with Gregg Biller (A6) Inaugural Christmas events light up weekend (541) 942-0555 WEATHER Rain with a high of 42 and a low tonight of 38 Full forecast on A5 DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Families gathered at the “Christmas at the WOE” event for music, local shopping, food and beverages. Bohemia Park’s central decoration illuminated the fountain during the Christmas Kick-Off. COLUMNIST Mary Ellen Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales A5 SPORTS & REC PHOTO BY GREG LEE DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Santa, Mrs. Clause and Jingle the Elf welcomed children of all ages into Santa’s Workshop at the Christmas Kick-Off. The Festival of Trees featured uniquely decorated Christmas trees along Bohemia Park pathways on Saturday. By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com The success of two inaugural Christmas events last weekend may have laid the groundwork for new winter traditions in Cottage Grove. Both the Christmas Kick-Off at Bohemia Park on Saturday and the four-day-long Christmas at the Jingle Rush 5K returns (story B1, results A3) • RECORDS Obituaries Official releases A2 WOE (Western Oregon Exposition) reported overwhelmingly positive turnouts to their first-year events. “It was a perfect start to the hol- iday season,” said Chamber of Commerce CEO/President Shauna Neigh. Saturday evening’s Christmas Kick-Off brought life to Bohemia Park with a public tree lighting, car- Holding Steady Life through the lens of a local photographer • LORANE NEWS A5 • CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices B5-B6 follow us for the latest news: /CGSentinel @CGSentinel DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Ron Kadrmas uses vintage cameras for his photography. By Damien Sherwood dsherwood@cgsentinel.com 541- 942-3325 ph • 541-942-3328 fax P.O. Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Ron Kadrmas’ apartment is a shrine to his own photographic achievements. Framed landscape and nature photos line his walls, chroni- cling 27 years spent in patient observance of just the right con- ditions for Kadrmas’ particular style of shooting. Kadrmas, a resident of the Middlefield Oaks Assisted Liv- ing and Memory Care facility, has found a distinct affinity for a camera technology considered by many to be antiquated or just downright cumbersome com- pared to modern alternatives. Virtually all of the shots Kadrmas keeps on display in his room were shot with two cam- eras — a 1901 Kodak and a 1903 Korona. The familiar accordi- + 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 ols and the “Festival of Trees” give- away, the latter of which distributed 41 trees into the community by lot- tery. Park pathways were lined with dozens of local businesses’ and or- ganizations’ uniquely decorated Christmas trees which were raffled away at the end of the evening. By all accounts, the event’s first- year launch was a truly successful rallying of the community. Lincoln Middle School and Cot- tage Grove High School choir mem- bers sang carols and Friends of the Library provided stories. The Cot- tage Grove Police Department and South Lane County Fire and Rescue See EVENTS A8 on-shaped folds behind the lenses of the cameras immedi- ately elicit visions of a bygone era, suggesting that these de- vices are antiques simply sitting on the shelf for show — but Kadrmas assures that they are quite useable. Though more than a century old, Kadrmas fixes them with modern lenses, often using 4x5 sheets for his film. The style re- quires that the photographer be decisive and precise in choosing shots. As if this weren’t challeng- ing enough, Kadrmas also lives with progressive-relapsing mul- tiple sclerosis (PRMS), the rar- est form of MS, making up only about five percent of cases. When he first began photog- raphy, he could still walk. But progressively, he was forced to take photos from a chair or from the side of a van. For the past 11 years, he’s been confined to a wheelchair. But this hasn’t stopped him. Fittingly, Kadrmas tends to fo- cus on natural subjects such as landscapes. “Landscapes are a little bit slower than me,” he said joking- ly. In a 3-2 vote, the Board of County Com- missioners selected “Map J” — one of three options presented by the county’s Indepen- dent Redistricting Committee (IRC) — to serve as the updated boundaries for Lane County’s five districts. Commissioners Jay Bozievich and Pat Farr voted against the motion. The redistricting process takes place ev- ery 10 years after the results come in from the US Census, with an aim to equalize rep- resentation and voting power. The previous redistricting effort was completed in 2011. Each district is represented by a county commissioner. The board held virtual public hearing sessions on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, as well as accepted written testimony over a period of several weeks, before voting on the evening of Dec. 1. The IRC was composed of 15 members and met several times this fall to create 19 different district maps that were refined through committee discussion and public feedback. Ultimately, it provided three re- districting options to the Board of County Commissioners in November. A primary objective for the IRC’s work was creating districts with populations which are close to equal. Evenly dividing the Lane County popu- See PHOTO A7 See BOUNDARY A8 New county district boundaries selected