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If you pass by Cottage Grove’s Mostly Cloudy Coiner Park, or North Regional Park May 30, look up. Students from Lane Community October www.cgsentinel.com College (LCC) are partnering with 9, 2024 | Number 39, 135 years the City of Cottage Grove in a drone mapping project from approximately 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Another such project is scheduled for June 13 at the park. The drone flights are scheduled for Coiner Park and North Regional Park. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can provide high-resolution CINDY WEELDREYER imagery, plant health analysis using Cottage Grove Sentinel multi-spectral bands of light, and 3D JEREMY C. RUARK models, according to aSentinel release from First, it was campaign signs Crews began developing the smaller homeless Cottage Grove the City of Cottage Grove. sprouting with spring flowers, then camp site this week on the vacant lot at 12th Street. Public works crews areDirector in the of Solomon Singer is the enthusiastic sign waving at busy process of establishing a new the LCC Drone Program. intersections, and now with balsmaller homeless camphow sitetoatbuild the “We teach students lots cast, the voters have spoken vacant lot on to 12th Cottage JEREMY C. RUARK drones. How fly Street dronesinand how in the four spirited races for the Cottage Grove Sentinel Grove. to do projects in the community South Lane School District Board of Cottage Grove Citysaid. Manager Oregon’s wildfire season is with drones,” Singer Directors. Mike Sauerwein said the city is expected HOW THE PROJECT WORKS As of to continue through this month, but the mental scares and behind its original Oct. 1 timeline The Cottage Grove parks projects 11 p.m. on impact of the season on the fireis establishing the camp, following begin with a sight analysis. election fighters who battle blazes in Lane the“We Aug.evaluate 22 closure cleanupin any and hazardous night Mayand across the state, and County of the 12th Street and Douglas the area, or any kind of bird paths, 20, twofamilies, may last a lifetime, their Street homeless camps. the any kind of obstacles andDuring structures. races were to Jeff Dill, the founder according transition, the adjacent Lulu Dog Courtesy photo deterand make a site plan for the flights,” of Firefighter Behavioral Health Park at 12th Streetare hasthen beenassigned used Lane Community College students demonstrate the drone flying projects he said. “Students Alliance mined and(FBHA). as a homeless camp site with hours to different teams, and they fly twoDill are established the FBHA in points of light that can’t be seen to see that without using these spe“The drones are very safe and from 7 that p.m.they to 7build a.m. daily. 2010 Hurricane Diane Hicks Katrina. drones from sketch. still toofollowing with the human eye. cial wave lengths. We make comvery quiet, and we actually fly up “None of us have ever managed He was than a Battalion Chief The drones collect imagery of the close to “It allows us to determine the puter color-coded maps out of that about 300 feet,” he said. “When the apark homeless camp before, so we for a fire department in northwest trees, and we also will be colcall. health of the plant and at this time for plant health.” drones land we collect the images Chicago. knew that date was analysis a bit aspiralecting plant health data.” For the Position 1 open seat, of the year for peak growth, so this Solomon said it’s likely the stuand photos and place them in soft“I saw our brothers and sisters tional,” Sauerwein said. “We are According to Solomon, the plant retired schoolteacher Diane Hicks struggle from the devastation that helps determine if the trees have any dent teams also will be making three ware that produces the models. hoping that this week we will be health analysis is important because prevailed over farmer and and homethey saw, so I went back got diseases or if there are any nutrient dimensional models with multiple able to make the transition. Our it allows the students to see different PHOTO JEREMY C. RUARK / COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL maker my degree and became a licensed problems,” he said. “It’s very hard photos from the drones. goal was to provide folks with Rayla counselor,” he said. “We started See DRONES Page 6 Sauerwein and other city officials currently doing, which is providing The new mini homeless camp a safe and secure place to spend Campbell tracking EMS and firefighter suia location for folks to spend the will include the same restrictions as have told the Sentinel, that there the night and that’s what we are cides by 450across America.” are no additional plans to offer any night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.” the former larger camps. doing.” votes. other long-term sheltering for the Read previous coverage about “The same rules will apply,” Sauerwein said city staff was For Behavioral Impact homeless. the homelessness challenges in Sauwrwein said. “The camp will According to Dill, firefighters cleaning up the Lulu Dog Park to Position 4, “Cottage Grove will follow Cottage Grove and follow new often don’t recognize the behavioral reestablish it as a dog park. Specific be available from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the chal-of their work. state law as we understand it,” developments at cgsemtinel.com impact and the rules will be enforced costs of JEREMY that cleanup and establishC. RUARK lenger, “We become cultural brainSauerwein said. “That is what we and in the Wednesday print editions through our contracting company, Sentinel ing the Cottage smaller Grove homeless camp at businesswashed,” Dill said. “Whether it’s are doing. To change that is up to of The Sentinel. One Security of Eugene to help us 12th Street were not immediately man Chris or wildland fires. So, we structural The 2025 school year is almost the legislature. The city of Cottage during this transition period. They available. Holloman, Chris Holloman are meant to believe we are supover and local seniors are getting Grove has no plans to do any kind are a very experienced homeless posed to act strong, brave, be help, unseated ready for graduation. of a shelter beyond what we are camp management company.” don’t ask for help, and we don’t longThe Sentinel reached out to wantboard to look weak and not Sherry ask for time member, realtor Cottage Grove Acting Principal help.” Duerst-Higgins by 207 votes. Chris Wells for his insight into this Dill added whileTOO firefighters TWO that RACES year’s important student milestone. are on the front lines battling the CLOSE TO CALL The Sentinel: What day, what wildfires, one of the biggest chalAt press 5 and 7 time, and where is the graduation? lenges theytime, face Positions is the unknown. are too close to call. According “It’s how rapidly theses firestocan Chris Wells: June 7th, 2 p.m. on Lane County Elections, candidate move, and the unknowna is where the on the high school varsity field, must garner 51-percent of votes to is it going to end? Where will this 1375 S River Road. be declared the winner. The next fire go to and how long will it last? The Sentinel: How many And that is a struggle,” said. release of results will be he Wednesday, seniors are expected to graduate? “So,21 when you are fighting that May at 5 p.m. It is anticipated Wells: 142 fire, you’re trying to do your best those additional votes will provide The Sentinel: Could you sumto stop it, and yet the wind kicks the required 51-percent in the two marize how has the school and up atraces. 60 miles hour and it drags close Thean election results will district worked to help students it further and further behind them. be certified on June 16. effectively qualify for graduation? That aspect of the unknown is very CINDY WEELDREYER / COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL POSITION 5 Wells: It isn’t just about qualifydifficult in wildland fires. The fireCottage Grove Sentinel Matchbooks from the Village Green Resort in Cottage Grove. See more photos with this story at cgsentinel.com. With only 21 votes between them, fighters have that stress and anxiety, ing for graduation; it’s about taking The 2024 CGHS seniors celebrated their graduation with the traditional cap toss at the end Tony Lefler, the Brad’s Chevrolet and that struggle to protect is a very on their future head on. CGHS of their graduation ceremony held outdoors at the high school. Service Manager, had a narrow lead difficult challenge for the wildland has provided seniors with differover incumbent Colleen Valley, a firefighters.” ent pathways to their futures, be it It is and oftenlocal verybusiness difficultowner for famwith advance placement classes everything they do, which could of empathetic and socially-minded student ilyPOSITION members of7 the firefighters to that award college credit or one of be a benefit or a hindrance. These young adults who are bound to CINDY WEELDREYER understand are, the only way”make duringa the construction helped us meet many of our future Nearlyknow 50 people the “IT ISN’T JUST ABOUT Incumbentwhat Jeff emotions Gowing, athere former our 8 CTE (career technical educa- students moreattended about today’s not difference in their For The Cottage Grove Sentinel and that many firefighters don’t project. bookstore customers,” Birdy said. Cottage Grove Historical Society’s QUALIFYING FOR Cottage Grove Mayor and retired tion) pathways that not only had tech, how to effectively use it to own lives, but in the world and express their emotions, according He said he was given an import- millworker, Sheworking shared ahands-on humorousbut mem“Farewell to the Village In 1975, when Birdy Hoelzle was trailing by 22 votes GRADUATION; IT’S them also be more productive, but Green” at the at people around them. to Dill. ant job of opening the boxes ory they made in the formal Iron the Community Center, Saturday, and herABOUT sister Gail opened The behind challenger Bill Parsons, a giving them avenues to internships same time, this is a generation of OTHER GRADUATIONS TAKING ON “We ask the family members delivered to theGrove guest rooms and Maiden Dining Room that drew Sept. 21.that can’t get away from Bookmine they were familiar with local businessman. and opportunities in career-ready students The Cottage Al Kenndey to try to understand the cultural,” THEIR FUTURE HEAD recalled how graduation cool he feltisdriving laughter from the crowd. internationally famous resort High The Village Green. 2: Diane Hicks fields. theThe negativity that exists online, School schedhePOSITION said. “Be direct. Challenge ON.” a lot and the orange the “My Sentinel: sister and From I wereyour budding created by Walter Woodard Their father traveled After many yearswhen of service, with compassion something The vanitwas follows them home. A. Likewise, uled for 10 golf a.m.cart Junearound 7, at the property assigned errands. feminists the time and were (W.A.) son,that Carlton. Some often brought its matchboxes home did or notdoesn’t seek reelecdoesn’tWilhour look right sound tage point,atwhat challenges didquite this wasand thehis class entered high school at for 79980 Delight ValleyYears Taylor later, another special memory was shocked by the sexism practiced in members of the family attended and as keepsakes for his girls. The sisCHRIS WELLS, tion. Hicks and Rayla right,Diane and do an internal size up, the seniors face this year, and how school as the world was coming to School Road in Cottage Grove. seeing the famous football player, the they diningnavigate room,” through she said.those “The sharedwith personal memories. ters were in their 20’s when they which wesquared ask the off firefighters to Campbell to campaign COTTAGE GROVE did grips a pandemic while they The Creswell High School O.J. Simpson, running on one of the for menu given to a woman had no do the as well,” he said.”Hicks Internal size opened the Main Street bookstore open position. said challenges. were in middle school, a really graduation ceremonies are schedule HIGH SCHOOL ACTING THROUGH THE LENS up means asking why am I acting resort’s paths. prices on it and foot pillows were and, to enhance their income, Wells: We’re in the midst of important developmental point in for 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 6 at the she believes her 30 years as a Kris Woodard’s introductory PRINCIPAL this way, and whyatam I feeling this To the33390 delight of thoseLane gathered, provided so ladies’world uncomfortable worked as waitresses at the resort. classroom teacher Bohemia an ever-changing where their lives. All that considered, school, Nibliock in remarks included personal memway? The best thing we can do is Kris’ brother, Casey Woodard, shoes could be removed while din“It was a wonderful place to technology is integrated into this beenthrough a greatthe class, Creswell. oriesishehasmade lensfull of ing. It was a very different era.” work and, being new in town, it SeeHEALTH, RACES, Page a 12-year-old who was often “in See LEGACY, Page 6 See Page6 6
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