Lion teams kick off 2010 fall season this week
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
The fall varsity sports season at Cottage Grove High School begins in earnest Friday with the volleyball team, football team and boys' soccer team in action. The volleyball team will be able to acquire a good idea of how they will fair in the Sky-Em league this season by playing in the Sky-Em jamboree. The boys soccer team will also ...more

Baghdad to Baghram
Modified: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Cottage Grove native helps shape US policy in Iraq, Afghanistan.


It's been quite a year for Doug Ollivant.
For the past five months, the Lieutenant Colonel and 1985 graduate of Cottage Grove High School has served as Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to Regional Command-East, the command center for 14 provinces in eastern Afghanistan that surround Kabul. Previously, Ollivant had ...more

Drug bust yields much meth
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Cottage Grove Police stopped a car for speeding on Interstate 5 early Sunday morning, and the driver ended up with a lot more than a speeding ticket.
According to a CGPD press release, police stopped a 2007 Dodge Charger for excessive speed (86 in a 65 mph zone) at about 1:30 Sunday morning. An investigation revealed 8.8 pounds of crystal ...more

Federal funds won't add back school days
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010


Federal funds recently allocated to the state of Oregon for public safety and education will be used to cover a $377 million state revenue shortfall, meaning schools will not likely see the effect of the $26 billion legislation.
"It's pretty tough," South Lane School District Superintendent Krista Parent said of the Aug. 26 revenue forecast. "We've had a ...more

Bid awarded for Bohemia Park improvements
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010


A special City Council meeting was held Monday morning to award a bid to Wildish Construction for upcoming improvements at Bohemia Park.
Wildish furnished the lowest of three bids, $513,833.76, to provide utilities, irrigation, drainage, parking lot and site grading and electrical work at the park. An Oregon Parks and Recreation grant, coupled with funds raised by the ...more

Principal Smith takes his message to the streets
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010


Dorena Principal Jeremy Smith stopped at Kirk & Family Mercantile for a break in his ride, where he was joined by two area youngsters on bikes, brother and sister duo Joey and Katie Henry.
"Did it upset you when I came to your house today?" Smith asked Joey.
"Me, not so much," the boy replied. "But her, yeah, ...more

Classic collectibles
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010

Hal Reed (left) of Eugene talks with spectators about his 1958 Ford Skyliner at Sunday's Concours d' Elegance at the Village Green. Reed fielded many questions about the car's retractable hardtop, which runs on nine electric motors. In its second year since being reinstated, the Concours continues to draw rare vehicles to Cottage Grove. "I've been to 12 shows ...more

Council candidates to debate Aug. 31
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010


The deadline to file paperwork to run for City Council in this November's election has just passed, and at-large candidate Victoria Doyle hopes the candidates are ready to introduce themselves to Cottage Grove next week.
Doyle, who, at press time Monday, was running in the only contested race against Ivan DelSol, said she thought the forum, scheduled for ...more

Jack in the Box coming to town
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
If all goes as planned, Cottage Grove should be host to a new Jack in the Box restaurant early next year, according to Medford-area architect John Duffie.
Duffie said he is putting together plans for a Jack in the Box to be located in the vacant lot next to Carl's Jr. His firm also hopes to secure a Starbucks ...more

Forest Service preparing timber sale
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
The Umpqua National Forest is proposing a timber sale project in the Layng Creek Watershed, which would result in the thinning of about 2210 acres of second-growth forest.
The Rail2 Timber Sale, named after the land's initial logging by railroad, will thin trees in the 70-80-year old range, according to team leader Lisa Winn. Most of the trees were originally ...more

Party in the Park cancelled
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
Budget woes, staff turnover combine to stymie popular event
Cottage Grove Faith Center Pastor Jim Jenkins cited staff turnover and a lack of funds as reasons behind the church's decision not to hold its popular Party in the Park, which has provided school supplies and fun and games to Cottage Grove youth for several years running, this year.
"We've had ...more