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2008 COTTAGE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORT'S SCHEDULE

ROMNEY TAYLOR

COTTAGE GROVE CELEBRATES
THE OLYMPIC TRIALS WITH THE GOLD RUSH 5k RUN!
By Romney Taylor

Teagan Settlemeyer leads the pack on the start of the 5k.

North Carolina's Chris Squires & CG's Patricia Guiterrez round the corner.

Cottage Grove High School 2008 Hall-of-Famer and Olympian track star (4-min miler!) Dyrol Burreslson & CG's "Scoggins" enjoy the race.

1st place Michael Bennit congratulates grandfather David Elliot 13th.

Cottage Grove High School track star, Patricia Guiterrez, finishes strong with a 12th overall.

CG Walkers "cruised" their way through the 5k!

CG's Dan Bousted with a smiling finish.

The Tolberts from Maryland, enjoyed the race.

Wal-Mart LOOKING TO EXPAND A
SUPERSTORE TO COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
-Neighbors oppose-

A letter from a local resident

Wal-Mart's Public Hearing at the Cottage Grove City Hall in front of hundreds of onlookers was rowdy and controversial to say the least. The meeting which was supposed to last from 7:30-10:30PM was nearly filibustered by an overwhelming testimony of Wal-Mart attorneys who turned the "public hearing" into an overwhelming display of slide shows, projected land use changes and traffic -studies that gave the public little-to-no-right to speak in opposition. Wa[lMart's pitch for the Superstore is mainly to sell groceries (while expanding its operation to over 150,000 square feet - not to mention the outdoor "uncovered" grounds which are not included in the square foot expansion estimates). They said, "it will bring competition to Cottage Grove." A Wal-Mart Superstore does not just sell groceries, but many, many other items that compete with a majority of local businesses trying to stay alive in our unique community.

Some interesting links to read:

Wal-Mart Is Not a Business, It's an Econimic Disease

Wal-Mart & China: Cozy, multi-billion dollar bedfellows

Study Finds Wal-Mart Contributes to Poverty

Wal-Mart's China inventory to hit $18 billion dollars this year

In Circleville, Ohio, population 13,000, the local RCA television-manufacturing plant was once a source of good jobs with good pay and benefits. But in late 2003, RCA's owner, Thomson Consumer Electronics, lost a sizeable portion of its production orders and six months later shut the plant down, throwing 1,000 people out of work.

A letter from the Santacruz independent media center

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

Paying The Price At Walmart

A town like Cottage Grove is filled with locally-owned businesses that cannot compete with the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, who imports the majority of its items from China and other overseas companies with great buying power that any local business cannot compete with. We urge you to support your local Cottage Grove businesses by attending the next Public Hearing to be held in approximately two weeks.

The Cottage Grove Planning Commission will accept more
public comment on Wal-Mart's proposal.
Where: City Hall Council Chamber, 400 Main St.
When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31

Community feedback is very important at this meeting

In the meantime, you can post your opinions to our Bulletin Board at: http://www.cottagegrove.net/cgi-bin/cgubb/ultimatebb.cgi

You can also contact the following City Council members:

Chair:
Matt Parsons
P.O. Box 232
767-2367(hm) 942-7300(wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2009

David McClean (Vice-Chair)
304 Adams Avenue
767-0931(hm) 485-3970(wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2008

Savannah Crawford
810 Withycome Avenue
521-8092(hm) 541-957-3639(wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2009

George Devine
33631 Cedar Park Place
942-2769(hm) 942-1301(wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2007

Mike Fleck
1125 East Harrison
942-7301(hm) 683-4205(wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2009

Rudy Severns
32857 Fox Lane
942-0536 (hm)
Term Expires: 12/31/2008

Lloyd Williams
1490 Jason Lee Avenue
942-1310 (hm) 682-2679 (wk)
Term expires: 12/31/2007

City Manager
Richard Meyers
400 Main Street
Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424
Phone: (541)942-5501
citymanager@cottagegrove.org

Community Development Director
Howard Schesser
400 Main Street
Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424
Phone: (541)942-3340
cddirector@cottagegrove.org

Don't forget to write, e-mail or post a comment to the Bulletin Board
with you opinions. It is now an important time to decide the
future of Cottage Grove.

LTD DOCUMENTARY

One of Cottage Grove's residents has recently made a short documentary on the problems local LTD riders are facing with limited scheduling and bus capacity. It is an interesting story with some great viewpoints of what the current LTD scheduling issues are and what sorts of different inconveniences it is causing the users. You can watch the movie by clicking here.

We have also added a new Bulletin Board category called the "LTD RIDERS' FORUM" specifically for the LTD riders and community to post their comments and concerns on. Any participation is certainly appreciated!

NEW OREGON STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM

The new (OSRM) Oregon State Railroad Museum scheduled to open in 2005 (the new owners of the Perrydale Depot), is currently considering at 2 former Lane County area logging railroad right of ways, on one they hope to open the excursion part of the new museum. Both right of ways are owned by Weyerhaeuser, with one going from Springfield to Marcola; and the other Going West, out of Cottage Grove. Weyerhaeuser has not disclosed the location of that right of way; but at a meeting this week (July 12-19), Weyerhaeuser reps will fill in the details for us. We believe though, that the line they are suggesting, is the old Chambers Mill Logging Rail Line; and if it is, the old covered railroad bridge, will once again handle trains across/through it.

Once open, the Museum and it's tourist excursions (steam trains, diesel and electric trolleys) will attract literally 10's of thousands of tourists per year; and whichever city's line the museum selects, that city will witness an economic boom. This means that a lot of jobs will become available in CG; at both the museum / railroad; and in throughout the city.

OSRM has a web site at http://osrm.org While it is not complete yet, it will give you a lot of information and a good of what we have planned for the museum. If you like what you read about us, there are email icons, you can click on, to volunteer, ask questions, and a Paypal contribute icon with which you can use to contribute (donate).

If we find that it is the line with the bridge, that will become a major decision factor; when working out the final details with Weyerhaeuser. We will also need volunteers to help us move the depot to the museum's new site.

NOTE: If the old OP&E Depot next to Walmart is available, we'd like to move it and add it to our museum as well. If anyone knows about it, please contact us. info@osrm.org

Don Kirk
Oregon State Railroad Museum

WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

The big deal is that we are growing! Not taller, but in numbers. Cottage Grove's new census report says we went from 8,912 to 9,010 residents...that's a whopping 98 residents! Well, a little more traffic will never hurt anyone!

ALL AMERICAN CITY!

Cottage Grove was again named "All American City" Saturday by the National Civic League in Atlanta, GA. This is second time that Cottage Grove has been recognized, and is now one of only two Oregon cities to be awarded this recognition twice (Salem received the award in 1960 and 1982).This will undoubtedly make Cottage Grove an even more desirable place to live and help to develop additional recognition, economic development and tourism.

NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS OPEN!

Cottage Grove High School

Cottage Grove's beautiful new High School is open for business. Sunday September 7th was the official grand opening date. The new school is a proud addition to the community!

Ciochette Field
"Ciochette Field" plays hosts to a number of District and
special occasion sports for local schools due to its
state-of-the-art facilities.

Track & Field

NEW HOSPITAL IS OPEN

Peace Health / Cottage Grove's new hospital is open and in business! Cottage Grove's new hospital will handle all physician and Level 1 trauma patients for the surrounding areas.

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PO 590
Cottage Grove, OR 97424

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