Gov. Kotek seeking opinion of ethics watchdog on role of First Spouse
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Gov. Tina Kotek said she will seek guidance from the state’s government ethics watchdog about what is appropriate for the role of the first spouse in the governor’s office. Kotek made the disclosure to reporters after a ceremonial bill signing for House Bill 4024, a campaign finance reform bill that will limit contributions to candidates starting in 2026. For Kotek, the celebration of the bipartisan passage of campaign finance legislation – long an elusive goal in Salem –was overshadowed by the sudden resignations of three top aides in her office and reported tensions about the role of Kotek’s wife in the office.
Kotek said the office expects to send the questions to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday.
“We have been trying to figure that out,” Kotek said. “And I know that there are questions. So I wanted to let you all know today that we are working on a set of questions.”
The announcement follows the resignation of
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Abby Tibbs returned to Oregon Health & Science University, and Lindsey O’Brien, a longtime aide, is going on leave on Friday.
Some media outlets, like Willamette Week, reported that their departures are linked to an enhanced role in the office for Kotek’s wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, who has a master’s in social work, has worked as a counselor and sits in on behavioral health meetings.
Kotek Wilson, who is unpaid, has office space in the governor’s office, which is exploring the creation of a new “Office of the First Spouse.” Kotek declined to comment on the resignations or confirm if they are linked to concerns about the role of her wife.
Kotek said she wants the ethics of Kotek Wilson’s role in the office to be reached “as transparently as possible.”
Under Oregon law, the governor’s spouse is a public official and required to submit a statement of economic interest that shows sources of income.
Beyond that, Oregon law does not prescribe what the first spouse can do. This is the first time that Kotek has questioned the commission about her wife’s role. She said the questions and answers will be publicly available.
Kotek declined to say what her spouse’s involvement in policy will be. “We are trying to figure out what that even means,” Kotek said. “What does it mean to be involved in policy?”
Asked why she didn’t question the ethics commission sooner, Kotek said her office wasn’t sure what questions they needed to ask. “So that’s why we didn’t do it,” Kotek said. “But we’re doing it now. And hopefully we’ll have something as quickly as possible.”
Though Kotek Wilson has
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Rotary Club recognizes Foundation donors
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Local Rotarians are somewhat legendary for initiating and fostering community projects that enhance Cottage Grove’s safety and livability. The Children’s Dental Clinic, the Family Relief Nursery and playgrounds in city parks are the more notable, high visibility projects. Their generosity also extends globally through the more than a century-old Rotary Foundation, which has spent more than $4 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects in its existence.
More than 100 past and present members of the Rotary Club of Cottage Grove have contributed to support the foundation’s annual local and global Areas of Focus projects. The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty. In the local club’s 60 year history, the cumulative investment is $248,879.
Four Paul Harris Fellows were honored March 28 for their foundation donation: Gary Manly, Karen Munsell, Darrell Williams and Tyson Woodard. “Our club has four current Paul Harris Fellows who have become major foundation donors,” Manly said. “With the continued donations to the Rotary Foundation each year, the Rotary Club of Cottage Grove can continue local projects that make a difference in our community and help others around the world.”
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Do we not care about old people?
JUDITH GRAHAM Sentinel Guest Column
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The death toll was shocking, as were reports of chaos in nursing homes and seniors suffering from isolation, depression, untreated illness, and neglect.
Around 900,000 older adults have died of COVID-19 to date, accounting for three of every four Americans who have perished in the pandemic.
Improvement. “I’m at the point where I want to say, ‘What the heck? Why aren’t people responding and doing more for older adults?’”
It’s a good question. Do we simply not care?
I put this big-picture question, which rarely gets asked amid debates over budgets and policies, to health care professionals, researchers, and policymakers who are older themselves and have spent many years working in the aging field. Here are some of their responses.
affecting older adults, “people now think the crisis is over, and we have a deep desire to return to normal,” said Edwin Walker, 67, who leads the Administration on Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services. He spoke as an individual, not a government representative.
The upshot is “we didn’t learn the lessons we should have,” and the ageism that surfaced during the pandemic hasn’t abated, he observed.
Ageism is pervasive.
to change systems that embody the values of a deeply ageist society.”
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Three locals and one Cottage Grove business have received recognition by the Prospectors and Gold Diggers Club during its annual Sourdough Awards Banquet on March 19 in the Community Center’s Shepherd Room. President Bruce McDonald presided over the event and presented the annual awards for exemplary service to the organization in 2023. Gold Digger Ellen Hogue received the Purple Garter Award. Prospector Dick Secord received the George Award. Ana Secord received the President’s Award for her exceptional efforts to support Club activities. Grocery Outlet received the group’s Business of the Year Award. With the goal of “prospecting better things for Cottage Grove,” members said they use the club’s revenues from Breakfast on the Mountain during Bohemia Mining Days and from its Christmas bazaar to support community organizations, provide scholarships to local high school graduates and maintains the Dr. Snapp House and Prospector Park on South River Road. The historic house, built in 1886, is a small museum highlighting Cottage Grove’s early medical practices. It is open to the public during BMD and the Christmas bazaar. Tours are available by appointment by calling 541-915-0113.
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But decisive actions that advocates had hoped for haven’t materialized. Today, most people — and government officials — appear to accept COVID as a part of ordinary life. Many seniors at high risk aren’t getting antiviral therapies for COVID, and most older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting updated vaccines. Efforts to strengthen care quality in nursing homes and assisted living centers have stalled amid debate over costs and the availability of staff. And only a small percentage of people are masking or taking other precautions in public despite a new wave of COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus infections hospitalizing and killing seniors.
In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to COVID — a group that would fill more than 10 large airliners — according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent. (During the same period, the flu killed an additional 1,201 seniors, and RSV killed 126.)
“It boggles my mind that there isn’t more outrage,” said Alice Bonner, 66, senior adviser for aging at the Institute for Healthcare
The pandemic made things worse. Prejudice against older adults is nothing new, but “it feels more intense, more hostile” now than previously, said Karl Pillemer, 69, a professor of psychology and gerontology at Cornell University.
“I think the pandemic helped reinforce images of older people as sick, frail, and isolated — as people who aren’t like the rest of us,” he said. “And human nature being what it is, we tend to like people who are similar to us and be less well disposed to ‘the others.’”
“A lot of us felt isolated and threatened during the pandemic. It made us sit there and think, ‘What I really care about is protecting myself, my wife, my brother, my kids, and screw everybody else,’” said W. Andrew Achenbaum, 76, the author of nine books on aging and a professor emeritus at Texas Medical Center in Houston.
In an environment of “us against them,” where everybody wants to blame somebody, Achenbaum continued, “who’s expendable? Older people who aren’t seen as productive, who consume resources believed to be in short supply. It’s really hard to give old people their due when you’re terrified about your own existence.”
Although COVID continues to circulate, disproportionately
“Everyone loves their own parents. But as a society, we don’t value older adults or the people who care for them,” said Robert Kramer, 74, co-founder and strategic adviser at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Kramer thinks boomers are reaping what they have sown. “We have chased youth and glorified youth. When you spend billions of dollars trying to stay young, look young, act young, you build in an automatic fear and prejudice of the opposite.”
Combine the fear of diminishment, decline, and death that can accompany growing older with the trauma and fear that arose during the pandemic, and “I think COVID has pushed us back in whatever progress we were making in addressing the needs of our rapidly aging society. It has further stigmatized aging,” said John Rowe, 79, professor of health policy and aging at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
“The message to older adults is: ‘Your time has passed, give up your seat at the table, stop consuming resources, fall in line,’” said Anne Montgomery, 65, a health policy expert at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. She believes, however, that baby boomers can “rewrite and flip that script if we want to and if we work
Integration, not separation, is needed. The best way to overcome stigma is “to get to know the people you are stigmatizing,” said G. Allen Power, 70, a geriatrician and the chair in aging and dementia innovation at the SchlegelUniversity of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging in Canada. “But we separate ourselves from older people so we don’t have to think about our own aging and our own mortality.”
The solution: “We have to find ways to better integrate older adults in the community as opposed to moving them to campuses where they are apart from the rest of us,” Power said. “We need to stop seeing older people only through the lens of what services they might need and think instead of all they have to offer society.”
That point is a core precept of the National Academy of Medicine’s 2022 report Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity. Older people are a “natural resource” who “make substantial contributions to their families and communities,” the report’s authors write in introducing their findings.
Those contributions include financial support to families, caregiving assistance, volunteering, and ongoing participation in the workforce, among other things.
“When older people thrive, all people thrive,” the report concludes. Future generations will get their turn. That’s a message Kramer conveys in classes he teaches at the University of Southern California, Cornell, and other institutions. “You have far more at stake in changing the way we approach aging than I do,” he tells his students. “You are far more likely,
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Relocation is not an option for bears that are habituated to food provided by people, according to the ODFW. Bears have a very strong tendency to return to the place they were captured – some traveling up to 50 miles or more to return. Bears that have become habituated to “human food” tend to repeat the same bad behaviors in their new location. Relocating bears results in exporting the problem to another community if the bear does not return to the site of capture. Most habituated bears that are captured have to be humanely killed to protect human safety. Habituated bears past the age of cub are rarely considered candidates for placement in an accredited facility or zoo. A bear’s age, behavior, and circumstances plus facility availability and space are all factors when considering the possibility of placement. The average home range for a male black bear can exceed 50 square miles and placement in a confined facility is often
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statistically, to live past 100 than I am. If you don’t change society’s attitudes about aging, you will be condemned to lead the last third of your life in social, economic, and cultural irrelevance.”
As for himself and the baby boom generation, Kramer thinks it’s “too late” to effect the meaningful changes he hopes the future will bring. “I suspect things for people in my generation could get a lot worse in the years ahead,” Pillemer said. “People are greatly underestimating what the cost of caring for the older population is going to be over the next 10 to 20 years, and I think that’s going to cause increased conflict.”
ODFW urges Oregonians to respect wildlife and do their part to ensure that all wildlife, including black bears, and people coexist. “A bear’s strongest sense is smell and everything from trash cans to grill drippings can bring them to your property,” Yee said. “Bears also have a great memory when it comes to food. Not only will they remember where they have found food before, including trash, but female bears will also pass this knowledge down to their young. Intentionally or accidentally feeding bears can negatively affect multiple generations of bears.
According to the ODFW, all wildlife have specialized diets that coincide with seasonal changes. Food provided by people can negatively impact their health, lead to conflict and safety issues with people, and in some cases have fatal consequences for the animals.
“For the sake of Oregon’s wildlife and their health, please do not feed them,” Yee cautioned. “Living responsibly with black
bears is possible and it’s up to everyone to do their part to keep people safe and bears wild. Follow these tips:
• Never feed or approach bears. Feeding bears, intentionally or unintentionally, will cause them to associate people with food. It is also against the law in Oregon (ORS 496.730).
• Secure food, garbage and recycling. Please ensure that your trash and dumpsters are secure from bears by using commercially available garbage cans, metal bars over dumpsters, fully enclosed trash storage, or by storing garbage inside. Take trash out immediately before pick-up, not the night before. Wash garbage cans with bleach to reduce their smell. Food waste is one of the strongest attractants for black bears and allowing bears access could qualify as illegal feeding if appropriate steps are not taken to prevent the issue.
• Remove bird feeders in bear habitat when bears are active. Birds have plenty of naturally available food sources during all seasons which is why some species migrate in winter. Bears can be food rewarded from bird
seed and suet in feeders leading to habituation and food conditioning, destroyed birdfeeders, and public safety issues.
• Never leave pet food outdoors. This practice can easily attract bears and other wildlife, putting your pets and wildlife at risk.
• Clean and store grills after each use.
• Alert neighbors and ODFW to unusual bear activity (continued sightings during daylight hours, lack of wariness around people or pets, etc.).
The ODFW encourages readers to share the tips with neighbors, friends and family.
“A community effort is vital to preventing problems with bears and situations like the one in Cottage Grove,” Yee said. “One person who feeds or attracts bears, intentionally or not, can pose a risk to everyone in the neighborhood.”
Learn more about living responsibly with black bears at https://myodfw. com/articles/help-keepbears-wild.
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the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on senior liens, taxes and/or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms of the loan documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given that Affinia Default Services, LLC, the undersigned trustee will on July 17, 2024 at the hour of 11:00 AM (PST), as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the Front Entrance of the Lane County Courthouse, 125 E. 8th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401, County of Lane, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. For Sale Information, contact COVIUS SERVICING at (877) 518-5700 or www.realtybid.com. In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to this grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by Affinia Default Services, LLC. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit
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foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the
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Copies of the proposed budget will be available at that address from noon to 2 pm each day that the library is open. 4/10 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF LANE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Carole Marie Wells, deceased, Case No. 24PB02562 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present the same, with proper vouchers, to said personal representative at the office of Hannah F. Silverman, Morley Thomas Law, 80 E. Maple St., Lebanon, Oregon 97355, within four months of the date of first publication of this notice, or such claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the personal representative or the attorneys for the personal representative at the address stated, or from the records of the Court. Dated and first published this 10th day of April, 2024. Debra Lynn Canter, Personal Representative. Hannah F. Silverman, OSB #204965 Morley Thomas Law. Attorneys at Law, 80 E. Maple St., Lebanon OR 97355. 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION MSL, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), was dissolved on March 26, 2024. This notice is being published in accordance with ORS 60.644. The Company requests that persons with claims against the Company present them in accordance with this notice. A claim must include the following information: (a) a description of the claim; (b) the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the claimant; (c) the name or title of the individual whom the Company may contact about the claim and, if different from the telephone number of the claimant, the telephone number of such individual; (d) the facts supporting the claim; and (e) any other information that may assist the Company in evaluating the claim. The claim may be sent to: MSL, Inc. Attn: Charles Wiper, III PO Box 5509, Eugene, OR 97405. Except as provided in ORS 60.644(4), a claim against the Company will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of this notice. This notice is not a waiver by the Company of any defense that it may have against a claim, including any statute of limitations or statue of ultimate repose which may apply. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Kelly R. Richardson has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative of the Estate of Donna Lorraine Richardson, deceased, in Lane County Circuit Court Case No. 23PB10356. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present their claims, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below to the personal representative c/o Hamilton W. Budge, Jr., P.O. Box 10567, Eugene, OR 97440, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative. Date of first publication: April 3, 2024. Kelly R. Richardson, Personal Representative c/o Hamilton W. Budge, Jr., Attorney at Law P.O. Box 10567, Eugene, OR 97440. Publication Dates: April 3, 10 & 17, 2024. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Knecht’s of Springfield, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), was dissolved on November 9, 2023. This notice is being published in accordance with ORS 60.644. The Company requests that persons with claims against the Company present them in accordance with this notice. A claim must include the following information: (a) the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the claimant; (b) the name or title of the individual whom the Company may contact about the claim and, if different from the telephone number of the claimant, the telephone number of such individual; (c) the facts supporting the claim; and (d) any other information that may assist the Company in evaluating the claim. The claim may be sent to: Knecht’s of Springfield, Inc. Attn: Kevin Sabbato PO Box 5233, Springfield, OR 97405 Except as provided in ORS 60.644(4), a claim against the Company will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of this notice. This notice is not a waiver by the Company of any defense that it may have against a claim, including any statute of limitations or statue of ultimate repose which may apply. Published 04/10/24. PUBLIC NOTICE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE File No. 23-00378OR Reference is made to that certain deed of trust made by Judith L. Newberry, as grantor, to (None listed), as trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for National Future Mortgage Inc., beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, as beneficiary, dated November 16, 2009, recorded February 9, 2010, in the records of Lane County, Oregon, under instrument No. 2010-006563, and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, covering the following described real property situated in the above-mentioned county and state: PARCEL 2, LAND PARTITION PLAT NO. 93-P0319, FILED FEBRUARY 3, 1993, LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, LANE COUNTY, OREGON APN: 1703-26-34-00401 Commonly known as: 548 M. St., Springfield, OR 97477 The undersigned hereby certifies that based upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary and no appointments of a successor trustee have been made, except as recorded in the records of the county or counties in which the above described real property is situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $13,347.27 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $110,777.74 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay.
reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to- wit: 1. The installments of principal and interest which became due on June 1, 2023, and all subsequent installments of principal and interest through
report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF SALE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Affinia Default Services, LLC may be deemed to be a debt collector and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. File No.: 23-00378OR Dated: 03/07/2024 Affinia Default Services, LLC By: /s/ Reina Rivas Name: Reina Rivas Title: Foreclosure Processor Trustee’s Mailing Address: Affinia Default Services, LLC 320 120th Ave. NE, Suite B203 Bellevue, WA 98005 Phone Number: (503) 836-3799 Trustee’s Physical Address: Affinia Default Services, LLC 10151 SE Sunnyside Road, Suite 490 Clackamas, OR 97015 Email: inquiries@affiniadefault.com NPP0457469 To: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 04/10/2024, 04/17/2024, 04/24/2024, 05/01/2024. CG24-2014 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF LANE In the Matter of the Estate of: MONTE MARVIN GOLDBECK, Deceased. Case No. 24PB01782 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mason Lee Goldbeck has been appointed Personal Representative. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present them, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at 711 Country Club Road, Suite 200, Eugene, Oregon 97401, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Personal Representative, the Court, or the attorney for the Personal Representative, K.C. Huffman. Dated and first published: April 10, 2024. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Mason Lee Goldbeck P.O. Box 42277 Eugene, Oregon 97402 541-225-7344 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: K.C. Huffman, OSB No. 002854 Bromley Newton LLP 711 Country Club Road, Suite 200 Eugene, Oregon 97401 541-343-4700, 541-343-4713 Fax kc@bromleynewton.com PUBLIC NOTICE Green Gables Mini Storage 78815 Thornton Rd. Cottage Grove, Or. 97424 541-9420291 Green Gables Mini Storage will be conducting an online lien auction for the following storage units due to non payment. Auction will be posted at Bid13.com and will begin at 11:00am on 4/8/24 and end at 12:00pm 4/12/24. All units must be cleaned out by 5:00pm 4/15/24. Minimum charge for all units will be $50.00. The following list of units will be sold to highest bidder and are all subject to current tenant paying past due amounts in full prior to end of sale on auction end date. Name Unit # Unit Size Karen Morris B71 10x10 Erika Kennington D3 5x10 Lorwren Poole B59B 5x10 Amanda Kuehn C9 10x20 Karen Guterrez C100 10x10 Zoe Iturralde B83 10x10 Debora Michl C33 10x20 Wendi Hilgendorf C109A 5x10 Rendy Wilson B1 5x10Gary Quimby Green Gables Mini Storage.541-9420291-Office 541-653-2850Cell greengablesministorage@gmail.com PUBLIC NOTICE TS No. OR09000052-23-1 APN 0358240 TO No 2945035 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, NATHAN R LARSON as Grantor to CLEAR RECON CORP. as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as designated nominee for GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of November 13, 2018 and recorded on November 15, 2018 as Instrument No. 2018-053212 and the beneficial interest was assigned to NEWREZ LLC, D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING and recorded August 7, 2023 as Instrument Number 2023-022806 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Lane County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 0358240 LOT 1, BLOCK 2, RIVER LOOP SUBDIVISION, AS PLATTED AND RECORDED IN BOOK 31, PAGE 4, LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 3088 DALEWOOD ST, EUGENE, OR 97404 Both the Beneficiary, NewRez LLC DBA Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became due Monthly Payment(s): 10 Monthly Payment(s) from 04/01/2023 to 01/01/2024 at $1,687.44 1 Monthly Payment(s) from 02/01/2024 to 02/29/2024 at $1,698.57 Monthly Late Charge(s): Monthly Late Charge(s) at 183.66 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $194,807.62 together with interest thereon at the rate of 5.87500% per annum from March 1, 2023 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on July 17, 2024 at the hour of 01:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, Front Entrance, Lane County Courthouse, 125 E 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401 County of Lane, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time
the execution by him of the said Trust Deed,
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neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: 2/22/24 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 NPP0457472 To: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 04/03/2024, 04/10/2024, 04/17/2024, 04/24/2024. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JANCY POTTERF has been appointed and qualified as the personal representative of the Estate of DONALD RAY STONE, deceased, Lane County Circuit Court Case No. 24PB02001. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present the claims duly verified within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at P.O. Box 247, 751 N. River RD., Cottage Grove, OR 97424, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, RYAN M. GIFFORD. Dated and first published April 3, 2024. Attorney for Personal Representative: Ryan M. Gifford, OSB #077181 P.O. Box 247 751 N. River Rd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424 (541) 942-7914. PUBLIC NOTICE TS No. OR08000051-223 APN 0715670 TO No 240013554-OR-MSI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, TRAVIS W MISFELDT as Grantor to CASCADE TITLE & ESCROW as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of September 26, 2007 and recorded on September 28, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007-067808 and the beneficial interest was assigned to TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2017FRE2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE and recorded July 22, 2022 as Instrument Number 2022-032172 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Lane County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 0715670 LOT 35, BLOCK 1, SECOND ADDITION TO VALLEY WEST, AS PLATTED AND RECORDED IN BOOK 55, PAGE 20, LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON Commonly known as: 3785 KEVINGTON AVENUE, EUGENE, OR 97405 Both the Beneficiary, Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-FRE2, U.S. Bank National Association as Indenture Trustee, and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became due Monthly Payment(s): 6 Monthly Payment(s) from 09/01/2023 to 02/15/2024 at $1,567.37 Monthly Late Charge(s): 1 Monthly Late Charge(s) $155.13 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $216,466.18 together with interest thereon at the rate of 4.50000% per annum from August 1, 2023 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on June 24, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, inside the main lobby of the Lane County Courthouse, 125 E 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401 County of Lane, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which INFORMATION Office Hours: Monday to Friday Phone: 541-649-1616 Sales: 541-649-1618 Address: 1498 E. Main St. Ste 104 PO Box 35, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 DEADLINES: Legal/Public Notices & All Classified ads, One week prior, Tuesday by end of day. ADJUSTMENTS: If your advertisement appears incorrectly, notify us immediately. We will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Such responsibility is limited to correct insertion of advertisement. No information on the classified pages will be released prior to publication. Ads are in Area Code (541) unless otherwise indicated in ad. PUBLIC NOTICES SERVICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES
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to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in inter est to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trust ee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: 2/8/24 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Atten tion:
known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any.
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property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an ob-
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TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 NPP0456909 To: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 03/27/2024, 04/03/2024,04/10/2024, 04/17/2024 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF LANE PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANNE CHRISTIAN CASE NO. 23PB09550 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DOROTHY MADELINE BECKER has been appointed as Personal Representative for the Estate of PATRICIA ANNE CHRISTIAN. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the undersigned Personal Representative at 78485 Sunrise Canyon Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92211, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred.All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the Personal Representative, or the attorney for the Personal Representative. Dated and first published March 20 2024./s/ Dorothy Madeline Becker, Personal Representative/s/ Greg Freeze, OSB #086161Attorney for Personal Representative78485 Sunrise Canyon Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92211 03/27, 04/03, 04/10 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV tice, as stated below, to the personal representative at P.O. Box 247, 751 N. River RD., Cottage Grove, OR 97424, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, RYAN M. GIFFORD. Dated and first published March 27, 2024. Attorney for Personal Representative: Ryan M. Gifford, OSB #077181 P.O. Box 247 751 N. River Rd. Cottage Grove, OR 97424 (541) 9427914 3/27, 4/3, 4/10 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE TS No. OR08000202-22-1 APN 1217809 | 18-02-05-24-00300 TO No 230629287 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, SANDRA K CURRIN FKA SANDRA KAY BAKER, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, UNDER THE BAKER LIVING TRUST DATED APRIL 18, 2013 as Grantor to OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as designated nominee for STATE FARM BANK, F.S.B., Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of February 18, 2015 and recorded on February 24, 2015 as Instrument No. 2015-007089 and the beneficial interest was assigned to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION and recorded November 30, 2022 as Instrument Number 2022ment(s) from 01/01/2022 to 08/30/2022 at $552.16 5 Monthly Payment(s) from 09/01/2022 to 01/31/2023 at $721.98 12 Monthly Payment(s) from 02/01/2023 to 01/01/2024 at $586.86 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $50,031.37 together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.75000% per annum from December 1, 2021 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on June 18, 2024 at the hour of 01:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, Front Entrance, Lane County Courthouse, 125 East 8th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401 County of Lane, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale,
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F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 NPP0456605 To: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 03/20/2024, 03/27/2024, 04/03/2024, 04/10/2024. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE TS No. OR07000259-23-1 APN 0959609 TO No 2965038 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, PARIS POTTER AND JOYCE POTTER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY as Grantor to LENDERS FIRST CHOICE as Trustee, in favor of FINAN-CIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary dated as of September 6, 2007 and recorded on September 11, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007-063426 and the beneficial interest was assigned to Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trus-tee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust and recorded February 1, 2024 as Instrument Number 2024-002776 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Lane County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 0959609 BEGINNING ON THE EAST LINE OF AND SOUTH 0 DEGREES 16’ 30” EAST 769.0 FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 13 SOUTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN IN LINN COUNTY, OREGON, SAID PLACE OF BEGINNING BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO FLOYD AND GRACE EMMETT AND DESCRIBED ON PAGE 240 OF VOLUME 152 OF LINN COUNTY DEED RECORDS; AND RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 76 DEGREES 53’ WEST PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH SANTIAM HIGHWAY, 799 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO FLOYD AND GRACE EMMERT AND DESCRIBED ON PAGE 183 OF VOLUME 160 OF LINN COUNTY DEED RECORDS; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 33’ EAST 114.87 FEET;THENCE NORTH 76 DEGREES 53’ EAST PARALLEL TO SAID HIGHWAY, 798.43 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 16’30” WEST 115.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING Commonly known as: 47630 2ND STREET, OAKRIDGE, OR 97463 Both the Beneficiary, Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust, and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay the principal balance which became all due and payable based upon the move-out by all mortgagors from the property, ceasing to use the property as the principal residence, pursuant to paragraph 7(B)(I) under the Note, and pursuant to paragraph 9(B)(I) of the Deed of Trust. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $176,630.51 together with interest thereon from July 4, 2023 until paid; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on June 17, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, inside the main lobby of the Lane County Courthouse, 125 E 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401 County of Lane, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential
ligation,
performance
said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: February 8,2024 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 NPP0456868 To: COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL 03/20/2024, 03/27/2024, 04/03/2024, 04/10/2024 PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES AUTO ART BODY & PAINT Uni-Body & Frame Collision Repair 225 Davidson Ave. • 942-8522 Auto Body & Paint Auto Dealers Auto Insurance COTTAGE GROVE CHEVROLET Oldsmobile • Pontiac • Chevy Trucks SALES & SERVICES 2775 Row River Rd 942-4415 FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP Jim Goodling • Mike Grant 330 Hwy 99 South, Ste C • 942-0165 Tires HERB’S AUTOMOTIVE Expert Automotive Service Since 1980 All work guaranteed! 926 E. Main 942-7528 Marvin Smith’s Auto Repair • Tune-Ups • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Fuel-Injection Automotive Computerized Diagnostics 518 Hwy. 99 South • 942-7112 AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES Transmissions & Clutches 424 Hwy. 99 S. • 942-8022 VILLAGE GREEN CHEVRON Automotive Repair, Foreign & Domestic 670 Row River Rd. • 942-2131 JIM'S TIRE FACTORY Alignment • Brakes • Batteries Shocks & Struts 302 Hwy 99 S. 942-3831 LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER 109 Hwy 99, Cottage Grove 942-4466 TAYLOR’S TOWING & AUTO WRECKING 78869 Thornton Ln Cottage Grove 942-4356 Auto Repair Auto Repair Cont. Brad’s KENDALL AUTO CENTER • DODGE • CHRYSLER • JEEP • FORD • GMC • HYUNDAI 2800 Row River Rd • Cottage Grove 942-5551 Auto Wrecking Spaces available as low as $19/mo. Become a Car Care Directory Member! GMC • Chervolet • Chevy Trucks SALES & SERVICE 2775 Row River Rd • 541-942-4415 518 Hwy. 99 S. • 541-942-7112 PISCES Feb 19/Mar 20 Inspiration comes your way this week, Pisces. You will have plenty of time to do anything you want to put your mind to. Start making that running list of ideas. ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if you notice you have been running into obstacles as you work to achieve your goals, you may want to step back and try to figure out another course of action. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, an offer that notes your ef- forts and achievements comes your way. Do not let this immediately go to your head, but enjoy the fruits of your labors. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Lately your willpower has been week, Gemini. If diet plans are getting sidelined by your inability to stay on track, you may want to enlist a buddy to keep you motivated. CANCER Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, take a break when you can because there is soon to be a whirlwind of activity coming in your direction. Enjoy down time while it is still available to you. LEO Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, exercise cau-
at a gathering with friends or family, Virgo. Use the opportunity to get your thoughts out there and heard. LIBRA Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you will need to pick a course and stick with it, especially over the next few days. There is a lot of temptation out there but if you don’t commit you’ll never get things done. SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov 22 Arguments that have been slowly building up may come to a head this week, Scorpio. Your best bet is to stay out of the fray by keeping your distance and avoiding commentary. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it is possible that someone new you will meet this week can become a close friend who sticks with you through thick and thin. Look for this person in the days to come. CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, now might be a time to figure out how to reduce some stress, especially if you find that people are avoiding you as of late. A change in at- titude is all it takes. AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18 You might be ready to delve into the next chapter of a relationship, Aquarius. Figure out what means the most to you and move those priorities to the forefront.
Dated:
By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm
Cisneros, A Law Corpo-
Attention: Nathan
the
of which is secured by
tion so that your actions are not misinterpreted. You do not want others thinking you are doing things for the wrong reasons. Try to lighten up and be positive this week. VIRGO Aug 24/Sept 22 This week you could find yourself being the cen- ter of attention
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KYLE MCGOWEN Cottage Grove Sentinel
The Cottage Grove High School Lions softball team wrapped up non-league play with a 9-2 win over Sweet Home on April 2.
The Lions earned the win after junior Emily Pacheco recorded five RBI’s and an inside the park home run, all while also striking out 17 different batters on the mound. The Lions started the game hot, building a 9-0 lead through the fourth inning. Cottage Grove appeared to have the opportunity in the fifth inning to run rule the Huskies, but were unable to get runners’ home with bases loaded.
“My only complaint is that we should have put more runs up. There were a few times where we had bases loaded and we had people on base, but we just couldn’t get them into
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owned by Chambers, had a spur line that fed this mill and the bridge that ran to the west to the operation in Lorane. The Lorane mill cut small logs, so the train would ship them to the west to be processed, and haul back lumber as well as big logs from the timberlands to be processed at the Cottage Grove mill.
For a half century, the property sat vacant. In the 1980s, the abandoned mill property served as the site of “Bohemia City”
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on the employment of the officer.
The Ethics Committee conducted a preliminary review of Zee’s charges and voted unanimously March 22 that there was enough evidence to direct staff to proceed with a more thorough investigation.
Mayor Candace Solesbee and all six councilors attended the committee’s virtual meeting with Solesbee and Councilor Greg Ervin providing oral testimony.
It’s been more than two decades since the Cottage Grove City Council last hired a city manager. Recognizing this, the council contracted with GMP Consultants, a Seattle-based firm, to conduct a national search to find former City Manager Richard Meyers’ successor. Founded by Greg M. Prothman, GMP Consultants is a public sector consulting firm with a collective 180 years of local government leadership experience. GMP tapped Bob Larson, one of its senior consultants, to take point on the Cottage Grove search process.
The timeline began on Sept. 11 and was an aggressive one with a goal to hire a new city manager by the end of the year. The national search attracted 29 applicants with five finalists participating in a candidate meet-and-greet with invited community leaders at the Cottage Grove Armory Dec. 14. On Dec. 15, a multi-faceted interview process was conducted in an executive (non-public) session. Participants included the mayor, councilors, Interim
score,” Lions coach Adam Dimock said. “We want to save our pitcher, the less pitches the better. We are always going for that [run rule], not to one-up the other team, but to conserve for Marshfield. But it was a pretty clean game, we had an error at the end, not a lot of walks, a lot of strike outs, the girls’ hit good, I don’t really have any complaints.”
Following the win over Sweet Home, the Lions enter Sky-Em league play with a 7-2 record, one of the best starts to a season in school history. Cottage Grove was scheduled to travel to Marshfield for the league opener in a double header on April 5. They are scheduled to face North Bend April 9, and Junction City April 12.
Follow game results at osaa.org. “I’m feeling optimistic and nervous. I’m nervous in a confident way. I want it for the girls’, I really
during the annual Bohemia Mining Days celebration each summer. In November 2005, the Sentinel reported Kris Woodard purchased the sawmill property the bridge is located on from the late Alex Madonna of California. Woodard’s intent was to create a mixed use development that included the historic bridge. Hayden Homes later transformed the mill site into the River Walk subdivision on Highway 99.
City Manager David Clyne and Larson, to discuss the candidate information provided by GMP.
PRELIMINARY REVIEW FINDING NO. 1
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission Staff Investigator Andrew McIntyre reviewed the recorded executive session and stated it appears the council may have exceeded the scope authorized for the executive session. The Oregon Attorney General’s manual states the authority to hold an executive session under the (cited) statute does not apply to discussing an officer’s salary in connection with the hiring of the officer nor discussion about benefits. Board testimony from Mayor Solesbee and Councilor Ervin and Sentinel interviews with Councilors Alex Dreher, Mike Fleck and Dana Merryday described the meeting being directed by Larson and Clyne.
In her testimony, Solesbee explained the council intentionally hired GMP to legally and procedurally guide it through the national search. She testified she felt confident during the process because the interim city manager had 30years of experience and a law degree. Some of the councilors nodded their heads in agreement with her.
“I recall it was the recruiter (Larson) who brought up the subject of salary and benefits for discussion in the executive session,” Solesbee said. “I had no reason at the time to believe we shouldn’t be going down that road
want them to get this. We’ve never won a league championship in softball, I really want it for them and I think this is the team that can do it,” Dimock said. “They need to believe in themselves and get the bats hot.”
The Lions early tasks against teams such as Marshfield, the defending league champions, presents a challenge on Cottage Grove’s path to a Sky-Em league championship. The Lions handed Marshfield one their only two Sky-Em losses last season, but the Pirates took their revenge winning the other two times they faced Cottage Grove.
“They’ve [Marshfield] got a mental edge on us. The last two years I don’t necessary think they were better than us but they have gotten the better of us. I think a lot of it is mental toughness, a lot of it is poor execution, they are a better hitting team,
HIGH PRIORITY
With no maintenance for nearly six decades, the bridge began tilting and nearly collapsed in a high wind in 2010 that required the original bridge to be removed for safety reasons.
To a city that proudly calls itself the “Covered Bridge Capital of The West,” restoring this significant structure suddenly became a high priority.
In 2011, with funding from the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program,
because we had our Interim City Manager and GMP, who were well-versed in what they do.”
Solesbee told the OGEC commissioners that, after the Dec. 15 meeting, she was concerned about how things were handled. Before the citizen complaint was filed, she called the city attorney and the Ethics Commission and questioned the legalities of the meeting.
Later, at the Jan. 8 council meeting, Solesbee stated she felt “bullied, talked over, coerced and disrespected by all the councilors, except Ervin.”
In his testimony, Councilor Ervin told the commission he, also, was very uncomfortable with how the executive session was conducted.
“The whole meeting and the process stunk to me and it sucked to be part of it,” Ervin testified. “It was a very uncomfortable position to be in. We weren’t being advised; we were basically being driven by the recruiting agency.”
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In his report, McIntyre states, “It does appear there is a substantial objective basis in this case to believe that...may have violated... ORS 192.660 (6) by making a final decision at the Dec. 15, 2023, executive session.”
A Dec. 21 press release, written by GMP’s Larson and released by Clyne, announced Michael Sauerwine as the finalist for the job and that a letter of intent was signed. It described the next steps were to draft an employment agreement
it’s just stuff like that. I think they can beat them, I am going to be optimistic,” Dimock said. Through nine games, the Lions are giving up just three runs per game. In Cottage Grove’s seven wins, they have been averaging 9.71 runs per game, however in their two losses to this point, they’ve been held scoreless; once in a 0-5 loss to Cascade and then
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Oregon Surface Transportation Program, and the citizens of Cottage Grove, the bridge was reconstructed for pedestrian use and designed as the centerpiece of an outdoor interpretive center highlighting the history of local timber production.
HISTORY
Six of the covered bridges in Lane County are located in or around
and city staff anticipated the Council would make the official appointment at its Jan. 8 meeting. The mayor provided the Sentinel with copies of emails she exchanged with Clyne and GMP questioning the legality of the announcement prior to the formal vote. GMP’s Prothman replied, “Cities have frequently announced that a candidate has been selected pending contract negotiations and have used a press release as the vehicle for the announcement.” Solesbee said she is disappointed with GMP and Clyne, who was under contract with GMP at the time. She also noted that former City Manager Richard Meyers is now employed as a GMP Senior Consultant.
COUNCILOR RESPONSES
The Sentinel requested comment from all the city councilors and those who responded expressed the same sentiment.
Councilor Alex Dreher said, “It is disappointing to think the “experts” may have led us straight into a public meetings violation. We thought we were in good hands and it is disappointing that they may have asked us, as a council, questions that were not allowed in executive session. I look forward to learning the results of the investigation. OGEC made it clear they think this will be a learning opportunity.”
Councilor Dana Merryday said, “I acted in good faith, as did the council, and trusted the guidance of our professional recruiter.”
again in a 0-3 loss to Crook County. Coach Dimock has emphasized hitting being a key to how far the Lions are capable of going this year.
“I told the girls that if they average eight runs per game, then we are going to have a very special year,” Dimock said. We need to able to hit. I think the Crook County game was a little rough, but the last three games we’ve
the City of Cottage Grove — Centennial Bridge, Chambers Railroad Bridge (the only remaining covered railroad bridge in Oregon has been recently restored), Currin Bridge, Dorena Bridge, Mosby Creek Bridge and Stewart Bridge, according to the City of Cottage Grove website. See video presentation about the Chambers Railway Bridge reconstruction at cottagegroveor.gov/ community/page/coveredbridges.
In 1925, there were
Councilor Mike Fleck said, “The ethics violation is unfortunate. I’m hopeful the commission will see we either didn’t commit a violation or will recognize we were just following our consultant and its findings will provide education instead of other options.”
OGEC Staff Investigator Andrew McIntyre said his in-depth investigation will take approximately six months to delve into specific facts beyond his preliminary review for the Commission.
Recently, the Council unanimously directed City Attorney Carrie Connelly to review the GMP contract in light of the state investigation.
MOTIVATION FOR CITIZEN COMPLAINT
Johanna Zee said while she is involved with several community groups, she stated that she acted on her own accord in filing the complaint, adding that she believes it was the right decision, and sees now her action is supported by other citizens. She first filed a formal grievance with the council and said the strong response she received from the interim city manager raised a red flag for her. She stated that was unsatisfied with the city attorney’s response to her grievance, which Zee said was likely because the attorney didn’t have all the information.
“I elevated it (to the OGEC), Zee said, “because I was concerned the council actions were not above board and I was curious as to what they were not sharing with the public.” Zee said she believes
got eight, eleven, and nine runs. That’s the goal, eight or nine runs a game and they will be a tough team to beat going forward. We’ve got the pitching and the defense so that’s what we need to do.”
approximately 450 covered bridges in Oregon. By 1977, the number of covered bridges had dwindled to 56 structures. Since 1979, four bridges have been lost due to floods and displacements. Today, there are more than 50 publicly accessible covered bridges, according to the website, Cover Bridges in Oregon.
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it would be beneficial to the community if elected officials, “did not give away their responsibility,”to outside agencies, do their due diligence prior to taking action, and listen to their constituents. “We often hear, ‘This is the way we have always done it.’ This doesn’t mean it is the right action to take,” Zee said. “Residents have been speaking out for a long time, feeling disempowered when they question the process. We need to bring it back home to the people. The community deserves to know the truth.”
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OREGON GOVERNMENT ETHICS COMMISSION The OGEC, established in 1974 by a vote of the people, is comprised of a nine-member citizen commission with a 15 member staff who are all charged with enforcing Government Ethics Laws. Oregon Government Ethics Laws prohibit public officials from using or attempting to use their official position or office to obtain financial gain or to avoid a financial detriment. In addition, it requires public disclosure of economic conflicts of interest. OGEC also enforces state laws which require lobbyists and the entities they represent to register and file quarterly reports of their expenditures. The third area of OGEC jurisdiction is Public Meetings Law. Follow developments at cgsentinel.com and in the Wednesday print editions of The Sentinel.
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Cottage Grove High School sports online at cgsentinel and in the Wednesday print editions of The Sentinel. See game results at osaa.org.
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Cottage Grove’s Emily Pacheco hits an inside the park home run in the third inning of Cottage Grove’s 9-2 victory of Sweet Home on April 2.
KEVIN CAMPBELL, OREGON ASSOCIATION CHIEFS OF POLICE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
