🌱 See Cottage Grove captured during the Great Depression in rare photos

What's up Cottage Grove! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• See Cottage Grove captured during the Great Depression in rare photos

Also on today's calendar: Yoga in Cottage Grove at Row River Grange and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Not as warm with a shower, with a high of 68 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: Low clouds, temps: high: 71, low: 46.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 42 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• This is What Oregon Looked Like in the Great Depression Of The 1930's (thatoregonlife.com) — One striking Dorothea Lange photograph from 1939 captures a house being moved in Cottage Grove, offering a rare glimpse of local life during the Great Depression. The broader photo collection spans towns across Oregon, revealing how everyday families endured hardship and helped shape the state’s character through resilience and community.
   

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📸 Around Cottage Grove

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cottage Grove

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday May 17

• Dad Ideas @ Axe and Fiddle in Cottage Grove →
  The Axe and Fiddle, 657 E Main St, Cottage Grove
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday May 15

• Women in the Trades Field Trip
  South Lane SD 45J4 Cottage Grove, OR 97424
• Homework Club
  South Lane SD 45J4 Cottage Grove, OR 97424
  8:00 am

Thursday May 21

• Yoga in Cottage Grove at Row River Grange →
  Row River Grange, 34360 Row River Rd, Cottage Grove
  10:00 am

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📣 Cottage Grove Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Confluence May 13-AM Session
  Academy of Arts and Academics 615 Main Street
  8:40 am
• Gardening with Heritage Roses →
  City of Eugene Recreation Owen Rose Garden - 300 N. Jefferson St. Eugene OR 97402
  9:00 am
• Lectures: Sharing Our Culture →
  Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W C St, Springfield
  10:00 am
• Chipmunk Circle: You are the Land for Pre-K to Kinder →
  Singing Creek Educational Center Fern Ridge Public Library, 88026 Territorial Hwy, Veneta, OR, 97487
  11:00 am
• Mocktails for a Mission
  Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Lane Community College, Center Building Floor 2
  3:00 pm
• Literary Art
  Creswell Library - Adults 64 West Oregon Avenue, Creswell, OR 97426
  5:00 pm
• CHS JV BB @ Sheldon
  Creswell High Creswell, OR 97426
  5:00 pm
• Confluence May 13-PM Session
  Academy of Arts and Academics 615 Main Street
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Calling all business owners, executives, HR teams, recruiters, managers, and employees!
  Our next virtual Lunch and Learn event with ODHS Vocational Rehabilitation, the Oregon Commission for the Blind, and special guest Microsoft is on… (Nextdoor )

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Delivery Driver(07288) - 225 N. 14th St. in Cottage Grove. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Taco Bell Team Member - 255 Melton Rd in Creswell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cottage Grove here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Creswell

• Carroll College Celebrates 116th Commencement (carroll.edu)
• A procrastinator's guide to Lane County's May 19 election (registerguard.com)
• L.A.B. Golf and UNDERRATED Golf Partner for 2026 Tour Season (thegolfwire.com)

Springfield

• Family Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Last Seen In Springfield Sunday (thatoregonlife.com)
• Springfield offers free cleanup day for electronics, meds (kezi.com)
• Springfield's Safety Town summer program now enrolling kindergarteners (kezi.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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