Benefit set for family of tiny crash victim.Byline: The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). - A bachelor-bachelorette "date auction" to raise money for the family whose 5-week-old son was killed Aug. 31 in a four-vehicle crash on Delta Highway The Delta Highway is a short limited-access freeway in Eugene, Oregon, United States, linking downtown Eugene with the Beltline Highway, northern Eugene and the Riverridge golf course to the north. will be held Friday night at the Tap & Keg tavern tavern: see inn. . The baby, Orion Smith, was in an infant seat infant seat Child safety seat, see there in the right rear seat of his parents' automobile when the car was struck from behind by a pickup truck towing a trailer. The baby's parents, Elasah Joy Boustead-Smith, 23, and Isaac Smith Isaac Smith may refer to:
There were four people in the other three vehicles, none of whom was seriously injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . The collision occurred at 4:55 p.m. near the Goodpasture Island Road offramp. The case remains under investigation, and no one has been charged or cited. The Eugene police forensic reconstruction team is expected to present its findings to the Lane County district attorney's office soon. Friday's fundraiser gets under way at 10 p.m. at the tavern at 1704 E. Main St. Spokesman Aaron Ames said about two dozen people - half women, half men - have agreed to be auctioned off for a date that night at the tavern. He said participants can still sign up by phoning him at 913-9656. Gift certificates at local restaurants and businesses will be raffled off, Ames said, as well as some tickets to the University of Oregon's home football game against Portland State University on Oct. 28. Proceeds from the event will be deposited in the Orion Finn Smith Memorial Fund at Northwest Community Credit Union, Ames said. Anyone unable to attend Friday's auction and raffle who wishes to donate to the fund can contact the credit union directly, he said. |
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