A strange summer: Covid, celebrating Keaton, third streetery opens

DANA MERRYDAY/CHRONICLE PHOTOThe refurbished Buster Keaton mural at the corner of Main Street and Highway 99 in Cottage Grove is one of the features of this week’s conference.

It has been a strange summer in Cottage Grove. Some things have seemed normal enough and refreshingly so. Others are not so nice.

The heat dome and unseasonable temperatures are making it tough for plants, animals. and humans. We caught a break last weekend as temps in…