Nice article, and always a fun festival. Be sure to attend!

Regarding Andrew Nelson, Nelson Electric was still a family run business in Cottage Grove when I was a kid in the 1960s. Their building was on a small lot at the southwest end of the bridge crossing the Willamette River from downtown at West Main and River Road, and perched on stilts on the bank of the river as I recall. Looking at the spot now, you wonder how any building could have been in that location. Make time (15 or 20 min.) to visit the restored Chambers Covered Bridge about half a mile south of Main Street on River Road near Harrison Street if you have not done so already. It is well worth the time, day or night (it has lights).