COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 21, 2015
7A
Fall term honor roll
announced at UCC
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Teeny-Tiny Tony
TIPS
“Twenty years ago,” said
Nancy, “I was out for lunch with
a friend when we saw a small
Pekingese mix dog tied up to an
iron stake with a heavy trailer
chain. The entire scene looked
like a ridiculous cartoon with
that poor little dog’s neck encir-
cled by a chain big enough to tie
up an elephant. The dog looked
all but fi ve pounds. You know
how you think, ‘Someone ought
to do something about that’ and
never does — that was us. Well,
nine months later, my friend
and I were back in that area and
darned if that poor little tattered
dog was not still chained up in
that wasteland of a backyard.
This time I thought, ‘When
God puts something in your
path, and if he/she could not
show up today, what would you
do?’ I was obviously the one
elected to ‘do something’!
So we stopped, I banged on
the front door and this dishev-
eled woman appeared. When I
asked ‘why’ her dog was chained
up for months on end, through
the entire winter, she stupidly
responded like a spoiled, irre-
sponsible child, ‘I don’t like that
dog. I want a big dog’. Madder
than when I walked up to her
door I blurted out, “I will give
you $35 for the dog.’
She took the money and un-
hooked the enormous chain
from the little dog’s tiny neck.
I took him and drove straight to
the groomer’s, as he was a mass
of mats, dirt and pinecones.
That was 20 years ago, and I
still have him!
Based on the description of
the dog, she would not know
him today if she fell over him,
and obviously she did not know
him well then either. He is the
sweetest, cuddliest dog. Be-
cause he was starved, he tried
to consume everything. My
grandchildren were over and
at dinner the dog gobbled up
the spaghetti that they sneaked
“It is a myth that surgically al-
tering your pets makes them fat
and lazy,” said Nancy. “I have
run a neuter/spay non-profi t or-
ganization for 30 years, People
United for Animals. Neuter-
ing and spaying is paws-itive
for many reasons: pets become
more loving, healthier; they
live longer; are more playful;
most dog bites are from unal-
tered dogs; make better family
guard dogs because they are not
focused on wandering for plea-
sure and most likely getting lost
or torn up in a dog fi ght, which
is the reason that neutered pets’
owners pay fewer vet bills.
Photo by Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
Nancy with her teeny-tiny rescue dog, Tony.
“It is a miracle that from Tony’s previous history of
abuse,” said Nancy, “that he is a “Mr. Lovebug”.
him under the table. Upon their
great discovery of the dog’s love
for Italian food, they christened
him ‘Tony’.
Tony’s throat was damaged
from pulling on the heavy chain.
I have no idea how long he was
chained up — paws-ibly since
he was a puppy. His previous
owner said that he was two years
old. He is now 22 years old and
weighs 11 pounds. Tony is not
much bigger than our cats, but
he sure is the boss out here on
our ranch. He sleeps in his bed,
and for that matter, any one
of our other pets’ beds that he
chooses! This pint-size alpha
dog gives them no choice.
Tony’s brother, Major, is a 90
pound Royal Standard Poodle,
who arrived as a puppy. Can
you imagine Tony’s shock as
Major grew and grew, and grew!
Tony must have thought that the
puppy was eating a specialized
dog fertilizer and would never
stop growing! But, Tony still
refused relinquishing his alpha
status to Major, who weighs nine
times more than him! If Tony
doesn’t want Major in the TV
room, Major knows that there is
no way he can enter — and he
doesn’t even try.
Tony’s health is amazing for
all his earlier struggles. We’ve
had him to the vet only twice in
two decades! Once for his neu-
tering, the second time for an
allergy shot. When we removed
our house plants his allergies
mysteriously ‘healed’. Tony
appreciates a warm lap and
loves living indoors. It is easy
to fi gure out why!
Tony’s ‘adoption’ into our
home has gifted him nothing but
happy. He must think he won
the doggy-lottery. Now that he
is older, we honor his age and
cut up his baked-organic chick-
en and Gerber’s wieners into
teeny-tiny bite size pieces for
him to chew.
Our grandson, Aaron, was a
youngster for the fateful naming
dinner. Now he is all grown up
and in the US Army. This sum-
mer he was home on leave and
recalled being in the fi fth grade
when he taught Tony how to use
the doggy door. Just like then,
Aaron proudly still calls him-
self, ‘Tony’s dog trainer’.
One of Tony’s testicles had
not dropped, so it was a good
thing he was neutered, as the
condition leads to cancer. Most
advocates for not neutering their
pets have no idea that unaltered
pets have a higher risk of cancer
due to their hormones building
and stagnating in their bodies.”
Dr. Lisa Poquette confi rms,
“The fi rst heat cycle in females
increases their chance of mam-
mary gland cancer by more than
50 percent. Unneutered males
are more likely to have prostate
problems including cancer than
neutered males.”
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Cheer bingo night
The City of Cottage Grove’s
Shred Event for 2015 will be on
Saturday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m.
to noon at Cottage Grove City
Hall. For the price of a dona-
tion of a non-perishable food
item for Community Sharing,
members of the community can
have their personal or confi den-
tial documents shredded and
disposed of safely and securely.
Those interested are asked to
gather those old checks, medi-
cal records, credit card or bank
statements and bring them in to
have them shredded.
Cottage Grove High School
Cheerleaders will be hosting a
bingo and dinner night on Jan.
23 at 7 p.m. in the high school
cafeteria. Tickets for this event
can be purchased from any of
the high school cheerleaders or
at the door. Those who buy
three admission tickets get one
free. Admission is $20 per per-
son, which purchases fi ve bingo
cards and a spaghetti dinner.
There will be prize baskets to
raffl e off and a chance to win
the “Million Dollar” prize bas-
ket. For more information or to
President’s Honor Roll:
Elysha Lang of Cottage
Grove, Shanna Abraham, Candi
Clark, Abby Dooley, Kimberly
Holcomb, Jake LaCosse, Kait-
lyn Osborne and Austin Potter
of Drain; Sherry Cooley, Allyse
Doudna, Heather Monroe and
Dan Shepherd of Elkton; Shelby
Gilpin of Yoncalla.
Dean’s Honor Roll: Cameron
Brooks of Creswell; Garrett
Burris, Christina Daniels, Jor-
dan Hulsey and Megan Lymath
of Drain; Mahayla Belcher of
Elkton; Breanna Callahan, Mi-
chelle Vigue, Sonya Walker and
Karen Wickman of Yoncalla.
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Phone: 541.942.6482 Fax: 541.942.6483
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weather forecast
THURSDAY Jan. 22
FRIDAY Jan. 23
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SATURDAY Jan. 24
SUNDAY Jan. 25
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MONDAY Jan. 26
TUESDAY Jan. 27
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Clean Burn Pellets in Stock!
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Shred Event
he Umpqua Community
College Director of En-
rollment Services and Registrar
David Farrington announced
that 261 full-time students (12
credits or more) are listed on the
President's Honor Roll and 135
students are listed on the Dean's
Honor Roll for the fall term of
2014. A 3.75 grade point aver-
age or higher is required to be
placed on the President's Honor
Roll and a GPA between 3.74-
3.50 is required to be placed on
the Dean's Honor Roll.
Area students appearing on
each list included:
purchase tickets call Christine
Harper at 541-556-5317.
Tax Aide
The Tax-Aide Program is of-
fering to assist low and moder-
ate-income taxpayers of all ages
prepare their Federal and State
income tax returns.
Tax-Aide is sponsored by
AARP, in conjunction with the
IRS, and is in its 45th year.
Taxpayers do not have to be
members of AARP to use this
program. Last year, over 6000
tax returns were completed by
the 100 Lane County Tax-Aide
volunteers. All volunteers are
IRS trained and certifi ed.
This service is free and offered
at 12 locations in the greater
Eugene-Springfi eld area. Free
electronic fi ling is available at
all of the sites. Tax-Aide will be
available from the fi rst of Febru-
ary through April 15.
Clients need to bring a pic-
ture I.D. and their Social Se-
curity Card, along with their
W2’s, 1099’s and all other perti-
nent information for completing
their taxes.
In Cottage Grove, Tax Aide
can be accessed at the Commu-
nity Center from 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
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6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey
Services: 9am and 10:30am
Christian Education
Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade
www.6thandgibbs.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
522 E Whitaker • 541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am
Wednesday Service 6:45 pm
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
Youth Group Bible Study:
Wed. 6:45 pm & Sat. 6 pm
www.cgcalvary.org
Center for Spiritual Living
Cottage Grove
700 Gibbs Ave (Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Info: 541-767-0182 (Mrs. “T”)
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 8:30am, 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
YouthGroup Mondays 6:30pm
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd. • 541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Isaac Hovet
www.cg4.tv
Sunday Service: 9am and 11am
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Baptist Church
301 S 6th St 541-942-8242
Pastor: Steve Johnson
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 11:00am
Come Worship with us
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Rev. Bruce Cameron
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd. • 541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Pastor Rulon Combs
Sunday School All Ages 9am
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:30 am
“The Bridge” Saturday Evening Service
6:00pm
Youth ABLAZE: Wednesday 6:30pm
Childrenʼs Breakout Class:
Wednesday 6:30pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712
Pastor: Roy L. Antunez, S.J.
Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm
Sun. 10:30am
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell:
552 Holbrock Lane • 541-895-8686
Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
Non-Denominational
541-942-5213
Church of Christ
Pastor: Kevin Miller
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 6:45
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Trinity Lutheran Church
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
103 S. 5th Street • 541-942-4999
Pastor: James L. Markus
Pastor: Herb Carson
Sunday School &
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Adult Education 9:15am
Sunday Bible Study: 6:00pm
Sunday Worship 10:30am
We sing the old time hymns.
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
trinitylutherancottagegrove.com
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Jerry Steele
Worship: 10:00am
Adult & Sunday School: 9:00am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $3, Kids Free)
Mon. 5-6:30pm
cottagegroveumc.org
“VICTORY” Country Church
Community Center Shepherd Room
700 East Gibbs • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message:
11:00am
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