Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Fire
Lost dog found after long search
district will
host open
house
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The Sisters-Camp
Sherman Rural Fire
Protection District will be
hosting an open house on
Saturday, April 8, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the main fire
station located at 301 S. Elm
St. in Sisters.
Attendees will have the
opportunity to tour the facil-
ity, check out the apparatus,
and meet local fire and emer-
gency medical response per-
sonnel as well as Fire Corps
members.
Visitors can get a blood
pressure check, learn more
about FireMed membership
and watch firefighter skills
demonstrations including:
ladder throws, advancing
a charged hose line, don-
ning and doffing personal
protective equipment and
more.
Staff will be on
h an d to ans wer ques -
tions, hand out litera-
ture and discuss volunteer
opportunities.
For more information,
contact the administration
office at 541-549-0771.
Last January Kimberly
Johnson picked up her mini-
dachshund puppy, Reagan,
from a nearby breeder near
her home in Virginia. Her
mother, Betty, a Black Butte
Ranch resident tagged along
to meet Reagan and his
mother, a long-haired blond
mini-dachshund, Jazzy.
Johnson, an FBI agent in
Virginia, used to vacation
at Black Butte Ranch with
her parents when she was
young. Johnson grew up in
Roseburg. Then more than
20 years ago, her family relo-
cated to Black Butte Ranch
(BBR) and Johnson jour-
neyed to the East Coast.
“When my husband and I
got to meet the mother of our
puppy, I felt an instant bond
with her. She was very social
and sweet. She reminded
me of our dachshund that
we recently lost,” Johnson
said. “I told my mother about
Jazzy and what a beautiful
dog she was. Mom decided
to fly out to Virginia to meet
Jazzy when we picked up our
puppy.
“We asked the breeder if
she was available to adopt
since she was retired from
the breeding program. The
breeder felt comfortable with
us as dachshund people and
let us adopt Jazzy for mom,”
she said.
Johnson went to get Jazzy
in March after the breeder
had her spayed.
“We arrived in Portland on
Thursday, March 16. Mom
picked us up at the Portland
airport and we drove to BBR
that evening.”
Then on Friday morning
around 7 a.m. Jazzy bolted
out the door without a leash.
“We think she must have
been scared and confused as
she was completely out of her
element,” said Johnson.
Johnson informed the
Black Butte Ranch police
about the missing dog.
Officer Mike Lane
answered the call early
Saturday morning.
“It was my first call and
my first day on my four-
day work-week. I did a lot
of driving around into areas
where the public couldn’t
go,” Lane said.
Then a resident spotted the
dog running past the Glaze
Meadow golf shop.
Distraught, Johnson and
her mom began going house
to house near the area to see
if she was on or under any-
one’s deck. And sure, enough
she was.
“Mom spotted her, but
Jazzy ran like a scared
rabbit,” Johnson said. “She
seemed extremely frightened
and confused.”
Many dogs, even dogs that
normally are not fearful at
home, become terrified when
they become lost. While
some dogs will ultimately
calm down and then approach
people, other dogs will con-
tinue to run from everyone,
including their owners or
people they know.
Despite a mobilized com-
munity, Jazzy continued to
elude all rescue attempts.
“Monday morning rolled
around and no Jazzy. We had
tried so hard to find her and I
was getting ready to fly back
to Virginia,” Johnson said.
“We decided to give our faith
a chance and put it into God’s
hands and let go. Soon after
we let go of our worrying, we
received a call from officer
Lane saying he had her right
in front of him, and hoping
this will make our day!”
Officer Lane picked up
Jazzy after he received a
phone call from an employee
for Northern Energy Propane.
“The employee had been
working on a propane tank
PHOTO PROVIDED
Jazzy is safe after a harrowing
ordeal.
and spotted the dog out in the
open where he was working,”
Lane said. “Jazzy was wet
and shaking, but she let him
pick her up. He put her in his
truck in a blanket and I went
and got her.”
Johnson and her mom
drove to the police station to
claim her.
“She was just sitting there
looking so calm and beauti-
ful,” Johnson said.
“Everyone was so nice
and helpful,” Johnson said.
“It was a tough case for me,
like trying to find a needle in
a haystack. It was a miracle
that someone found her who
wasn’t even part of the search
party.”
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Construction of the
roundabout at the
intersection of US 20 and
Barclay Drive/McKinney
Butte Rd. is underway.
In order to complete the
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The majority of work will occur Monday
through Saturday during daytime hours.
Traffi c on US 20 will remain open, and
work will not provide signifi cant delays
for traffi c except for the detour of Barclay
Drive. Travelers trying to access Barclay
Drive should follow signed detour routes
using Pine Street. Additional information
about closures and detours will be
posted when applicable.