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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 6, 2015 7A Offbeat Oregon History The Oregonians who fl ew with the Doolittle raid over Tokyo BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel Animal Mew-vie Stars! L inda and Allen Anderson’s 17th ani- mal book, “Animal Stars,” contains dozens of photographs, quotes and endorse- ments from Hollywood’s movie-star royalty about their experiences while acting with animal co-stars. “The book took two years to write,” says Allen Anderson, “and it is a joint effort with Dr. Robin Ganzert, CEO of the American Humane Association (AHA). The AHA is the only organization offi cially sanctioned by the fi lm industry to protect the safety of animals in movies and TV.” “During the writing of the book,” said Linda Anderson, “we met many of the four- legged movie stars and their trainers. Pre- viously, human celebrities, such as Betty White, have endorsed our Angel Animals Courtesy Photo from American Humane Association books, but this new book is all about animal Richard Gere and his Akita co-star, celebrities people love to watch on screen.” Chico, appeared together in “Hachi: “Animal Stars” features training secrets A Dog’s Tale”. and behind the movie scenes told by pro- fessional animal trainers, plus positive com- mark and they might ignore verbal cues and ments from Steven Spielberg, Scarlett Jo- hand signals. “Many animal actors,” explains animal hansson, Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. A portion of this captivating book’s proceeds trainer Dawn Barkan, “understand the word benefi t the AHA, as they celebrate their 75th ‘action’. When a cat is called to be in a year of protecting and keeping animals safe scene, he might not feel energetic. He’s a during fi lming. Prior to the AHA’s manda- cat, after all. He only moves when he feels tory participation, animals were sometimes like it. So I use cues, like buzzers or click- ers, to raise his excitement level.” hurt or died during fi lming.” Also, the book tells about the diffi cul- Robin Ganzert explains, “Each year our certifi ed animal safety representatives pro- ties that ensued for the actors and fi lm crew tect 100,000 animal actors with a 99.98 per- dealing with 600 slithering live snakes in cent safety rate. It is our mission to protect “Snakes on a Plane”! Animal trainers teach us what motivates a animals such as Joey in ‘War Horse, the wolves in ‘Game of Thrones,’ the penguins bunny or horse to purr-form to create a di- in ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins,’ Crookshanks in rector’s vision. Of course, Robin Williams’ the ‘Harry Potter fi lms and the werewolves monkey co-star, Crystal, had as many antics in ‘True Blood.’ We work closely with the as he did. She has appeared in over 20 feature directors, and they often have to change a fi lms including “Night at the Museum” and scene to accommodate the safety of an ani- “We Bought A Zoo” and Disney’s “Treasure Buddies.” Crystal has fl own to mew-vie sets mal.’ Also featured is Mr. Jinx the Himalayan in Hawaii, Canada and Thailand. “Animal Stars” explains how some horses cat, who fl ushes a toilet in “Meet the Fo- ckers.” This furry male actor was “discov- fl y half way around the world for their ap- ered” on Petfi nder.com as a homeless kitty. pearances, and why fi lm crews had to drive During fi lming, like any seasoned actor, he eighty miles to deliver a massive black bear his favorite fast food meal. You also learn had a double. “Animal Stars” shares professional train- what becomes of the animals after the mov- ing techniques for us to communicate with ie set is wrapped up or their TV series ends and teach our pets. It is not always warm and where each one retires. All have happy and fuzzy on the set. Some animals decide endings and good homes - often with their they would rather play than focus on their trainer’s loving family. Many silver screen animal actors went from rags to riches because of their famous appearances. Fur instance; Hermione’s cat co-star in the “Harry Potter’” series spent each night in a facility with indoor/outdoor runs, sofas, televisions, toys, and playmates to de-stress her for the next day’s fi lming. She is now the trainer’s much loved house pet. Actor animals need rest and play time to relax and regroup. They purr-form with un- usual special effects: lights, loud noises, and dust. The furry actors need to be comfort- able around the 200-plus crew and extras on set. And, they are often asked to do the same thing ten or fi fteen times in a row. The good news is that an animal’s ap- pearance in a mew-vie or TV show encour- ages new pet parents to consider adopting from shelters. Not only do the animals act for their directors, they are spokes-purrs- ones, teaching viewers about precious and loving pets! Some of the “Animal Stars” furry actors have their own fan clubs, Face- book pages and Twitter accounts. They are so pup-ular; some can even sign their own paw-digraphs but cannot text without the help of their trainer/family. TIPS Many of us have pets with purrs-onalities like Dennis the Menace and we wonder how they can become actors in the fi lm and tele- vision industry. “Interviewing professional movie animal trainers for the book alerted us,” said Linda, “to the many hidden dangers on a set. The humans are all focused on their equipment and parts to play and they are not paying at- tention to animals underfoot. The AHA is a blessing, as it provides professionals who know what to look for to protect working animals. Today, many of AHA’s certifi ed animal safety reps are veterinarians and they are acutely aware of the safety hazards and medical needs for different kinds of ani- mals.” While you enjoy watching pets in fi lms, your pets are the stars at home. Loving your family IS their job.” “LIKE” Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Face Book! https://www.facebook.com/PetTipsand- Tales O f the 80 American Army aviators who fl ew the Doolittle raid in April of 1942, at least seven were former Ore- gonians. Actually, with only one or two exceptions, all of them were former Oregonians, hav- ing been stationed at the Pendle- ton air base before preparations for the raid commenced; but for seven of them, the relationship with the Beaver State ran deeper than that. This week, we’ll talk about four of them, and next week we’ll wrap up this topic with the other three, along with some fi nishing thoughts about the his- toric raid. Col. Henry A. Potter: Col. “Hank” Potter was origi- nally from South Dakota but at- tended the University of Oregon before entering the Army Air Corps in 1940. On the mission to bomb Japan, Potter was as- signed to the lead plane — he was the navigator on the crew of Jimmy Doolittle himself. Potter survived the raid; with his air crew, he bailed out over China and encountered a group of Chinese nationalist guerillas, who took them into custody at gunpoint and were marching them toward their camp when they encountered a schoolteach- er who could speak English. “We were able to explain to him who we were,” Potter told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 1992. “He convinced his countrymen we were allies and he took us home and gave us breakfast.” Potter went on to service in North Africa, and was then brought back to the U.S. to train pilots in heavy bombers. He retired at the rank of full colo- nel in March 1970. His awards and commendations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Family Selection Orientation and Application Meeting SATURDAY May 16, 2015 at 2 pm Cottage Grove Community Center 700 E Gibbs • Cottage Grove, OR Please attend to see how you can become a Partner Family with Habitat for Humanity Contact Cottage Grove Area Habitat for Humanity for more information 541.767.0358 • info@habitatcg.org Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Army commendation medal, and the Chinese Army, Navy and Air Corps Medal. Lt. Robert Stevenson Cleaver: Clever was an Oregon native, born in Portland in 1914 and a graduate of Cleveland High School. He attended the Uni- versity of Oregon for two years before leaving to go to aviation school just before Pearl Harbor. Clever was, by all accounts, a cut-up, witty and fun to talk to. In the Tokyo raid, he served as bombardier on Crew 7. In an in- terview for his home-town Port- land Morning Oregonian later, in August 1942, he told of watch- ing as fi shermen on the coast of Japan waved cheerfully at him as the planes roared overhead. “I looked at that guy, and I said to myself: Why, the darned old fool, he’s waving at us! It was our welcome to Japan, and we didn’t expect it, no sir. I didn’t wave back, though.” But roughly a month later, Clever was killed in an airplane crash in Ohio. His fl ying career had lasted less than two years. In that short time, though, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Chinese Army, Navy, Air Corps Medal. Colonel Robert G. Emmens Emmens was born in Med- ford, graduated from Medford High and went on to the Univer- sity of Oregon. Emmens was the co-pilot on Plane 8, which was the plane that made an emer- gency landing in Russia. The Russians were not at war with Japan at the time, and al- though they probably would have liked to return the Ameri- cans to the U.S., they couldn’t do that without provoking war with Japan — something they could ill afford while fi ghting off the Germans in the west. So, ignoring the Japanese gov- ernment’s strident demands that Emmens and his colleagues be turned over for trial, they kept them in internment camps for a year, after which time the Americans escaped with the help of an Afghan smuggler and presented themselves at the British embassy in Iran. (There are rumors that this escape was masterminded by the Russian secret police, the NKVD.) Col. Emmens went on to serve in Europe and Japan dur- ing and after the war. His mili- tary awards include the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross; the Air Cops Medal (Class A); the Chinese Army, Navy, Air Corps medal; and even the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure. 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