COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 26, 2015
Paws-on Healing
T
o be purr-fectly honest, I
have never experienced
a dog-goose-bump greeting be-
fore meeting Rascal! As he and
his pet parent, Wanda, walked
passed me, Rascal looked over
and directly into my eyes, then
his entire face burst into an
amazing smile that replicated a
human’s joyful expression.
I asked his ‘mother’ for ‘his
story’ and it was immediately
clear that this unique designer-
bred-street-dog combination,
Dachshund/Yorkie/Chihuahua,
was designed by God...purely to
gift love.
“When my daughter, Corina,
was eight years-old, we were
horrifi ed to learn that she had a
tumor on her optic nerve,” said
Wanda. “The treatments left her
feeling so sick and weak that she
barely attended any grade three
classes.
Corina has always loved ani-
mals, and her original plan was
to become a veterinarian. How-
ever, she changed her mind after
receiving treatments. She real-
ized that she could ‘not handle
seeing animals die’.
Our friend who has two dogs
and a cat admired Corina’s ma-
ture and responsible attitude.
They often chatted about their
shared love of animals.
When we learned about Cori-
na’s health issues, and that she
has to undergo a 1-½ years of
chemotherapy, our friend en-
couraged us to adopt a dog for
Corina as a loving companion,
confi dant and a comfort to ease
her struggles.
Our friend explained that ‘we
can only hold one thought at a
time and that focusing on a dog
would help Corina forget pain,
sickness and treatments. Also,
a pet was something loving to
come to after a hospital stay.
It was ‘someone’ that would
quietly understand her without
judgment.’
She was right, but she also
put her heart behind her words
and organized a fund-raising
event among her friends for a
puppy’s adoption and the need-
ed pet supplies to raise one!
Rascal was born early in July
2003, and our entire family fell
in love with the ‘cutest dog on
earth’. We adopted him at the
end of August.
On the days that Corina was
able to ‘escape’ the hospital and
come home for a few days, Ras-
cal joined us as we entered the
hospital to bring her home. The
other children patients loved see-
ing him walking down the corri-
dors! He made their day! Ras-
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cal is exceptionally friendly and
sweet to everyone. Wherever we
go, daily, we receive comments
on how beautiful and cute he is
— just like Mary Ellen noted.
He looks more puppy-like than
a 12-year old senior dog.
Having Rascal during our
family’s diffi cult time was
a blessing! He is exception-
ably gentle, and the medical
staff allowed him to sit on my
daughter’s lap during chemo
treatments. Because of Rascal,
Corina had company on the days
she did not feel well. We could
hear her in her bedroom teach-
ing ‘dog school’. Rascal learned
tricks like high fi ves, roll-overs,
and shake a paw.
When anyone in our family
arrives home, to show us how
happy he is to see us, Rascal
sprints up and down the stairs!
He loves his squeaky toys, mas-
sages, kisses and cuddles and to
be spoiled! His favorite activity
is riding in the car, but he must
sit up and look out the window
to see if we are heading in the
right direction. It is a funny
thing about dogs — they have
no clue where you are going,
but they act like they are direct-
ing you there.
And what has happened to
Corina? She is now 20 years-
old, her tumor shrank in half
and it has remained that way for
the past 10 years. She fi nished
high school, in French immer-
sion, and was accepted into the
University of British Columbia,
but instead she chose to immerse
herself into a political and inter-
national relation degree, in Eng-
land, at the University of York.
And in her ‘spare’ time she and
Rascal Face Time each other.
I am so proud to be Corina’s
mother. She is one of the brav-
est, strongest and most ambi-
tious people that I have ever
met. Besides studying, she has
two jobs, and is always help-
ing others by accepting differ-
ent volunteering activities into
her busy schedule. While away,
she misses Rascal but luckily
she will be heading home soon
to spend some time with us and
her BFF (best furry friend)!”
TIPS
BEWARE
Caution walking pets on a
‘warm’ day!
When the air temperature is a
mere 77’ the asphalt/road pave-
ment/sidewalk measures 125’.
Remember if you can’t walk
barefoot on the pavement, nei-
ther should your pet.
Test the asphalt with the back
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Photo by Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
Wanda and her son, Thomas, with Rascal who is not
your average ‘off the street dog’, but a bone-ifi ed healer
to a little girl!
of your hand before a walk.
Air Temp ‘Owie’ Asphalt
Temperatures
77’
125’
86’
135’
87’
143’
The American Medical As-
sociation Journal states that “At
125’ F, skin destruction can hap-
pen in 60 seconds” and that is
skin on your pets’ paws!
Is your pet funny? Crazy?
Talented?
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Crafts and
Hobbies
Kaylynn Guevara: rock col-
lection3rd, rough rock collec-
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monster collection 1st; Seth
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ner Marsh: prison transport
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building 2nd; Irelynn Quatier:
Swamp Diorama 1st; Addison
Hitt: dragon 2nd; Summer
Lebow: rubber band necklace
1st; Briahna Guevara: Hippo
collection 2nd; Zayne Ny-
burg: model plane 2nd, model
plane 3rd; Jaymee Stahl:
jewelry box 3rd, painted letter
2nd; Natalee Brink: origami
rabbit Best of Show, origami
large orchid 1st, small origami
orchid 1st; Carla Rigel: wall
hangings 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st; Ash-
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bear paw 1st, beaded hair pin
3rd , pin cushion cup 2nd,
pin cushion dish 1st; Hayley
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paper ‘S’ 1st; Danella Ses-
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trout 1st; Craig Toevs: Logger
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Sloth Sid, 1st, set of 4 Best
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son: gourd ducks 1st, painted
gourds misc 1st, gourd dragons
1st, heart dream catcher 1st,
double dream catcher 1st, moon
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T H E
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toilet paper roll houses Best of
Show; Mary Murphy: bird’s
nest 1st; Jennifer Guevara:
Betty Boop fi gures 1st; Penny
Schaack: necklace 1st, African
bead necklace 1st; Nancy Van
Schoisck: fl ag pins 1st, Dutch
people 2nd, Dutch chocolates
3rd; Peggy Severns: Button
Deer 1st and Judges Choice;
Tinika Ossman Steier: gourd
boxes 1st, vegetable man 1st,
animal collection 1st, broom
wives 1st, broom couple 2nd;
Joanne Skelton: turtles 2nd;
Helen Young: concrete birds
nests 1st, 2nd, 1st; Diane Wil-
son: gourd ducks 1st, painted
gourds misc 1st, gourd dragons
1st, heart dream catcher 1st,
double dream catcher 1st, moon
dream catcher 1st, star dream
catcher 1st;
Floral and
Forestry
Annie Shephard: dahlias &
glads1st, pink dahlia 1st, or-
ange dahlia 1st; Colleen Jager:
chicken feeder Best in Show;
Carla Williams: hydrangea
1st, Lloyd Williams: hydran-
gea 2nd; Crystal Jackson:
zinias2nd, ice plant 2nd; Elaine
Chapman: roses 1st; Cheryl
Cooper: cactus dahlia 3rd,
dahlia 1st, orchid 2nd, spider
plant 1st, creeping Charlie 2nd;
Sandy Wiltermood: zinnias
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lavender 2nd; Mary McNama-
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Produce
Hunter Rigel: onions 1st &
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cucumbers 1st, cherry toma-
toes 1st; Kayla Lane: “Julie”
scarecrow 2nd; Ryan Lane:
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Cheryl Bord: zucchini 1st;
Rae Pendleton: white pumpkin
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Cynthia Turner: rhubarb 1st;
Lloyd Williams: rhubarb 2nd,
Swiss chard 1st, cucumbers 1st,
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& 2nd, egg plant 1st & Judges
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Canning & Food Preservation
Gabriel Bunce: mock zuc-
chini pineapple, Best of Show,
grape juice 1st, cherry plum
juice 1st; Cynthia Turner:
apple butter, 1st; green beans,
1st, dried peaches 2nd; Nicki
Kilday: pineapple salsa 1st,
strawberry marmalade 1st,
strawberry rhubarb jam, 1st,
3 fruit marmalade 1st, rosie
cider marmalade, 3 fruit jam
1st (2), carrot cake jam 1st,
blackberry jelly 1st; Marlene
Norwalk: blackberry jam 1st,
marionberry jam 1st, raspberry
jam Best of Show, blueberry
jam 1st, strawberry jam 1st;
Jonathon Landon: zucchini
relish 1st, blackberry jam 1st,
plum jam 1st, apricot raspberry
jam 1st; Rachel Johansson:
strawberry-rhubarb jam 1st (2);
Ashley Rigel: dill pickles 1st;
Carol Clark: strawberry-rhu-
barb jam 1st, pink pear sauce
1st, strawberry jam 1st, pink
pear 1st, blackberry jam 1st,
stewed tomatoes 1st, pineapple
salsa 1st, tomatoes 1st, fi esta
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Culinary
Hannah Dewitt: apple cake
Best of Show, youth, ginger
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Cheyenne Pettit: cranberry
oatmeal cookies 1st, orange
sand cookies 2nd, Lanques
de chat 1st, sugar cookies
2nd, pecan cookie 2nd, choco
hazelnut cookie 1st, Veronica’s
1st, cookie jar Best of Show
adult; Christopher Russell:
chocolate cake 1st; Cynthia
Turner: banana bread 1st;
Crystal Faune Jackson: ca-
shew bread, 3rd; Carol Clark:
sourdough wheat bread 1st,
potato cheese garlic bread 2nd,
sourdough white bread 2nd,
blueberry cornmeal bread 1st,
sourdough biscuits 3rd, maca-
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pinwheel white & wheat bread
2nd, tomato cheese bread 1st,
cinnamon bread Best of Show,
senior, rolls 1st, potato white
bread 3rd, sourdough pinwheel
bread 2nd;
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Scrapbooking
Addison Hitt: Dog 1st; Trinity
Hawkins: chipmunk 1st, Sun-
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