COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 4, 2016
BIRTHS
Smith, Peters to wed
COMING SOON
YOU’RE INVITED TO SOME JUNKIN’ FUN!
Rusty & Primitive Treasures
Spring Flea Market
Primitive, vintage,repurposed garden, salvage & farmhouse
106 S 10th St Cottage Grove OR 97424
May 20th 5-8pm & May 21st 9-5pm
(Friday night early buying 5-8pm $5.00)
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Services
WE’VE MOVED!
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Harper Irene Welt,
daughter of Brenda
Welt of Spring-
fi eld, was born
March 13 at Sa-
cred Heart Medical
Center, weighing
six pounds and 19
inches long. She is
the granddaughter
of Wiliam "Bill" Welt
of Cottage Grove.
Kristle
Smith and
Jeffrey
Peters have
announced
their en-
gagement
and intent to
wed.
Smith was
born in Cot-
tage Grove
in 1985,
while Peters was born in Elizabethtown,
Ky. in 1971. Her parents are Levi and Linda
Smith of Cottage Grove. Peters is the son
of Bill and Linda Young of Cottage Grove.
The bride-to-be is a CNA at Creswell
Health and Rehabilitation. The groom is
a car detailer at Brad’s Chevrolet. The
couple has been together for seven years
and enjoys spending time in the outdoors
and shooting billiards on a city league team
together. They got engaged on his birthday,
March 26, 2016. The couple plans to honey-
moon in Hawaii. The date of their wedding
has not been announced.
April 22, 2016
To Pablo and Raquel
Hernandez of Cottage
Grove, a son.
Lane Co.: Review both sides of ballot
Ballots are arriving in the mail at the
homes of registered Lane County voters.
Before turning in a ballot, voters should
remember to review both sides of the bal-
lot.
“Lane County Elections wants to re-
mind registered voters to review both
sides of their offi cial ballot. All registered
Independents, Republicans, and Demo-
crats will have additional voting oppor-
tunities on the back of their ballot,.” said
Lane County Clerk Cheryl Betschart.
Voters can go to http://sos.oregon.gov/
voting/Pages/myballot.aspx to check on
voter registration ballot status. Those with
any election-related questions should con-
tact Lane County Elections at 541-682-
4234.
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“
We are excited about our dog, Gwen’s,
article because it gives us a time-
less memory,” said Tim, “because, sadly,
she may have a shorter life span than most
dogs.”
Erica and Tim, who live in Vancouver,
Canada, found Gwen online, at a Califor-
nia rescue group. They wanted a puppy for
their 21-year-old cat, Mittens, thinking that
a larger ‘starter’ dog might accidentally hurt
Mittens.
When they spotted the homeless runt from
a Husky street dog, Tim said, “She was a
tiny white fl uffball, with black splotches
and blue eyes. She was the cutest puppy
we’d ever seen — it was impossible not to
fall in love!”
The rescue group transferred Gwen to
Washington State, and the couple drove
down to pick her up. They had the neces-
sary vaccination papers to bring her over the
border with ease.
“We named her Gwen, after my child-
hood love, singer and songwriter Gwen
Stefani,” said Tim. “What followed next
was the most amazing, fun and cute times
of any puppy parent’s life. We beamed with
pride as Gwen took her ‘fi rst leaps’ off curbs
and negotiated her fi rst set of stairs. She and
Mittens became best friends. In fact, Gwen
cleans Mittens and defends her when other
dogs visit!”
Right from the start they noticed that
Gwen “...drank water until her little belly
was bloated,” said Tim. “She looked like a
balloon — and then barfed the water up. We
took her to the vet, who thought she might
have congenital renal failure — kidneys that
just don’t work properly.”
They were then directed to animal internal
medical specialists, and then for ultrasounds
and every other paws-ible test. Thousands
of dollars later confi rmed their worst night-
mare, the fi rst vet was correct.
“Gwen now eats a very expensive medi-
cal renal formula diet,” said Tim, “and we
have eliminated most of the protein from her
diet (apparently protein is what bad kidneys
have diffi culty breaking down), and daily
Photo by Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
Tim and Erica with their ‘full of life’
dog, Gwen, who is also a K9-klepto-
manic when it comes to other dogs’
toys.
give her an expensive pill and a few supple-
ments. With her medicine and food she now
has a wet tongue (before it was always dry,
no matter how much water she drank). She
has grown into an amazing, fun-loving dog
despite her health challenge.
I own a landscaping company so Gwen
comes to work with me and runs around
yards and entertains herself all day long.
My customers love to see her joyfully run-
ning through their sprinkler systems, as I
work on them, or trying to catch water out
of a hose.”
Tim has no idea how he managed to raise
a Klepto-K9! At one client’s home Gwen
sneaks over to their neighbors and ‘bor-
rows’ their dog’s toys. The toys are the best
in dog terms: old tennis balls, a defl ated soc-
cer ball, and a torn up rope with dog ball
attached.
“It is obvious that Gwen knows she is
stealing,” admits Tim, “because she never
plays with the toys in their yards, but rushes
back, proudly prancing around my client’s
property with her loot.” After he is ‘allowed’
to catch her, he promptly tosses her bounty
into the rightful dog’s yard.
“Gwen lives to swim,” said Tim, “so I take
her to the beach 12 months a year. She will
retrieve sticks in the water as long as I have
the strength to toss them. She loves pleasure
swimming, just for the pure love of being
in the water. As a puppy-toddler I calmly
carried her into the water and she paddled
back to shore, becoming tickled with herself
upon reaching the shore. Initially, she only
swam out up to her belly, but one day a stick
was tossed out too deep, and once she lifted
her feet off the ocean fl oor, and swam to her
stick, we can’t kept her out of any swim-
mable water!”
Gwen also loves the rain! She sits with
Tim at softball tournaments in the dugout.
When it is pouring rain she pur-furs sitting
outside of it purr-fectly content. What a
great dog to have in the Pacifi c Northwest’s
rain country!
“Since Gwen’s life may be shorter than
we had hoped,” said Tim, “we are doing ev-
erything in our power to give her the most
amazing life any dog could imagine.” And
they are!
TIPS
Tim and Erica had Gwen’s DNA tested to
better understand her lineage. They had it
done for their last dog to gleam what traits
their ragamuffi n-rescue would exhibit.
“We sent no picture,” said Tim, “and we
did not tell the www.DNAmyDOG.com or-
ganization anything about Gwen. We sub-
mitted her DNA and the results said that
she was predominantly a Husky/Rat Terrier
mix. We knew about the Husky, so the re-
sults are enlightening.”
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DRAIN:
Gateway Family Fellowship
Church of the Nazarene
337 “C” St. Drain, OR
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship 10:45am
Living Hope Free Lunch
Wed. at 12:30pm
541-836-7051 www.drainnaz.org
COTTAGE GROVE:
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
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am
Youth Group Bible Study
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
www.cgcalvary.org
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 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
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
2 Sunday Services: 9am & 11am
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Covered Bridge Nazarene Church
152 S. M St.
541-942-4422
Pastor: Cindy Slaymaker
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship 10:30am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
Center for Spiritual Living Cottage 10:30am - Contemporary in the
Grove
Auditorium
700 Gibbs Ave (Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
(907) 230-5070
www.facebook.com/CSLCottageGrove
First Baptist Church
301 S 6th St 541-942-8242
Pastor: Steve Johnson
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 11:00am
Come Worship with us
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447
Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Jim Edwards
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Join us in Traditional
Christian Worship
Grove Community Church
77820 Mosby Creek Rd.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-0123
Pastor: Bryan Parsons
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Nursery: Infant - Pre-K
Kidʼs Church: K to 5th grade
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
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” Sat Evening Service 6:00pm
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
Childrenʼs Breakout Class: Wed. 6:30pm
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
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education 9:15am
Sundway Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
tlccg.com
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
Adult Sunday School: 9:30am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5, Kids Free)
2nd & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
cottagegroveumc.org
“VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message:
11:00am
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