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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 22, 2016 P ARK Continued from page 3A The Relay For Life of South Lane County invites all cancer survivors and their caregivers to a Survivor Luncheon June 25, 2015 from 2pm – 5pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Help 1025 N. 19th St., Cottage Grove night lighting and security cameras and no smoking signs and completion of the interior of the park’s bell tower. The report also spells out im- provements that could be made to the park’s “maintenance re- gime,” including repair of the fl agstones, the possible offi cial renaming of the park to “Opal Whiteley Park” from “All- America City Square” and main- tenance of clean restrooms. City Planner Amanda Fergu- son said the public may not have previously been aware of the planned addition of some of the changes. Security cameras have already been purchased and should be installed there soon, she said; the City had already planned to fi nish the tower, and a City intern had been enlisted to craft interpretive signage. The City will also look for a quote to gauge the cost of refurbishing the mural. Ferguson also said that the City’s Public Works crew can execute much of the work itself, though most updates will not occur until traffi c in the park slows this winter. The park plan will be submit- ted to the City Council at its June 27 meeting; in the meantime, the report is available on the City’s website, cottagegrove.org. T&T Please RSVP to Sabina Johnson at 541-359-5514 Continued from page 7A Join us in this celebration of hope. SOUTH LANE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE SAVE MONEY. SAVE LIVES. Ground Ambulance Memberships $65 per year Ground Ambulance & Air Membership $110 per year Call 541-942-4493 for info. FOR EMERGENCY DIAL 911 Serving South Lane County. The family enjoys watching Fuzzy waiting, as they drive into the driveway, then running up to greet them. They just wish that at night she wouldn’t leave her prestigious paw prints all over their car! The family’s white and black spotted family bunny, Lyric, is not bothered by Fuzzy’s pres- ence. (On a fun note, Lyric’s spots are shaped like perfect musical notes!) Rebecca laughed when asked to be interviewed about her rental house’s Fuzzy accessory because, “We have our own pets and this article is all about our notorious stray!” A whymsical fact is that when the Angel Scibe family adopted a rescued ancient Himalayan cat, they named her Mini Purrl in honor of our neighborhood’s fur-rendly Queen. cat nip. Shake. Serve! Cut a few rows of 1” holes into a 4” tall cardboard box lid (shoe boxes are purr-fect). Cut the back side out of the box. Hot glue a toy mouse to a stick. Wiggle the mouse inside the box from another cut-out door for the cat to hit it for its own mousey Jack-in-the-Box. The best way to bond with a pet is to play with it. Share your pet tips and tales. angelscribe@msn.com “Follow” Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ PetTipsandTales Adopt Loving Pets www.PetFinder.com Humane Society for Neuter/ Spay Assistance Program. (541) 942-2789 TIPS Use rubber gloves to pick up pet fur off FUR-niture and clothes. Stretch an old T-shirt over a cardboard box leaving the shirt’s neck as the opening for a door for pets to nest in. Cut a 1 inch opening on the side of an empty water bottle, place kibble in it and let pets play for their treats. Place cat toys into a bag with Available Now for inspection and abatement of: x x x Asbestos LEAD Base Paint Mold Falling into a tuba is no excuse to miss your class reunion BY NED HICKSON News Media Corporation W hen it comes to receiv- ing unsolicited material in the mail, few things are more frightening than an invitation to your 30th high school reunion. Except maybe a voodoo doll made from your own clothes and hair. The difference, of course, is that high school reunions don’t come along every day. And while a voodoo doll is certainly unsettling, it’s not as unsettling as talking with someone who remembers what you looked like in really tight parachute pants. Not that I ever wore any. I’m just saying, in the 80s, a lot of people did. And there’s a chance someone who looked like me might’ve been wearing a pair when — after losing cir- culation in his legs and buttocks — he fell headfi rst into the tuba section during a homecoming game. The truth is, all of us had embarrassing moments in high school. That’s what made those years so memorable, and why now, when we gather to re-live those special times as adults, we do so within the general vicinity of an open bar. This is especial- ly true if, like me, you made the mistake of looking back through your yearbook the night before the reunion — an experience that can prove more traumatic than high school itself. 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