8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 16, 2016
Patterson to
speak about
experiences
in Hollywood
Growing up in Hollywood, a
young Pat McCall auditioned
with many other child actors
for the chance to make a few
bucks as an extra in the picture
business.
That’s the way long-time Cot-
tage Grove resident and former
city
coun-
cilor Pat Pat-
terson sums
up his expe-
riences as an
extra in Hol-
lywood — a
way to make
a few bucks.
Using his Pat McCall
m o t h e r ’ s worked as
name, he was an extra on
billed as Pat many fi lm
McCall.
sets.
“If
you
showed up you’d get a buck-
and-a- half, but if you were
picked to stay, you’d get $5.50,”
Patterson recalls.
Peggy McCall was a studio
publicist. In 1938, times were
tough in America – even in Hol-
lywood. For both she and her
son, a job opportunity was se-
rious business. Pat enjoyed the
work, and he was proud to be
able to help out. It was a great
experience “except for all the
bus changes we had to make to
get to the studio or to wardrobe,”
Patterson recalls.
Like many child actors, Hol-
lywood has little need for you
when you lose your freckles
or get too big. Both of these
happened to Patterson. But
for about 10 years, young Pat
McCall worked as an extra on
many sets, in many fi lms and
with many stars including Jim-
mie Stewart, Shirley Temple,
Judy Garland, Mickie Rooney
and many more. He also worked
in kid-features such as “The
Little Rascals,” “Our Gang” and
“Dead End Kids.”
The presentation is a part of
the Cottage Grove Historical
Society’s monthly program and
takes place Saturday, Nov. 19
at 10 a.m. in the Community
Center, 700 East Gibbs Avenue.
Everyone is welcome, and light
refreshments will be served.
include fi re, trails, botany, rec-
reation, wildlife, fi sheries and
archaeology.
Position descriptions, duty lo-
cations, grade levels and hiring
manager contact information for
the 2017 temporary positions
are posted on the Umpqua Na-
tional Forest’s website at: www.
fs.usda.gov/main/umpqua/
about-forest/jobs.
For more information about
temporary hiring, please contact
any Umpqua National Forest
Offi ce: Umpqua National Forest
Supervisor’s Offi ce, (541) 957-
3200
North Umpqua Ranger Dis-
trict, (541) 496-3532
Diamond Lake Ranger Dis-
trict, (541) 498-2531
Cottage Grove Ranger Dis-
trict, (541) 767-5000
Tiller Ranger District, (541)
825-3100
Information for potential For-
est Service job applicants to any
of the more than 1,000 summer
jobs being offered in Oregon
and Washington can be found at
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/jobs.
The web page includes refer-
ence links on how to apply, ap-
plication and outreach sites and
benefi ts.
nounces the opening of appli-
cations for the annual Historic
Renovation Grant Program,
which is designed to assist
Downtown business and proper-
ty owners with needed historic
renovations. The Commission
has $5,000 to distribute this
winter in matching grants of
up to $2,500, depending on the
scope of the project.
This is the sixth year of this
grant program. Prior recipients
have included the IOOF (sign
repair), Crafty Mercantile (rear
door), the Cottage Grove Ho-
tel (new awning), Burkholder
Woods (corbel repair), Mortier
building (Coca Cola mural,
masonry repair), 802 E. Main
Street (new stucco, roof re-
pair), the Bookmine (awning
and siding repair), and the First
National Bank (masonry clean-
ing, windows repair). The His-
toric Landmarks Commission
will make these funds available
to Downtown Historic District
property owners or tenants who
want to make improvements or
perform maintenance on the ex-
terior of their building.
Applications must be sub-
mitted by Nov. 21, 2016. Work
must be completed (and receipts
turned in) by June 30, 2017.
Anyone interested in applying
is asked to contact the Commu-
nity Development Department
at (541) 942-3340.
for more information.
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Historical Library
grand opening
On Saturday, Dec. 10 from
10 a.m. to about noon, the Cot-
tage Grove Historical Society
will host a grand opening and
dedication ceremony at its new
location in the former Boots and
Sandals Square Dance Barn on
10th Street. Its library will be
opened as the Marcia E Allen
Historic Research Library. The
Society announced the name
change last year, but the event
will serve as a formal dedica-
tion. The public is welcome,
and refreshments and a chance
for everyone to see the new li-
brary will be offered.
The library’s hours will be:
Thursday-Saturday from 1-4
p.m. and it will be staffed by
volunteer librarians including
Lois Fix, Genevieve Rowles,
Frieda Williams and Holli Tur-
pin.
Grange potluck
The London Grange Open
House and Thanksgiving Pot-
luck will be held on Sunday,
Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. The Grange is
located at 72746 London Road
(MP 10).The Grange will fur-
nished the meat and potatoes
and guests are asked to bring
a dish to share. Call 541-942-
6148 for information.
912 Project
The next meeting of the Cot-
tage Grove 912 Project will be
Monday, Nov. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at
Stacy’s Covered Bridge Restau-
rant, 401 E. Main St. The guest
speaker will be the John Birch
Society’s Chuck Beck, who will
provide an overview of the orga-
nization and discuss their sup-
port of law enforcement across
the country.
Summer hiring in
the Umpqua
National Forest
Application
Nov. 15-21
Period
Runs
The Umpqua National Forest
is looking to fi ll up to 60 tempo-
rary job openings in fi refi ghting
and another 25 positions in rec-
reation and natural resources for
the 2017 fi eld season.
Applications for summer
temporary employment will
need to be submitted online at
www.usajobs.gov between Nov.
15 and Nov. 21. Interested ap-
plicants are encouraged to cre-
ate their USAjobs profi le now to
begin developing their applica-
tion and compiling the required
documents.
Temporary positions are
available in Roseburg and in
Glide, Cottage Grove, Tiller and
Toketee (listed as Idleyld Park
in USAjobs.gov). Specialties
Historic
Renovation
Grants available
The Cottage Grove Historic
Landmarks Commission an-
Grab a BITE of Cottage Grove
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Tips to keep chickens
in a laying mood
BY KYM POKORNY
OSU Extension Service
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are for chickens correctly
and they’ll reward you
with cartons full of fresh eggs.
Get it wrong and the eggs stop
coming.
The good news is that get-
ting it right isn’t diffi cult, said
Jim Hermes, a poultry special-
ist for Oregon State University
Extension Service. Give them
appropriate feed, water and
shelter from the worst weather
of winter and you’ve covered
the bases.
Make bagged feed from
feed stores the food of choice.
It’s formulated for each stage
of life – baby, adolescent and
adults – with the correct nutri-
ent requirements. Starter feeds
are for chicks from hatching to
about six weeks old; grower and
developer mixes go to chickens
from 6 to 17 weeks; and layer or
breeder feed is made for those
producing eggs.
If you can’t keep your vari-
ously aged chickens separated,
there are feed mixes labeled
“general purpose” that are ap-
propriate for all ages. For laying
hens, though, you’ll need to add
calcium in the form of oyster
shell or egg production drops.
The biggest mistake chicken
owners make is to supplement
too much, Hermes said. Don’t
consider leftovers from the
kitchen or vegetable garden
an important part of their diet.
They’ll eat those treats fi rst
and not as much as the chicken
feed, which dilutes the amount
of nutrients in their diet. When
that happens, chickens are more
susceptible to disease and will
produce fewer eggs.
“If it’s a high-fi ber, leafy green
vegetable, it sounds good, but it
just has water, sugar and fi ber,”
said Hermes, author of Exten-
sion’s newly revised publication
How to Feed Your Laying Hens.
“The fi ber goes through them,
they already have water and
they don’t need sugar.”
“If you’re going to supple-
ment, a little bit is OK,” he add-
ed. “It’s just like with kids, give
them a little snack. What they
can fi nish in 10 to 15 minutes.”
Scratch – a mixture of grains,
usually wheat and corn – is an
acceptable supplement as long
as it’s not overused. A little
tossed on the ground encour-
ages chickens to scratch, which
gives them exercise. In the pro-
cess, they’ll fi nd nutrient-fi lled
insects.
Chickens will eat little pebbles
called grit if they need them to
grind up wheat, corn or insects.
It’s available at feed stores, but
often they’ll fi nd what they need
on the ground. Unlike people,
layer chickens don’t overeat, so
feed should be left out continu-
ously.
“You’ll rarely see a fat layer
chicken,” Hermes said. “They
eat to satisfy their energy re-
quirements. If they go without
feed for a day, they’ll go out
of production. So keep feed in
front of them all the time.”
As winter approaches, be sure
to have a place for your chick-
ens to get out of bad weather.
Though they have excellent
down jackets, chickens suffer if
their combs or feet get too cold.
The tips of combs can freeze if
temperatures dip to 10 degrees
or lower. If they do, there’s
the chance of gangrene, which
causes damage, pain and fewer
eggs.
Hermes noted that hens need
to nest in places that are a foot
or more above the ground as
protection against dogs, rac-
coons and other predators.
Be sure to keep water avail-
able. If it freezes, put out fresh
water or break the ice. There are
water pan heaters available or
you can even put a light bulb in
a coffee can and place the dish
on top.
There’s no need for heat lamps
to warm adult chickens, but to
keep hens laying you’ll need to
supply artifi cial light from about
6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The light needs
to be just bright enough to read
a newspaper; the type of bulb
doesn’t matter. Once started,
the light program must be con-
tinued, Hermes said. Even a
one-day lapse can cut down or
eliminate egg production. He
suggests using a timer to keep
things on schedule.
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