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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 22, 2017 Stewart Continued from A1 Meyers also said that he hoped the combining of the departments would increase collaboration. "I hope the reorganization will not only save money but create several opportunities to improve ser- vices for the citizens of Cottage Grove." Currently, staffi ng will be left to Stewart according to Meyers. City planner Amanda Ferguson, who applied for the position, is expected to stay on, but according to Meyers, Stewart will deter- mine how the departments will run. "I'm envisioning division managers for the different departments and Amanda would be the planning division manager but that's something Faye will determine," Meyers said. Stewart was chosen from a list of nine applicants which was nar- rowed down to six. Stewart currently serves as a Lane County Commissioner for District 5 and as of press time was expected to make an announce- ment during the Tuesday, March 21 county commission meeting. No announcement in regards to his replacement at the county level was made as of press time. His current term is set to expire in 2019. For a complete story and updates regarding Stewart's announce- ment, please see the Cottage Grove Sentinel website at cgsentinel. com. 2015 e Grove Cottag er Chamb erce m m o C of s Busines e of th Year LOW COST Local & Metro Weekday Trips Professional Caring Staff D uke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald are eight-year-old Cockapoos siblings, (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle.) who Mary and Jim, inherited from their daughter, Megan. Megan's love for music motivated her to name the dogs after jazz band leader Duke Ellington and the "Queen of Jazz" Ella Fitzger- ald. When Megan moved and her musical buddies went with her- she soon realized that two dogs were one too many in an apartment. "Getting a dog was not on our agenda," said Mary, "but we did when Megan asked us to take Duke so she and Ella could see him again." A few weeks after Duke's arrival, Megan and Ella returned to have Ella spayed. After surgery, Ella was too exhausted for the drive back to San Francisco, so she stayed on the condition that Megan would return for her. After three months, it was evident that Mary and Jim had inherited both dogs! Duke and Ella don't sing, but they love barking at every imag- inary outside activity. Ella especially likes teasing their next door dog. She barks until he comes to the fence and then she turns her back, and struts back and forth, ignoring him. Then he goes banan- as. Whereas, in turn, another neighbor's cat gleans great satisfaction from causing both dogs to go wild. The cat attracts their attention and then smugly paces back and forth, letting the wind blow her fur while swishing her tail to keep the excitement going. Duke plays "keep away" with any sock he fi nds and looks ador- able as he cocks his head from side to side, as if he is intently lis- tening, innocently trying to fi gure out what the couple are saying. "We give our dogs the directive," said Mary, "No barking! No jumping!'. But they ignore us. Duke is an accomplished jumper. If he spots food on the counter, he jumps up and grabs it. We diligently push food as far back as possible, but he is determined and succeeds on his counter' mission. Once he pulled down a fi ve pound bag of potatoes! Ella is the dominant dog, a real sweetheart, but when she gets upset at Duke she gets in his face and gives him a good chewing out. Once she must have been furious. She was barking in his face while backing him into a corner. To protect himself, he raised a front leg in front of his face, as if to shield himself, just like we would have done. Our dogs have become our exercise assistants from which we are all benefi ting. 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The good news is that many of these instances are preventable by simply taking a few extra precautions to protect your friends and family members from unnecessary exposure,” said Fiorella Carhuaz, public educator, Oregon Poison Center at OHSU. In addition to these tips, the Oregon Poison Center will release a series of free online resources throughout Poison Prevention Week to help further educate community members about medicine safety for children, teens and adults; household safety; and the benefi ts of utilizing national poison center services. The Tom Sargent Safety Center at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital also will display poison prevention information during the week. For additional information about Poison Prevention Week events and resources, please visit www.oregonpoison.org. National Poison Prevention Week, established in 1961 by the United States Congress, is dedicated to raising awareness about poisoning in the U.S, and highlighting specifi c ways to prevent it. 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