COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 17, 2017
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Crows And Their “Crow-knees”
Following are three “for the birds” stories.
Our friend, Syd, prized his trucks as proudly as a cow-
boy did his prize steed.
Forty years ago, Syd began tossing food out to the
crows because their “presents” kept the insect popula-
tion down in his garden. “Birds eating bugs,” said Syd,
“is a safer method for controlling insects than exposing
pets and children to toxic sprays!”
Crows fl y 40 miles a day in search of food and Syd’s
yard was a favorite treat of theirs! Over the years, the
black bird group’s population grew as they were social-
izing and cawing on his telephone wires. Crows are in-
telligent birds who can recognize a human by its face.
And they sure knew Syd! Each morning, a devoted
noisy feathery crew serenaded his arrival.
The busiest bird waiting area (the wire) ran above
Syd’s vehicles’ parking spot. One day, a bird pooped
on his new truck. Syd marched out, looked up at the
birds and announced, “I will feed you, BUT you have
to promise not to mark my truck!” They both kept their
promise. Not one mark was left by the trapeze swinging
birds above a succession of shiny trucks.
When Syd was 78-years-old, he went to the hospital,
so his family fed the birds. The crows held their morn-
ing vigils and kept their promise of keeping his station-
ary truck clean.
The morning that Syd died, when his daughter re-
turned to his house, she saw that the birds had acknowl-
edged his passing with a huge white plop on his black
truck. They knew! They never returned to his home
again.
A second crow story is about an English Duke, who
was building a condo across from Christine’s condo in
Canada. “Shortly after the Duke died,” said Christine,
“75 crows descended, in black clouds, from all direc-
tions onto the arm of the construction’s crane. They held
a vigil for 30 minutes before fl ying off. Then, adding to
the mystery, not one crow has been seen atop the crane
Happy Retirement
Shirley
McDaniel
Please join us for
Shirley’s retirement party!
Saturday, May 20th, 2017
2-4pm
6th and Gibbs
Church of Christ
195 N 6th St, CG
No Gift s Please
since!”
A third crow story happened to Lewis at a race track, while
he was marking race cards with a pen. A crow fl ew in the room,
marched over to his table, snatched up the pen and fl ew out. Lew-
is ran after the bird and pen, but the crow fl ew up onto the roof,
caw-laughing down at him. (Crows are intelligent, curious and love
sparkly things, just like women are with jewelry!)
The apologetic race track staff gave Lewis another pen. He had
his head down, studying his race card again, and guess who silently
fl ew back in?!
The crow grabbed the second pen and jumped off the table with
Lewis and the staff in hot purr-suit. The crow remained one hop
ahead of them and took off - with the pen - giving him something
to crow about!
The crow was obviously preparing his emergency plan and earth-
quake proofi ng its nest with pen reinforcements! And, yes, crows
and their “cronies” have knees called elbows!
Video
Watch Canuck, the crow, who car surfs and stole the knife from
a crime scene!
https://www.thedodo.com/canuck-rescued-crow-cana-
da-1822831628.html
TIPS
- Birds keep insect populations down safer than pesticides and
birds are environmentally safe. For this reason, we always have bird
feeders and a bird bath to attract birds.
“Hummingbirds are dying,” informs Tips ‘n’ Tales reader Ila in
Hope, BC Canada, “because their feeders have perches. Snip perch-
es off before you hang them up. When a bird stands on a perch, they
fi ll their crops with cold water. It is dangerous on cold mornings,
because the cold water shocks their system and they fall paralyzed-
to the ground, and caught by cats. The effect is the same as your
hands not working when they are cold. Without feeder perches, the
birds must circulate more, and they can’t drink enough at one time
to have this effect.”
- To prevent crows and raccoons from inspecting trash bags,
place the garbage out the morning of pick-up day, not the night
before.
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Eugene Symphony
The Eugene Symphonic Band, conduct-
ed by Dr. Rodney Dorsey, will perform a
Pops Concert on SUNDAY, May 21, 2017,
3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 3550 Fox
Meadow Road, Eugene. Admission for this
concert is free! Donations will be accepted.
Senior meal volunteers needed
Café 60 volunteers are needed to prepare
and serve meals at various sites. Volunteers
assist in kitchen, help serve, set-up and then
clean-up after meal is served. For more in-
formation call Heather at 541-682-4268 or
go to www.laneseniormeals.org.
United Way volunteer options
Work with kids in local parks. Every sum-
mer, Nearby Nature runs a series of week-
long outdoor daycamps in local parks. At
each camp, an adult volunteer and a youth
outdoor leader (13-18 years old) help our
staff with games, outdoor science, crafts,
music, and more. Volunteers commit to
helping with at least one week-long camp
per summer, for three-four hours per day.
Call 541-687-9699 about current volunteer
needs.
Bicycle club ride
GEARs Cycling club will be doing one
of our club rides starting at Mosby Creek
Trail Head and riding up the Row River
trail. on Saturday, May 20th beginning at
10:00 am. We were hoping you could list
it on you calendar page next week. Mem-
bers and non-members are welcome. I have
attached our ride schedule which has more
information. Let me know if you have any
questions.
LCC budget meeting
The Lane Community College Budget
Committee and Board of Education have set
additional meetings for Wednesday, May
17, to further discuss the 2017/18 budget.
The Budget Committee will meet at 5:30
p.m. and the Board of Education will follow
with a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Public
comment will be accepted at both meetings.
The meetings will be held in the Board-
room, Room 216, Building 3, main campus,
4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene.
Deaf and hard of hearing committee
The Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Advisory Committee meets Friday, May 19,
2017, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
Barbara Roberts Human Services Building,
Room 473, 500 Summer St. NE, Salem,
OR. The meeting is open to the public.
W orship D irectory
DRAIN:
HOPE U.M.C.
131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
541-315-1617
Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen
Fellowship & Song: 11:30am
Potluck Lunch: 12:00pm
Worship: 12:30pm
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
Center for Spiritual Living
Cottage Grove
700 Gibbs Ave. (Community Center)
Rev. Bobby Lee
Meets Sunday 3:00 p.m.
cslcottagegrove@gmail.com
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: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Two Services 9am & 11am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
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
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:00 am
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-942-8928
Preacher: Tony Martin
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.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
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
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
Sunday 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
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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