COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 18, 2018 7A
Emma, a 50-pound, sort of
German Shepherd look-alike,
Mexican-mutt street dog was
adopted by Janice and her
spouse, Helen. As a result of
Emma's earlier life, she suffers
from doggy PTSD (Puppy Trau-
matized or Stressed Dog). She
easily startles - at anything!
When Janice and Helen went
on vacation, Emma stayed with
her best doggy friend, Lottie, a
Rhodesian Ridgeback, and her
humans Corrine, Sandra and
Kayleigh.
The day before the couple's
return home, Emma slipped out
of her har-
ness and ran
for the high-
way. Vehi-
cles slowed
down
and
several driv-
ers
exited
their cars try-
ing to catch
her. Emma,
in her PTSD
panic, raced
up the moun-
tainside into
coyote coun-
try. Imme-
diately, Em-
ma's journey
was noted on
Facebook.
Fortunately,
her caretakers knew she had
creek water for survival.
The couple returned home,
posted LOST fl yers on the
hiking trails, and their posters
paid off. After seven days, cell
phones came to the rescue as a
fl urry of calls arrived pinpoint-
ing Emma's location. "Hikers
told us that Emma had just run
by them," said Janice, "and that
they'd tried to catch her."
"Helen and I hiked higher
and higher after her. We called
and called. It was exhausting."
The ladies said their worry for
Emma was a "stressful, emo-
tional and physically challeng-
ing time".
They were not alone in their
search. Friends and strang-
ers joined the hunt. The next
sighting came late one after-
noon. Three of their friends saw
Emma, so they knew that they
were getting close. By evening,
however, they had to descend
the trails without their dog.
The next day, another sight-
ing came in. The exhausted
ladies headed out and met the
woman who Emma had run by
mere minutes earlier.
Again, many of their friends
arrived for the search, but with
all the sightings, it felt like they
were just following the dog, not
gaining any ground.
"We met Lottie and her hu-
mans on the trail," said Janice.
"We split up. But after anoth-
er exhausting fruitless search
we went home. About 4 PM,
a woman phoned saying she'd
'...just seen Emma on the trail'
where we were earlier.
It was getting dark when
Sandra and Kayleigh hiked up
past the parking lot while Cor-
rine and I looked in the area
Emma had last been seen. Then
Sandra phoned whispering, 'We
have Emma!'.
Helen, Corrine, and I, and
Lottie hurried to their location
where all three of them were ly-
ing on the ground. Sandra and
Kayleigh had watched a You-
Tube video about a lost dog who
wouldn't come to their owners.
The video advised to get on
the ground and act like you
are eating with loud crunching
noises. Sandra and Kayleigh
did just that. Emma relaxed but
would not come close. When
Emma saw us with Lottie she
recognized her best four pawed
buddy, and ran towards us all
excited.
Emma was crying with relief,
exhaustion, and excitement.
She had lost weight but was in
excellent shape given what she
had gone through for two weeks.
The team of rescuers hugged
and laughed, tearfully proving
that there are heroes and happy
endings.
TIPS
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for the same purpose. The re-
maining 80 percent is split be-
tween mental health programs,
drug and alcohol treatment, the
Oregon Health Authority, Ore-
gon State Police and education.
Cottage Grove will stash
the money in its General Fund
where it can be used for law en-
forcement purposes.
“We didn’t budget for it. We
thought it would be easier not
to budget for it and then change
it if we got the money than to
budget for it and then not get it,”
Meyers said. The city did bud-
get for the local tax funds—pre-
dicting $15,000, a number that
could be reached by the time the
money from the three percent
local tax from May on rolls in.
The state of Oregon approved
the sale of recreational mari-
juana imposing a 17 percent
tax that would be shared with
municipalities around the state.
However, payments were de-
layed until the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission—the en-
tity charged with setting up the
administration structure for the
newly legal market—was paid
back for initial costs associated
with the legal sale of the drug.
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concrete stairs with lead paint
can be responsible for track-
ing," said Perry Cabot, a senior
program specialist with the
Multonmah County Health De-
partment who is responsible for
providing resources and educa-
tion on lead poisoning preven-
tion within the county. It would
be a sensible explanation, he
said, but without knowledge of
the remediation process he said
it’s impossible to know if it’s
the sole culprit behind the ele-
vated test. “There’s no way to
say it’s only from tracking.”
The city spent $30,000 to
have the stairs cleaned and the
paint removed, utilizing a dry
ice process.
The subsequent testing has
showed the area now tests un-
der 10.
In total, fi ve locations were
tested including three areas in
the drill hall which is used for
public events, the foyer and
center of the gym. The base-
ment, which houses the old
shooting range was not tested.
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