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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL DECEMBER 27, 2017 device on your pet's collar and your coat's zipper. Tell us about your amazing pet! angelscribe@msn.com "Follow" Pet Tips 'n' Tales on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales Humane Society for Neuter/Spay Assistance Program. (541) 942-2789 While downtown, Alice saw a child with an orange kitten rid- ing on her shoulder. Alice approached the little girl who said, "I am giving our cat's kittens away and this is the only one left." Alice had two dogs and four cats, so she was not in the market for a new pet, and her attorney husband, Henry, would fl ip if she brought another home. But, a minute later Alice walked away with the free-fl uffy feline wondering what to tell her husband. "When I arrived home," said Alice, "I showed Henry the kit- ten and told him that I had to make dinner. Then I calculat- ingly placed the kitten on his lap, and quickly turned towards the kitchen to not let him 'read' my face and prevent any cross examination. Only then, did I casually mention, 'In the morn- ing, I am taking her to the ani- mal shelter.'" Ten minutes later, Henry called out, "Honey! There is no need to fi nd the kitten another home. She has one here." Al- ice smiled at her premeditated adoption. Even though Henry was a brilliant lawyer, she was an amazingly clever kitty con artist. The kitten was named Lady Edwina after England's Lord Mountbatten's wife. Henry and Alice's cats have an enclosed outdoor area that prevents them from falling prey to coyotes. Five years later, in Novem- ber, Edwina some how escaped. The frantic couple posted LOST fl yers and notices in the news- paper for weeks and wandered the streets calling her. November turned into De- cember. Alice was not to be de- terred, she put up $500 reward posters. As the weather grew colder, Henry gently told Alice, "You have to realize that Edwi- na is gone. It's been six weeks, she won't be back. We have to let her go." After Christmas, a deter- mined Alice put up another round of posters. In late Janu- ary, their neighbor's ten-year- old son said, "I saw your orange cat in our yard." "We'd had several phone calls," said Alice, "from people who thought they had seen our cat. Unfortunately, when we went to look, it wasn't her. As I followed the boy he changed his story to, 'I saw her in our base- ment.'" So, they descended the back- yard steps into a murky base- ment, littered with plywood and wallboard, being remodeled by the "worst handyman in town." "I peered around the dark enclosure," said Alice, "and saw new wallboard behind their furnace, sealing off the crawl- space." When Alice walked over to it, she was paws-itive that she heard a faint meow. She called, "Edwina" and the cat answered in a louder meow. The boy ran for his father to free the walled up cat. After the handyman ripped off the dry wall, Alice squinted into the dark hole and saw cat's eyes in the crawl space. She held her breath and fl ashed a light to- wards them - and THERE was Edwina! Edwina may have been out of confi nement, but as they say, "She was not out of the woods.". Her health was purr-carious. She had been holed up in the dark for three months, so her eyes were glassed over, and she was dehydrated and starved. "I ran her home," said Alice, "and when Henry saw her, in utter disbelief, he gently took her from me and . . . for the fi rst time in our married life . . . I saw him cry. He turned away as his tears fell. My hard core attorney husband then drove me to the vet with "his" kitty. Our vet could not believe that Edwina had survived such a long ordeal. 'There is no rea- son that she is alive,' he said. 'She was hours away from un- consciousness, and being so dehydrated it is a miracle that she could meow. She must have survived by licking condensa- tion from the furnace and eating bugs.' What happened after we ar- rived home from the vets was equally as shocking! My tough husband had turned into an excited little boy because his beloved cat was back. In his elation, he phoned his golfi ng buddies, grown children, busi- ness partners, government of- fi cial friends (even one in Aus- tralia) exclaiming, 'My cat is home!'" She was dazed for days, but she knew that she was home. It took Edwina several months to recover, but when she was held, petted, or talked to, she responded by purring and hap- pily kneading her paws. Once released from her three month prison, Lady Edwina went on to live in the lap of luxury, until her 20th birthday and she never wandered out of the yard again. Note: Four years later, after Hen- ry's illness and until his passing, "his" cat, Lady Edwina, never left his bedside. The two of them were curled up together in the bed covers wrapped in love. TIPS Buy a blinking light. They are purr-fect for people/dog's safety while walking in the dark. Hook the "light" weight South Lane Mental Health moving South Lane Mental Health has received $25,000 from Lane County Community & Economic Development to help remodel a downtown Cottage Grove building into offi ces where South Lane Mental Health counselors will provide therapy to clients. The offi ces, at 37 N. Sixth St., are in the heart of the downtown, and formerly housed the Lane Council of Governments’ Senior and Disabled Services offi ce. The building is owned by the Gary & Ruth Ackley Trust, which has contributed to the remodel work. Renovations are expected to be complete later this month and the offi ces will be open by late January. South Lane Mental Health, a non-profi t agency, needs the space in order to meet increasing demand for therapy services for youth and adults with mental and behavior- al health challenges. With the new space, the agency will be able to hire at least seven new staff, including therapists. South Lane Mental Health will continue to also operate out of offi ces at 1245 and 1345 Birch Ave. Lane County Commissioner Gary Wil- liams, who represents East Lane Coun- ty, advocated for the fi nancial assistance, which will strengthen South Lane Mental Health’s provision of services to residents in the Cottage Grove area, and add to the vibrancy of the downtown. Lane County Community & Economic CORRECTION In the Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 edition of The Sentinel, the zombie house that was subject of a new city lease was identifi ed as being located on 46th St. The location is on 6th St. Development, the economic development agency of Lane County government, pro- vides fi nancial assistance to local gov- ernments, nonprofi ts, and other groups to strengthen communities and foster econom- ic growth. 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