6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 21, 2018
Swinging Bridge
Continued from A1
S
ally, a seven-month-old
Labradoodle, has an im-
portant job! She was trained
by her predecessor, Summer,
who held the coveted Children's
Counselor paws-ition for 10
years.
"Therapy dogs help children
by creating a calm, friendly en-
vironment where it's easier for
clients to open up and talk about
their feelings and problems,"
explained Eve. "Sally is great
on the friendly part but gets a
little excited when kids arrive
for their appointments. She en-
thusiastically greets them with
a wagging tail and an adorable,
friendly, fl uffy face. She begins
treatments' by making everyone
smile and giving them friendly
welcome kisses, so they under-
stand that they are visible and
important. The children respond
when Sally looks into their faces
with her soft, expressive, brown
eyes, and leans into them with
her head resting on their legs.
I became a children's coun-
selor after fostering a child
suffering from an attachment
disorder who desperately need-
ed help, but we couldn't fi nd a
good counselor. I eventually
found ways to help the little girl
become a loving person. Then
after my divorce, needing to
earn a living and not just train
service dogs and rehabilitate ex-
race horses, I earned a degree in
counseling. My dog, Summer,
and I interned together. She was
a natural, helping me become
a more effective counselor and
was my co-therapist for 10
years."
One of Eve's clients, a teen
boy, is helping Sally learn
her job. He reminds his furry
paw-digy to keep her front feet
on the fl oor and not sit up
like a trained bear because
that paws-ture might scare
small children. Sally loves
this young man and during
their' sessions she lies on
his feet.
Another girl sits on the
fl oor with Sally petting
and talking to her. Sally
relaxes and sprawls on her
back with her feet in the air
while the girl gently rubs
her belly sharing feelings
with the two counselors.
Although the pup is
calm at work, at home it
is another story! The min-
ute Eve opens the door
the pup "morphs into a
rocket" zooming up to
the barn, over to the bird
feeder, looks for cats (who
are teaching her to be re-
spectful), up the hill, and
then down to the driveway.
When she gets too far away, Eve
calls to her and then Sally up-
grades into a missile! Her cin-
namon-colored curly hair fl ies
back and her speeding legs blur.
Luckily, she has good brakes
and hasn't mowed Eve over; but
sometimes she runs so fast that
when the pup turns she loses the
rhythm of her feet and goes slid-
ing along on her side.
"One day when Sally was
wearing her waterproof coat,
she slipped on the wet grass and
instead of sliding, she fl ipped
over," said Eve. "Based on the
Olympics, my fi rst thought was,
'Wow! Nice 360!' Sally was un-
hurt, bounced back on her feet,
and zoomed off again.
Recently, one young client
asked to take Sally outside for
a run. Sally was thrilled when
Florida band heading to
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Michael and Madhava Col-
lins were driving through Hous-
ton on Thursday, March 15 with
spotty internet service and a
schedule. They were on their
way to Cottage Grove for a stop
on their 40-date tour that will
span several states and last more
than two months.
But Houston is nearly a coun-
try away from where they start-
ed.
“I had been doing this under-
ground music thing for about 14
years,” Michael said. “I played
solo, I played with a band and
you know, I met Madhava in
Boston.”
He had been living in Brook-
lyn at the time but had traveled
to Massachusetts for a show. It
would become the launching
pad for TIME, an experimen-
tal synth-pop duo now based in
Florida.
“It took awhile but we real-
ized we have really good mu-
sical chemistry together,” Mi-
chael said.
The two play together now
but their partnership started as a
unique collaboration. Madhava,
who had never composed mu-
sic, says she began to hear mel-
odies, sing them into her phone
and then bring them to Michael.
“We would fl esh them out,”
he said. “That was about two
years ago and since then we’ve
been on four tours. We go out
for two or three months at a
time.”
They take inspiration from
medieval poets, hymns and
prayers as well as the more spe-
cifi c infl uence of Italian disco
and German tunes from 1983.
It will be the duo’s fi rst time
in Cottage Grove but they say
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the child took her leash and ran
with her. It was wonderful wit-
nessing their happy faces. Sal-
ly's expression clearly said, 'I
LOVE my job!'"
TIPS
Eve has self-published three
children's books on her pets.
The educational books are
available at the Bookmine and
on Amazon. "Summer Finds a
Job" is about Summer not be-
coming a service dog because
she lacked confi dence and was a
little "goofy". Children are en-
couraged to discover things that
they are good at as they read
how Summer struggled to fi nd a
job she can do.
Her other two books are
"Misty Finds Her Courage"
about her rescue cat who learns
to move past her purr-evious life
of fear and learns to enjoy life
again. Lastly the novel, "Rick's
Hearing Ears" describes a guide
dog's progress from a shelter,
through his training to become
a hearing dog.
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tion costs and the contingency funds, Stewart said the remainder
of the estimate is engineering and design fees.
“We are going to try to do the majority of the design and engi-
neering in-house,” he said. “We have two civil engineers who can
do a lot of the work.”
The city is currently applying for three grants which would gar-
ner $350,000 but that money could not be utilized for design or
engineering.
“We could come to a place where we get donations of the prod-
uct,” Stewart said, noting that timber or steel companies could do-
nate materials to the bridge repair.
The community has already been doing its part with Friends of
the Cottage Grove Swinging Bridge—a group dedicated to raising
funds for the bridge’s repair—popping up last year. The city also
implemented a donation program through its water billing that al-
lows residents to “round-up” and donate the difference between
their bill total and the closest dollar amount to the bridge. At last
count, the fundraising effort had raised nearly $3,000.
“It’s important that people don’t get discouraged and say they
haven’t raised a lot of money,” Stewart said. “Because what they’re
doing is showing community support and that helps in the grant
process.”
Friends of the Swinging Bridge are holding a benefi t for the
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