COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 6, 2018
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Pet tips
‘N’ tales
Rotary welcome new member
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Dog Days of Summer
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COURTESY PHOTO
Cottage Grove Rotary Club's newest member is Heather Lyda (center), who was introduced by Cottage Grove Rotary
Club President Joe Raade (right) and Larry Bottemiller (left).
Rotary, Lions host carousel open house
A successful open house
and luncheon was held with
Rotary and Lions clubs on
May 24, at the WOE fair-
grounds in the Woodard
Pavilion.
The carousel committee
members had decorated the
pavilion, with many out-of-
town guests attending, in-
cluding former mayor Bill
Whiteman.
After lunch, project engi-
neer Russ McGuire and oth-
er members of the carousel
committee answered ques-
tions and showed everyone
around the restoration work
of the parts and pieces of the
carousel.
At the present time, with
volunteer hours and like con-
tributions in cash or products
(such as lumber and bear-
ings) the project is now ap-
proaching the $100,000 mark.
The project engineer an-
nounced there is a possible
commitment from a local
firm of the electrical system
The project needs continu-
ing community support as
it negotiates a 1- to 3-year
agreement with Brad’s Chev-
Rummage and plant sale set for June
8-9 will include an open house to
view the carousel restoration this
Friday, from 8 a.m. yo 4 p.m., and
Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at
the WOE fairgrounds.
that will bring the drive-unit
mechanism into OSHA com-
pliance.
The carousel was original-
ly built in 1929, so there are
many safety features the car-
ousel must follow to meet to-
day’s Safe Rides Act.
rolet for a temporary home
for the carousel. Then it will
be time to need to start rais-
ing funds and writing grants
for land and a permanent
building..
There have been many sug-
gestions in the last two years
duction on "Game of Tiaras."
The play is a two-act tragic
comedy, whiuch will be held at
7 p.m. in the cafeteria.
Tickets are $3 with canned
food donation, $5 without, or
$1 for ages 12 and under.
• Friday, June 8, is Crow High
School graduation at 7 p.m.
The students have worked
hard and the community is in-
vited to cheer them on to their
future endeavors.
regarding possible building
sites to house the carousel.
The committee has re-
searched all of them and, as
of right now, it has taken
nothing totally off the table.
Its next fundraising event
will be a rummage and
plant sale set for June 8-9.
It will also include an
open house to view the car-
ousel restoration this Fri-
day, from 8 a.m. yo 4 p.m.,
and Satyurday, from 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m., at the WOE fair-
grounds.
The public is encouraged
to come buy a white ele-
phant gift and help the com-
mittee with the funds needed
for restoration, insurance, etc.
There are no paid members
and all committe and proiject
members are volunteers.
here is no doubt that Libby and TJ love their two
children - that is their two Australian Shepherd “kid-
dos!”
They decided it was time their fur babies, Dexter (9) and
baby Walter (4), saw the ocean. The Aussies picked out their
favorite toys for the trip and put them in their own suitcas-
es filled with two weeks of food, bed, and favorite blanket.
During the 5,000 miles, the family explored, hiked and saw
Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, Crater Lake, Oregon’s Cannon
Beach, Seattle, Redwoods and San Francisco.
When they returned home their photo album was full as
can seen by the above photograph.
“The dogs loved being with us, having daily adventures,
and all the new smells,” said Libby. “We drove 4 to 12 hours
a day with short stops to let them run. During the drive,
Walter hogged the backseat, sprawling all the way out. Dex
loved looking out the window and fell asleep either standing
or on our shoulder. Their favorite stops were the beaches.
They chased each other, but weren't sure about sand and
why it was hard to run in. When we threw a Frisbee they
both carried it back, 1/2 in each side of their mouths!”
Walter has a shark life jacket and Dexter the Nemo clown
fish. Dexter still has his puppy trauma of chasing a stick into
water only discover that he could not touch the ground. Pan-
ic ensued. TJ thought he was going to have to rescue him. So
with their life jackets on, looking so cute, the family went
in for a swim. Dexter did great, but not Walter. So within
minutes the dogs were back on the beach happily chasing
each other. I guess my famous swimming cats will have to
sign these dogs up for swim lessons.
Dex and Walter had Doggles (dog goggles) for the trip,
to protect their eyes from wind and bugs while driving. On
their last day, Dex, who is apparently very dex-terous, put
his on and looked up at his parents as if to say, “OK! Ready
to go!”
Libby and TJ did what a lot of families do in the summer.
They did a road trip with their "kids", Dexter and Walter.
Here they are at Canon Beach, Oregon. (Flytography photo)
Lorane News
• School is winding down.
and the community is invited
to come out tomorrow, June 7,
to the Crow High School pro-
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weather forecast
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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61° | 50°
Mostly Sunny
Rain
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
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60° | 48°
Rain
Partly Cloudy
MONDAY
TUESDAY
62° | 50°
764° | 40°
Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
• The Applegate Spring Con-
cert is tonight, June 6, at 7 p.m.
in the gym.
• If you haven't ordered your
yearbooks, you better check
into the office.
Next week is the last week of
school for the CAL District.
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The nights their hotel room had two beds, Walter was
thrilled to have his own bed, joyfully jumping back and
forth between them. The evenings that there was only one
bed, he would jump up and claim his spot. The night they
spent at Tillamook's tiny homes, “Walter was so exhausted
from playing on the beach, he wouldn’t move from the bed!
So TJ and I were ‘forced’ to sleep on the floor alongside of
Dexter.”
Growing up, Libby only had a cat and fast learned that
dating TJ meant she was also dating his dog! "Until I met TJ
and Dex, I purr-furred cats over dogs," admits Libby. "He is
such a lover (Dexter). Dogs are always thrilled to see you
and every day is their best day. They love unconditionally.
Humans have a lot to learn from dogs.
Every morning during their doggy vacation, the dogs ex-
citedly piled into the car in anticipation of what and where
they were going to sniff next. Thankfully, not once did they
need an airplane ‘doggy bag.’
“It was the best trip because we were together as a fami-
ly!” said Libby. “We can’t wait to take our boys on another
road trip! Now, the dogs think that when we leave for work
we are spending the entire time in the car without them,"
laughs Libby.
Photo Tips
Libby’s brilliant pup photo idea: “I put an arm band
around a water bottle to hold my iPhone and we bought a
wireless clicker. I put their toy next to the water bottle, at eye
level. Then I click the clicker like crazy, taking a million pic-
tures, whilst naming their toy (cheese works wonders too).
This way they are looking right into the camera.”
Ellen DeGeneres shares her feelings on home decorating
and animal hunting, “I ask people why they have deer heads
on their walls. They always say because it‘s such a beautiful
animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I
have photographs of her.”
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