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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 • Cottage Village receives $50,000 donation 5A Pet tips ‘N’ tales By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” Darcy Does Donations D COURTESY BRUCE KELSH Cottage Village hopes to start construction on the fi rst home, modeled above, by late fall after a $50,000 donation gets the group to the half-way mark of $1.2 million needed to complete the project. By Caitlyn May cmay@cgsentinel.com Cottage Village, also known as the tiny house project, has reached a new milestone in its devel- opment. It hasn’t broken ground. Th ere are no new houses to see and the project hasn’t earned the go-ahead from the city’s planning de- partment yet. However, the local group coordinating the eff ort in collaboration with Eugene-based non-profi t SquareOne, Cottage Vil- lage Coalition, announced last week that the project had earned its fi rst donation from an entity that was not a non-profi t group, church or private individual. Justin King of King Estates Winery, donated $50,000 to the project to be spent on the properties’ community center. “Work is going to depend on the schedule and we may have to bank that money be- cause we’re using the work- shop to build other things during the rainy season,” said Cottage Village Coali- tion’s Bruce Kelsh. halfway mark to the esti- mated $1.2 million needed to fi nish the project. Th e group was initially award- ed a grant from Meyer Me- "We may have to bank that money because we’re using the workshop to build other things during the rainy season.” — Cottage Village Coalition’s Bruce Kelsh Th e workshop, current- ly on the property along with a house occupied by a caretaker, will eventually serve as a community center thanks to King’s donation. Th e goal is to create a com- munal kitchen, laundry area and meeting space for the community that will consist of 13 tiny houses. Th e latest donation brings the project just beyond the CGHS Parent Club to host bazaar Sept. 29 Th e event will be held Th e Cottage Grove High School Parent Club will be at the high school and will hosting a fall bazaar fund- feature vendors, craft s, food raiser this Saturday, Sept. and a silent auction. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 6 -day morial Trust to purchase the land on Madison Ave. with the mandate that the project be completed in the summer of 2018. Howev- er, Kelsh said the group has since obtained an extension and hopes to start work in the late fall; a goal made more easily obtainable aft er the city’s planning depart- ment issued a staff report on the proposed plans. During the Sept. 11 plan- ning meeting, the board re- ceived plans and the staff re- port for Cottage Village. Th e report cited SquareOne’s plans to house 13 homes on the property on Madison ranging from size between 224 and 361 square feet. It also laid out conditions of approval for the project in- cluding a screened in area for trash and recyclables, an approved access permit for the entrance onto the prop- erty at E. Madison and new driveway approaches citing the commercial traffi c-level traffi c loads for the proper- ty despite its being zoned as residential. While the project has cleared the fi rst hurdle in obtaining city approval and plans to use a recently ap- proved clarifi cation to city ordinance that allows acces- sory dwellings on existing property to build its fi rst house it’s not quite ready to accept tenants. Th e fi rst house, expected to be one of the larger models, will be used for just that, a model. As more donations come in and plans are fi nalized, Kelsh said a community committee will be estab- lished to begin screening tenants. Th e project has also re- cently received lumber do- nations from three diff erent companies but for now, the biggest challenge facing the group has nothing to do with the actual houses. “Th e biggest challenge is getting the funds for the infrastructure stuff ,” Kelsh said. “Th at cost may be as high as $250,000 but once it’s in we can build and you build one house and people say, ‘Oh I get what this proj- ect is about now.’” weather forecast THURSDAY FRIDAY 89° | 52° 88° | 52° Sunny Mostly Sunny SATURDAY SUNDAY 72° | 50° 72° | 50° Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy MONDAY TUESDAY 70° | 50° 70° | 48° Showers Showers Transmissions Plus & AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES PRACTICING THE ART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICE SINCE 1991 Manual & Automatic Transmission Repair Tune ups 30-60-90K Services Brakes, belts, hoses and cooling system services Muffl ers & Custom Exhaust All makes and models. MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE AFFORDABLY 1 in 4 employees are ill prepared for emergency. 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Our English-major daughter named him aft er Mr. Darcy in “Pride and Prejudice.” Her friend then told us about the pet blood donation program and how pets need blood for surgery and survival.” Th eir new healthy kitty fi t all the donor criteria with his good temperament and excellent health. He was under four years of age and over eight pounds. Purr-fect! Cats and dogs have diff erent blood types, just like people. Cat blood goes to felines and dog plasma goes to canine recipients. Cats have either feline A, B or AB blood type, which is diff erent than human blood. Darcy donates every three months, but once, the animal emergency clinic phoned for his assistance aft er their feline type A supply was depleted during an emergency surgery. Martin’s cat, Darcy, is a hero because his donated blood saves cats’ lives Aft er donating, Darcy takes a few days to rebuild his blood with eating and napping. Soon he’s back to asking his family, to stop what they are doing and play with him. Th ey confessed, “We do.” What are our little orange hero's favorite games when he is not busy saving lives? “Darcy is an indoor kitty who loves exploring the basement in search of spiders,. He considers himself a big-time hunter,” laughs Martin. “In turn, he turns us into hunters when we want a bath or do dishes because he steals the rubber sink stoppers and plays hockey with them all over the house. His other favorite toy is the laser light or as we re-fur to it, ‘his remote-control bug.’ We hide a fl at tie strap under the base of his scratching post, then wiggle it, and you would think he was hunting and digging for gold as he focuses on catching it. Th e games are good for his natural instincts and exercise. “We love this cat. We believe in adopting older pets be- cause they are absolutely appreciative being out of a cage and into a loving home. Darcy is the full package — fully trained, playful, and most of all, loving. Kathy and I have diffi cult jobs so aft er a hectic work day, when we come inside, he meows at us and does fi gure eights between our legs. Honestly, you can feel the weight and stress of the day hit the fl oor because of our little hero’s love.” TIPS: Contact your veterinarian if you are interested in paw-ticipating in a pet blood donor program. Each clinic has diff erent rules and rewards. Th e purr-ks of Darcy’s program is that aft er a donation he is given a toy and treats. He has free yearly blood work, and in case he ever needs a blood transfusion it is free. Plus, the clinic gives Kathy and Martin a “Darcy Date Night” movie coupon. So it is a win, win, win for everyone. Share your fun, amazing or crazing pet tips and tales at angelscribe@msn.com or Follow Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Face- book at www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales. Adopt loving pets online at www.PetFinder.com. For spay or neutering, call the Humane Society at 541-942-2789.
