COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 •
Cottage Village receives $50,000 donation
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‘N’ tales
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Darcy Does Donations
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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.’”
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arcy, a three-year-old, chatty, champagne-col-
ored tabby, is a volunteer blood donor. Yes, just
like humans donate blood for humans, dog and
cat plasma donations are needed for pets undergoing
surgery. Darcy did not start out to be a hero. He was
rescued 500 miles away and transported to a humane
society shelter near his adoptive parents, Kathy and
Martin.
“He was so friendly,” said Kathy. “We’ve had black cats
for 20 years, so we decided on a kitty-color change. 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.
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