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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JANUARY 16, 2019 • 5A Local Kiwanis Clubs merge to expand services Two of our local Kiwanis Clubs have recently agreed to combine their resources and merge into a single area club in order to increase service to the youth in our South Willamette Valley area. In the coming months, the Kiwanis Club of Cottage Grove and the Kiwanis Club of Cre- swell will combine to form a new club to be named the Ki- wanis Club of the Coast Fork. Th e combined clubs will con- tinue their established focus on serving the needs of our youth in the area. Each of the existing clubs has 12 to 16 members and both clubs have historically met on Wednesdays for lunch. It’s an- ticipated the new club will con- tinue meeting on Wednesdays under a schedule that is yet to be fi nalized. Th e Kiwanis Club of Cot- tage Grove was formed in 1970 under a Kiwanis International Charter and has operated for nearly 50 years helping the youth and community in and around Cottage Grove. Th e Kiwanis Club of Creswell was organized more recently in 1992. Th e Creswell club was the newest of the existing nine clubs within Kiwanis Division 74 in Lane and Douglas coun- ties. Th e nine clubs of Division 74 are organized within the Pa- cifi c NW District under char- ter by Kiwanis International. Th e newly formed Coast Fork Kiwanis Club is presumed to remain in Division 74. Cottage Grove has been the home of two Kiwanis clubs over several decades and the other existing club, the Bohe- mia Sunrisers will continue their activities and programs in service to the community. Historically, the Sunrisers have regularly met for breakfast on Wednesdays at the Koff ee Kup. All three of these existing clubs have developed consider- able good will within their re- spective community and they each regularly conduct several activities and fundraisers every year. Th e two “noon” clubs in- tend to combine their funding and membership and leverage those resources to achieve even greater levels of service to the youth in our South valley area. Kiwanis International is a global community of local clubs, members and partners dedicated to improving the lives of children in their com- munity. Membership includes thousands of youth formed in Junior High through college age clubs. Creswell and Cot- tage Grove High Schools both have an active youth club. Every community has dif- ferent needs, and Kiwanis em- powers members to pursue creative ways to serve the needs of children, such as fi ghting hunger, improving literacy and off ering guidance. Over the past 50 years these two merg- ing Kiwanis clubs have raised and reinvested well more than $500,000 back in to the South valley area. Local Kiwanis Clubs are al- ways seeking additional mem- bers to help in their activities and programs and guests at their lunch meetings are always welcome. Watch Th e Sentinel for new details on meeting times and places for the Coast Fork Ki- wanis Club. For more information, con- tact Don Ehrich at dwehrich@ mail.com. South Lane School district names ‘Employees of the Year’ South Lane School Dis- trict announced the 2018 SLSD/Cottage Grove Cham- ber of Commerce Certifi ed and Classifi ed Employees of Th e Year on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Th e Certifi ed Employee of the Year is Cottage Grove High School (CGHS) teach- er Michele Hilton. CGHS Lead Custodian Brian An- derson was named the Clas- sifi ed Employee of the Year. Hilton, who started work- ing in South Lane in 1995, works tirelessly with English Language Learners (ELL). With a growing ELL student population, Hilton has been pushed to do more than ever before in her career, ac- Michele Hilton Brian Anderson cording to a district release on the awards. Without exception, the release said, Hilton has an- swered the call. She is the primary contact for all ser- vices that ELL students and families look to if they are in need. She makes sure that all of the students’ needs are met before she thinks about her own needs. Th e South Lane School District would not be the same without her selfl essness, the district said. Hired in 2005, Anderson is the rock of Cottage Grove High School. He arrives be- fore anyone else and creates a home like environment for everyone that arrives later. He welcomes students and staff as they arrive with a smile and a good morning. During his day, he works with students that need his loving support, and he al- ways gives it to others. As the lead custodian, he is always looking for ways to improve our school opera- tion and is willing to voice his opinion. Both Hilton and Ander- son will be honored at the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce’s annual Awards and Installation Banquet, Saturday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m., at the Cottage Grove Ar- mory. Pet tips ‘N’ tales By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” RCMP canines ‘Always get their man’ L ooking for a dog to detect narcotics, explosives and money, plus work avalanche rescue and missing person and/or cadaver rescue? Take a drive to Innisfail, Alberta, Canada, where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Dog Ser- vices train German Shepherds for Specialty Detection teams. Th e six-month program teaches K9’s how to protect their han- dlers and themselves, how to understand commands and how to apprehend and search. Each summer the RCMP holds public shows demonstrating what their dogs learned. One of the dogs’ skills is sniff -search- ing a car in three minutes. Canines born at the facility begin training at 12-18 months and about 30 dogs graduate each year. Th e others are adopted out to families or assigned to other duties with other agencies. Th e dogs retire between seven and nine years of age. “Th rough their incredible sense of smell, our police service dogs have located drugs in schools, bus and train station lock- ers, and in luggage. Th ey’ve also found them hidden behind false walls, stashed in automatic washers and dryers, buried beneath ground; and concealed in various areas of automo- biles, boats and airplanes,” said Staff Sergeant Gary Creed, Se- nior Trainer at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre. “Criminals’ creativity to hide drugs is not a problem for our dogs. If there are drugs, our dogs fi nd them.” Following are examples of our K9 duties paw-formed by their graduates. Cpl. Danforth and his dog, Shado, were searching a depart- ment store for a burglar. Th ey started in the basement and were on the second fl oor when Shado began pacing, indicating that he had detected someone. Th e area was searched but no one was found. Shado remained paws-istant. Even if the humans could not fi nd the intruder he knew there was one, so he stood up pushing his paws against some drapes revealing a false wall with a door. Th e door was opened and the area visually searched. Gold Diggers announce winners at annual Sourdough Banquet At the Prospectors and Gold Diggers 60th Sour- dough Banquet last Sat- urday at Stacy's Covered Bridge Restaurant, the Club announced its annual award winners. Th e awards recognize club members and community organizations that made sig- nifi cant contributions to the club and to the community in the previous year Th e club member award winners were: Purple Gar- ter: Sara Smith, George Award: Bruce McDonald, and President's Award: Jeff Cook. Th e Civic Award winners were: Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel and Friends of the Swinging Bridge Th e Committee of Seven functions as the club's exec- utive committee. Th e 2019 offi cers and members are: President Tom Munroe, Vice Presi- dent Ken Schwieger, Secre- tary Sara Smith, Treasurer Connie Green, Ellen Hogue, Charlie Green and Perry Th iede. Congrats to all of the team and to their coach, Troy Jentzsch. • Next CAL School Board meeting is Th ursday, Jan. 17 in the Applegate Elementary' s new board room at 7 p.m. • Lorane Grange meets on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. Th eir next spaghetti and bingo evening is Saturday, Jan. 26, starting with dinner at 5:30 p.m. Remember, the progres- sive blackout amount has continued to grow. Bring your friends and neighbors for a fun evening. You could be the BIG win- ner! • Tuesday, Jan. 22 is the opening of Applegate Ele- mentary’s new entrance. It’ll be the fi rst-time students en- ter through the newly con- structed entrance. Royal Canadian Mountain Police puppies playing in the snow outside the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Cen- tre in Alberta, Canada (Photo credit: RCMP-GRC 2018) LORANE NEWS • Th e Winter Concert has been rescheduled to Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. • Our Cougar Youth Wres- tling team has competed in Eugene tournaments and come home with fi rst, sec- ond and third places, domi- nating their opponents. 6 Transmissions Plus & -day weather forecast THURSDAY FRIDAY 50° | 41° 49° | 43° AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES PRACTICING THE ART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICE SINCE 1991 Rain Rain SATURDAY SUNDAY 58° | 42° 49° | 38° Rain Rain MONDAY TUESDAY 49° | 37° 52° | 38° 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. 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Major quickly picked up a track that followed a river bank. Th e escapee was darting in and out of the woods, but he was no match for Major. Major had been trailing the convict for six hours when the terrain became steep, so he was let off leash. Th at paw-sistant K9 had climbed from the river's bank to an elevation of 1,300 feet when he veered across a fi eld, entered the woods and disappeared from view. A few seconds later, he let out a loud yelp. Th en silence. Cpl. Barter commanded his dog to return, but Major did not re- spond. Sprinting forward, the Corporal saw the escapee fl ee into a densely wooded area and he found Major bleeding on the ground. Th en the RCMP dog stood up, turned and now profusely bleeding from a life-threatening stab wound to his left front shoulder and chest surprised the offi cer by resuming his pursuit of the suspect. Shortly aft er, following Major's blood trail, Cpl. Barter found Major standing guard over the escapee. A helicopter was ra- dioed and to airlift the gravely wounded dog to a Veterinary Hospital. Th e exam reveled a 3-inch-deep knife wound which had severed Major’s jugular vein and a large throat nerve. How this dedicated dog stood aft er the attack and contin- ued to “get his man” is a miracle because his chances of sur- vival were slight. Amazingly, aft er a successful operation, he returned to duty two weeks later. Yup. Police dogs, anywhere in the world, are amazing! TIPS: If a police dog is aft er you, STOP! Respect its training, dedica- tion to its job, and sharp teeth! Share your fun, amazing or crazing pet tips and tales at angelscribe@msn.com or Follow Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook 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.