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.
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Empty! Un-paw-turbed Shado entered and found the hiding
culprit.
Good job!
Cpl. Gillette and his dog, Pax, were “hunting” for a missing
hunter aft er snow covered all visible tracks. Almost immediate-
ly, Pax picked up a trail following the confused hunter who was
wandering in circles. Aft er an hour that covered three miles of
almost impassable terrain, Pax got his man! Th e grateful-in-
jured hunter said he’d been in the bush for 12 hours, so Pax
fi nding him so quickly paws-ibly saved his life.
Cpl. Barter and Major II where chasing an escaped convict.
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!
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