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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • 5A Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales Adopting support By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” A Purr-fessional Cat T COURTESY PHOTO Ellen Hogue (left) recently received a certifi cate of adoption of a carousel horse from the carousel board president, Don Williams (right). The horse is adopted in memorial to her husband of many years, Gary (Bill) Hogue, and grand- son, Justin Simons, who lost his life in an industrial accident. Ellen and Gary were very instrumental in the 1970s and 1980s in working for the community betterment through Bohemia Mining Days and Prospectors and Golddiggers. All components of the carousel are being off ered as adoption items to fi nance the completion of the restoration and create a building fund for a permanent home for the carousel. hirteen-year-old Phillipa’s name is Greek for “horse lover,” but she’s not! Instead, Phillipa is a lover of birds who was selected from many cats for the paw-fession- al job of protecting bird’s food from mice. She was hired on as a shelter rescue 10 years ago. She had big paws to fi ll. Her purr-evious feline purr-edessesor, Sox, had “gift ed” the Wild Birds Unlim-ited shop with 29 micey-gift s over her working career. But like humans, Phillipa has her own style. She considers “the gift s” to be her midnight snacks, so her trophy record re- mains purr-ivate. Oh, and she has catitude and purr-furs to be re-furr-ed to by her nick name Pippa. Morag, who has worked at the shop as long as Pippa, recalls, “We ran a contest to name our new redheaded employee. Cus- tomer suggestions were fun like Mouser and Emilia Mouseh- eart, and her honey-coloured coat inspired Honey, Ginger and Ginny. Th en one day a four-year-old girl came into the shop with her grandmother. Th e girl took one look at the new mouser and confi dently declared, ‘I have a nice name. It is Pip- pa,’ and she won!” Community invited to Father-Daughter Dance fundraiser Th e public is invited to attend North Douglas High School’s fourth annual Father Daugh- ter Spring Dance this March in support of the school’s music department. Th e dance will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 8, at North Douglas High School in Drain. Tickets are $8 in advance and can be purchased at Th e Bookmine in Cottage Grove, Exclusively Bridal in Drain and Dickeys True Value Hardware in Yoncalla. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $10. Children 24 months and younger will be ad- mitted for free. Proceeds will benefi t the North Douglas Music Depart- ment. For more information, call 541-836-2213. Yoncalla Library receives late holiday gift Th e Yoncalla Library and the community of Yoncalla re- ceived a late holiday gift thanks to the Pilcrow Foundation, the Yoncalla Library Advisory Board, Daniel and Karen Hal- loran of Oregon, Hal Berenson and Laura Ackerman of Colora- do, and Mouse Prints Press. Th rough a two-to-one matching grant between the Foundation and the Library Advisory Board, the Founda- tion purchased 73 children’s books for the library. Th e advisory board used do- nations in memory of Nancy Hess (a long-time supporter of the library) for its share of the grant. In addition, the Pilcrow Foundation used funds donated by the Hallorans. Th e books were selected by Yoncalla Library librarian Jill Cunningham. Th e Pilcrow Foundation pro- vided 23 additional books — all math and science for children — through a donation from Hal Berenson and Laura Ackerman. Six books in the Maurice’s Valises series were donated di- rectly through the foundation by Mouse Prints Press, the pub- lisher of the series. Th e Yoncalla Library is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Th ursdays from 2 to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Library cards are free to every resident of Douglas County. Friends of CG Carousel to speak Th ursday in Springfi eld 6 -day weather forecast THURSDAY FRIDAY 44° | 22° 45° | 36° Partly Cloudy Cloudy SATURDAY SUNDAY 42° | 34° 44° | 35° Rain/Snow Rain/Snow MONDAY TUESDAY 44° | 34° 45° | 33° Rain/Snow Rain Willamalane Parks and Restoration District will host a 90-minute presentation on Northwest Carousels (I-5, Th e Trail of Carousels) during a presentation that will consist of three parts. Th e presentation will take place Th ursday, Feb. 28, at the Springfi eld Adult Activity Center, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Darrell Jabin will give the world history and origina- tion of carousels, followed by Wendy Kirby, originator and curator of the Albany Carou- sel, who will discuss the suc- cessful completion and oper- ation of this carousel. Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel will talk about the restoration of the 36-foot, 1929 Hershall carousel with menagerie ani- mals. It is a free presentation open to the public. Th e adult activity center is located at 215 West C St. in Springfi eld. 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 60% of smalled businesses close their doors within 6 months following a cyber-attack. Call today (541) 942-0555. WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN WE WORK IN “WE MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN!” www.automotivespecialties.biz PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove DUSTIN TULLAR & RUSS OWENS 541-942-8022 • COTTAGE GROVE Lanaye and Morag are Pippa’s staff at the Wild Birds’ shop. (Mary Ellen photo) Most customers, once seeing Pippa sleeping in one of her favorite locations, exclaim, “My goodness — a cat in a bird store! Does it eat birds?” But seriously, hadn’t they noticed that there are no birds in the store? Paws-ibly a mouse or two, but the birds are 100 percent safe. Pippa now has quite a following. As soon as customers enter “her store” they inquire, “Where is the pussycat?” before they look for their purr-chases. Some have dropped in for a word with Pippa, bring her a treat and make sure she has enough attention for the day. I must admit, I always ask “Where is Pippa?” upon entering the shop for more bird seed. We have three cats and our bird feeders must be stocked to keep their entertaining KBiRD-TV channel on 24 hours a day. In the aft ernoon, Pippa catches the sun’s rays in the window display, but most of the time she naps beside the cash register for maximum cus-tomer petting ex- posure. Pippa is purr-fectly happy with her full-time job of snoo- pervising staff , scaring mice away and saying “Meow” to cus- tomers. “I love my fan club,” said Pippa, “especially the ones who bring me treats and catnip toys.” Pippa’s Bird Tips • Birds need water all year round for drinking and keeping their feathers clean. A water fountain or mister attracts more birds than still water (bird bath). • Bird and feed stores sell heaters for birdbaths to prevent water from freezing. (Birds eat more before fl ying south in the winter.) • Forest fi res drive birds to new areas for their food source. • Chickadees stash sunfl ower seeds in tree bark, under dead leaves, and in the ground, only to dig them up later and eat when it snows. • Some hummingbirds over-winter here, so keep their feed- ers fi lled with a simple white sugar and water mixture. One- part sugar to four parts water is the safest and best ratio. No food coloring. Toss out any cloudy mixture as it harbors fun- gus. Wash feeders with hot water/soap/vinegar. • Hummers get their protein from eating insects, insect eggs, and fruit fl ies, so the sugar water replaces the fl ower nectar, es- pecially during the winter when fl owers are scarce. • Never feed ducks/swans/birds bread! It expands in their stomach and tricks them into thinking they are full without providing them any nutritional value. Visit your pet/bird/feed store for inexpensive healthy grains that they love. • Hang bird feeders higher than six feet so cats can’t jump up and pull the birds off . • Purr-chase a colorful “Birds-be-safe” clown collar for your cats so as they stealthily move, the collar’s bright colors alert birds. Works better than bells! Share your fun, amazing or crazing pet tips and tales at an- gelscribe@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.