COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 | 5A
Voiture 80 donates to help prevent child abuse
Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Rescue dogs are ‘the bomb’
COURTESY PHOTO
Acknowledging National Child Abuse Prevention Month Lane County Voiture 80 of the veterans
group 40 & 8 invited Peggy Whalen, Executive Director of the Family Relief Nursery, who provides
assistance to children and families in Creswell, Cottage Grove and Drain to dinner at their monthly
Promenade and presented her this ceremonial check along with a donation of Seven Hundred
Dollars. Pictured are (from left): Nationale officer Alternate Cheminot Nationale Cab Clark; Jerry
Shorey; V-80 Chef de Gare Phyllis York; Executive Director of the Family Relief Nursery Peggy
Whalen; National officer Sous Nationale Boxcar Director Garry Klinghammer; Willie Rivera; and
Glenn Knox.
KindTree-Autism Rocks to host art festival Sunday
Join KindTree—Autism Rocks and
many community partners will pres-
ent artistic creations of all kinds by
people with autism and other devel-
opmental disabilities.
Paintings, photography, beadwork
and jewelry, performance art and tal-
ent extraordinaire will be topped off
with the Amazing Raventones featur-
ing TR Kelley during a special Festival
of Art on Sunday, May 19 at The Very
Little Theater in Eugene.
Come enjoy an afternoon with
snacks, treats, wine, cider and beer. If
the weather is good, the Pizzaldo Piz-
za food cart will be on hand and the
OSLP Participatory Art Project will
be outdoors.
See artwork in the lobby of the Very
Little Theater and watch performanc-
es in the theater.
This event is a fundraiser for
KindTree–Autism Rocks, which fo-
cuses on funding scholarships for our
its annual Friends & Family Camp,
now in its 22nd year.
The festival line-up includes: The
Participatory Art Project with OSLP,
Improv with STiLE Group, Talent
Show from Allies, student videos from
the STiLE Class, jewelry sales from
Jewelry Expressions, art sales from
KindTree, OSLP and more, along with
music from The Raventones with TR
Kelley and Randy Hamme.
The festival will be from 1 to 5 p.m.
at the Very Little Theater, 2350 Hil-
yard St. in Eugene
Annual summer camp scholarship
donations will be accepted during the
event.
LORANE NEWS
• Anyone going into cheerleading next school
grades 5-8 and high school year should come to a
for The Sentinel
(9-12) who is interested in meeting right after school
today, May 15. Talk to the
coaches, see the uniforms
and learn a cheer. For
more information, call
JULIE HANSEN
Colleen at 541-520-9275.
now at
• Today (May 15) after
school, there will be a hel-
met fitting at 3:15 p.m. for
those playing football in
the fall. At 6 p.m., there
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middle and high school.
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• Tonight, May 15, will
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nity Mixer. Community
members, Booster Club
members, parents, staff
and board members are
all encouraged to come
from 6 to 8 p.m. at Crow
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60% of smalled businesses
close their doors within
6 months following a
cyber-attack.
Call today (541) 942-0555.
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Middle/High School. It
will be a casual exchange
of ideas and information
in a relaxed setting while
enjoying hot dogs, ham-
burgers, chips and sodas.
The event is free; children
are welcome to attend.
• Track and field stu-
dents in middle and high
school are doing very well.
• CAL School Board
meets at Lorane Grange
tomorrow, May 16, begin-
ning at 7 p.m. An execu-
tive session will be held
prior to the public meet-
ing, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Grangers, come out on
Tuesday, May 21, at 9 p.m.,
for cleaning and upkeep in
and around the building.
• Tuesday, May 21, is
the Spring Sports Dessert
at 6:30 p.m. at Crow High
School.
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Adrienne’s retirement-sized rescued senior dogs are
Mikey and Skeezix.
After Adrienne’s home was burglarized, she began
adopting big senior dogs. The first “security dog” was
a senior Doberman with what Adrienne describes as
“exceptionally large bones and teeth!” Her action solved
two problems: 1) The gentle dog with the scary bark had
a loving home, and 2) her home was never robbed again.
Her second reason for adopting senior pets was one of
responsibility. “I am a senior and worry about when I die
or enter a senior living home that my pets might outlive
me and languish in a shelter,” said Adrienne. “If we are
all seniors, it solves the problem. Rescued elderly dogs
are the bomb! I’ve adopted a Rottweiler, a Weimaraner, a
Shepherd and an accidental Pitbull puppy, Rocky. Each
was gentle, smart and they enriched my life.”
Rocky arrived 12 years ago as a six-month-old puppy.
He was on Main Street trying to play with Boomer, her
Rottweiler, and Amber, her Weimaraner, through their
fence. His tail was joyfully speed-wagging like a wind-
shield wiper set on “high” at discovering the big dogs.
“He was so adorable,” remembers Adrienne. “I worried
that he would be struck by a vehicle, so I went to loop a
leash on him. I almost succeeded, but he put his paws
down like they were embedded in cement and pulled his
head out of the leash. I was huffing and puffing trying to
catch and coax him to safety.”
Briefly giving up, she headed back for her dogs as en-
forcements and was pleased to discover the little wiggler
happily trotting along behind her.
“It was like he was saying, ‘Excuse me! This is my de-
cision,’” Adrienne laughs.
Being a fan of the movie “Rocky,” and because Rocky’s
girlfriend’s name is “Adrienne,” she named the wig-
gly-wanderer “Rocky.”
Three days later, someone declared Rocky his dog.
When asked what the dog’s name was, the teen unbe-
lievably remarked, “He doesn’t have a name.”
He took Rocky, but a few hours later returned with
an explanation, “My mother doesn’t want the dog any-
more.”
Rocky was as excited to be back with his paw-picked
furry siblings as Adrienne was to have her baby back.
“He was like a love-struck boy following me every-
where,” says Adrienne. “He was a gift from God because
a few months later, our elderly Boomer died. Then, three
weeks later, Amber passed. We would have been total-
ly bereft if we didn’t have Rocky. Then we adopted two
small elderly dogs.”
Adrienne explains how Rocky was patient with the
crazy Yorkie, Skeezix, who’d stick his head into Rocky’s
mouth to wash its interior — Yuck!” exclaims Adrienne.
“But we never worried about our grandchildren, because
Rocky was as gentle as a lamb.”
But, Skeezix was another story. He nipped visitors’
ankles as a gallant Rocky tried blocking him protecting
our visitors.
Twelve years later, Adrienne knew that Rocky’s end
was near. “On his last night, I lay on his bed until he
fell asleep, and then I dragged the recliner over and slept
on it offering him support and comfort,” says Adrienne.
“We loved him enough to let him go. The next day as the
veterinarian sent him on his journey over The Rainbow
Bridge, I thanked him for choosing me, told him that he
wouldn’t be in any more pain, that he was loved and to
have a wonderful time playing with Boomer and Amber.
I couldn’t have asked for a better fur baby, a better com-
panion or a better security guard. I am grateful that he
chose us as his family.”
TIPS:
• “While turning on, ‘Touched by an Angel,’ I looked
over at Rocky’s empty bed and asked him to send me
a sign,” says Adrienne. “Unbelievably, the show’s main
character was named Rocky! The next day, one an epi-
sode of ‘NCIS,’ one actor’s name was also Rocky. Then,
Animal Cops featured a dog named Rocky. I believe my
Rocky heard my prayer and sent signs that he is still with
me. The signs make me teary-eyed but they are healing,
too.”
• Adopt elderly pets. They have so much love to gift
you.
• Currently there are dozens of pet food recalls. Is your
pet ill? Double check the FDA’s webpage at www.FDA.
gov for more information.
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