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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 | 5A Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales Hoopin’ it up with the cops By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” Cat hats... fur real! Cottage Grove Police took time for a different kind of “pick up” by tossing a few hoops at the court on Main Street across from Dari Mart last Thursday afternoon (Sept. 19). (photo courtesy Charlie Limberg) Public invited to meeting for Cerro Gordo A meeting regarding how to protect and care for Cerro Gordo Land Conservancy will be held Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Cerro Gordo Land Conservancy, 35462 Prolog Way in Cottage Grove. Cerro Gordo is a con- servation area over- looking Dorena Lake just outside of Cottage Grove. The community is in- vited to discuss how to protect the upland prai- rie habitat and landmark butte for generations to come through a conser- vation easement. To learn more and sign up, visit www. events.r20.constant- contact.com/register/ eventReg?oeidk=a07e- gkvoe5jd66e98d2&ose- q&c&ch Or visit www.mcken- zie river.org/cerrogordo for more information on the Cerro Gordo land. Scandinavian trio to make Oregon debut in C. Grove On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Axe and Fiddle, located at 657 E. Main St. in Cottage Grove, will be hosting Fru Skagerrak, a Scandinavian fiddle group. The group will begin playing at 8 p.m. and ad- mission is $10 per person. Fru Skagerrak takes audiences on a musical journey through Scandi- navia, from lowlands to mountains, from slow airs to roaring polkas — and everything in between. Group members include Anna Lindblad of Sweden — fiddle, 5-stringed fid- dle and song; Elise Wes- sel Hildrum of Norway — fiddle, recorder and song; Maja Kjær Jacobsen of Denmark — fiddle and song. These three master mu- sicians from each of the Scandinavian countries performs, creating an ex- plosion of the sounds that exist in Scandinavian tra- ditional music today. This performance by Fru Skagerrak is its first in Oregon. Color Day; tomorrow is Stop Light Day and Friday is Spirit Day. Enjoy the student’s at- tire at the bus stops. • The Rural Art Cen- ter is resuming Thursday Ukes with free ukulele lessons every Thursday, beginning in October. It’s open to everyone, begin- ner to experienced. Meet in the music room at CM/ HS from 3 to 5 p.m. with Pat Dixon instructing. Grades four and up, as well as staff and adults are all welcome. For more in- formation, see Mr. Dixon or email ruralartcenter@ gmail.com. Special thanks to the Oregon Country Fair and Cow Creek Umpqua In- dian Foundation for sup- porting this program. • Next week, Lorane Grange meets on Thurs- day, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. They will resume their spa- ghetti dinner and bingo on Friday, Oct. 18 at 5:30 p.m. with dinner. Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. Great fun, prizes and food. Hope to see everyone there. • Congratulations to Jim and Margie McNutt’s granddaughter, Bella, who was first runner up Miss Teen Oregon this last Sun- day. LORANE NEWS Contributed by Lil Thompson for The Sentinel • CAL Schools are off to a great start. The FFA Club, PE and science classes have all had great field trips and all fall sports are also doing well. This is also Homecoming Week. Today was Class 6-day weather forecast THURSDAY FRIDAY 72° | 48° 66° | 49° Partly Cloudy Cloudy Transmissions Plus & AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES PRACTICING THE ART OF TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICE SINCE 1991 SATURDAY SUNDAY 62° | 42° 63° | 42° Showers Partly Cloudy MONDAY TUESDAY 61° | 43° Partly Cloudy 65° | 44° Sunny When you need insurance, you need people too. Call today (541) 942-0555. PayneWest.com/Cottage-Grove 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 WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN WE WORK IN “WE MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN!” www.automotivespecialties.biz DUSTIN TULLAR & RUSS OWENS 541-942-8022 • COTTAGE GROVE Japanese cat-hat model Nya models one of his many hats (photo by Ryo Yamazaki) R yo Yamazaki and his wife, Hiromi, of Japan, love their three male Scottish Fold cats. Because the cats shed a lot, they have lots of cat fur floating around their home. What to do with all this cat fur? They create cat hats! Yes, you read that right; they felt-tip hats for cats. Their cats... errrr, chapeau models... are Nya, a 12-year-old blue tabby; Maru, a white 10-year-old; and Mugi, a five-year-old red tabby. The photographs that Ryo posted on Instagram of their cats wearing hats became a social media sensation. They also post- ed an instructional video teaching cat lovers how to create cat hats. It all started innocently when photographer Ryo found a clump of fur on the floor and plopped it onto their red headed Mugi’s head, mimicking a Don- ald Trump hair style after he had seen the hashtag #trumpyourcat on Instagram. Hiromi is an artist and fur fun began molding their cats’ fur collected while grooming the cats. After first washing the fur, her creations take between 30 min- utes to two hours to create. She only uses her fingers in the purr-cess and some of her hat-art includes top hats, an acorn, Trump hair, bunny ears, dog heads, Princess Leia hair, sushi ears, panda and koala bears, fish, duck, Christmas decorations and more. Altogether, she makes over 100 cat hat styles. Cat hair floating around most homes, clinging to lampshades and clothes is an ongoing battle for most cat parents, but not for the Yamazakis! “It’s like treasure hunting and harvest time all rolled into one,” laughs Ryo. After Hiromi created three matching moun- tain-shaped hats for her kitties, she popped them on the cats’ heads as they were peacefully gazing out the window. “I photographed them from behind. It was so beau- tiful,” Ryo said. “Our Instagram account, @rojiman, has more than 117,000 followers.” Hiromi is self-taught and hopes to one day teach the craft to fellow feline lovers. The Japanese word “nukege,” translates “to shed hair” and generally re- furs to a balding man. Having had five Persians at one time, “nukege” means a nuclear summer-shedding explosion of our cats blowing their coats around the house! We take our hats off to the Yamazakis on their creativity recycling cat fur while making us all smile. https://purrandroar.com/2018/07/22/cats-in-hats/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4016626/japanese- artists-turns-fallen-fur-into-trump-wigs-and-sushi- hats/ TIPS: • Tips ‘n’ Tales reader Linda’s nine-year-old elderly Ragdoll Persian has litter box problems. “I put down puppy pee pads (PPP) and my kitty uses them,” said Linda. “I order people bed pads cheap from Amazon or buy a box of 100 at local stores. Often, a cat with a urinary problem thinks the problem is their litter box area, so they urinate outside of it to ‘tell’ you there is a problem. My cat is happy using the pads.” • Myster E. Angel Scribe is 16 and has Linda’s cat’s problem too. “We place his PPP next to the kitty lit- ter and he uses it 100 percent of the time,” said An- gel Scribe. “It makes clean up fast and easy. We also keep a puppy pee pad by the bed, so at night when Myster E. or his sister, Whyspurr, begin coughing up fur balls, we can jump up and easily collect the results before they hit and stain carpet. Our last tip is that we place butcher paper under our cats eating area to keep the floor clean. When the paper is soiled it is easily tossed into the recycle bin.” • Canadian Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales reader Christine said, “To keep my dog, Dolly, cool last summer I bought a 16-inch by 12-inch self-cooling and heating mat which I keep in the freezer. You can buy a pet one or a human medical gel pack from a drug store and place it between the folds of a towel for their crate, your bed, or while grooming them.” Share your fur-avorite pet memory or adventure at angelscribe@msn.com. Visit Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook at/www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales Humane Society for Neuter/Spay Assistance Program. 541-942-2789
