COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 | 5A
January Art Walk set for next Friday
Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
A ‘Radiant’ miracle
COURTESY PHOTOS
Art, music, poetry and more will be a part of next Friday’s monthly Art Walk in the historic district.
Visit Historic Down-
town Cottage Grove
during the next month-
ly Art Walk, which will
be held Friday, Jan. 31,
from 6 to 8 p.m.
Discover and explore
unique businesses, spe-
cialty shops, healing arts,
food and music during
this popular monthly
event.
Opening
receptions
for new shows, special
guests throughout and
live music are all a part
of the monthly Cottage
Grove Art Walk.
Poetry Peddlers will
make a special winter
appearance at The Crafty
Mercantile. Come listen
to guitarist Terry Paxton
while having a special
poem written for visitors
and enjoy an evening
filled with friends and
community.
Participating
busi-
nesses include: Five
Flying Monkeys, Main
Street Vintage, Am-
brose Collectibles, De-
light, Kalapuya Books,
Bookmine, Apple Pie
Antiques, Finafyr Im-
ladris, Soft Sculptures,
Seeds and Flint, Shannon
Weber, and Mixed Media
Assemblage.
‘Science on Tap’ to discuss floodplain restoration
“Stage 0 Floodplain
Restoration on the Low-
er South Fork McKenzie
River,” presented
by Jared Wey-
bright, Executive
Director of the
McKenzie Water-
shed Council, will
be the focus of the
January Science
on Tap on Jan. 28,
from 5 to 7 p.m.
“Stage 0” re-
fers to an approach to
floodplain
restoration
that seeks to maximize
floodplain connection
at all flow conditions
by removing artificial-
ly placed sediments (i.e.
berms, historic road-
beds, etc.).
The Coast Fork Willa-
The event begins with
socializing,
The presentation will mette Watershed Coun- informal
describe the project’s de- cil (CFWWC) hosts a trivia, and updates about
the watershed and
watershed
coun-
cil during the first
hour.
The Science on
Tap
presentation
begins at 6 p.m.
CFWWC receives
10 percent of all
sales from the eve-
ning from 5 to 7:30
sign approach, highlight family-friendly monthly p.m.
The event is free to the
the implementation pro- public meeting series
cess and an overview of called “Science on Tap” public, with a $5 dona-
project monitoring. Join on the fourth Tuesday tion suggested.
For further informa-
the event to learn about of each month from 5 to
the benefits of land- 7 p.m. at the Axe & Fid- tion, visit www.coast-
scape-scale restoration dle, 657 E. Main Street in fork.org or facebook.
com/coastfork.
in delicate water systems. Cottage Grove.
“Stage 0” refers to an approach to
floodplain restoration that seeks to maximize
floodplain connection at all flow conditions
by removing artificially placed sediments
LORANE NEWS
Contributed by
Lil Thompson
for The Sentinel
• The basketball teams
at all grade levels are do-
ing well, as well as the
wrestlers.
• Winter Homecoming
at Crow Middle/High
School started Jan. 22
and continues through
Tuesday, Jan. 28.
• No school Jan. 31 for
grading.
• Crow welding classes
are selling cutout horse-
shoe hearts for $10. Each
has a hanger for purses,
backpacks, necklaces, etc
and come in a variety of
colors. To purchase one
or more, either call the
school office at 541-935-
2227 or stop by the of-
fice to order them. They
would make a great Val-
6-day
weather forecast
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
56° | 48°
55° | 46°
Showers
Rain
SUNDAY
MONDAY
53° | 44°
52° | 45°
Showers
Showers
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
53° | 45°
55° | 47°
Showers
Showers
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entine’s present; they are
unique and attractive.
• Do you have hard
back books? Board
games with or without
all the pieces? Scraps of
cloth? Keys, postcards,
old stamps, coins, tick-
ets or anything small?
Twine? Costume jewel-
ry, etc., and want to find
them a new home?
If you have any of
those items lying around
and would like to conate
them, contact Pat Dixon
at pdixon@cal.k12.or.us
to arrange drop-off or
pick-up of your items.
These will help the
high school art class with
its newest project: “Al-
tered Art.”
• Lorane Grange Spa-
ghetti dinner and bingo
resumes this Saturday,
Jan. 25, starting with 5:30
p.m. dinner and bingo at
6:30 p.m.
Blackout bingo grew
last fall and there is also a
50/50 raffle. Come have
great fun, food and visit
while enjoying a lovely
evening out here in Lo-
rane.
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Sarah’s birthday gift, Radiance, surprised her family
by becoming a ‘miracle dog.’
T
he day before Thanksgiving, Sarah found her
mother, Mandy, outside crying because she
thought the family’s 10-month-old Golden Re-
triever puppy, Radiance, might have rabies.
“Radiance is not in her right mind, she’s foaming at
the mouth, her legs are limp and her eyes are not focus-
ing,” said Mandy. “Go into the house and do not come
outside. If she sees you, she will run to you. Pray for her.”
Sarah ran inside, catapulted herself on the couch and
burst into tears.
“My dog is my joy! Without her I would be heartbro-
ken,” said 11-year-old Sarah.
Mandy came to check on her devastated daughter and
tell her that, “Radiance is now paralyzed, except for her
head.”
“Can she survive rabies? Is there a cure?” pleaded Sar-
ah.
Sobbing, the two of them hugged and Mandy whis-
pered, “I don’t know,” as they went to where Sarah’s
grandfather had Radiance.
“I ran toward my suffering pup,” said Sarah. “Her head
was bobbing around, and her eyes were moving every-
where. She could not walk or stand but was still trying to
come to me. She was not vicious or growling, just con-
fused. It was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life.”
Her mother and grandfather took a blanket, placed
the weak dog on it and lifted the blanket into the bed of
their truck. Knowing Radiance’s life was at risk they sped
to the closest vet clinic.
For some unexplained reason, the clinical staff showed
little concern for their dog’s life-threatening circum-
stance. Frustrated, they sped to a second clinic where
the veterinarian determined that Radiance did not have
rabies and surmised it was poisoning.
He administered something to make her “toss her
cookies” and almost immediately, she began acting like
herself.
The vet found that the dog had eaten hundreds of
fast-acting toxic Sago palm seeds which cause liver dam-
age and can be fatal.
The veterinarian said, “The best thing for the dog is
to stay overnight. We will run IVs into her to give her
the best chance of survival.” So, before leaving, Sarah and
her mother prayed over Radiance.
“Everyone was sure my dog would die because it is
not possible for one to eat that many poisonous seeds
and survive,” said Sarah. Concerned, Sarah’s mom again
prayed, “Lord, please heal her and let her live. We com-
mand toxins to go in Jesus’ name and His power.”
“I hugged Radiance and when I went to blow my nose,
she got up on her two front paws!” exclaimed a surprised
Sarah. “Everyone was shocked! It was a miracle!”
Then Sarah’s mother prayed, again, “Lord, please put
a hedge of protection around her liver so no toxins can
damage it.” Suddenly, the dog wagged her tail.
“Her tail wasn’t paralyzed anymore,” said Sarah. “It
was miraculous!”
The next morning, the clinic called to say, “Come and
pick up your dog. She is fully recovered. Her paralysis
has gone and her liver shows no signs of damage or tox-
icity.”
The family marveled at their Thanksgiving miracle.
When Sarah’s family went to get Radiance, she raced
to them full of energy and joy.
“We walked in and Radiance was perfectly normal,”
said Sarah. “The vet told us, ‘She’s been barking all
morning trying to get us to play with her.’ How is that for
a dog who was on the brink of death? Radiance had eat-
en hundreds of poisonous seeds and dogs do die — but
not Radiance. With God’s Mercy, she is our miracle dog.”
TIPS:
Sarah loves basketball and she wanted to have a buddy
to play with her. She Googled: How to teach your dog
to play basketball and saw dogs scoring hoops. (https://
propuppy.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/air-buddies-and-
how-to-teach-your-dog-to-play-soccer-volleyball-and-
basketball/)
Sarah taught Radiance to put a mini ball in a mini bas-
ketball hoop. When they are both older, Sarah plans on
teaching Radiance, “How to shoot a real basketball into
a real hoop.”
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