COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 | 5A
Bohemia Gold Mining Museum offers unique history
For any community
members who, after seeing
the Cottage Grove Senti-
nel’s 2020 calendar in the
today’s edition, are interest
in learning more about Bo-
hemia gold mining history
in the area, they are invited
to visit the Bohemia Gold
Mining Museum, which
provided the photos for the
special calendar.
The museum is located at
308 S. Tenth St., in the big,
red “Boots and Sandals”
square dance barn (across
from Bohemia Park in Cot-
tage Grove.)
Museum hours are 1 to
4 p.m., Thursdays and Fri-
days, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Saturdays.
The museum is a non-
profit, volunteer-run mu-
seum. Admission to the
museum is a $2 donation.
Special group tours, gold
panning and other Bohe-
mia gold mining-related
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Th e Chicken Charmer
COURTESY PHOTO
The Bohemia Gold Mining Museum is in the “Boots and Sandals” square dance
barn across from Bohemia Park in Cottage Grove.
events can be arranged by
More information is on- site at bohemiagoldmining
calling 541-942-5022.
line at the museum’s web- museum.com.
Annual Heritage Fair to be held Feb. 16-17
The 28th annual Frontier
Heritage Fair will be held
at the Lane County Events
Center/Fairgrounds Audi-
torium, 796 W. 13th Ave.,
in Eugene, on Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 15 and 16.
The focus of the fair is
pre-1898 America, includ-
ing Mountain Men, Fur
Trade, Civil War and Old
West.
The event features arti-
facts and replicas of the pe-
riod on display and for sale.
Included is a special exhibit
of Oregon prehistory and
displays representing the
Hudson’s Bay Company,
historic Fort Umpqua at
Elkton, the Applegate Trail,
Northwest Coast Native art
and a one-room pioneer
schoolhouse with hands-on
features for all ages.
There will be kids’ activ-
ities and demonstrations of
of historic skills including
spinning, weaving, quilting,
woodworking, horn carv-
ing and flintmapping, along
with performances by the
Oregon Old Time Fiddlers.
Show times are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is payable at
the entrance and kids 12
and under are free.
The Frontier Heritage
Fair is sponsored by the
Fort Umpqua Muzzleload-
ers club and Lane County
History Museum.
For more information
call 541-689-4281 or 541-
746-1819.
Moveable Feet to host ‘barn dance’ in Febraury
The nonprofit Moveable
Feet Community Dance
will be hosting an “indoor
barn dance” on Friday,
Feb. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m.,
Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
at Creslane Elementary the dance is free for ages 8
School Cafeteria in Cre- to adult.
swell, 996 West A St.
Toys will be available for
There will be live music younger children.
by Moveable Fingers, but
No dance partner or ex-
perience needed, and no
Humane Society
of
Cottage Grove
SPAY/NEUTER
COUPONS
$50 off spay coupons for female cats
$25 off neuter coupons for male cats
Coupons are available at
Th is ‘n’ Th at Corner, 33 N. 8th street, Cottage
Grove 10-4 Mon-Sat, and are good at the two
veterinary clinics in Cottage Grove and the
two in Creswell.
Th e coupons will expire February 29, 2020.
6-day
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fancy footwork; if you can
walk, you can dance.
For more information,
visit www.moveablefeet.
weebly.com or call 541-
895-2254.
LORANE NEWS
Contributed by
Lil Thompson
for The Sentinel
• Last week, some of the
student leaders at Crow
High School met with and
led discussions on ways
they believe the school
can improve with the state
money our district will
start receiving next year.
There will be meetings
with parents and commu-
nity members tonight (Jan.
30) at 6 p.m. in the dis-
trict office. Then on Feb.
13, there will be another
meeting at Lorane Grange,
also at 6 p.m. Food will be
served at both meetings.
The more input the district
receives, the better it will
be able to serve the stu-
dents and community.
• There is no school this
Friday, Jan. 31, for grading
day.
• CHS welding class still
has horseshoe hearts for
$10 available with Valen-
tine’s Day right around the
corner. For more informa-
tion or to purchase one (or
more), call the high school
office at 541-935-2227.
• The high school art
class is still looking for
items mentioned last week.
• Lorane Grange and
community enjoyed spa-
ghetti and bingo this past
Saturday. No one was able
to win the progressive
blackout — so, it grows
again. The next spaghet-
ti and bingo night will be
Feb. 22, so mark your cal-
endars.
• The next Lorane
Grange meeting is Thurs-
day, Feb. 6, beginning at 7
p.m.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To have a meal
with Chris Perkins’ cats, Saga and Agent Orange.
T
wo neighbor chickens “flew the coop” and
free-ranged right into Chris Perkins’ yard.
The runaway fowls decided the grass was
greener on her side of the fence — which it was;
they discovered the location where she tossed seed
for wild birds.
“Now, every morning, afternoon and evening,
I’m greeted by ‘The Girls.’ Apparently, they think
I am the Pied Piper or a living food dispenser,”
laughed Chris. “The hens are beautiful and make
the softest little welcoming sounds.”
The experience has taught Chris the long-stand-
ing truth: “If you feed them, they (chickens, cats,
birds, etc.) will stay.”
Soon she could call the hens and they would run/
fly to her.
“When they run, they sound like a herd of ante-
lope. And they do run for food. I’d swear, their lit-
tle beaks were smiling,” Chris said. “Our old, blind
dog, Cody, and two male cats tolerate the feathered
visitors. The orange cat, Agent Orange, is an in-
trepid hunter while the black cat, Saga, is a neigh-
bor’s freeloader. Neither of them bothers the large,
hungry birds. However, the Perkins’ kitties do hold
their ground over their food bowls. The chickens
try to muscle their way into the bowls but the cats
give them the stink eye — and just keep on eating.”
Chris the chicken whisperer shyly added, “Yester-
day, I bought chicken scratch, which the wild birds
generously shared with The Girls. It appears I’m
easily trained by cats, dogs and now chickens. Over
the years, I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on dog and
horse trainers. Cody still doesn’t come when called
and my late horse, Bolero, had to think about com-
ing before he did. But the chickens? They literally
run to me. Be still my heart.”
Fun Chicken Readers’ Comments:
• Not one to egg-zaggerate, Sherry said, “I love
chickens; they make me smile.”
• Dawn chuckled, “My friend’s four Golden
Comet chickens dance for their dinner. They get in
a line formation and do a little dance over and over
at feeding time. The fluffy golden feathered hens
are named after ‘The Golden Girls:’ Blanche, Rose,
Dorothy and Sophia.”
• Edith in Ohio added her version of Old Mac-
Donald with a twist: “With a chicken-chicken here,
and a wild bird there; here a blind dog, there a black
cat, everywhere a pet-pet.”
Cat Car Purr-cautions
• Diane, a Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales reader in Ohio, said, “I
was driving on the expressway with my cat, Satan,
and the sunroof was open. Satan decided to leap up.
Her claws dug into the roof upholstery and she was
desperately trying to pull herself up. I had to grab
her to keep her inside the car. She had a fascination
with wind. It was the last time I ever opened it with
a kitty in the car.
“My other cat, Neiko, loved riding on car back
ledges or in his mesh carrier with his front paws
hanging over the opening as he watched every-
thing. I purched it on top of a box, giving him opti-
mum views. He’d love telling me about large trucks
and watching the scenery.”
• Angel Scribe’s 17-year-old cat, Myster E, is an
adventurous kitty who “Loves car rides. While ne-
gotiating a left-hand turn in Tacoma at a busy inter-
section, he put his paws on the front door armrest
to look out. He had inadvertently hit the window’s
down button and the window began descending
with him sitting in front of it peering out! From
them on, I locked all windows before trips.”
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