COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
ward children ages 5 to 8
years old, but older chil-
dren are also welcome.
“I’m really excited
about this and can’t wait
to explore movement
and music with you,”
Moore said.
People can sign up
now through Aug. 1.
The $40 package in-
cludes four pre-recorded
sessions, four show-and-
tell sessions and materi-
JULY 9, 2020 |
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Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
Area musicians offer online summer music camp for kids
Local musicians Jason
Wood and Sheena Moore
are teaming up to create
“Music in Motion,” an
online summer camp
that will run Aug. 3-27.
The camp is geared to-
|
als for a DIY instrument.
For more information,
or to sign up, contact
jasonbrettwood@gmail.
com or sheenamoorevo
cals@gmail.com.
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
The Dog Who Saved Herself. Twice.
New DMV online scheduling allows customers to set appointments
The Oregon Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) has replacied
its online appointment
request form with a new
system that allows cus-
tomers set appointments
themselves.
Starting this past Mon-
day, July 6, the new ap-
pointment scheduler at
OregonDMV.com came
online, letting Orego-
nains choose the time,
date and office for their
appointment — without
needing a call-back from
DMV.
Customers can also
reschedule or cancel an
appointment with this
new service.
In order to catch up
with call-backs for the
thousands of requests al-
ready submitted, DMV
will stopped taking ap-
pointment requests from
5 p.m. on Friday, June
26, through the Fourth
of July weekend.
Currently, someone
who submits an online
appointment
request
gets a call-back with-
in four or five business
days — so if DMV were
to keep the online form
open longer, people
would be getting calls
back after the new sys-
tem was up and running,
delaying their appoint-
ment scheduling.
July 3, DMV had re-
ceived 120,535 requests
for appointments since
June 1 and had 15,593
customers awaiting a call
to set an appointment.
“The first online ap-
pointment request form
gave us a head start in
catching up with the
COVID-19
backlog,”
DMV
Administrator
Tom McClellan said.
“The pause in taking
appointment requests
won’t delay the appoint-
ments themselves.”
DMV continued call-
ing customers through
July 2 in response to sub-
mitted request forms.
During the holiday
weekend Friday-Sunday,
the agency replaced its
driver licensing system
with a new one that of-
fers many new capa-
bilities, including the
self-service appointment
scheduling.
“This pause gave most
customers who have
submitted an appoint-
ment request a choice
of available slots before
other customers start
setting
appointments
themselves as of July 6,”
McClellan said.
DMV will not take ap-
pointment requests by
phone until further no-
tice. Call centers will be
very busy responding to
other questions, includ-
How DMV is
ing helping customers
catching up
get DMV services by
As of the morning of mail.
“If you can get what
you need from DMV by
mail or online, or delay
your visit a bit longer,
please do so,” McClellan
said. “That will help us
catch up with services
that were unavailable
for nearly three months,
mainly around identifi-
cation cards and driving
privileges.”
On the first day of this
service, DMV did 843
VIN inspections at 20
offices across the state,
opening more appoint-
ment slots for other
in-person services.
New online services
available at
DMV2U.Oregon.gov
• Replace your driver
license, instruction per-
mit or ID card
• Pay your reinstate-
ment fee
• Order your driving
record
• Schedule an appoint-
ment at a field office
• Need just a VIN in-
spection? No appoint-
ment necessary.
If you just need a VIN
inspection of your vehi-
cle, you won’t need an
appointment at all. Since
Wednesday, June 24,
DMV has been offering
drive-up VIN inspec-
tions at 20 of its field of-
fices. You won’t need an
appointment or to even
get out of your car.
After the inspection,
DMV staff will give you
the paperwork to com-
plete and mail in.
Find the nearest of-
fice offering drive-up
VIN inspections at Ore
gonDMV.com.
Offices limited at least
through summer
The customer back-
log is so large that DMV
will continue through
the summer accepting
appointments only for
these services:
• Driver license, per-
mit and ID card issuanc-
es
• Driver knowledge
tests
• Disabled parking
permits
• Farm endorsements
• VIN inspections at
some offices — find the
nearest office where no
appointment is needed
for a VIN inspection at
OregonDMV.com
“For this summer at
least, DMV offices will
be limited to the few ser-
vices that must be done
in person so that we can
serve customers safely
during the COVID-19
crisis,” McClellan said.
“To help customers
continue driving while
we catch up, remember
that Oregon’s law en-
forcement grace period
for expired licenses, ID
cards and registration is
in effect at least through
Oct. 1.”
using social distancing.
If anything changes, all
Lorane Grangers will be
notified.
• Lorane Christian
Church is continuing
their drive-in services at
10 a.m. No inside ser-
vices for now, but the
outside service is equally
inspirational. Something
about the clouds and /
or sun, birds chirping,
slight breeze and honk-
ing “Amen” is very uplift-
ing. All are welcome.
• Not many events tak-
ing place in Lorane now,
but the Lorane Family
Store and Lorane Deli
are open, of course our
Lorane P.O., and our
fire department is ready
whenever needed.
And, we live in the
country where we can
social distance easily.
• Please continue to
drive safely and slow-
ly around Stoney Point.
Workers are there. The
county made a tempo-
rary fix of the problem in
the road by paving that
section.
They will keep mon-
itoring the road as they
work.
LORANE NEWS
Contributed by
Lil Thompson
for The Sentinel
• As we continue on
into July, it looks like we
will be wearing masks
into all businesses and
keeping social distancing
of 6 feet apart.
• Let’s try to be nice to
all store owners, espe-
cially our locally owned.
It keeps each of us safe
and follows the state
mandate.
• For now, Lorane
Grange will still meet lat-
er this month on Thurs-
day, July 16, at 7 p.m.,
6-day
weather forecast
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SATURDAY
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Partly Cloudy
Sunny
SUNDAY
MONDAY
75° | 55°
78° | 56°
Partly Cloudy
Sunny
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
80° | 57°
Sunny
SOUTH LANE COUNTY
FIRE & RESCUE
SAVE MONEY. SAVE LIVES.
80° | 55°
Partly Cloudy
60 % of small businesses
close within 6 months
of a cyber-attack.
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Memberships
$65 per year
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Being born on different continents did not stop Ma-
ria from finding her ‘perfect’ dog, Marley.
L
ife is fascinating. How does a beautiful Swed-
ish woman, Maria, who moves 4,600 miles from
home, adopt a dog, Marley, from the Caribbean, an
additional 4,000 miles away? It was not easy, yet, their
love and devotion are evident in their photograph.
Marley, a very-smart Cunucu (countryside dog)
‘rescued herself ’ in Aruba, which is off the coast of
South America.
“For three years, I watched ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Friends’
rescue before I found Marley,” said Maria. “Volunteers
flew her to Boston, then shipped her to Seattle. I made
a six-hour drive to pick her up. After 12 hours on a
flight, you would think the dog’s first concern would
be to relieve herself, but not this dog. Once you have
been starved, food becomes your life-long motivation.
“Marley is the same,” said Maria. “She would not
move until I gave her food, then she agreed to relieve
herself.”
Maria created an Instagram account for her new
pup (@marleythecunucu) and unbelievably, a woman
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada recognized the dog!
The woman and her husband were driving in Aruba
when Marley suddenly jumped into their car. They
drove her to their Airbnb and the host agreed to re-
home the dog. That’s when its cruel owner arrived de-
manding his dog back.
He took the dog away, then, again, Marley wisely
ran away back into the streets where Sgt. Pepper’s
Friends found her. The man was charged with animal
cruelty and Marley became available for international
adoption.
Being from a hot climate, Marley had no idea what
she was in store for. Her new mother loves hiking and
skiing and she was hoping that the dog would too.
“The first time she saw snow, she wouldn’t get out of
the car,” said Maria. “She stood frozen, staring out the
window wondering what had happened to the world!
When she finally jumped out and experienced the
snow, she went crazy with joy. The more powdered
the snow is, the happier she is, and she loves chasing
my tobogganing friends down hills.”
You never know what traits a rescue arrives with
and this Caribbean canine was about to show off her
best assets.
“She’s gentle and patient,” said Maria. “She’s amaz-
ing with children and puppies, a real ‘mommy’ to
them, and if there’s another dog that isn’t being nice
to a pup, she defends the pup right away. She goes up
to the kids to give them kisses and then she steals their
crackers. It’s all about love and food with her.”
But the dog also has her wild side intact.
“When she really wants to play with another dog,
she turns into Usain Bolt (world record holder sprint-
er),” laughs Maria. “She’s so fast that she outruns most
dogs. Once she caught up with a whippet and she’s
outrun an alpha-Husky. She’s known to steal food and
hearts. If she sees an open door, she happily walks into
any home and searches the entire house for food. No
wonder she survived on the streets, she’s cunning and
a real hunter. Her best friend is a 160 lb. Newfound-
land who she desperately tries to flip while playing.
“She succeeded once, but he wisely discovered her
method, so it hasn’t happened since,” said Maria.
“Also, the couple from Halifax still keep in touch with
their car-jacking rescue.”
Imagine the power to change a life and give an ani-
mal happiness. A rescued animal has a memory, they
know where they have been and what they currently
have. Now you understand Marley’s face in the above
photograph.
“I have the perfect dog,” said Maria. And, obviously,
her dog has the perfect life.
TIPS:
Animals love massage and it’s healthy for them.
Maria is a massage therapist and after she’s finished a
client Marley jumps up on the table and waits for her
to start giving her Reiki and massaging her.
“She feels the healing energy coming out of my
hands,” explains Maria. “Massage helps us connect
and bond with our pets, on a deeper level. It opens
them up their trust, releases tensions and experience
a peaceful calmness.”
Share your fur-avorite pet memory or adventure
at angelscribe@msn.com.