COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Real IDs now available by online
appointment through Oregon DMV
Oregonians now have
the choice to get a Real
ID the next time they re-
new their driver license
or ID card.
On July 6, DMV began
issuing Real ID-compli-
ant licenses and ID cards
to Oregonians who meet
the federal requirements
and bring the required
documentation to their
DMV appointment.
Although a standard
license or ID card is
still available, some are
choosing to get a Real
ID-compliant card so
that they are prepared
for changes to TSA travel
requirements next year.
In October 2021, the
Transportation Security
Administration will be-
gin requiring identifica-
tion that complies with
federal Real ID standards
to pass through airport
security when boarding
a domestic flight.
The new ID require-
ments also apply to iden-
tification you use when
entering a secure federal
site, such as a military
base.
How to get a Real ID
Getting a Real ID re-
quires an in-person visit
a DMV office and pre-
sentation of specific doc-
umentation before a card
can be issued.
This means you can’t
obtain a Real ID card for
the first time by using
the DMV website to re-
place a card.
“Since we added the
online services, custom-
ers have attempted to get
a Real ID by ordering
a replacement card on-
line,” DMV Administra-
tor Tom McClellan said.
“Due to federal require-
ments, DMV must see
the customers’ original
documents and make
digital images of them.
“The law also requires
a new photo be taken
the first time you get a
Real ID. If a customer
wants to get a Real ID,
they need to make an ap-
pointment to come into
DMV for a new license
or ID card.”
Visit the DMV website
to learn more about Real
ID, including a tool to
help you make a checklist
of documents to bring
so you are prepared for
your appointment.
You can also read
about other forms of ID
such as a passport that
you can use instead of a
card issued by DMV.
You may not need
a Real ID
Instead of gathering
documents and mak-
ing an appointment at
DMV, you may want to
check and see if you are
“Real ID ready” with
something you already
have — like a passport or
passport card.
There are many fed-
erally accepted forms of
identification like a mil-
itary ID or passports that
Oregonians already own.
These can be used to
fly after October 2021.
See TSA.gov for a cur-
rent list of federally ac-
ceptable ID.
Learn more about Real
ID on our website at Or-
egon.gov/realid
You can make an ap-
pointment for a new
license or ID card, in-
cluding Real ID, at www.
oregondmv.com/dmv2u.
County Commissioners seek climate committee members
The Lane County
Board of Commissioners
is seeking applications
from community mem-
bers interested in serving
on the Climate Advisory
Committee (CAC).
The committee advises
the Board of Commis-
sioners on topics and is-
sues related to the policy
decisions regarding cli-
mate change.
The committee may
provide input to the
board on agenda items
or may propose new pol-
icy directives.
The CAC is charged
with helping Lane Coun-
ty develop the Lane
County Climate Action
Plan (CAP) and imple-
ment actions to meet
Greenhouse Gas Emis-
sions (GHG) targets.
This work includes:
• Advising the Board
on all matters relating
to Climate Action Plan
development and imple-
mentation.
• Coordinating with
other community groups
throughout Lane Coun-
ty.
• Proactive communi-
cation to initiative spon-
sors to improve the coor-
dination of work efforts,
align resources, and con-
nect interested parties
with technical advisors.
• Community outreach
and marketing of CAP
community mitigation
and adaptation actions
to community members
and neighborhood as-
sociations to encourage
efforts to complete addi-
tional actions.
• A CAC Annual Re-
port to the city council
that includes CAP initia-
tives that were submitted
and completed, as well as
progress made on com-
munity actions outlined
in the CAP.
The CAC will have 11
members and no few-
er than seven members.
Each commissioner will
appoint one member
with five at-large ap-
pointees suggested by
staff and approved by the
board.
One county commis-
sioner shall be appointed
as a voting member of
the committee.
The committee will
hold one regular meeting
each month, not to ex-
ceed two hours in length.
There will be no fewer
than nine meetings per
year.
In addition to regular
meetings, members may
be asked to attend special
meetings and/or partici-
pate on ad hoc (special
purpose) committees or
task forces.
Ad hoc committees
and task forces may be
formed to fulfill a spe-
cific function that can be
completed in a finite pe-
riod of time.
There are 10 vacancies
— five commissioner ap-
pointments and five at-
large. Commissioner-ap-
pointed members will
serve a one-year term
with the opportunity to
reapply for two addition-
al two-year terms. The
five at-large members
will serve two years with
the opportunity to re-
apply for an additional
two-year term.
The application dead-
line is Aug. 14. Appli-
cations are available
online and in the Board
of Commissioners’ Of-
fice located at the Lane
County Public Service
Building, 125 E. Eighth
Avenue in Eugene.
Hard copy applica-
tions can be turned in
at Lane County Public
Service Building and on-
line ap-plications can be
emailed to climatestrat-
egist@lanecountyor.gov.
• Lorane Grange meets
this Thursday, July 16
at 7 p.m. All distancing
guidlines will be fol-
lowed. There are no oth-
er activities at the grange
this summer.
• Again last Sunday,
everyone attending Lo-
rane Christian Church
drive in service enjoyed
sunshine.
That makes three
months, since Easter, all
have enjoyed beautiful
Sundays, even on a rainy
day.
• Please continue to
slow down going over
Stoney Point. Construc-
tion workers are there
as well as trucks going
in and out. Sometimes
there are workers near
the road plus flaggers at
times.
•
Everyone
stay
healthy, wear you masks
while keeping six feet
apart. Let’s help get the
numbers down.
• Thank you to both
Lorane Family Store and
Lorane Deli for all you
are doing for our com-
munity. Be sure to check
in front of Deli for extra
produce.
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Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
No Spring Chickens
Tess, 94, and Annie, 14, make quite a pair.
A
ccording to 94-year-old Tess, she admits that her
exquisite 14-year-old tortoiseshell, “Annie is no
spring chicken. I named her Annie because she was a
little orphan and the name suited her.”
In her youth, Annie was livelier.
“Two days after adopting her, I was ready to give
her back,” admitted Tess. “She was wild! She’d climb
and swing off my curtains, then run over and steal my
knitting wool, leaping and swatting it like prey. I once
came home to a ball of wool unwound into one long
strand wrapped around all the living room furniture
resembling the string game, ‘the cat’s cradle’. Appar-
ently, she ‘had a real ball’ while I was away.”
And forget making a bed! It’s im-paws-ible with
Annie around. Somehow, she intuitively knows when
Tess is about to make the bed.
“She leaps up onto the sheets like black and white
on a skunk,” said Tess. “She’s also a diva who won’t eat
on the floor. Instead, she insists to eat on the kitchen
counter.”
How Annie drinks water is also unique. She does
not lick water up like a ‘normal cat’ with her tongue,
she dips her paw in and ladylike licks her wet paw like
a raccoon.
Tess keeps her bedroom window open because it is
Annie’s cat door to her bathroom. The strong-mind-
ed kitty paw-furs the privacy of an outdoor facility.
One night, they were sitting watching TV when two
raccoons casually sauntered past their chair looking
for Annie’s food dish. The unperturbed and uninvited
guests then left the way they came in, to never be seen
again.
“One summer, years ago, I was visiting my mother
and we saw a desperately injured raccoon in her back-
yard,” said Tess’s daughter, Amahra. “The poor animal
was blind in one eye, couldn’t use one back leg and
her tail was missing! I was heartbroken for her. She
was so weak that she trusted me to come close as I
offered her cat food and fresh water. Unbelievably —
and I would not recommend this — after a week she
let me pat her. While she ate, I sprayed peroxide on
her wounds and she gradually grew stronger and was
able to put her hind leg down and limp on it.
In the summer, Annie sleeps outside on the patio
on ‘her’ mat. One day, the raccoon was sleeping on it.
Another day we found both Annie and the raccoon
amicably sleeping on it together.
We cared for the raccoon all summer and when the
weather turned cold, we set a box with towels and a
warm blanket up in the car port. She stayed until she
deemed herself well and one morning she wandered
back into the woods and never came back.”
During the night, Annie comes back through the
window and curls up on the bed next to Tess, who
said she loves Annie’s purrs-onality and company.
“When my husband was alive, he did not allow pets
on our bed, so it is a treat to wake up with Annie cud-
dling me,” said Tess.
Summer Heat Tips
Air Temperature
‘Owie’ road/sidewalk temperatures
77 degrees F = 125 degrees F
86 degrees = 135 degrees
87 degrees = 143 degrees
The American Medical Association Journal states,
“At 125’ F, skin destruction happens in 60 seconds.”
Remember, your pet’s paws are skin!
1.) When pavement is too hot for your bare feet, it
will burn pet’s paws.
2.) Use the five-second rule. Hold the back of your
hand to the pavement, if your skin burns, it is too hot
to walk dogs. Hot pavement painfully burns animals’
paw pads.
3.) When the sun is out or on an overcast day, the
inside of your vehicle can reach 120 degrees in a mat-
ter of minutes, even parked in the shade. Don’t make
a deadly decision by taking them on errands. Leave
pets at home.
4.) Share this with other pet parents.
Share your fur-avorite pet memory or adventure at
angelscribe@msn.com. Visit Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on
Facebook at/www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales