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THURSDAY | MARCH 25, 2021
Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Willie Wonka
Maria and her co-worker,
Willie Wonka
Willie Wonka, a 2-and-a-half
year-old Chocolate Labrador,
lives in Florence, Ore. The city
is a dog’s paradise with ocean
beaches, dog park, hiking trails
and an impromptu Halloween
pup-parade.
“Once a week, Willie’s brother,
Eli, joins us in a training with a
few friends and their dogs,” said
Maria. “One of their socializing
exercises took place last Hallow-
een. Florence handed out pump-
kins and candy to 200 families
lined up in vehicles. To entertain
the long line, we dressed our
dogs in lobster, bumble bee and
octopus costumes and paraded
them up and down the sidewalk.
“The children and parents
enjoyed the furry parade. Every-
one had smiles. It was a great ex-
perience for our disguised dogs.”
Maria is an avid reader.
Twenty years ago, we met at a
book signing when she paw-
chased my books, “Expect Mir-
acles” and “A Christmas Filled
with Miracles.”
We became instant friends.
With her love of books, she
named her puppy Willie Won-
ka, after author Ronald Dahl’s
character. She and her husband
manufacture components for
luxury automobiles and were
recently featured on the inter-
national TV show, “Wheeler
Dealers.”
Their show was viewed world-
wide by 200 million people! The
response keeps them busy, so
they hired Willie Wonka as of-
fice staff.
“Willie’s favorite job is paper
shredding, but he is not allowed
to do it anymore,” said Maria.
“We learned the hard way that
he can’t discern what is and isn’t
shred-able. Even though he can’t
read, yet, he is smart and can
count to three, and spells a few
words such as W. A. L. K.”
Maria said Willie loves lunch
breaks when staff laugh at his
antics of zooming outside. Wil-
lie also has fun running up and
down the ocean beaches. His
favorite hike is on the wooded
trails near their home.
“He finds the biggest stick,
picks it up and then beats it on
the ground in what we call ‘Bat-
tle Lab.’ He also likes ‘booping’
us in the backsides with his
toys,” Maria said. “Because he
can count, when we ask him to
bring us three toys, he brings
three in his mouth — at the
same time!”
See PETS 3B
Athlete of
the Week
Lions continue roaring through season
By Zeahna Young
Cottage Grove Sentinel
Flying high after a remark-
able game against Siuslaw
last Tuesday (March 16), on
Thursday (March 18), Cottage
Grove’s soccer team hosted El-
mira at home. As with the Vi-
kings, the Lions issued another
smashing defeat, this time to
the Falcons of Elmira, winning
8-0.
The first to put the Lions on
the score board for the evening
was Aldo Rea, who scored with
GARY MANLY/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
a beautiful cross from Jaden
Cameron in the first minute of Senior middle Evan Snauer (left) passes to fellow senior
middle Drew Chapman. The Lions shut out Elmira last
the game.
Cottage Grove never let up Thursday, 8-0.
after that, scoring seven goals
by halftime. Two more went zalez.
the mercy rule.
to Rea, with three also going
In the second half of the
Coach Vern Stewart was
to Cameron, and the final goal game, Cameron scored a final
See SOCCER 3B
of the half going to Juan Gon- goal to end the match early on
Sports Calendar
Note: Game times and
dates are subject to change
March 25
• CGHS Boys Soccer
at Marist
6:30 pm
• CGHS Girls Soccer
at Marist
6:30 pm
• CGHS Volleyball
at Junction City
6:45 pm
March 26
• Elkton Football at
Lake/Paisley 7 pm
• ND/Yonc. football
hosts Camas Valley
7 pm
March 29
• C. Grove Football
hosts Philomath
5:30 pm
March 30
NED HICKSON/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Cottage Grove junior lineman Hemi Scott closes in on Marshfield quarterback Canyon
Niblet. The Pirates managed a narrow 16-13 win late in the fourth quarter on Monday.
Pirates steal narrow win over Lions
By Zeahna Young
Cottage Grove Sentinel
C
ottage Grove’s football
team took on Marshfield
last Monday, playing away for
their second game of the sea-
son.
In the first quarter, both
teams struggled to gain enough
yards for first downs, with each
being forced to punt twice. To-
ward the end of the quarter,
with the Pirates within striking
distance of the end zone, the
Lions got a fumble recovery on
their own 11-yard line. From
there, Cottage Grove went on
a seven-play drive to end the
quarter in possession of the
ball at first-and-goal in Pirates
territory as the quarter ended
in a 0-0 tie.
However, just seven sec-
onds into the second quarter,
Brayden Crump scored on a
quarterback keeper. The point
after touchdown was blocked,
but the Lions were the first on
the scoreboard, 6-0.
Then, at 6:54, the Lions got a
43-yard carry by JJ Thornton.
Unfortunately, Thornton was
injured on the play and side-
lined for the remainder of the
game — but not for nothing:
the carry put the Lions on Pi-
rates’ 30-yard line. Jason Travis
next brought the ball to the 11-
yard line for the Lions’ third
consecutive first-down of the
possession, putting Cottage
Grove within touchdown terri-
tory once again.
On the next carry, Crump
scored from 11 yards out and
kicked the PAT, putting the Li-
ons ahead 13-0.
With 35 seconds left in first
half, the Pirates strung togeth-
er their own seven-play drive,
See LIONS 4B
Elks fight hard but meet ‘Grizzly’ end
By Zeahna Young
Cottage Grove Sentinel
On Friday (March 19), Elk-
ton’s football team hosted
Gilchrist for the Elks’ third
game of the season. In the most
physical game of their season
so far, the Elks did their best to
keep up with the Grizzlies but
could not get the scores need-
ed in the end to take the vic-
tory — with Gilchrist winning,
41-26.
Coach Jeremy Lockhart ex-
plained that the game took a
toll on players on both sides.
“It was a really, really hard-
fought game,” said Lockhart.
“There were a lot of injuries
and there was a significant
injury, unfortunately, to one
Th is week’s athlete of
the week is Aldo Rea of
the Cottage Grove boys
soccer team, who lead
the team in goals in
defeats over Elmira and
Junction City
of their players, Micah Ellis.
We had to call the paramed-
ics and have him [carried] off
the field. He was a tough kid.
It was a really physical game.”
The game was incredibly
close throughout, with the
teams being evenly matched in
each quarter.
See ELKS 3B
Cottage
Grove
sophomore
forward Aldo
Rea scored
six goals this
week to help
the Lions
defeat Elmira
and Junction
City.
• Elkton Volleyball
at N. Douglas 6 pm
• CGHS Boys Soccer
at Marshfield
6:30 pm
• CGHS Girls Soccer
hosts Marshfield
6:30 pm
• CGHS V-ball at
Marist 6:45 pm
April 1
• Elkton Volleyball
at C. Valley 6 pm
• CGHS Girls Soccer
at N. Bend 6:30 pm
Results:
March 19
• Elkton Volleyball d
Riddle 25-20, 25-19, 25-18
March 20
• Elkton Volleyball d
C. Valley 25-21, 23-25,
25-23, 25-23
• N. Douglas Volleyball d
Oakland 25-14, 25-13,
25-23; Riddle: 25-9, 25-7,
25-14
March 23
• CGHS Girls Soccer
Marshfield: No score posted
• N. Douglas Volleyball d
Oakland 25-14, 25-13,
25-23; Riddle: 25-9, 25-7,
25-14