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Local school teens rescue abandoned kittens

teachers at the school, Cave and Jodi Mauldin, were among those adopting the kittens.

HERB SWETT chronicle1@countrymedia.net

A recent service project for St. Helens High School freshmen turned out to be a rescue of five kittens as well.

The project was a cleanup of McCormick Park. After the students were divided into crews, a crew of four, while cleaning the Frisbee golf course, noticed a sack that was moving. Two of the teachers on the proj ect, Sydney Cave and Logan Burket, opened the sack and found the kittens.

“We had one of our staff members (counselor Kimmi Ross) bring the kittens to Midway Veterinary in War ren,” Cave said. “The vets’ office said they were roughly three weeks old and covered in fleas but there were no other serious issues.”

“Other than being covered in fleas, they were pretty well kept.” veterinar ian Dr. Hannah Ruland said. She described the animals as domestic cats with no specific breed.

All the kittens were soon adopted. Two social studies

“This field trip is one that none of us will ever forget,” said Payton Mauldin, daugh ter of Jodi Mauldin and a member of one of the other crews. “It holds a special place in all of our hearts. We’re reminded of it daily.”

“After finding the kittens, I wanted to adopt one and make sure they had the best life possible after a horrible start,” Cave said. “I adopted one of the female kittens and was able to bring it home that day. The students that found the kittens were in my class, so they got to be a part of picking out her name, which is now Nyx.”

“The kittens have to be bottle-fed,” Jodi Mauldin said, “so Payton and I have been bringing our kitten to school and feeding her and caring for her. She has been like a school kitten with many students coming to pet her, hold her, help feed her, etc. There have been many students and staff interested in the wellbeing of the kit ten, and she has become a great thing for our school. The students seem to have pride in that we found these kittens and essentially saved

them, and now the students are getting to help in the care of the kitten and see that it’s going to be okay. It was a bad and sad situation that has turned into a good experience for our students and has shown them how stepping up and doing the right thing matters and they can make an impact in both big and small ways.”

Payton Mauldin said her mother brings her kitten to class some days.

“I’m incredibly proud of our staff and students for their dedication to serving our community—both in a cleanup effort of McCor mick Park on their field day, and also for taking care of these kittens, getting them healthy, and finding them good homes, St. Helens High School Principal Dr. Katy Wagner said.

Spokespersons for Columbia County Animal Control and the Columbia County Humane Society say that they do not often receive cats although there has been an increase of dogs received.

Spokespersons for Columbia County Animal Control and the Columbia County Humane Society say that they do not often receive cats although there has been an increase of dogs received.

County fire season ends, burn ban lifted

terminate the burn ban in the county. Debris burning will be allowed again with a valid burning permit as decided by local fire districts. Please contact your local fire district to obtain a permit.

Due to drought conditions and recent wildfires through out Oregon, fire officials are urging that any outdoor burning is conducted as safely as possible. Recreational campfires, fire pits, and back yard debris burning are now permitted on Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

approved burn days.

Yard debris and open burn ing are only permitted in the City of St. Helens and the City of Columbia City on given burn days. Please be sure you check the regulations in your specific fire district before burning. Burning household garbage, plastics, petroleum products, construction waste, animal remains, and sand rub ber products is not allowed.

Those burning are encour aged to use caution when burning debris piles. Any open burning must be attended by

a non-impaired, responsible adult. A water source and hand tool to suppress any escaped fires should also be kept on site during any open burning.

The public is encouraged to remain vigilant for chang ing weather conditions and use caution when burning. It is the individual prop erty owner’s responsibility to check daily to ensure it is a burn day by dialing the fire district’s burn line as listed on your burn permit.

Escaped fires of any kind resulting in property dam

age or requiring suppression efforts from a fire agency may result in fines and individual financial responsibility for damages caused. You must obtain a permit from the Or egon Department of Forestry if you want to burn any wood material “slash” left over from a logging operation on your property.

For additional information regarding 2022 fire season please visit https://www. oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/ Restrictions.aspx.

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This is one of the rescued kittens.

The Oregon Department of Forestry has determined that Columbia County’s 2022 wildland fire season ended Monday, Oct. 24.

The recent rainfall and our upcoming fall weather are allowing local fire districts to

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