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Show The Park Record C-8 Meet Timmyfrom'Lassie* at pet expo RIGHT ANGLE PICTURE FRAMING Sat/Sun/Mon/Tilies, August 14-17, 2004 PHOTOS • PRINTS • FINE JUtT Quality art and top qiwlity service to meet all your framing need* Park City's most unique collection of pre-made frames! GHT ANGLE PICTURE FRAMING • 1240 IRONHORSE DR. 649-3640 Right noxl door to Windy Ridgo Cofd XOKD.COM <C01UU0M HCOUILCOM OFFMAINATNIGHT Jon Provost, the original "Timmy11 on the beloved TV show. "Lassie." will sign autographs at the second annual Utah Pet and Companion Expo Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 21 and 22 at the South Towne Expo Center, 9575 So. State St. in Sandy. This special guest appearance comes just days before the 50th Anniversary of Lassie in September. Provost was only seven years old when he began playing "Timmy." but had been acting since he was three, when he was cast in "So Big" with Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden. By the time he was 18 he had worked in film and television for 15 years. During his career as a child actor and teen heartthrob, he had worked with the biggest stars in Hollywood - Grace Kelly. Clint Eastwood. Kurt Russell, Bing Crosby. Natalie Wood, Jack Benny, Ann Southern, Robert Redford and even that famous talking horse, Mr. Ed. In 1994. Provost received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Provost's Utah fans will be able to find out what he's doing now. as well as ask questions about what it was like being on the TV show, "Lassie." during the several Q&A sessions Provost will do each day at the expo (Saturday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.). A big thanks to Atta Boy for bringing Provost all the way from his current home in northern California to this years Utah Pet and Companion Expo. Event attendees will have the opportunity to purchase an autographed photo of Provost and Lassie in Atta Boys booth. No. 433. But that's not all that this year's expo has to offer. The Utah Pet and Companion Expo is fun for the whole family - pets included! One of the highlights of this year's event will be the Utah Valley llamas. These llamas "wow" spectators each year at the annual Llama Festival in Spanish Fork. The talented Utah Valley llamas don't just carry packs and munch on grass; they navigate an obstacle course and climb in and out of a minivan. Kids won't want to miss the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing a baby llama, known as a cria, up-close-and-personal in $> WELCOME ALL RUGBY PLAYER AND CYCLISTS! • ATHENS, Greece (AP) History runs deep in Greece, so when you start digging for a modern subway, it's hard to stay focused on the present. As Athens rushed to expand its subway system in time for the Olympics, work was repeatedly halted by the discovery of ruins and artifacts. Tunneling for the Monastiraki Square station, inaugurated last year, was delayed for two years because of archaeological finds. But officials have managed to find a golden lining: Now some stations double as museums, with arti- ...COME JOIN US FOR DINNER TUESDAY THRU SUNDAY STARTING AT 5 : 3 0 . . . PURCHASE O N E ENTREE AND RECIEVE 2 N D FOR 1/2 PRICE!! PRESENT THIS COUPON TO YOUR SERVER BEFORE ORDERING. NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER OFFER. T W O COUPONS PER TABLE PLEASE, . . . A N D DON'T FORGET OFF M A I N FOR A facts unearthed during construction displayed in glass cases where they were found. The result is that the subway has become more than just a means of transportation. It's a destination. Evelyn Ferreira, 45, of Sacramento. Calif., was nearing the end of her three-week visit to see the Olympics and visit her mother's native country. Her aunt suggested she skip the museums. "We've got a few more days left, so my aunt told us to come down here," she said. "It's very cool." She stood with her husband and two sons in the Syntagma Square THIS WEEK IN REAL ESTATE MOST DELICIOUS BREAKFAST OR LUNCH! 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Last year, over 100 animals found new homes during the expo. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.rft. Sunday. Aug. 22. Pets are welcome! General admission is $7, with dollar-off coupons available at local pet stores, groomers and vets" offices. Kids 12 and under get in free. A portion of the proceeds of the event will benefit Intermountain Thierapy Animals. Visit w^v.utahtherapyammals.org for moVe information on this organization. For more information visit the evtnt website at wvjw.utahpetexpo.com or call (801) 947-0526. Beneath Games, subway houses ancient art IS OPEN FOR THE SUMMER SEASON ...where tourists are friends and locals are family.,. the expo's "Llama Corral." To learn more about these native-Peruvian llamas go to www.utahvalleyllamas.com. Attendees also will be able to feast their eyes on beautiful Bengals, Sphynx, rag doll, Scottish fold and Siamese felines in the Expos Cat Pavilion. And on Saturday only, Utah Pet Expo attendees will have the opportunity to go into the Utah Cat Fanciers' Association Annual Summer Cat Show in the adjoining Exhibit Hall for a discounted admission. There will be lots of exciting things for attendees to do, see, buy and win at the event. Here are just a few of the other attractions at the expo: •Atta Boy-Atta Cat Performance Arena featuring animal entertainers •Free grooming, health care and training tips in the PETsMART Pavilion •Animal adoptions offered by dozens of rescue groups •Wheeler Historic Farm Petting Zoo featuring baby animals •Free consultations with vets and E - M A I L : MLAPAYTS'PUREUTAH.COM Utah Real Estate station in central Athens, gazing at a wall encased in giant glass panes to show the layers of discoveries made during the digging. Near the top were the remnants of a water-supply system from the Ottoman period. Beneath that were Byzantine houses and Roman cemeteries, and finally, near the floor, an aqueduct from the 5th century B.C. The displays adorn an efficient, modern subway station that was inaugurated in 2000. Since then, workers have been adding new stations periodically in a rush to ease traffic and replace downtown roads with cobblestone walkways in time for the Olympics. The newest leg of the subway now runs out to Athens' new suburban airport _ which also houses an exhibition of pottery, jewelry and marble unearthed during its construction. Some subway stations have exhibits showing how the discoveries were made. A photo mural adorns a wall at the Acropolis station showing a tunnel lined with ancient urns that workers bore into when they were digging. In addition to the cross-section of earth, the Syntagma Square station features glass cases holding ums, clay figurines and a piece of a 4th century mosaic floor. At 6, Christos Panagoulias is already a veteran of the exhibition. Bii he was little the last time he came, so he had to see it again. Adjusting his Mickey Mouse b;isclxtll cap, he rattled off facts about the artifacts on display, saying that although he hasn't started histor\ in school yet, he reads lots of books. "1 have a book that lists the artifact*, and whatever you see you have to check off," he said. "I've been here before, but I didn't see all of the pieces." His grandmother, Conshintina Panagoulia, 58, said she couldn't say no when Christos begged her to take him. "1 feel moved when 1 see this. I understand what the ancient people wejre thinking," she said. "1 tell the children, 'Look what these people hate done!'" Of course, the displays aren't for everyone. Fcrreira's 15-year-old son Striven showed mild interest in the pieces, saying he studied Greek history in school but forgot most of it. His mother said he would thank her later for bringing him. **Of course my kids are bored silly," she said. "'But we're hopingthat in 10 years they'll look back and say, 'What a cool trip.'" Olympic winners to be given olive wreaths ATHENS. Greece (AP) In a symbolic reference to the ancient Olympics, medal winners at Athens will be crowned with an olive wreath, officials said Thursday. "It is the first time in the modern Olympics there will be a crowning of Olympic champions," llias Antonellos, vice president of Inttrflora. the company donating thti wreaths, said on Thursday. Antonellos said each medalist wiU receive a wreath and floral bouquet during the Aug. 13-2l> games. Organizers have ordered 2,563 olive wreaths and bouquets for the Olympics and 2NW) for the Paralympics that follow. 2004 DISCOVERYs Starting at Jy«7/mtf 2004 RANGE ROVER New shipment just arrived, come by and test one out. 'StK! deader l o ' i AMERICAN FORK TAKE i u tin 647-4000 irt CENTERV1LLE LAND ROVER TftKf I 19 MIT 322 296-5300 WINNER OF THE 2004 BEST OF STATE AWARDS TRIPLE CROWN! 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