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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 2001 39 West Center Kanab 0 A star is born By Ron Mitchell 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Saturday, May 5m ONLY! All Sales on a First Come, First Serve Basis! The film crew took video of sev-eral of Dogtowns most famous pooches - like Buddy, who, according to the firefighters, saved thelifeofayoungwomaninNorth Carolina when she fell down a e foot well; and Jethro, who was spared a death sentence at an Arizona pound after his ing owner was convicted and sent to prison, After leaving Kanab, the film crew traveled on to Warrensburg, Missouri, for another dramatic reenactment. This one was the story ofOld Drum, a dog that was shot by his persons neighbor about 125 years ago after Old Emily, a sweet shepherd mix and resident ofBest Friends, may he on the verge of international stardom! Emily was selected from a casting call of over 600 dogs at sanctuary for a starring role in a German TV series called Dogs World. The film crew, works out of Hamburg, Germany, and Los Angeles, spent three days at the sanctuary get- ting footage in this richest of places for canine photo ops. And Emily, once abandoned by a fam-ily in Panguitch, will be one of the stars of the show. In a' reenactment of what is a typical story for dogs that come to the sanctuary, Emily is left at the roadside by an owner who doesnt want her anymore, Many cars pass by. Finally, a kindly man stops and takes the bewildered pooch to the ani- - 30-th- drug-deal-whi- ch Drum wandered onto the neighbors property. Old Drums family sued the neighbor and the case went to all the way to the Supreme Court ofMissouri, where Senator Graham Vest addressed the justices onbehalf ofOld Drum: : mal sanctuary. Super Special Spring Savings ALL REDWING BOOTS - 40 OFF! OFF ALL SHOES & CLOTHING Men's WRANGLER 13mwz - $1-7- w meg. coupon Men's & Women's LEVI 505, 550, 517 Rinsed - $24 30 Girl's SWIMSUITS Size 2 to 16 - ALL $6 to $1(P Jr. KNIT TANKS and TEES -- $8m$9zs (derek hart) Jr. SILVER JEANS - $30 (reg. $44) Women's RAYON SHORT & TOP SETS - $19 "The only absolutely unselfish AsEmilyarrivesatBestFriends Dogtown, we see things from her point ofview, thanks to the doggie cam on her head. Afew days later, Emily meets a woman who hascome to the sanctuary to adopt a dog. Emily leaps into her arms and both live happily ever after! Nanni Jacobson, the directorand lone U.S. resident in the crew, explained that the whole series will emphasize the emotional rela-tionship between dogs and hu- mans. There are funny seg- ments, sad ones, some segments that will make viewers pensive, while others have educational value, she said. But it is fun; a colorful series that puts the dog on center stage as a star. Jacobson added that Dogs World is the first TV show to por- tray the dog from every possible And she means that quite literally, considering the doggie cam on Emilys head! friend that a man can have in this, selfish world said the senator, - the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves unfaithful or treacherous, is his dog... When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wingandreputa-the- y tionfallstopieces, heis as constant in his love as the sun in itsjourney through the heavens. The family won their case and Old Drums honor was restored, His statue stands outside the city, hall in Warrensburg, Missouri, Emily and Old Drum will be featured in the first of the three TV shows to be aired in Germany in July. The second part in the series will illustrate dogs like Buddy who save peoples lives. And the third part explores how dogs have become commodities and status symbols in our em society. But you wont see any of the dogs from Best Friends in mod-angl- e. that segment! PLUS SUPER RED TAG SPECIALS!!! NO LAY-AWA- YS LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND me F Emily tells - it. k V ( I, r r i i Ck. fe. Jk . I , her story on TV. Photo by Jana de Peyer. : I |
