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The highlight of the program is a seventy-five minute version of a Shakespearean play (Romeo and Juliet in 2008), including complete costumes, sets, and theatrical lighting. Also included is a fifteen-minute fifteen-minute post-show discussion with the actors and workshops in Stage Combat, Performing Perform-ing Shakespeare's Text, and Developing Character through Improvisation. The Uintah Arts Council will host a public performance of Romeo & Juliet on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Uintah High School Auditorium. Tickets will be $5 for adults and $3 for students through 12th grade. For more information, call ' 1-888-240-2080 or log onto www. MyArtsCouncil.org. The touring company will spend the following 2 days giving workshops to area students from various schools. Funded in part by the Utah State Office of Education, Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, D. Forrest and Gerda M. 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Students were encouraged to read as many Dr. Seuss books as they could. At the end of the week they turned in a list of the books they read and entered to win one of many great prizes. During Library time, each class had the opportunity to guess the number of "red fish" (Swedish Fish) in a fish bowl. The class that came the closest in number won the whole bowl for their class. There were two different bowls; one for the lower hall or the kindergarten through second grades, and another for the upper hall, grades three through five. Mrs. Murray's 2nd grade class class won the lower hall. Murray's class guessed 385 fish which was closest to the real number of 437 fish in the bowl. In the upper hall, Mrs. Karren's 5th grade class guessed 827 fish out of a total number of 873 fish in the bowl. On Monday, the students wore Crazy Socks and Tuesday they were able to bring a stuffed animal to read with. Wednesday was Wacky Wednesday! and students stu-dents did whatever they could to make their clothing "wacky!" Thursday was Hat day, followed by Friday 'dress like your favorite Dr. Seuss character day.' Mrs. Murray, usually a proper second grade teacher, dressed "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," and passed out candy hearts to all of the other Dr. Seuss characters. Proving that reading can be contagious, the whole school got involved and even the cafeteria workers wore "Cat in the Hat" hats all week. By Mary Bernard Uintah Basin New Service Two dogs, running at large, killed several llamas on a Dry Fork Canyon ranch recently. The tragedy of the incident was that it was completely preventable. Most people reject the notion no-tion that their loving pets could endanger life or property. But every time dogs get loose that is exactly the threat they pose. In fact, the danger is an escalating threat every time a dog slips its leash or escapes from a fenced yard. "People are amazed to see the destruction loose dogs can cause," said Christina Williams, director of the Uintah Animal Control and Shelter Special Service District. "They don't see the harm in letting their dogs out for a while. But loose dogs can leave a path of destruction which is costly and deadly." Williams is referring the tendency of dogs form packs. Regardless of the breed, if two or more dogs make a pack their; behavior becomes reflexive: If one chases a kid on a bike, so will the others. "Loose dogs will run as a pack," Williams said. "They damage dam-age property and spread disease. That's not Fluffy out there, that's a vector of disease and an increasingly hostile canine." Williams arranges photographs photo-graphs of dead sheep and llamas mauled by dogs. Worse, are the photographs of bloody children who were attacked by free-roaming dogs in Uintah County. In the past two months, animal control officers have responded to 146 calls of dogs running at large. Those calls are separate from the 14 additional service calls of dogs chasing livestock. One county animal control officer of-ficer acknowledged privately that there is a disturbing increase in aggression among the loose dogs; greater than previously seen. "Aggression is a learned and progressive behavior," Williams said. "Predatory aggression builds over time. Killing livestock doesn't just happen. Running with the pack will strengthen a dog's natural propensity to develop aggression." Loose animals, the director said, whether they are alone or in a pack will abandon their obedience obedi-ence training. They may begin by destroy property or going after a neighbor's cat but over time their nature will change. By letting a dog run free, people are simply reinforcing this antisocial behavior. What starts as a nuisance dog can grow into a dangerous and eventually vicious animal. Dogs that kill full-grown sheep or Hamas are years in the making. "Dogs start by playing, chasing, chas-ing, or worrying other animals," Williams said. "It progresses from there to attempts to nip at the other animal, and finally, a successful attack." Play is an important behavioral behav-ioral drive in dogs and is often used by trainers to establish social interaction. In the absence of human control dogs will group together for that interaction. The chase becomes play, which triggers the prey drive in dogs. Once that happens the target of the play is attacked, injured or killed. There is also the issue of the spread of disease by roaming dogs, parvovirus in specific, which is prevalent in the county and often deadly to puppies. The disease is spread through contact with fecal material so even one "friendly" dog running loose remains re-mains a nuisance to the public. Uintah County Code requires that all dogs be licensed and kept on private property either behind a fence or other enclosure. 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