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Show Wednesday, Jmly 26, Better Than Lollapalooza: Llama Fest 1995 ROBERT GEHRKE Chronicle Editor in Chief Gallivan Utah Center. Free. Warden said there is no direct connection between the religion and the pack animals beyond the Hare Krishna's love of nature and animals. They use the animals to pack equipment on hiking and camping llama can carry about 100 pounds, so they aren't sturdy enough for an adult to ride, but they arc enough that horses cannot can to places they get and move very much like mountain goats, according to Warden. In its first year, Llamafest drew 1,500 spectators, considerably more than organizers expected. By comparison, the state's only other llama festival held in Logan generally draws about 200 people. The Logan festival is a stop on the national circuit of llama competitions, according to Warden. The competition is much like a dog show, where pedigreed llamas compete for best of show and points in the overall competition. The llama that full-grow- n sure-foote- d p.m. July 30: Riders in the Sky play at Red Butte Gardens. 6:30 p.m. Tickets at ArtTix at the gate. 581-474- Thursdays: Celdc Jam at Sugarhouse Park, Central Terrace or by the creek. 8 p.m. 355-928- 8 278-033- DANCE Israeli Wednesdays: Folkdance group at U. Village East Community Center. 0 p.m. Chronicle Photo Kathy Linford lla- A University of Utah foreign exchange student from Germany snuggles with this fuzzy mammal. These mas live in a pen in Spanish Fork, Utah. scores the most points can claim the tide of Grand Champion Llama. The Hare Krishnas had visited the Logan event and decided that it didn't appeal to the more recreational breeder and breeders in Utah who aren't interested in traveling the country for competitions. Plus, Llamafest was an educational opportunity to "give exposure to the public," Warden said. For those that aren't familiar with the llama, here's what I learned at Llamafest: The llama is a pack animal originally from South America. It's a member of the camel family and the similarity is striking, especially around the face and eyes. Llamas are about six feet tall and covered in a thick, nappy wool and have a long neck and enormous llamas weigh dark eyes. around 300 pounds. The llama was domesticated about 4,000 years ago, probably wild llama and from a was the primary pack animal until Full-grow- n without a pedigree. Females cost more because they can be bred European explorers introduced horses over 3,000 years later. The llamas arc normally docile animals. They can spit at predators, but they rarely spit at humans. Despite the llama's passive nature, ranchers are beginning to use them to tend sheep herds. The llamas have an instinctive bond to the sheep and if the sheep are threatened by a coyote, the llama will chase the coyote and kick it. There isn't much a llama can do to stave off a larger predator such as a mountain lion, but the noise will alert the rancher to the danger. In addition, they arc more efficient than dogs in that they eat less, need less continual attention and live up to 25 years. Llamas cost around $700 for a male and a pedigreed female will generally cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. They make very practical pets, according to Warden. They don't eat much compared to a horse. It costs about $100 a year to feed a llama which pays for itself by selling the wool from the llama. All the llama owners that took part in the festival have responded very positively and said they can't wait until next year's festival which could be even bigger, Warden said. While Llamafest was an educational and enlightening opportunity, it was not without its disappointments. There were no fighting llamas, no llama jousting, and they wouldn't let me ride the llamas. Other than that, it was llamariffic! i I i v Highland Dr. 942-692- 7. EXHIBITS Through August 8: "Homework" by Livia Schappert and Sandy Gray. Art Access Gallery, 339 W. Pierpont Ave. 328-070- October 22: Through "Treading in the Past: Sandals of the Anasazi" at Utah Museum of Natural History. 5814303. OUTDOORS Downhill Mania. July bike racers commountain Top 29-3- pete in downhill slalom races. Deer Valley. 649-100- Red Butte Wednesdays: Garden tours noon to 1 :30 p.m. Tours of Red Butte Natural Area Wednesdays p.m. Free with garden admission. Saturday: Gardening Series at Utah State UniversityUtah THEATER Through July 30: Grease by Space Agency. Capitol Theatre. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tickets at ArtTix. 355-ART- Through July 30; the Comedy of Errors by Salt Lake Shakespeare. Babcock stage in Pioneer Memorial Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Tickets at Art Tix. 355-ART- Chronidc Staff Writer Through July 31: Pillow Hale Center Theater, 2801 talk. pllllllpjl Michael Ashburn, director of the Pain Hospital's University selectbeen Center has Management ed to participate in a health-carpolin D.C. Washington icy fellowship The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "one of the largest private foundations to support healthto care research," according Ashburn, sponsors six fellowships a ' fsk frflfiEsmmii V- - , e A "v "'r year. non-prof- it Dances of Universal Weekly: Peace weekly. 7 p.m. at South Valley Unitarian Church, 6876 S. 451-320- now-extin- KRISTEN KAMERATH e 364-167- 6. Botanical Gardens 1817 N. Main a.m. Free. in Farmington. Ashburn Nets Med. Fellowship In his position as director, Ashburn observed that health-car- e policy was frequently made without any physician input and decided that procedure was not in the best interest of patients or doctors. While maintaining his clinical practice as an anesthesiologist, Ashburn has just completed his master's in public health at the University of Utah and was seeking a fellowship in this field. "I know I won't have any effect on health-carpolicy if I don't gain more education. If I don't try, then nothing will happen," Ashburn said. He was selected as a Johnson fellow from a national pool of applicants. He plans to use his sabbatical to participate in the program. Ashburn will spend two months with the Institute of Medicine, a priorganization often vate, relied upon by Congress to supply professional, nonpolitical informa- 596-500- July 29: Jon Schmidt debuts album "A Day in die Sunset" with band ensemble. Abravanel Hall. 8 ming. llama. Ems 27: non-prof- it According to Vai Warden, manager of the event, the Hare Krishnas bought their first llamas several years ago and began breeding them. Soon all the Hare Krishnas wanted a - CONCERTS Brave Combo plays July for Twilight Concert Series. Llamas. Hare Krishnas. Spanish Fork. There are certain opportunities that one should never pass up. July 22 was the inaugural Llamafest which promised 100 animals to be on hand for the gala, although a couple might have escaped in the commotion. Llamafest '95 was sponsored by radio station KHQN, a run by Hare Krishnas from their temple just outside of Spanish Fork which specializes in the "sounds of transcendentalism." Llamafest featured 100 llamas, petting zoos, llama shows, rides for the kids, music, vegetarian cuisine, and wool clipping and hoof trim- trips. A Summer Chronicle The 1995 Michael Ashburn don on health-carpolicy issues. this the fellows meet time, During e with members of Congress, the branch and think tanks. Following this, the fellows spend a month with the American Political Science Foundadon and are assigned to the staff of a Congress member, or the execudve branch who is involved with health-carpolicy development. This time is not just a "watch and learn" period, but a hands-oexperience for the fellows. "Most of the people on fellowship have a master's or a Ph.D. plus another degree. They are intended to be active participants, not just observers," Ashburn said. Upon completion of the fellowship, Ashburn plans to return to his position at the U. and become more active in health-carpolicy making on a local level. e IS!! e n - Raichle 'p Q Through September 24: Saturday's Voyeur '95: the Return ofthe Elders. Starring the Summer Chronicles Entertainment Editor Bret Angell. Ward House on 500 N. MISCELLANEOUS "Roman 30: July Catholicism: Characterized or Caricatured?" by Bishop George Niederhaucr. 10 a.m. First Unitarian Church., 569 S. 363-052- G rVS, T D Asolo DejaShoe leva Through September 2: Utah Fesdval in Shakespearean Cedar City. Various plays performed. Tecnica Alico 292-519- I r I Through August 5: Arsenic and Old Lace by Stage Right Theater Company. Realms of Inquiry Private School, 1140 S. 900 E. Through August. 24: The School for Scandal by Stage 292-519- exec-udv- Salomon 484-925- Right Theater Company at Realms of Inquiry Private School, 1140 S. 900 E. 7:30 p.m. rfsclah One Sport S. Main. 1300 E. Free. "Population Ethics and the Environment" by Tim Wirth, the Undersecretary of State for . Global Affairs. 7 p.m. Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Free. August V Growth, J e 4BEKESflflli m22S$ SHI- 486-210- 1 : - |