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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 12-14, 2018 The Park Record Symphony opens 43rd run Submitted by Salt Lake Symphony The Salt Lake Symphony will open its 43rd season on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m .at Libby Gardner Concert Hall on President’s Circle on the University of Utah campus. Music director/conductor Robert Baldwin will conduct the orchestra and will welcome piano soloist Josh Wright for a concert titled “Rhythm, Passion, Fate.” Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. Tickets will be available at the door for cash, check or credit card. The orchestra’s opening concert will feature a salute to rhythm. Stravinsky’s Petroushka is one if the composer’s earliest examples of mastery. In many ways, the piece set the stage for the Rite of Spring, which appeared only two years after this ballet. The orchestra will perform the original 1911 version, the version the young Stravinsky intended when it was composed. Also on the program is Silvestre Revueltas’ homage to sacrifice, Sensema- C-5 PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE C-4 ya. Revueltas’ music is highly evocative and will transport audiences to long-forgotten rituals and new musical vistas. Add to that Utah native and favorite pianist Josh Wright playing Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2, and it’s an evening to remember. At 6:15 p.m,. Robert Baldwin will present a pre-concert discussion to provide insights into the history and culture behind the evening’s musical program. The discussion is free and will take place in Room 270 behind the concert hall. Continued from C-4 Comfort Canines nized. But the dog was rescued, and after being featured on the news, more than 100 people called the station hoping to be Kandu’s next owner. “I was working nights at the time, and the next morning Ken told me about it, and I thought ‘No way,’” Melissa said. “My thought was we live at 8,000 feet, and we are going to get a two-legged Jack Russell, and how is this going to work? There will be so many people applying for this dog, there was no way Ken was going to get it.” Ken was already involved with Heeling Friends — an animal-assisted therapy program in Routt County that visits hospitals, schools and senior citizens centers — with a dog that they already owned. “My thought was that this little dog would make a great therapy dog,” Ken recalled. Outwardly, Melissa was being supportive, but in the back of her mind, she still wasn’t sure. “We got a phone call that they wanted us to interview to see if we would work with Kandu,” Melissa said. “We went to Denver so they could observe us.” But, as Kandu made his way across the parking lot, the little dog’s wheels — which helped him still walk — got caught on a rock and he flipped headover-heels, and in the process, captured Melissa’s heart. “He got up and shook himself off and just kept going,” Melissa said. “ I was just totally in love. It was love at first sight.” Starts with a Kandu attitude Kandu was just the start for Ken and Melissa. Since then, Ken and Melissa have adopted a number of dogs and cats with disabilities. And after that, people just started finding them. Luci was abandoned at a truck stop in Colorado, Doug came from Oklahoma, Gryffindor and RuPaul came from the Denver Dumb Friends League, Deuce is from Texas and Mateez found her way to the Rogers from the Bahamas. Most of the animals where born with a disability except for Doug, who lost his legs after being attacked by JOHN F. RUSSELL/STEAMBOAT TODAY Ken Rogers and Melissa Uchitelle-Rogers take their pack of dogs for an outing near their home just south of Oak Creek, Colo. another dog, and Willow, who was abused. “Every time I look back, I think how lucky we were that Ken was home when they did the story on Kandu,” Melissa said. “If he had not seen that story, our lives would have been so different.” Finding comfort Kandu died in December 2016, leaving a hole in Ken and Melissa’s home and heart. And its his spirit that has fueled Ken and Melissa’s efforts with Colorado Comfort Canines. The group currently has 10 humans and five teams of dogs that will respond anywhere there is an emotional crises. The group has already visited schools like SkyView Academy and responded to the Royal Hotel & Bar fire in Yampa, which burned to the historic building to the ground in 2015. They have also attended several funerals where their dogs have lifted spirits and helped begin the healing process for families. Ken said he would like to see Colorado Comfort Canines continue to grow across the region and state. “We need more people,” Melissa said. “In order to be one of us, you have to have a certified therapy dog, and the human member has to have taken the critical incident stress management class.” Ken said he would like to see the organization expand to at least 30 teams, so that Colorado Comfort Canines would have enough depth to send dogs to natural disasters and other major events across the country. Ken is the first to admit that owning dogs with disabilities can be challenging at times, but that the rewards are worth it. Since inviting Kandu into his life, Ken started making wheels that help dogs remain mobile. “I’ve made a dozen other carts for other dogs. I just give them away,” Ken said. “We don’t want anyone to not adopt a dog because they don’t have a conveyance device.” Ken joked that when shelters come across an animal with a disability, they go to “S” for sucker in their Rolodex and find his name. Many times, people have called him to ask him about the carts or to come see a dog, and he ends up with another dog. Plenty to offer Ken also tells people they should not shy away from adopting a dog with a disability. He said a dog may be missing a leg or two, but they have plenty to offer. “Folks get intimidated by dogs with disabilities,” Ken said. “They think it’s a hardship — it’s too much work or the dog isn’t going to have a good quality of life, and they are hesitant. There are ways to accommodate them and give them a better quality of life.” And the Rogers say owning an animal with disabilities can have a profound effect on the owners. “You have to go with the flow of what they can do and know when they can do more than they are pretending they can’t do,” Melissa said. “The reward is seeing them when they run around on their wheels, or when they get strong enough to jump up to the couch or figure out how to take a little ramp up to a window seat. Those are all rewards. “It’s fun to watch them play with each other and wrestle and run. It’s hysterical,” Melissa continued. “They are just regular dogs — they are so free, happy and goofy. That’s a huge reward to know that these guys have been given a life, given a chance and not thrown away.” Get your subscription to The Park Record! 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