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Show The Salt Lake TribuneHOME & FAMILY Friday, March 21, 1997 B4 Zoo Invites Volunteers to Take a Walk on Wild Side BY STEVEN M. BROPHY THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE Hogle Zoo has plenty of ani mals, so it’s looking for a few good men and women. No. not for display The zoo is offering an orientation April 5 at the Zoo Auditoriumin hopes that members of the where all the hands-on activites like seeing animals upclose oc- cur. The opportunity is presented to visitors to learn about the animals, ask questions and, in some cases, touch the animals,” Touch- able animals include ferrets, tur- tles, nonyenomous es, chinchillas andbirds. The docents take care of the community will volunteer at the Salt Lake City z00 Several types of volunteers are day-to-day needs of the animals needed: W interpreters. who must be at ordinate “Zoosnoozes,” an educa- least 14 yearsold, completea twoweek training session. Among their duties are answering questions and maintaining exhibits. @ Aides must be 16. The posi- tion involvesassisting the animal- care staff and requires a two- week training course. @Docents must be at least 18. After five weeksof training, these volunteers take someof the smaller animals to schools, churches and hospitals for exhibition According to Hogle Zoo offi cials, more than 200 volunteers participatedlast year While they work for free, vol unteers say they learn while teaching others Dixie Decker has been a docent children to stay overnight Docents maintain the cages. feed the animals and perform some of the presentations,” Tin gey said. “Manyin the docentcollection are the animals we take outside the zoo, to schools and hospitals and thingslike that Last year, the zoo made more Volunteers attend a five-week training programthat will teach themhowto carefor the animals safely handling the animals. It's a pretty comprehensive But once youare signed off on the training. you can go out and She loves her duties as a docent but her initial motivation was her Somepresentations include taking part in ‘Out of Town Safa- The zoo hopes a lot of people accept thechallenge. “We can use as many as we can get,” said Gary Tingey. promotions coordinator Therereally is no limit to how many peoplecanvolunteer.” The Docent Council was started in 1967 and has become the core of Hogle Zoo's volunteer pro- grams 23 Sunday and oursis no exception,” I love it.” she said as she walked around the z00 with a gyrperegrine falcon on her arm. “A feel that way and arewilling to Saturday zoo is the volunteer program,” Tingeysaid. “Volunteers provide an invaluable service to anyzoo. home in Logan mals, and one day he told meto stop just reading about them and go do something about it Stains Don't Stand a Chance ‘One of the backbones of any or exhibit and instruct them in “I've always loved ani- INTERIOR LATEX FLAT than 700 presentationsat the 200 and around thestate, so the volunteersare vital teach somehistory of the animal husband. MARCH 20 Thursday tional program that allows forfive years and is sofondof the lot of fun things happen ym)dad stay rT Interior Paints And Stains and give many of the presentations. Theyalso schedule and co- job that she drives to the zoo a couple of days a week fromher re) a training program,” “ALL SAVINGS ARE OF! 'F REGULARPRICES. EXCLUDES EVERYDAY LOW PRICE PAINTS. to correct errors at paint of purchose Tingey said do presentations. The Everyday Low Price ofAll In-Stock Wallpaper and Borders! ris.” “That's when we go to communities in Utah that are far away, hesaid. “So, if you live too *Low price guarantee opplies to retail sales only Competitors price must be verifiable. See store for details In-stock not available in al stores. Patterns may vary bylocation (Ofer not valid on close-outitems.) far to get to the zoo, the docents kindof take the zoo to you.” If you don’t want to handle animals, the zoo still wants you. Butterfly World and the summer fea- ture Zoorassic Jungle, which features robotic dinosaurs, need volunteers. It’s an option that Tingey him- chee. 1-800-4-SHERWIN H De aon meeemia Only at your pl Tee Sareeare ELE VaneYR eeLs self probably would choose. “I’m not a big snakefan,” he admitted ‘So I’m not sure that it's some- Basically. here on the grounds, the docents perform sev eral jobs,” Tingey explained They staff the Discovery Center thing I really would want to do personally.” For information, call Hogle Zoo at 582-1631, extension 737 Sale Ends March 22nd 20! EASTER CHOCOLATE SALE: 10 LB. BRICKS MERCKENS MARQUIS - $20.90 GUITTARD SIGNATURE- $20.90 PETER’S ULTRA - $21.25 SALE ENDS 3-31-97 (GET: PASTEL CHOCOLATE, MOLDS, EGG AND CANDY 5.6 DIES, CARE PANS, COOKIE CUTTERS, GOLD FOIL0 COINS INSTANT ROYAL ICING MIX (ALSO MERINGUE POWDER) 8 ¥ A ae fee) h ANNIVERSARY SALE FREE Heritage Coat* on any Custom Finished Dining Set BAKERS C & C INC. 487-3300 367 W. PAXTON (1170 SOUTH) 8-Ft. 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