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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 2000 Community ArizonaUtah Range and Livestock Workshop Kevin benefits. He servation Districts, Utah State Heaton, By Utah State University Extension Every year in mid-Apri- l, ing everyone stressed that his success was University and University of due in part to the positive rela- Arizona Cooperative Extension, tionships with the federal land Arizona Natural Resource Con- ranchers, land managers, educationalists, and corporate spon- management agencies and their servation, Bureau of Land sors gather together for three ability to see the need to be flexGeorge Office, Aridays ofeducation workshops and ible. Mr. Budd preaches that zonaUtah Beef Councils, Aritours in Kanab and St. George. removing cattle from the land- zona Cattle Growers, Benedict This year, over 35 farmers and scape is not a simple solution to Feeding Co., Dow Elanco, ranchers attended the workshop complex biological problems. Dupont Ag. Products, Elanco at the Red Hills Inn in Kanab. Livestock operators need to Animal Health, Helena ChemiThe agenda was created with know what is on their ranch and cal Co., Intermountain Farmthe help of ranchers, extension use livestock grazing as a tool to ers Association, Merial, Monsanto, Redmond Minerals personnel, the BLM and the manage biodiversity. Scholzen NRCS. The annual workshop is spon- Inc, Shering-PlougThis year, the program was sored by the following organi- Products Co., United Ag. Prodvery interesting and diverse. zations and companies: Kane ucts, and Color Country Presenters talked about: track- and Coconino County Soil Con ing livestock from the ranch to the slaugher house, how producers can produce a better product for consumers, ranching in the new millennium, new prodMan-agement-- h, ucts to control noxious weeds, new beef products for todays lifestyle, diseases of livestock, and updates on the national monuments. Participants were able to visit many of the poster presentations and talk with the sales representatives and pre- Free wellness publications from AARP can help keep new Millennium resolutions Wait! Dont give up on those new Millennium resolutions yet. Let AARP help you keep them with new publications designed to help you eat well, stay active and manage stress. Everyone thinks about life in the future and how to make it senters. Many of the participants en- better. What you begin to do joyed listening to Bob Budd, who today will determine what life is the ranch manager for Red will be like as you age. Physical changes and ailments Canyon Ranch in Lander, Wyocommon Mr. Budd for works the among the aging can ming. N ature Conservancy Federation often be traced to inactivity, poor and manages the ranch for bio- diet and stress. Adding pounds, logical diversity. He uses cattle more aches and pains and diffigrazing to manage and preserve culty in sleeping are not ineviseveral endangered species. table. Neither are heart disThrough a holistic management ease, diabetes and high blood approach, he has increased and" pressure. haps changing your lifestyle, said Ruby Hainmel, state coordinator for AARPs Health Advocacy Services. Good nutrition, fitness, stress management and health screenings will all help maintain wellness. Its about taking positive steps to promote good health and prevent disease. AARP can be a wellness resource through providing activi- ties and volunteer opportunities and by also offering wellness education through three new booklets, Eat Well: Lighten Up, Manage Stress, Keep Your Cool, and Keep Active: Get Movin These are all available from the AARP Utah State Office by callimor sending a By acting now, one can protected biodiversity, increased ing chance of AARP the and restored card to proWellness, achieving prove post vegetation, wellness later. AARP State Office, 6975 Union tected riparian areas. Mr. Budd showed that through Wellness is about taking Park Center, Suite 320, Midvale, of livestock graz charge of your own life and per UT 84047. management 801-561-10- 37 gy8 ymrrKfl CteoCfeg OgQ SMfe Working like a dog Faith By Maloney It wasnt hard to find the them house: Tom had given me very off. Another dog, Scarlet, protects her people1 s back gate, Caretaking. Some dogs like to help take care of children. An Australian cattle dog I know has taken on the job of herding the households kids and keeping them from mischief. Health care assistant. Dogs the doorbell. notify us when its time for work As the bell chimed, there came breaks, walks, meals, playtime, another sound: the two resident and sleep, hounds. Bubbles and Jed, bark- Daycare and dog walkers, and that Many baying, busy people have found a signaling ing to their dogs boredom solution had arrived. company exis Its one of their jobs, doggy daycare, or hiring a dog plained Tom. Even when Anah walker to help break up the long or I go and pick up the mail at day alone. Dogs that attend the box on the street, we ring the daycare or who go out with a doorbell before letting ourselves walker feel that these are jobs, back in the house. They take too. their job very seriously. Creating jobs at home. I understood this completely. Make the most of the time you Dogs love having something to have with your dogs before leav-dAfter all, Bubbles the Bassett ing for work and after you come was bred to go after rabbits, and home. You might think about Jed, a blue tick hound cross, is creating some jobs in your predisposed to chase just about household. Assess your dogs anything that moves up trees, natural talent and fashion a job N ow they find themselves living around it. in Tom and Anahs beautiful What about cats? Cats snoozing on the master tainly love to play and be sorbed in activities, too. But Im and dining on fine food. But the couple knows this isnt not sure they want to be given a enough for two hound dogs and job by you. Im reminded of a so devised a variety of jobs for greeting card featuring a one of which is the door- - ture of a sleeping cat and ask-be- ll alarm. ing, What do cats think about Since dogs first joined us all day? On the inside was the around the campfire, theyve had answer: World domination! I jobs alongside of us: herding, think that says it all. clear directions. I stood on the doorstep, finger poised over the doorbell, and reminded myself of the other instruction in his letter. Even if Anah and I see you coming up the path, we wont open the door until you have rung o. cer-hom- e, ab-be- d, pic-the- m, retrieving, hunting, guarding the cave. These instincts are still in place but, in our modem world, they have little or no application, except for real working dogs who use their talents on the farm, the police K9 unit, as service dogs, therapy dogs, or in search and rescue. But dogs still like having a job, so its up to us to create tasks for them and integrate these activities into our daily lives. Many of g friends have done my and chores top certain just that, the list. dog-lovin- Wednesday, April 26 thru Tuesday, May 2 PHamtts l Gal. Fesremumnal 3 $10 4 Ismch Colour Pots - 79c Housekeeping. One of my friends dogs, Sally, cleans all the plates before they go into the dishwasher. She sits patiently in the kitchen and waits until dishes come in, then checks them for leftovers and gives them the once over with a moist tongue. Protection. Mac feels it is his responsibility to guard his peoples bed. If any of his canine ' companions are invited to join the slumber party, Mac edges Dogs bvetodojobs around the house. |