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Show 't Lakeside ? O Lakeside Review, Tuesday. August 7, 1990 ' 9 V ' A Community 7wmr7W7T ' 9M',J&y,ty,'FXW 'Vy'WWWpW WW" Senior calendar Autumn Glow Senior Citizens Center, 81 E. Center, Kaysville, 544-123- 5 free blood pressure clinic is held, the first Thursday of the month at 11 am. A special program on UTA bus sen ices is scheduled on Thursday. Aug. 9 at 1.45 a m. UTA routes, how to ride the bus and use of passes will be disA 1 cussed. An open house will be held on Tuesday. Aug. 21 from 9 a m. to 4 p m. A dedicatory ceremony will be held at 2 p m. A dance with a live band is slated from to 2 p m. and from 3 to 4 p m. refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend the open house. A meet the candidates program will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 12 30 p m. 1 Seniors are encouraged to get registered to vote. The primary elections will be held on Sept. 1 1. Seniors registered to vote can cast an absentee ballot if they will be out of town on election day. A bridge group has been started and is still in need of more Robert Llamas are a member of the camel family, according to llama breeder and owner Steve Maynes. players. Those interested call the center for more information. More quilters are also needed in the quilting group. The center needs to fill the r ReganStandard-Examine- - For the By RUTH MALAN Standard Examiner correspondent not unusual to see a llama in the back of Steve and Maynes van. not even out of the ordinary to see the llamas riding in the van, though sometimes they are transported in the Maynes trailer, to the mountains on ; packing trips. jThe Maynes family live on a very small ranch in west Kaysville where they raise the relative of the camel as pack animals. Nine years ago Steve saw some people in the Monterey Bay area in California packing into remote areas with llamas and his interest was aroused. He and his father invested in their first llama. Im an old Maynes said. I love fly fishing and it isnt good fishing unless you have to walk in. t The llama did fine but he was lonesome; the animals prefer being in herds. So another llama was purchased. Since that time Maynes has bred llamas, creating his own small herd. The llama was domesticated over 5,000 years ago in South America. The male llama is trained to pack at age 2 and reaches full growth at 3'2 years, he said.' They can carry 25 percent of their own body weight. They are the most efficient pack animal. They are a lot more efficient that a horse, said Maynes. The average person can carry about 50 to 60 pounds on his back but the llama can carry nearly 100 pounds, he said. They- -' sit when they travel and obey the command Jo stand. Maynes llamas sare gentle animals with big brown eyes, sociable and walk right up to people. According to Maynes the animals are browsers, not grazers, so it is easy to keep a green pasture where the llamas Its , i . I S f- V - - a !. T frT? t V y s. 9,000 feet average. Some sell the wool to hand weavers as the Maynes family does at times, live. And a delight to most owners is that a llama is housebroken at birth. They stake out their own territory. They are not smelly animals and as a results are bothered by few flys. You can have a large animal for a pet without the expense of a horse, said al- though he says there is no money m it. back-packe- r, , can pick when you want the babies born, he explained. But the owner must be there when the baby is born because the mother does not clean the baby, he said. The animals lifespan is 24 to 25 years. Maynes is involved with the animals with an athletic intent as are many llama owners. Some are used for racing or pulling carts and chariot racing, while many are used as Maynes uses his, as pack animals. Others are bred and raised as show animals and some for the wool, he said. Each year there is a marathon for llamas in Colorado with an altitude of The animals are not sheared but the wools is combed out. There is no lanolin in the wool like there is in sheep's wool, he said. Maynes uses a big blower somewhat like a hair dryer, to blow debris out of ' X 4 7$ 4$ A Maynes cinches up the pack on one of his llamas, Snickers. You break a horse but you Meredith, 9, Collin, 6; and Christian, also enjoy the large animals. They are very safe with children. You break a horse but you train a llama, he said. A soft hum comes from a llama but it makes no loud noises. They are basically silent but they do hae a little hum, explained Maynes. And because they have no hoof they are easy on the wilderness; they dont flatten the vegetation where they walk. The gestation period for a llama is 11 lk to 12 months, and Maynes said they give birth only during certain hours of the day. Misty, a pregnant llama, has been sent to Maynes fathers ranch in Oakley to give birth. She is due this week and it is too hot for her here, said her owner. She will give birth between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Baby llamas are almost never born at another time of the day. They are induced ovulators so you 2, train a llama. Steve Maynes Maynes. He said it costs much more to feed a horse per year than it takes to feed a llama, which eat up about $300 to $400 of food per year. They eat mostly grass but that is supplemented by oats and corn during the winter. Alfalfa makes them fat and obesity can cause birthing problems. aniAlthough it is a disease-resistamal Maynes practices rigid medical care with his llamas. nt Small children can be with them at all times. They dont kick. Running is their only defense, said the father of three children. 7 the hair before combing it. The hair needs to be clean before attaching the pack to the animals back and the pack must be balanced. Karen takes care of the llamas for the most part. Her husband travels with his job so the care of the animals is left up to her. Llamas are now used by some ranchers as protection in a sheep herd, explained Maynes. Sheep dogs are not needed if llamas are mixed in with the herd. They will go right up to a coyote and sheep will flock and run, he said. A rail fence surrounds the property. Some wire is put up to keep dogs out. They like being home and dont like being out of the pen, said Maynes. There are several llama organizations and numerous publications about llamas for those interested in the animal. Anyone with an average income can afford a llama, said Maynes. The price tag on a male begins at $800 while the female begins at $8,000, he said. But he added, People pay a lot for a dog. To the Maynes family the llamas are not just pets they are part of the family. Tuesday morning ceramics class. Call the center for more information Bingo is 'at 12 30 pm. on Thursdays. A special senior citizen exercise class is held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 to 11. The exercises are geared to older people. A basic clothing construction sewing class is taught on Fridays beginning at 9 a m. There is room for more students. The center is still looking for those who play a musical instrument to join a group. A chorale group has been organized. They will perform in a Christmas program. Others who may be interested may call the center for more information. Heritage Senior Citizens Cen- ter, 562 S. 1000 East, Clear773-706- 5 ' Blood pressure clinics are usually held the first Thursday of the month at 1 1 a.m. field, Because of the senior picnic this month the clinic has been moved to Thursday, Aug. 9. A special UTA program is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 16 a m. at Passes, bus schedules and how to ride the bus will be discussed. A trip to Wendover is planned for Thursday, Aug. 23. Call the center for more details. Seniors may meet the candidates for the upcoming election at a meet the candidates forum on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at noon. Ceramics are taught on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Oil painting class is on Tues-daporcelain class on Thursday and bingo on Wednesday. Sewing is taught on Monday 10-4- y, morning and needlework on Wednesday, There is room for more participants in all of the classes. Senior citizens are encouraged to attend the various activities at the center. Travel by train has become more sophisticated of our lives when up In Boston. By MARGE SILVESTER Lakeside Review columnist train whistle blows its mournful wail in the quiet of the night, and the steady clickety-clac- k of metal wheels on rails are heard as the train carries precious cargo to its destination. Amtrack streaks ' across the 'country at high speeds, in sharp contrast to the old narrow gauge pans, that will travel the railroad cars that huffed and puf- -New York, Washington, D C. fed up and down mountains and corridor. across the flatlands over a centuPassengers will travel the ry ago at a snails pace. loute in about four hours, Having achieved distance, the cutting their current ride time alrailioads are now working toward most in half speed as plans are developed for Subway trains, rather than sura bullet train, similar to Ja- - face. weie a very important part A eMy Memories Boston- 500-mi- lc I was growing Early on we learned the names of stations, as well as various routes. Now, the lines are color coded and all meet at Park Street, the connecting point for other lines. Ten cents would buy a ride from Harvard Square to the end of the line, about 12 miles from downtown Boston, and back again The same ride now costs $1.20. Something new has been added to the subway scene since we traveled them as youngsters musicians who entertain, espe cially during rush hours. During my last visit there, a guitarist played and sang western and folk music in one area of the Park Street Station while a violinist played classical selections in a different area. Further down the platform stood a young fellow who played the concertina as he sang Italian songs. The trains have changed as well. fGone are the dark green coaches with their green slat seats and white ceramic hand-hel- d sup- ports that lined both sides of the cais. They have been replaced with bright orange seats and stainless steel posts for support, making it a little easier to read a newspaper or balance a book as the train rocks from side to side. To pass the time, we would read the ads that lined the walls and played guessing games as we would choose a passenger and try to guess what occupation followed. t see how muclTground bad been covered. As automobile traffic has creat- ed more congestion, train lines are now extended in all directions throughout the state. Soon it will be possible to travel around the state on subway trains. . The guessing games gave way to books as we joined the army of readers on the tiain. For a time we listed the books that weie lead while traveling on the trains and were surprised to American Heart Association WERE FIGHTING FOR VOUR LIFE |