Show 28 — r The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday May 3 1981 Should you have pets when retired? that their loss to accident or infirmity is too much to bear and I suspect emphasizes our own mortality I can’t buy that I think the joys of a pet outweigh such withdrawal from the pangs of possible sorrow Our dog is a cocker spaniel named Caesar Every morning I take him for a walk Often we go along the beach and he makes friends I would never have known He chases sandpipers squawking over the surf and I find myself grinning Some people make jests about who is taking who for a walk and how well he has me trained Caesar is the latest in a line of dogs that go back to my 13th year I took up golf after chasing my first dog Duke around the eighth fairway of a golf course adjoining our house I went into the news business after writing a story saying there were more dogs in our block than any other block in SL Joseph Mo Years went by and we were living in London We had a dog named Thruppence Our house was in Strawberry Hill in Calif (UPI) — By mean I pets dogs or cats Birds goldfish hamsters? All very well if they know their place and keep it But they are not really members of the family are they? So for the purposes of this examination of animals and aging we will forget them I could gladly forget cats too because they so willingly forget me but I do not wish to alienate friends of the feline I do go along with the theory that the main reason people keep cats is because it gives them the illusion of stroking a tiger without losing a hand But dogs! Man’s best friend! Not necessarily woman’s best friend but man’s Let me offer an example: Last New Year's Eve I sang "Melancholy Baby” at the mobile home park club dance and fell down Did our dog reproach me the next morning? Never Friendly as could be We have had dogs for most of our married life except when we lived in an apartment in New York City They have been a mixed blessing but in retirement a pet becomes even more central to your daily life and I give them an unqualified endorsement — with OXNARD One of them is travel Retirement gives you roaming time (if not money) and motels increasingly are hanging out the "no pets” sign It’s expensive and worrisome to leave a pet in a kennel and you are reluctant to im- There was an occasion before inflation when we could have snapped up a condominium on a cliff overlooking the Pacific at a bargain But it permitted only one dog not two We didn’t buy and I How to save money on frozen vegetables Concert Wednesday By SueVanAlfen USU Information Services He is a performer who transforms listeners into fans When he played the Royal Albert Hall in London he had to be escorted away from 8000 fans who responded too enthusiastically to his rendering of the Paganini "Moses Fantasy” (which he will play with the Utah State University Symphony Orchestra Wednesday in Logan) Gary Karr is a seventh generation member of a family of double bassists His father grandfather two uncles and three cousins were all playing the bass when Karr took up the instrument at the age of nine "I didn’t even know there were other instruments” he once said Karr studied with Herman and then with a cellist a pianist and singer Jennie Tourel to whom Karr credits the greatest influence on his musical ideas Karr made his Town Hall Debut in 1962 with the New York Philharmonic on Leonard Bernstein's Rein-shag- Concert Young People’s en Since then the man who some critics say is to the bass what Segovia has been for the guitar has performed with more than 100 orchestras in North America and Europe Because there is relatively little literature for his instrument Karr often' performs Bach's unaccompanied cello suites much of Paganini’s violin music and even flute works by Vivaldi and Gluck Karr is known as an artist intent on breaking down barriers between audience and performer The famed conductor Leopold Stowkowski once told the bassist “I have known several great artists intimately and you are one of the greatest You play with ease and even humor” Besides the "Moses” Karr will play Dragonetti's Concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra with the USU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Max Dalby Also appearing on the program will be the USU Chorale under the direction of Marshall Hill The concert is sponsored by USU and Cache Civic Concerts Tickets are also available through the campus ticket office The concert will begin at 8 pm in the Chase Fine Arts Center Concert Hall — Mother's Day is May id Make Mother’s Day special for your mother with a gift she! lore horn our special selection Free Gift Wrapping Free Alterations Weorhouse 7f 7 North Main Downtown Logon James Co's R to overcook easily because the outside NEW YORK (UPI) You can save cooks before money two ways when thou in the center are thawed you buy frozen vegetables Elaine Rose says Cornell University’s Narcs use Extension Service food stamps priced out some such products at New York City stores and found the per pound cost of for smack Similar $150 unseasoned combin- (UPI) — Narcotics agents paid for heroin with food stamps in an investigation that ended with the arrest of 17 SANTA ANA Calif lOounce boxes of preseasoned or sauced vegetables was about ations in plastic bags were 89 cents to $115 a pound depending on brand and variety Still cheaper — 6 cents a pound — were individual vegetables The following styles are reduced as marked Prices valid May 4 through May 9 people Investigators said agents also were of- fered presumably stolen food stamps for prices ranging from 10 to 50 cents on the dollar 59-9- in plastic bags "To save money you can make your own combinations of vegetables and season them yourself" Ms Rose suggests Bagged vegetables that are quick frozen Names of the suspects arrested during the weekend were not disclosed The investigation was conducted by the Orange County Sheriffs Department police from Santa Ana Riverside and offer another she says advantage Mothers They come in all shapes and sizes and they all love Afferent things Some are short some are tall some are big and some ate quite small Let us help you choose the gift for your mother Verdes than confinement Since we retired I have heard several people say they don't want a pet because you become so close Wednesday at 8 pm in the Chase Fine Arts Center Kent Concert Hall Spedolgifr ideas for thot very important lady Thames We came back to Connecticut and had two dogs one a cocker named D'Artagnan after the musketeer and a poodle named Maxim after the restaurant Then we moved to California with them and lived in an apartment in Palos pose on friends Second is a place to walk them if they do not have a yard or some space of their own Nothing is worse for owner neighbor or pet Gary Karr famed double bassist will appear with the Utah State University Symphony Orchestra weorhouse It Twickenham (pronounced Twika-nuon the Thames (pronounced Terns) Thruppence brought down the wrath of our English neighbors by baiting and frightening the royal swans on the Terns I mean qualifications will love them even more in what passes for your golden years One final example: Except in the most sainted of homes there must be days in which husband and wife have words leading to what is known as a marital disagreement Some might even call it a "fight” sometimes later felt I wound up with one of the few $200000 dogs outside Lassie But I could never decide whether it was D’Artagnan or Maxim You may well ask what all this has to do with pets in retirement All I can reply is that if you loved them in your working years you They are leu apt to Stanton and the overcook because you of can pour them into a Agriculture which thou administers the food cooking pan frozen in blocks tend stamp program Department People' The Herald Journal welcomes announcements of weddings engagements and anniversaries Deadline for Sunday publication is Wednesday and for weekdays two days before publication For the best picture reproduction bring in a glossy black and white print 5x7 or 8x10 Forms are available at The Herald Journal front desk to help in preparation of information for wedding and engagement announcements For assistance or information contact Edith Morgan People editor 752-21- Joyce 13 OFF Rag SJ49S (other styles available) Ammo X’30“ CONVERSE CANVAS & LEATHER SPORTS SHOES All-Purpo- se egS14fS Vour entire house can have a new look when you make you wallcovering selections from over 600 patterns m Wall-Te- a Sampler Satinesque Satinesque Designers Supplement Testures Weaves and Stripes Bed S Bath Collections Wall-Toffers contemporary traditional colonial metallic and featured wallcovering styles Simply beautiful1 And easy to hangtoo Sale ends May 3 1st & REDUCED Monday- 752-830- Help Make Mother's Day Special with Shoes & Bag from 0 Drawing May 9 0 Accents REMEMBERIMOTHERSlDAY Win a COORDINATED SET of Borelli Shoes Handbag & Scarf Register May 9 No purchase necessary MON - SAT 4-- - - - MM” mj MW9 - rwr- - 13 - Saturday 930-5:3- 550 N Main Logan Lighting Furnishings SELECTED STYLES OF HANDBAGS & BELTS WJ 31 10 - 5:45 pm BANK CARDS ACCEPTED' I mm wmfmstrm ri North Main Logon 752-882- 2 |