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PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JUNE 1,1184 Dick Peterson Lively new puppy 0 not worth the effort Somehow I think I'm too tired to write this, what with the two in the morning peeings. That's a whole lot better than the yippings at 15-minute intervals, beginning at 11 and lasting until 1:30. Then a couple of hours later and a couple of hours later again. That lasted for three days; rather, I should say three nights. Outside of that rainy weekend at Boy Scout camp when most of Minnesota was washed away in flash floods, I don't think I've lever had three successive nights of worse sleep. And I'm a sound sleeper. The house could fall down around me, and all I'd do is turn over and mumble something to my wife about being quiet. I feel like I'm going to the dogs. I don't think our new mutt puppy understands this. Everyone should be going to the dogs, she seems to think. At least going to this dog. The mutt puppy is winning on both counts. At 2 a.m. and at 4 a.m. When she barks, it's actually more like moaning at two in the morning, I get out of bed, take her outside, bring her back in, and go back to bed. Ten minutes later the process is rcD6&tcd Ten minutes later she does the same, except the third time she only wants to play. I don't like to play after I've been asleep two hours. Tty explaining that to a dog. She just cocks her head sideways, then nibbles playfully on my big toe. How cute. We had been thinking about getting a dog for about a year. I'm not sure why we wanted a dog. We've had the mutt puppy for a week now, and I'm still not sure. I guess the best reason is we wanted a good watchdog. Isn't that down-right neighborly? They also say that a dog is man's best friend, a cliche I am sure is generalized greatly from the "Lassie" series. No best friend would wake up another at two-hour intervals throughout the night. Brothers and sisters might dp that on weekend nights as a joke, as mine are wont to do, but not best friends. Or, maybe we got the dog because we have a big yard, which is "in the country." You've heard that before. "No, you can't have a dog. Dogs shouldn't be tied up in the city. They need room to run -- in the country." That's parent logic for saying no to a new dog. I've found out you don't let dogs roam in the country, either. TTiey can get hit by trucks, too, and dig up just as many gardens in the country. That's to say nothing about being shot by an unhappy farmer. Our mutt puppy is quarter this, quarter that and half of something else. The mutt puppy looks like a little like a Lab, which the father is supposed to be, and a little like a hound, of which the mother is half. The mother also is half Weimaraner. I can't tell you what Weimaraner trait the mutt puppy hfrS. Tve. never seen one. It has hazel eyes, a black coat, white paws and a white chest. It's generally puppy cute. We went in circles trying to name the mutt puppy for the week before we got it and for a half a day afterwards. Being that the only solid reason for having a dog was protection, I thought we ought to call it Cujo, after the demonic St. Bernard in the movie. My wife rejected that name im­ mediately, and several times later. After going over every conceivable dog name, sometime after midnight, we settled on Tux, short for Tuxedo. It was a suitable name for a dog that looks ready for formal dining, and I did want to go to bed. I used to have a dog, which was inappropriately named Snooze. It hated strangers, and hated anyone who went within three feet of its food. It would have just as soon torn your leg off than let you near its Dog Chow. Snooze bit everyone, even the kindly old Swedish man next door. When he bit Kenny Dralle, a fat troublemaker who had no right in our back yard, we had to get rid of Snooze. A week later, the bicycles were stolen out of our garage. Someone tried that when Snopze was there, and when the police came to investigate, the cop made me check the garage while he eyed the dog and held his hand (Hi his gun. Snooze was a vicious one when he wanted to be. I don't think Tux will be vicious. Just like bouncers aren't named Biff, watchdogs aren't named Tux. Watchdogs are named Ripper, Blood or Cujo. "Kill, Cujo," people com­ mand them. For dogs with names like Tux, it's more like, "Table for two?" or "Shall we take a midnight romp?" TIME SAVINGS Police tickets Hie City of McHenry Police Department has issued the following citations. E. Todd Damyen, 4108 Lillian St., no valid driver's license. Robert B. Hellios, 1506 S. Lfly Lake Road, speeding, 63 mph in a 25 zone and no windshield clearing device. Linda L. Hoff, 1205 Clover, failure to yield the right-of-way. JoAnn Letizia, 1320 Hayden, speeding, 45 mph in a 30 zone. Phillip M. Sovsky, 9007 Memory Trail, Wonder Lake, speeding, 55 mph in a 30 zone. Corey J. Scott, 5104 Green­ brier, no valid driver's license. Helen M. Crouch, 9115 Broadway, speeding, 51 mph in a 35 ' zone. James J. Diedrich, 403 N. Green St., driving too fast for Robert F. Boyle, 2125 Fair- view, no valid safety test. Edward W. Norred, 800 Oriole Trail, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident Debbie A. Reese, 1107 Oakleaf, failure to reduce speed to . avoid an accident Gordon B. Holmes, 2209 Fairview, speeding, 41 mph in a 25 zone. Susan J. Henderson, 1921 Lakewood, speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Brian C. Bremer, 5214 Shorehill, speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Todd C. MacDonald, 2506 Orchard, failure to yield the right-of-way and no valid driver's license. James F. Kennedy, 201 Rand Road, loud muffler and driving under the influence. Scott L. Tippet, 7711 E. Oak- wood, Wonder Lake, violation of classification. / Donald F. MacDonald, 3206 Sunrise View, passing on the right. Robert L. Low, 3605 Clover, no valid registration. James G. Wilmington, 2907 Gregg, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. *1.50 OFF u, ON ALL BEDDING PLANTS NO LIMIT WITH COUPON ONLY THERE'S NOTHING LIKE OUR FRESH ASPARAGUS ONLY AT HARMS FARM! SPOTTED GERANIUMS R*g 1.69 GOOD^MAY,30-JUNE6J $|j guunntfft | VtGEUHE WAWTSI •TOMATO PLANTS (I 4 Vorlollo*) •PfWM PLANTS <7 vori.ii..) •STRAWBERRY PLANTS •BRUSSEl SPROUTS •CAMAGE*CAULIFLOWER •BROCCOLI t MORE BEDDING WANTS •PETUNIAS*BEGONIAS •MARIGOLDS*DAHLIAS •SNAP DRAGONS •IMPATIENTS ANO MUCH MORE I l wscauNious I •ROSE BUSHES •ONION PLANTS •MORE WE MVS 9VOI MM flAVS M STOCK ZBA DENIES MEADOW LANE continued from page 1 because of the ordinance," Johnson replied. Johnson said he did not know of the change in the ordinance until just after the Christinas holidays. Board member Fred Kupstis pointed out that the change was initiated by the city because the council favored a reduction. 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