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THE QUEST FOR SMALL POOCHIES CONTINUES...

AS SOMEONE WHO ADORES ANIMALS (AND POOCHIES IN PARTICULAR) I HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE EDMONTON WOMAN WHO RESCUES SMALL DOGS FROM KILL SHELTERS IN THE U-S--AND FINDS THEM LOVING NEW HOMES HERE IN ALBERTA.  LORI OSHANEK HAS HELPED ME FIND THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MY FURRY FAMILY.   ROLY (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DARTH VADER) WILL BE MEETING HIS BIG BROTHER COLBY VERY SOON AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.   LORI NOW HAS A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HER WORK--JUST HEAD TO www.albertasmalldogadoptionnetwork.synthasite.com.   IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTACT LORI DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT ABOUT POSSIBLY ADOPTING A SMALL DOG---HER NUMBER IS 780-941-2194. 

LORI O'S GOING TO HAVE HER PAWS FULL =)

WE RAN AN INTERVIEW THIS MORNING ABOUT AN EDMONTON WOMAN WHO RESCUES SMALL DOGS FROM KILL SHELTERS IN THE U-S---AND WE'VE HAD A FABULOUS RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE WHO'D LIKE TO ADOPT A LITTLE POOCH......   IF YOU WERE HOPING TO TALK TO HER----HER NAME IS LORI OSHANEK---AND HER PHONE NUMBER IS 780-941-2194.   SHE'S ALREADY FOUND LOVING NEW HOMES FOR THE PUPPIES I HAD ON THIS VERY BLOG LAST WEEK.  DARTH VADER IS GOING TO BE MY NEW BOY.  HE'S GETTING A HAPPY HOME, BIG BROTHER NAMED COLBY AND A NEW NAME.  (I'VE DECIDED TO CALL HIM ROLY---AS IN ROLY-POLY---SINCE HE'S A LITTLE TUBBY)  I GET HIM LATER THIS WEEK--AND CANT WAIT TO INTRODUCE HIM TO MY COCKER SPANIEL.

BACK TO SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!!!  FOR ME---IT MEANS EASIER MANOUEVERING THRU THE MALLS.....UNTIL SCHOOL LETS OUT FOR THE DAY.

VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT HURRICANE GUSTAV VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DIDNT HIT NEW ORLEANS DEAD ON YESTERDAY.  AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE OUR PETS--OFFICIALS MADE VERY SURE THAT THE FURRY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERENT GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND AS THEY WERE WHEN KATRINA HIT.  THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST VILE THINGS I'VE EVER WITNESSED.  THIS TIME--ALL THE PETS WERE TAGGED AND BARCODED--MADE COMFY IN THEIR OWN KENNELS--PUT ON AIR-CONDITIONED SEMIS---AND EVACUATED.  IT MEANS IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE THEY'RE RE-UNITED WITH "THEIR PEOPLE". 

-AND IF YOU LOVE DOGS----WE'VE GOT A HUGELY COMPELLING STORY COMING UP TOMORROW ON THE MORNING SHOW......

THESE PUPPIES NEED HOMES!!!

I'VE ALWAYS SAID THERE'S NOTHING CUTER THAN PUPPIES--AND THESE THREE CHARACTERS ARE LIVING PROOF.  

 SHANE'S WIFE TRINA WORKS WITH ONE OF THE MOST SELFLESS PEOPLE I KNOW.  LORI OSHANEK TRAVELS SOME PRETTY LONG DISTANCES--IN HER QUEST TO RESCUE ANIMALS AND FIND THEM LOVING NEW HOMES.  (AND SHE DOES IT AT HER OWN EXPENSE).  SHE PICKED UP THESE GUYS ON A RECENT DOG-RUN TO CALIFORNIA.  

THE FIRST IS A 3-YEAR OLD MALE NAMED "DARTH-VADER"---FUN-LOVING CHARACTER WHO'S ABOUT 12-POUNDS.     THEN THERE'S 1-YEAR OLD SHY AND CUDDLY "TESSA"--WHO WEIGHS ABOUT 10 POUNDS--AND 11-MONTH OLD DAINTY GIRL "WILLOW"---WHO'S ONLY 6-POUNDS.    LORI SAYS IT WAS A LONG TRIP--BUT ALL THREE NEVER MADE A SINGLE PEEP DURING THE TRIP---THEY DID JUST FINE IN THEIR KENNELS---AND ARE NOW COMFY AND SAFE---AS THEY WAIT TO FIND THEIR NEW FAMILIES.   IF YOU'D LOVE TO BE A NEW MOM OR DAD----THEY'RE ALL SPAYED AND NEUTERED, HAVE ALL THEIR UPDATED SHOTS (INCLUDING RABIES), THEY'VE BEEN DEWORMED, AND ARE MICROCHIPPED.  SHE'S ASKING FOR A $300 ADOPTION FEE.  IF IT SOUNDS PRICEY--SHE SAYS ITS LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A SINGLE SPAY OR NEUTER AND SHOTS....SO ITS A GREAT DEAL.    IN THE MEANTIME--SHE'S ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME DOG PENS, DOG RUNS, PANELS OR PORTABLE PENS THAT YOU MAY NO LONGER NEED AND WOULD LIKE TO DONATE SO THE POOCHIES HAVE A PLACE TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS...   IF YOU'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE---JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL HERE AT THE STATION--AND I'LL PASS YOUR INFO ALONG TO LORI.   cbrooks@radio.astral.com.

TIGERS, RECALLS AND LIGHTS---OH MY!!!

MY FRIEND MAGHARITA SENT ME THIS PICTURE OF ODIN--A 6-YEAR OLD WHITE BENGAL TIGER WHO NOW LIVES AT A ZOO IN SAN FRANCISCO..... (AND YOU THOUGHT SHARKS WERE THE SCARIEST THING UNDERWATER!!)   ACTUALLY--HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE A VERY BIG "KITTY" WHO LOVES TO DIVE IN THE ZOO'S POOL FOR TREATS.  I'M A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER---AND AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO PROMOTE SOMETHING NEAT FROM THE FURRY-SEGMENT IN THE CROWD.

ONTO MORE SERIOUS ISSUES---THE MAPLE LEAF FOODS RECALL--WHICH JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE....NOW 12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD---6 OF THEM MOST DEFINITELY LINKED WITH THE LISTERIA OUTBREAK AT THAT PLANT IN TORONTO......   IF YOU'D LIKE A LIST OF THE RECALLED FOODS--CLICK ON THIS WEBSITE--www.inspection.gc.ca  OR--IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF YOUR MEAT PRODUCTS CAME FROM THE PLANT IN QUESTION----CHECK FOR THE ESTABLISHED CODE 97-B---WHICH APPEARS BY THE "BEST BEFORE" OR "PACKAGED ON "DATES.   MOST IMPORTANTLY----IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS---THROW IT OUT.    THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT LISTERIA IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE VAST MAJORITY OF US....  THE BIGGEST RISK IS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, THE VERY OLD, THE VERY YOUNG--AND ANYONE WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM.     LISTERIOSIS HAS SYMPTOMS MUCH LIKE YOU GET WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE FLU...   IF YOU'RE IN A HIGH-RISK GROUP--AND HAVE HAD AN ONGOING FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHES, A STIFF NECK--OR IF YOU'RE NAUSEOUS OR VOMITING---CALL A DOCTOR.  

MAPLE LEAF RECALL LIST

I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WONDERING ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAF FOODS RECALL LIST.......SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS---YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT www.inspection.gc.ca.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THE RECALL NOW EXTENDS TO SAFEWAY'S READY-TO-EAT SANDWICHES--AND THE "TAKEAWAYCAFE" SANDWICHES THAT ARE SOLD AT MAC'S CONVENIENCE STORES.  

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT TAKES ABOUT 70-DAYS FROM THE TIME YOU EAT ANY TAINTED PRODUCT--FOR THE SYMPTOMS TO SHOW UP.  THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FINE.  THOSE AT RISK---ARE THE ELDERLY, THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND UNBORN BABIES.   

HOPE THIS HELPS----PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFO--JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL AT cbrooks@radio.astral.com.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND CHEAPING OUT ON THE OLYMPICS' CLOSING CEREMONIES

OKAY--FIRST OFF--I HAD TO PUT THESE TWO PICTURES ON MY BLOG--BECAUSE I JUST FIND THEM HIGHLY AMUSING...

THATS IT--NO STORY BEHIND THEM----I DONT GO CAMPING---SO ITS NOT LIKE I TOOK THE PICTURES MYSELF.

ONTO OTHER THINGS----THE CLOSING CEREMONIES FOR THE BEIJING OLYMPICS......SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ORGANIZERS RAN OUT OF SOME CASH.....WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH THE GIANT FLOATING DRUMS?? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THEY LOOKED LIKE GIGANTIC BABYBEL CHEESES SLOWLY FLOATING OVER THE ACTION IN THE HEART OF THE BIRDSNEST STADIUM?    AND THE PACK OF GUYS IN THE ORANGE OUTFITS?  THEY DIDNT BOTHER MAKING THEM SOME COOL HATS----THEY WERE ALL WEARING BIKE HELMETS THAT WERE SPRAYPAINTED ORANGE!!!   AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER DRUMMERS??   THEIR OUTFITS LOOKED LIKE THEY'D BEEN ALLOWED TO DO SOME RUMMAGING THROUGH MICHAEL JACKSON'S WARDROBE FROM THE 80'S...  ANYWAY----THATS JUST MY FEELING....

MOM NATURE'S WEIRD SENSE OF HA HA --AND TGIF

MOM NATURE REALLY DOES HAVE A BIZARRE SENSE OF HA-HA.  EARLIER THIS WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TWO-MOUTHED FISH THAT WAS PULLED FROM LAKE ATHABASCA.   ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE CONCERNED--BECAUSE THE LAKE IS JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE OILSANDS.......AND WHO KNOWS WHAT KINDS OF CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN LEACHING INTO THE WATER......

AND NOW COMES WORD OF THE 4-EARED CAT FROM CHICAGO.  HIS NAME IS YODA--AND, WELL AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED--HE'S REALLY CUTE..... AND JUST LIKE WITH MOST THINGS--WHEN YOU'RE CUTE--YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERED SCARY OR FREAKY TO SOCIETY--YOU'RE "UNIQUE".  

FROM THE EZ ROCK GREEN FILE (AS HEARD EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING DURING THE 7AM NEWS):  ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO GET IN TUNE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME CASH--IS TO USE COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTING.   THE BULBS USED ABOUT 75-PERCENT LESS ENERGY THAN THE CURRENT INCANDESCENT BULBS--AND THEY LAST FOR YEARS.   THEY COST A LITTLE MORE INITIALLY----BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AS OFTEN....

EDMONTON--#1 IN NEW WASP POLL & ITS ESTROGEN TIME ON THE MORNING SHOW

IF YOU WERE LISTENING THIS MORNING--YOU WILL HAVE HEARD SEANNA COLLINS ON THE AIR WITH ME AND SHANE MICHAELS.....  SHE DOESNT OFFICIALLY START TIL MONDAY---AND THEN WATCH OUT.........ESTROGEN WILL BE RULING THE AIRWAVES (SHANE'S IN TROUBLE)

WASPS----I HAD THE BUG BE-GONE GUY STOP BY MY HOME THE OTHER DAY---AFTER I DISCOVERED THE YELLOWJACKETS HAD SET UP SHOP UNDER THE FRONT STEP OF THE HOUSE.  THERE'S A FEW LONELY ONES BUZZING AROUND NOW--TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED.  ACCORDING TO BUG EXPERTS ACROSS THE CITY---THEY'VE BEEN BUSY LITTLE BEES TRYING TO GET RID OF THE WASPS---WHICH ARE ALL OVER TOWN....  SOME EXTERMINATORS--ARE DOING 20-CALLS A DAY!

THE CAT'S ALMOST OUT OF THE BAG.

CHANGES ARE IN THE WIND ON THE EZ ROCK MORNING SHOW.......KEEP LISTENING TO FIND OUT WHAT......(THEY'RE GOOD)

-FROM THE EZ ROCK GREEN FILE _{(AS HEARD EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING DURING THE 7AM NEWS):}  THE PEOPLE AT THE DAILY GREEN SAY THE NEXT TIME YOU GO FOR GROCERIES, HIT THE BULK BINS.  YOU CAN PICK UP ALL SORTS OF ITEMS YOU USE A LOT--SUCH AS RICE, NUTS, HONEY, BAGELS AND OTHER BREADS.  THAT MOVE ALONE WILL CUT DOWN ON WASTED PACKAGING BY ABOUT 30-PERCENT--AND IF YOU WANT TO AVOID USING THOSE PLASTIC BAGS--BRING YOUR OWN RE-USABLE CONTAINERS WHEN YOU COME TO THE STORE.  (JUST MAKE SURE YOU WEIGH THE CONTAINER WHEN ITS EMPTY--AND LET THE CHECKOUT PEOPLE KNOW ITS WEIGHT---SO THEY CAN TAKE THAT OFF THE PRICE OF WHATEVER YOU'RE BUYING.)