DANCER, POOCH SPREAD JOY.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET Senior columnist PALMDALE - Barbara Adolph is a talented member of the Boogie WoogieMamas seniors dance troupe but she has to share the spotlight these days with a star named Sarah. Sarah is a blond who can wiggle her hips, nuzzle nuz·zle v. nuz·zled, nuz·zling, nuz·zles v.tr. 1. To rub or push against gently with or as if with the nose or snout: stroked and nuzzled the kitten. 2. a neck, give a kissy-face smooch and have the object of her affections happy to be alive. Fortunately, Adolph is not the jealous type and Sarah's actually a 10- year-old golden retriever golden retriever, breed of large sporting dog developed primarily in Scotland in the mid-19th cent. It stands about 23 in. (58.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 60 to 75 lb (27.2–34.1 kg). , a well-trained therapy dog with a mission - visiting patients in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, day care centers and nursing homes around the Antelope Valley. ``It's fantastically rewarding,'' said Adolph. ``Older people and children seem to thrive on the program.'' Adolph recalled one visit to a nursing home: ``A very sick elderly man was screaming at the top of his lungs down at the end of the corridor when we walked in. The charge nurse asked us to go down there and see what we could do. Sarah put her head on his knee like she always does. He wrapped his arms around her and there wasn't another sound out of him.'' Sarah is just one of l5 to 20 therapy dogs working in the Antelope Valley that have been trained by Carole Kelly, of the High Desert Obedience Club, Adolph said. ``Together Sarah and I had several concentrated training sessions with Carole in the park. Then there were three training visits at Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. to learn dog etiquette,'' said Adolph. ``Sarah's been making the patient circuit on a regular basis for about six months nowand she loves it. ``Children love to cuddle her and she loves that,'' she said. The participants include small lap dogs but golden retrievers and Labrador retrievers are the most popular. The only thing therapy dog owners have to watch out for is fatigue or stress in their animals. ``There are signs that Carole teaches us to watch for. When we notice one of them we know it's time to end the visit and we leave,'' she said. Adolph is almost as proud of Sarah as she is of her four grown children. Stephen, the oldest, is a biology professor at Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College: see Claremont Colleges. and lives in Mount Baldy. Robert, of Huntington Beach, teaches second grade in the Santa Ana School District. Susan Cone is a Web site manager in Evergreen, Colo., and Amanda Adolph, who lives in Fairfax, Va., is public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director of the school of management at George Mason University Named after American revolutionary, patriot and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. . A native of Akron, Ohio, Adolph came to the Antelope Valley in 1957 and worked for a year as a secretary at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . After years as a stay-at-home mom, she graduated from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , in 1975. She received her masters degree in education from CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge in 1980. As a credentialed teacher she began teaching a pilot program at Mariposa School in Lancaster in 1976. ``Then I was transferred to Monte Vista. Joshua School was next. I spent 13 years there. After that, the rest of my teaching career was at Nancy Cory School. That's where I was when I retired from the Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
In addition to dancing with the Boogie Woogie Mamas three days a week and serving as the group's publicity director, she has several other passions that keep her busy. She makes stained glass, does arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , reads, writes, walks with Sarah, does cross-country skiing in the winter, loves to go antiquing, refinishes furniture, travels, and helps her son Robert in his classroom once a month. ``I love being with those second-graders again,'' she said. ``I guess once you teach it gets in your blood.'' Right now she is writing a journal in Sarah's voice - ``letting her give her take on all of her therapy visits. I'm having fun with that.''She takes short trips with the J&J Social and Travel Club and goes on cruises with her friends. ``I was on the dancing cruise to the Bahamas with the Boogie Woogie Mamas the year we took four firsts and the Ship's Wheel award. We worked hard but that was really a fun trip,'' she said. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster, Palmdale and South Valley have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Macaroni and cheese w/ham, green beans, tossed salad, applejuice, oatmeal cookies. Tuesday: Braised braise tr.v. braised, brais·ing, brais·es To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container. beef and noodles, spinach, marinated salad, orange juice, fruit cocktail. Wednesday: Barbecued chicken, rice pilaf, Normandy vegetables, lettuce and tomato salad, banana. Thursday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn nibblets, carrot, raisin and pineapple salad, pudding. Friday: Roast turkey, bread dressing, parslied carrots, lettuce salad, grape juice, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. w/fruit. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Barbara Adolph gives some love to Sarah, a therapy dog who accompanies her to local hospitals, rehabilitation centers, day care centers and nursing homes. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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