GETTING BACK IN THE SADDLE THE FARM OPENS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE FOUNDER'S DEATH.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer RESEDA -- Roosters crowed, goats jumped and chickens scurried Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. as the petting zoo zoo or zoological garden Place where wild and sometimes domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. Aquatic zoological gardens are called aquariums. The first zoos were perhaps associated with domestication. known as The Farm had its first weekend back in business since the death of the woman who started it. Teenagers who handle ponies at The Farm remembered the late Linda Menary as a giving woman who paid back her young volunteers with trips to amusement parks This page contains a list of amusement parks by
``We want to continue with Linda's dream of providing a place for city children to interact with farm animals because this is what the Valley used to be about,'' said Lisa Barnes, an Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). horse dentist dentist /den·tist/ (den´tist) a person with a degree in dentistry and authorized to practice dentistry. den·tist n. A person who is trained and licensed to practice dentistry. who is running The Farm temporarily. Menary died May 1 -- just days before her 62nd birthday -- when she had a heart attack while driving near her home in Chatsworth. The farm was closed after her death and reopened Saturday. ``We had to open to feed the animals, to generate enough money to feed the animals,'' Barnes said. Barnes first started working for Menary in 1969 when she was 9. She is now doing an inventory of the dozens of animals that live at The Farm and is finding homes for some of them to scale back operations at the petting zoo. Damion Stolarz, 32, pushed a stroller through The Farm's dirt paths as he showed off the place to his family for the first time. Stolarz used to visit The Farm as a kid, and on Sunday it was his 3-year-old daughter Eva's turn to visit with the animals. ``She thought it was awesome, she's just a little scared of the very tall emu,'' Stolarz said, referring to the large, flightless flightless see ratite. bird. The Farm also has roosters, goats, chickens, pigs, ducks, an ostrich ostrich, common name for a large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) of Africa and parts of SW Asia, allied to the rhea, the emu and the extinct moa. It is the largest of living birds; some males reach a height of 8 ft (244 cm) and weigh from 200 to 300 lb and several ponies. Different kinds of animals share the same pens and walk among tree stumps and an old tractor tractor, in agriculture, vehicle used to pull such equipment as plows, cultivators, and mowers; to power stationary devices such as saws and winches; and to push snowplows and earth-moving implements. waiting to be fed or petted. Teenagers tend to the ponies, giving them experience they can use to learn how to ride horses. On Sunday, the teens had fond memories of Menary. ``She's kind of like another mother,'' said Elizabeth Sosa, 14. ``Those were my exact words when I was your age, too,'' Barnes said. alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 IF YOU GO The Farm, at 8101 Tampa Ave., Reseda, is open weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $5, and a pony ride costs $3. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 3) Saul Hernandez of Van Nuys, top, pets a goat at The Farm in Reseda on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
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