Herald Journal, The (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Logan, Utah Herald Journal DONT LET IT GET YOU DOWN Moms of children with Down syndrome hope to rejuvenate local chapter of the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation C1 98 120 April Daily Newspaper Utah 2007 Weather High 78 Low 42 Page A8 Update Science AP photo Kazuko Takesaki holds her dog Moko as she helps him do some doga exer cises in One Japanese company says it has developed a small patch that can measure the stress level of pets by detecting excessive sweat Company says it can measure your pets stress levels TOKYO AP Wondering if your dog or cat is stressed Just stick a special patch on the bottom of its paw and youll be able to accord ing to a Japanese The developed by Japanese company Medical Life Care purports to measure the stress level of dogs and cats by detecting excessive sweat secretion believed to be a sign of stress the Nikkei Weekly reported The patch is applied to the center pad of the ani mals paw and changes color depend ing on how sweaty the pet the Nikkei The which makes a simi lar patch for says it worked with researchers at Toyama Universi ty to study the sweat patterns of dogs and which secrete sweat from their the Nikkei The company expects strong sales amid a pet boom in the Nikkei The patches are expected to go on sale in Japan later this with the price still it It did not mention plans for overseas Doting Japanese pet owners are known to go to great lengths for their pets taking cats and dogs to specialist masseurs and even acu Are you the kind of person who thinks a good rug really ties a room together If then Thursday is 15 for because its Lumpy Rug Lumpy Rug Day is intended to appreciate a good one thats smooth and even definitely not Many of us stretch out on a rug to watch play games and even take a But if the rug is youll know So go beat your stretch it out and enjoy Lumpy Rug Index 8 First lady Bush rededicates nature center at Zion Park ZION NATIONAL PARK AP First lady Laura Bush paid a visit to Zion National Park on rededicating the parks refurbished nature center and focusing attention on the park All of us can remember the first time we were amazed by a national said who plans to explore the park with friends this Mine was when my family took me to Carlsbad Caverns as a young About 180 invited guests attended the dedication ceremony under a blistering Southern Utah the George Spectrum report ed on its Web site Bush encouraged parents to take their children to the nations Both she and President Bush support preserving the national parks and safeguarding the nations the first lady citing as evidence the Bush administrations new National Park Centennial The initiative will pump nearly billion into the park system over the next 10 Secretary of the Inte rior Dirk Kempthorne It is the budget increase in the history of the park he The Zion Nature Center was first constructed in 1934 as a park In the wood struc ture with large stone columns at its entrance became home to the annual summer Junior Ranger pro The building was closed for renovation in The Zion Nation al Park was established in Part of the Colorado the parks deep canyons and jagged sandstone cliffs are shaded in reds and pinks and provide habitat for a wide vari ety of plant and animal One of five national parks in Zion is the with nearly 3 million visitors The National Park Service includes 391 historic recreation rivers and trails and other sites on 84 million acres in 49 territories and the District of some people visited national parks in AP photo First lady Laura Bush speaks during a ceremony to rededicate the Zion Nature Center on Sunday at Zion National Cache places things One heck of a pedicure Paradise resident spends part time training horses with oodles of love By Charles Geraci staff writer Meegan Journal Michael a parttime horseshoer and checks the shape and size of a shoe while shoeing a horse in Paradise on Michael Summers scrapes the scum out with a beginning a premium He trims the hoof files it flat and nails on a metal A simple its key to making MiniMe Its just like a woman wouldnt go play basketball in high Summers said of shoeing the my goal is to make the horse as comfortable as The foundation is their A parttime horseshoer and Sum mers love of horses stems from his He grew up surrounded by Every time we had a family it was involved with lie While shoes horses for clients on the south end of Cache he also trains them for competitions and how to 1 teach horses to accept to have a good demeanor and a good disposition when people are around lie Since Summers works full time for Feature Films for he limits training for show manship contests to a couple of clients at a If 1 have more than two clients at a Im probably not making that horse into something that 1 would want to ride lie Jodie a former said Sum mers helped her horse prepare for a western pleasure which focuses on manners and She said her horse was able to maintain what he had been trained to do prior and was easier to manage as a result of Summers See HORSES on A8 Iran agrees to attend regional conference on security in Iraq BAGHDAD AP Iran agreed Sunday to join the and other countries at a conference on Iraq this raising hopes the government in Tehran would help stabi lize its violent neighbor and stem the flow of guns and bombs over the In an apparent effort to drive home that Prime Minister Nouri told an Iranian envoy that the persistent vio lence in Iraq some of it carried out by the Shiite militias Iran is accused of arming could spill over into neighboring coun including those that are supposed to support the Iraqi other neighbors as well as Bahrain and representatives of the five permanent Security Council members have agreed to attend the meeting Thursday and Friday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm The Egypt conference will also include Secretary of State rais ing the possibility of a rare direct ter between and Iranian In Rice would not rule out a meeting with the whose delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Manouchehr But what do we need to do Its quite Stop the flow of arms to foreign Stop the flow of foreign fighters across the Rice told ABCs This Hours office announced that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had telephoned to say a del from his country would attend the Iraqi leaders had been pressing for the Iranians to attend the Egypt meeting for but Iran refused to in part because of fears that it would come under pressure from the and others about its nuclear See IRAN on A8 AP photo Politicians like music too Singer Stevie Wonder performs for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack at the First AME Church in Los Angeles on Get a glimpse into the personal lives of some of presidential candidates on Page
