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tI Hawk Eye editor-at larget was one of the tougherdecisions I’ve had to make in recent years.But it’s behind me now. i Over the weekend, I decided to put My Cat Cugi up for adoption.1 So elsewhere in tonight’s edition t there’s an ad offering her to anyone interested in a spayed female Maine Coon — long-haired. Age 5. “I Although the ad doesn’t listI conditions, there are two:• Whoever takes her must I promise to show her the love I I have.I •That person or family mustI also promise to give her more I time than what I’ve been able to I manage of late.I Because I’m now serving onthree state boards, and this fall I will again be taking ‘class one I night a week at the University of I Iowa, I’m not getting the time at I home I once did. Cugi is alone I more often than not. She is suf-I fering from a lack of companion-I ship.I Before I give her up, however, I there are some things to be said I about Cugi.I The ad says she’s a Maine I Coon. Because she has no papers, I I have no evidence that’s what I she is. She’s probably a mix. She I looks like a Maine Coon, so that’s I what I’ve designated her.I She was born on Halloween I 1983, which means she won’t be I five until late October. She’s I healthy. At least she has a I healthy coat of hair, which she sheds with regularity.She’s declawed and has always been a house cat. Her official re-iccords are maintained by Dr. Donald Allgood, her doctor since I’ve owned her.How is she around children? I’ve no idea. But 1 have a suspicion she would be best company for a single adult or an elderly couple. She’s affectionate on her terms, and her terms only. She calls the shots. At least, she does with me. But who’s to say should her master or mistress be other than a wimp, she’s wouldn’t come around.She’s cute, awfully cute for a female (I'm told toms are usually better looking in the face than females).She’s also a food and art critic. She sticks her nose up at anything I prepare. And when she was a kitten, she attacked a piece of abstract art that hung in my living room. She gave up that behavior when I took the piece down and stored it in the basement.Her name is pronounced Coo-jee. It’s an invention of mine, my pet term for people I find endearing. It comes from the action of tucking a finger under a baby’s chin and repeating “coojee, coojee, coo.”For me, Cugi has been more confidant than pet. I’ve told her things I haven’t and wouldn’t tell even my best friend. She’s seen my ups and downs, and has weathered me at my absolute worst. That takes some doing.But keeping her around when I’m not doesn’t make any sense. When I’m away, I’m in company. When I’m away, she’s alone.Knowing as I do what loneliness is, I’ll not sentence Cugi to that.Programming changeRegular viewers of Burlington’s only television station will notice a change in weekend prime-time programming beginning Sunday.George Van Hagen, manager of KJMH-TV, tells me Channel 26 has affiliated with Fox Broadcasting. Beginning July 31, Fox will provide programming from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.George also took the opportunity to remind me KJMH-TV will carry the University of Iowa’s entire football and basketball schedule. That means Hawkeye fans won’t have to miss a single game — either home or away.The station will also carry theHayden Fry and Tom Davis shows.
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 26, 1988
Page 3
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Sammi B.
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