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SANGER HERALD 8A THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019
Sanger musicians will perform in 'Youth Music Extravaganza!' at the Saroyan Theater in Fresno
By Dick Sheppard
sangerherald@gmail.com
Our Pets of the Week are Georgie, Sheba, Juno, Rusty, Moses and Festus.
Sheba is a 6 month old fe- male mixed Anatolian shep- herd who could very well become someone's very best friend in the whole world.
Georgie, the Chuck Wagon bandit, is a fesity little boy who likes the food at Chuck Wagon, where he was picked up and brought to the shelter.
Juno is a happy, talkative and playful Siberian Husky.
Rusty is a scared terrier mix who is only sure of one thing, he would like to have a forever home with loving and kind humans who will never mistreat him.
Moses and Festus are gentle little boy dogs, about 3
years old. Moses is a terrier mix and Festus is probably a Chihuahua mix.
The next big adoption event will be this Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clovis Tractor Supply Company.
"That's on Herndon Avenue just west of Fowler Avenue," said volunteer coor- dinator Kim Reed
Call Kim at (559) 250-5270, animal control officer Mario Irazoqui at (559) 618-9071 or volunteer Morgan Shafer at (206) 304-1093 or message the Sanger Animal Shelter Facebook page and leave your email address to find out about the adoption pro- cess or to make an appoint- ment to meet the dogs who are ready to be your new best friend.
Let Kim know if you're able to provide a temporary foster home for any of the shelter dogs or if you would like to be a volunteer at the shelter.
"We need more adoptions and foster homes and we need them as soon as pos- sible," said Kim.
"We have new dogs com-
ing in every week and we have to have some place to put them."
Also let Kim know if you can donate treats, bowls, col- lars, harnesses or leashes.
"We would really like to have more 'step in' harnesses because when some of the dogs first get to the shelter they're a little skittish about having a harness put on them," said Kim.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sang- erherald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
Herald staff report
Three young Sanger musicians will perform in a Memorial Weekend "Youth Music Extravaganza" concert by the Youth Orchestras of Fresno.
Brandon Ngo, clarinet and base clarinet, and Silvestre Vasquez, French horn, are Sanger High seniors and Aria Delgado, harp, is a freshman at University High School.
The three auditioned
last summer and were good enough to earn chairs in the top Youth Orchestra.
This year's winner of the Indianapolis Violin Competi- tion (Richard Lin) will play the Khachaturian concerto in the Youth Music Extrava- ganza this Sunday, May 26, at 4 p.m. in the Saroyan Theater in Fresno.
Also on the program is a new work by young Mexican
Photos contributed
Top photo, Youth Orchestras of Fresno. Lower photo, young Sanger musicians, L-R, Brandon Ngo, Silvestre Vasquez and Aria Delgado.
Georgie
Sheba
composer Juan-Pablo Contre- ras.
Youth Orchestras of Fresno have been a Central Valley institution since 1950, when there was a single en- semble known as the Kiwanis Youth Orchestra. Today three orchestras accommo- date young musicians of all
levels, kindergarten through college. The orchestras cur- rently serve 260 young play- ers from seven Central Val- ley counties (Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare) representing a full complement of socio- economic backgrounds and ethnicities.
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