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6C ♦ SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006 A day at: Meadowdale Learning Center pool I V\ .vfi* 9 ■ - - ' v ■ *■ iiMpfi" l- ' *1 &&&!'* I ll .>.-fi, *—i ULt. ______ ir . .'.•*. ■ ■ > '*4 jp .vw V £m ' . '•;• " fjjj? | r; ■ • ; \... ! _"._ , _.. W - Jr V; ; TOP LEFT: Menyatta Parker, Brandi Bren and Jacqylyn Hair enjoying the pool at Meadowdale Learning Center in Perry during the summer heat. TOP RIGHT: Hunter Otto and Dennis Bren show their skills with the kick board. ABOVE: Caitlyn Bellew and Jenna Beard take turns using the kickboard. MIDDLE RIGHT: Austin Fennemm shoots hoops while in the pool. RIGHT: The kids take a break in the summer heat. ENLGary Harmon Local veterinarian speaks at Kiwanis Club meeting By KRISTY WARREN Journal Staff Writer Perry veterinarian Dr. Felix Smith Jr. was invited by John Gray to be the speaker at this week’s Kiwanis Club meeting in Perry. Smith was born and raised in Perry and went to the Westfield Schools. He gradu ated from the University of Georgia in 1976. Smith then returned to Perry to practice in the fam ily business that is Smith Animal Hospital. He has been in practice for 26 years. His speech “lively” story tell ing of his most memorable patients and their owners. He prepared a slide show with pictures of animals and their X-rays. His career has been anything but dull. “You never know what you’re going to run into,” says Smith. Sometimes, however, it is just the pet owner that is memorable. He has had fainters, a man who did not know his dog was pregnant and even refused to believe % %l It i m SMITH it after the puppy was born, and a woman to drop her own pants for the doctor when her dog’s mange spread to her! He has treat ed dogs and cats that have swallowed fish hooks, gravel, pennies and sewing needles and thread. “That’s what makes vet erinary medicine so fun,” he says. “You never know what they’re going to get into.” You also don’t know the ani mal’s history, where they’ve been he adds. He says that humans can say, “Well, doc I swallowed three pennies,” but Buster the dog cannot tell us about his day or what may be causing him to vomit and abdominal pain.” Smith also does a lot of fish and game work. There J4uv£ab Art and Frame Gallery Back to School Special!?? Bring this ad in, and gat ZO'-'BtolESnllNKk I m jBEII one complete framing item < Lnrut; (1) item (1) coupon per customer •’j • Jjjß o*6'wpifiß* August 31. POO6 HfS| ■ ill U f 111 JP f 111 1 J jsj ait atnuil Hit (running! UFESTYUE 1 "’ ~" ' - T'-iIBBH M L — I f M||| V H3r is also a Langston Road resi dent who rehabilitates owls and he treats them. The most exotic animal he has treated was with a zoo coming through town. The animal was called a Brazilian tapir and, accord ing to Smith, looks like a cross between a horse and a pig. It was all black with one white stripe around his belly like a belt. CORNER OF HWY 96 & HOUSTON LAKE ROAD, BONAIRE <478) 988-2602 LINE X SPRAY-ON TRUCK BBDUNBNS ■BEFORE 1 wPf H v vv Sir jj&T igT ■&: x v YJwr/ M u r Ske it THIS! ip v S2O Off When You Present This AD 593 Carl Vinson Pkwy., Warner Robins, GA 478-329-8100 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL LLumat WINDOW HIM looknikYthis^ jjjjjifewiiißmlß" MUM* AFTER. _ 00036716