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Emerald ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE December 1, 1995 Creature Comforts Holiday gift-giving can include presents for pets By Janna Braun f‘ tifi \ tip' Tht* holidays are here The tree is d«n orated, the Menorah lighted and the party plans are set. Everyone has u pre sent. A quick glance down the list reveals yes. no one forgot to buy a gift for cousin Howie or great aunt Thelma Wait a second, one of the most impor tant members of the family was nearly over looked — the pet What's the best thing to get that lovable, irre plat cable pampered pooch or fabulous feline ' Have no fear holiday shoppers, here are a few ideas that may help make your pet’s holiday a happy one. For example, the local Petsmart on Coburg Road offers a variety of holiday treats tor pets ranging from a simple rawhide chew toy to a gift basket made entirely of rawhide Uur most popular items art? special holi day colored collars and leashes," Petsmart manager Brian Hess said. "Pets know when they're getting something special and it makes them feel included to get their own presents ' 11 something a little out of the ordinary this holiday season seems appealing, 1 loss said, bring out thi> angel in your animal with an angel costume, coni piete with wings and halo. Should your pot desire something unique, why not try a treat-filled holiday ornament for both dogs and cats available from the Mini Pet Mart on West Sixth Street Mini Pet Mart's Karen l.illen green said the best gifts to give to pets are their very own stockings over the fireplace filled with differ ent kinds of treats and toys "(living pets gifts, no matter how small, let's them know you still care." l.illengreen said Gift display# (or p«t«, like the one featured here can be found at many local pet stores ANPI't W WIAC* : fi .1 *.1 But what if someone doesn't own a dog or i at. but has another kind of pet and still wants to get it a gift '* Look no further than Zany Zoo Lets on West Eleventh Street, which offers gifts for those not soeusv-to shop for pets Buy a ferret its own special hiding place or treat a bird to a fancy now holiday perch for its cage Consider going crazy and buying a se< ond pet as a Companion to the first, such as a hedge hog or one of a number of reptiles Store co-owner Terry Reeves warns shop purs, however, Unit it's nn pur tan t to buy « gift that is sufu fur vuur put "If you're going to buy them something thuy'll us*' ,i lot. make sum it's safe to iihiv with, lut*'x toys, whii n won’t hurt uni mills if n« 11 dentally ingested,” Reeve* said Turn to PETS, Page 8 Blood-thirsty OSU attitude a necessity Oregon ww a 17-point favorite for the Civil War '95 game, but 1 knew it was going to be a very close game, down to the wire, in fact, an Oregon State victory would not have surprised me. What do I know that the people who calculate the odds do not? Sim piy. I've been to Corvallis, it offers absolutely nothing to do except that people can attend DSC athletic events and envy the success of the UO in its culturally rich environ ment. Being a returning student. I'm not much for frat parties. Call me anti SCI tab but tilV fetish for inebriating myself with Milwaukee's Best dis appeared around age 22. However, when Oregon won the Pacific-10 Conference champi onship at Corvallis last year, en route to the Rose Howl, the tornpta lion 10 bounce around OSti from parry 10 parry ami rub it in the noses of the sniveling Beaver* wu too much to resist. I don't remember exactly which house i! was. but 1 ended up watching « band called Labunsky perform thru** hours of '60# tunes you can hear any night of the week at the 535 Club in Springfield. Judging by all the intoxicated Beaver girls, it was the hottest party in town, so I was there. Labansky was treated like a Fab Four reunion with Mick Jaggur fill ing in for John Lennon! No kidding As 1 was dumbfounded by how pathetic these small-town under graduates were, I felt grateful that I was spending my campua iif<- in Eugene Eugeno has the roust happening mush m ene of any town its si/e in America. It is home to the Cotton Bowl-bound Ducks, it has a multi tude (jf cinema complexes, night clubs, theater companies and other entertainment sources Corvallis has ... uh . Dairy Queen? So I know that when the Oregon State Beavers coroe gawking to our modern city every two years and fall oft the turnip truck outside Autzen Stadium, they have been thinking upset for a long time What else would they be doing? They can’t anticipate their rankings in tiro top 25 every Sunday or see original live music, and it sure beats watching the grass grow. Ted / finds is an entertainment columnist for the Emerald. : • • Teddy Bear Drive Iw K row underway The annua) Teddy Bear Christmas Drive, sponsored by the Spnnglsctd Creative Center at 130 N 5th is underway Bring new or *pre loved' animals to ttw center tor delivery to hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters this holiday season The center's goal is to gather at least 900 Teddy Bears Tor more information call 747-7513
