AlzheimerÕs Companion: Lutino lovebird Peaches keeps Mattie Florence company in her bedroom of the house where she lives with her daughter, Pat Williams, and other family members. Florence, 80, has AlzheimerÕs disease, and her family insists on taking care of her at their home in Columbia City, Fla.
Dog Therapy at the VA: AlzheimerÕs patient Russell Simpson is glad to see Dally, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, during one of her routine Friday visits to the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Florida.
The Law and His Best Friend: Sgt. Tim Ball and partner PuddinÕ sniff out both crime suspects and missing people as employees with the Columbia County SheriffÕs Department in Florida. "We have the best bloodhound in the Southeastern United States, No. 1, guaranteed," said Sheriff Frank Owens. "I mean people from all over call him for help. Everywhere he has been, training or tracking, he has done well."
Two roosters and three hens perch themselves on a fence on Leonardi Street in West Augustine on Saturday, February 27, 2005. Photo by MADELYN TROYANEK, madelyn.troyanek@staugustinerecord.com