Clara's Page

Families are the heart and soul of any culture.

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I think the best family shows on TV today are - 7th Heaven, Promised Land, and Touched by an Angel.  To find out when and what channel they come on in your area, browse over to TV Guide , enter your zip code and click the SEARCH button.

I support the efforts of the Girl Scouts of America and the United Methodist Church

Family Unity and Family Values are two of the many keys to raising children

I am very proud of my children. They have grown up to be young people anyone would be proud of.

Our daughter, Michelle is married to a Baptist Minister, has 4 beautiful children, is a nurse, and has a wonderful singing voice. She was selected as one of two young singers from Tennessee to sing with People-to-People tour to the far east when she was 16. What an experience that was for her.

Our oldest son, Michael is also married and has 2 wonderful children. I think he is the best father any mother could ask for. Michael also sings in his church choir.

Our youngest son is also married and has 2 children that I do not get to see enough. Paul is in the U.S. Marine Corps.  He is a military air traffic controller in Yuma, AZ.  He is on his second four year tour.

I recently retired and now spend my weekdays taking care or our five Basset Hounds and an occasional rescued basset.

Other Thinks I Like to Do

I like traveling, especially to visit my grand children. We went to Disney World with our daughter's family. She has 4 of my 8 grandchildren. We had a great time and each adult had only one child to look after.

In 1994 we visited the west and saw the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Mesa Verde, Mt. Zion National Park, Hover Dam, Crater National Park, the Petrified Forest, and Sedona, AZ.  In 1995 went on a New England fall foliage trip and visited MA, VT, ME, and NH.  Our last trip was to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.  We thoroughly enjoyed our first to Europe.

For the last year and a half  I have been showing bassets.  I have learned allot since I started but still have more to learn.  I began by showing our first basset, Precious, just before he turned 2 years old.  Precious is a classic tri basset.  He was 4 years old on August 4th.  I have shown Precious in -
Nashville, TN
Biloxi, MS
Memphis, TN
Little Rock, AR
Pine Bluff, AR
Shelbyville, TN
Fort Smith, AR
Bloomington, IL
Cape Girardeau, MO
Nashville, TN
Murfreesboro, TN (Precious got his first point)
Springfield, MO
Memphis, TN
Jackson, MS
Little Rock, AR (Precious got BOW)
Pine Bluff, AR
Bellville, IL
Chattanooga, TN (Precious got Winners Dog and BOW all three days)
Montgomery, AL
Tupelo, MS
Sedalia, MO
Monroe, LA (Precious took reserve for Best of Breed)

Then I began showing Tootsie as well as Precious.   Tootsie is a 6 1/2 year old black and white basset and is just beginning her show carrier.  Tootsie's first show was in Memphis, TN and has been to shows in -

Fort Smith, AR
Bloomington, IL
Cape Girardeau, MO
Nashville, TN
Murfreesboro, TN
Springfield, MO
Memphis, TN (Tootsie got her first point)
Jackson, MS
Pine Bluff, AR
Bellville, IL
Chattanooga, TN
This was Tootsies last show.  Due to health problems we had to have her spayed which ended her show career.  But she will be in the Veterans Showing at the 1999 Basset Hound Nationals in St. Louis.

Laughter is good for you.

It helps you to deal with this crazy mixed up world.  Read about a modern day Noah

Our Pampered Pets

We have 5 pampered Basset Hounds, two of which I show.  Please take a look at - The Basset Five

We used to have two Siamese cats, but now only have one.  Sinsin would like to mew at you.
Purrrr over to Satin and Sinsin's page and meow at her and her departed sister.

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