Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 11

Sunday, August 16,1981 Ukiah Dally Journal, Ukiah, Calif Even the losers get lucky sometimes. These pears didn't make the grade. The high standards imposed on premium Bartlett pears have given Lake and Mendocino Bartletts the highest rating in the country. These pears won't appear at the corner grocery store. Instead they're off to the cannery where they may be used for canned pear halves, fruit cocktail, baby food or some other pear product.

High school and college kids mingle with housewives and seasoned farm workers in Alex Thomas' pear-packing shed just off of South State Street in Ukiah. They work hard and fast. They have to, because the pears will all be harvested and shipped or put into cold storage within a month. To protect them on the extra-long and rough trips, these workers ace hand wrapping every pear before boxing mem. Their hands move with lighting speed and they just manage to keep up with the conveyor belts moving empty boxes and pears.

Huge bins, like these along Talmage Road, await pickers at the 50 or more pear orchards in the county bearing names like Hooper, Hildreth, Todd Luchessi. The harvest this year should be about 50,000 tons worth nearly $8 million the county's largest ever. Two dozen forklifts whip around Alex Thomas' packing shed moving these hefty bins of pears. Each ranch stacks their pears separately so they can be weighed and valued, but in the end, all the pears go to market together. An evening of religious music with the Dick Anthony family Tuesday The Dick Anthony family will present an evening of spiritual and musical inspiration Tuesday, August 18, at 8 p.m.

at the Evangelical Free Church, 750 Yosemite Drive in Ukiah. Anthony, a baritone soloist, organist, pianist, composer, arid conductor, is one of America's best- known gospel musicians. He has spent a lifetime in Christian radio, records, television and publishing. For 13 years he was staff musician at radio station WMBI, the voice of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, For eight years he served as musical director of the weekly TV series "Day of Discovery," which originates from Cypress Gardens, produced by the Radio Bible Clasi. Asa recording artist, Anthony has six duet albums with Bill Pearce, two sojo albums, many albums as for the Melody Four Quartet and the Sixteen Singing Men, as well as other artists.

He has received three awards from the National Evangelical Film Foundation for Best Duet Album of the year. Publications by Anthony include over 30. collections of original songs and arrangements for choirs, solos, duets, trios, quartets, and keyboard instruments, published through Lillenas and Good life Productions. Four cantatas and a youth musical have been published and recorded in their entirety. Dotti Anthony is a highly respected concert harpist who joins with her husband, giving concerts throughout the United States.

In addition, she has been a featured soloist on television, radio, and recording sessions. She graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Music Education. She has taught in the public schools of Chicago and Evanston, 111., as well as piano and harp at California Lutheran College. She also done extensive teaching in home ble studies for women. Loren Laing attended North Texas State University, where he was concertmaster of the University Symphony Orchestra under Ansel Brusilow.

He is a member of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Texas Chamber Orchestra. Laing is also busy in recording sessions and sacred concerts. Karyn Anthony Laing is a graduate of faylor University in Piano Performance where she studied with Dr. John Nordquist. She teaches piano privately and is the pianist at Lake County Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Tex.

The Anthony-Laing concert includes a variety of musical styles. Included are familiar traditional hymns, classical selections, and gospel music. Also featured.in the program is a multimedia production. Slides. are projected from behind, changing In tempo with the music, to visually interpret the words of the songs.

THE DICK ANTHONY FAMILY August 18 concert.