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She Scranton Simcs The THbuie 'NEVER SCARED1 Chris Rock concert tonight on HBO See Page B4 QUILT OF DREAMS Sick kids dreams stitched into reality in nationwide contest to benefit hospital. See The Sunday Times Dog House Dancers choreograph canine dance between master and pet in Wilkes-Barre SCRANTON, PA Five questions In his weekly feature, copy editor Ron Davis poses five questions to Pete Morgan, 73, of Scranton, who today will mark his 65th anniversary of going fishing every year on the first day of trout season. Do you have any opening-day superstitions, like fishing from the same spot every year? At my age, I think it's enough of a superstition just to believe I can get out of bed that early. How many of those 65 years have you actually caught something? Oh, I caught something most every year. Now, if you asked me how many years I caught a trout, that would be a different story.

So you even went out in years when It was, say, 25 degrees out and snowing? Sure I did. I can't say I stayed there very long, but I went out. Thank God for hot coffee. Ci I'm pretty sure you can get trout at the fish counter of most local supermarkets. Wouldn't that be a lot better than standing shoulder to shoulder on a riverbank in a frigid rain and a biting wind? No.

Ci Have you ever caught a Swedish fish? No, but I've caught a cold a few times SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2004 TODO RKHISSIN BALTIMORE SUN Titi, left, and Nelson cozy up to the bar of the Cafe le Bouledogue Brasserie, an upscale bar and restaurant in Paris that welcomes dogs. Dogs rule the roost in Paris establishment BY TODD RICHISSIN THE BALTIMORE SUN PARIS At the restaurant and bar on rue Rambuteau in the heart of the city, the beef Charolais, perhaps the best in a country known for some of the worlds best food is a prime attraction. But for years now, people have been trotting into the establishment as much because of the dogs there as for the food. Its called the Cafe le Bouledogue Brasserie, a place where dogs are welcomed, a restaurant and bar owned by Didier Delor and his partner, Jean-Pierre Rubine, but which is run, in a way, by their two French bulldogs, Titi and Nelson. On a busy day, 15 or so Frenchies, as the breed is known, will be in the cafe at once.

Their owners are attracted to the place for the love of good food, certainly, but just as much by the opportunity to while away the time with similar-minded dog owners and, probably more to the point, with the dogs themselves. Its very strange, said Mr. Delor, as he waited for the evening rush of customers. Owners of bulldogs like to get together and talk. If they see each other on the street, theyll stop whatever theyre doing.

Paris is the City of Love, of course, and that extends to the dogs here, which tend to be pampered like newborn babies and seem as omnipresent as sidewalk crepe carts. At the Cafe le Bouledogue, Titi and Nelson greet new arrivals by waddling over, looking up at them with eyes like French chocolates and then either collapsing at their feet for yet another nap or waddling back to their usual position by the kitchen door, to dog-dream about waiters with slippery hands. For these two, anything thats dropped is the special of the day. Mr. Delor ticked off some of the names of his regulars: Churchill, Marseille, Maurice, Hitchcock.

They tend to have human names, I think, because they have such expressive faces. And the names of their human owners? I dont know. The masters don't interest me at all, he said. career fpwAAOKui'ja iMKtSHAMftUrK PH01OGW WYOU chief videographer Jim Keerun III! Msj 1 -4 Tr 's, 7. I JOHNSON BACHMAN TIMES SHAMROCK PHOTOGRAPHER Indy, a Siberian husky, dances with owner Helen Gilbertson of Sweet Valley.

across the nation, including the Dog House Dancers, which was formed about four years ago by a group of dog-loving friends. Most of the groups members all but one of whom are women were former obedience trainers who grew disillusioned with that worlds overly regimented ways. With obedience, everyone teaches the dogs the same thing," said Eileen Hoyson, owner of Sawyer, a 7-year-old golden retriever who currently competes on the WCFOs intermediate circuit (the other levels are beginners, novice and advanced). With this, you can be more creative. It actually increases your training ability.

"(Obedience is) like the military everyone does the same thing, added Helen Gilbertson, a kennel owner from Sweet Valley and owner of Indy, a Siberian husky Freestyle takes the natural abilities of the dog and their different temperaments and plays it up, she said. Huskies dont like to be regimented. They like fun and play Canine freestyle is broken up into two subcategories: heelwork-to-music and freestyle. Heelwork-to-music resembles traditional dance pairings. Dogs must keep at least two paws grounded at all times and cant stray more than four feet from the handler.

Please see WOOES, PAGE 12 my ft 1 A MYr XH- J) Sawyer, a golden retriever, jumps into the air as owner Eileen Hoyson of Shavertown raises her arms. Ms. Ventre discovered the form a decade ago and launched the WCFO in 1999. The former ballroom dancer and pet marketing executive is considered the undisputed queen of doggie dancing. In its four years of existence, the WCFO has attracted 1,000 members and sponsors about 50 events each year, including competitions that draw dozens of submissions from around the world.

The Dog House Dancers will host their own competition in Lebanon next month. There are 10 member clubs Sawyer, a Golden Retriever, left, and Indy, a Siberian 1 lA Husky show off their 1 1 a dance attire, A (l I i Hummie, a Kerry blue terrier, dances with owner Gay Stahley of Wyoming. BY JOSH McAULIFFE STAFF WRITER ummie likes to get down to Tijuana 1 Taxi. Sawyer sashays to the strains I of "King of the Road. Indy I gets a groove on to Wild One.

a All three are members of 1 the Dog House Dancers, a col- I lective of 15 pooches and their human handlers from the Wilkes-Barre area who participate in musical canine freestyle, a choreographed floor show between master and pet, complete with carefully chosen music and costumes. Thats right, doggie dancing. Think of it as yet another advancement in the continually evolving area of human-canine relations. After all, nowadays dogs wear clothes. They get manicures.

Why shouldnt they be allowed to cut a rug, right? Canine freestyle began 15 years ago in the Pacific Northwest and United Kingdom. From there, it slowly spread across the globe. Today, about 6,000 people enjoy the activity in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Japan, according to Pattie Ventre, the founder of the World Canine Freestyle Organization, a nonprofit group that governs the activity. WYOU cameraman Jim Keenan reflects on fonr-decade yi' 1 IS 4 21 On the air Rich Mates off the air. We used to run the Million Dollar Movie and The Late Show.

Then at 1 or 1 30 (a Tom Reilly (a staff announcer) would come in and do the news. Then wed play the national anthem and sign the station off the air," he said. Behind the camera After he was on the job two or three years, Mr. Keenan was asked by WDAUs legendary new director, Tom Powell, if he would like to be a weekend photographer. He soon found himself working three da in the control room and out shooting stories Saturday and Sunday tuts, njc as a respected video journalist.

At the start of his four-decade television career, Mr. Keenan was using a spring wound Bell and Howell 16 mm camera with silent black-and-white film. He moved on to black-and white sound film, then to color film and finally to videotape. Television was still being invented and training was on the job when Mr Keenan arrived at WDAUs studios the basement of the Scranton Preparatory School, 1000 Wyoming Ave I started in the control room as a projectionist. In a short period of time, I as doing all the other jobs there videotape, audio, studio camera, directing eventually signing the station In June 1963, television here was celebrating its 10th birthday.

And Jim Keenan was looking for work after his September 1962 discharge from the U.S. Army. "There was no need for missile crewmen at the time, said the 62 year-old Scranton ian, who retires Friday as WYOU-TV's chief videographer There as an opening for a projectionist at WDAU (WYOU's predecessor). A Job that no longer exists in television, a projectionist operated the equipment that converted film and slides to tele-vision signals Mr Keenan sat in WDAIT project lonists seat and started a career that propelled him through the ranks that have him retiring.