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Turn the page to find TV listings for weekday and Saturday daytime shows, as well as full Sunday listings. Evening listings during the week are available in each daily edition of The Tribune. NSJi 1 1 i iHI Honor the wisdom of youth The pony rider leaned across the wall while in the saddle and took a gulp of a friend's mixed drink. He and his mount would be escorting one of the racehorses onto the Rillito Park Horse Racetrack in Tucson, in a few minutes, but he was in a chatty mood. Our 15-year-old granddaughter, making a quick visit from the frozen homefront back in South Bend, moved in closer so she could hear him.

She came back a minute or two later. "Would you put down a $2 trifecta bet for me on horses 3, 2 and 6, Grandpa?" she asked. "You shouldn't be betting at your age," I said. Bill Moor MOOR OR LESS Tribune PhotoKATHY BORLIK laureen McFadden is retiring after nearly 40 years at WNDU. WRAPPING UP Anchor readies for life after broadcast news Please.

"Oh, OK," I said and then secretly made the same bet myself even though I had had my eye on some other horses. It was a 5 V2 furlong race and none of our three horses placed. One almost didn't make it down the homestretch. Granddaughter Maddy was crestfallen. "So what did you (along with me) learn?" I asked her.

"Never listen to a drunk jockey," she said. One of the axioms of playing the ponies, no doubt. My wife and I recently went with some friends to a performance of Peter Noone. The average age of the audience was probably over 70. For those of you too young to remember, Noone was the Herman in the 1960s British rock group, "Herman's Hermits." He was a bit of a heartthrob back then and sang some See MOOR, F4 Forty years in one job doesn't happen often anymore.

However, Maureen McFadden did that at WNDU. "I was blessed to do this job for nearly 40 years," she said. "I have to thank the viewers." Friday is the start of the next phase of life for her when she anchors her final evening news show at 6 p.m. and begins retirement. "Yes, it is the Ides of March.

Lots of people are reminding me of that," she said. Emotional day? Maybe? Probably. There was some emotion already when she received a Sagamore of the Wabash from Gov. Eric Holcomb. Later, brother and co-anchor Terry McFadden announced that she would be inducted in the Indiana AP Hall of Fame.

Terry said everyone is emotional at the station but happy for her. "She has worked hard and she is going out on top. She has the time and energy to do things." Former boss Mike Collins said he is happy for her. "Maureen has carried herself through the years with class and complete See BORLIK, F4 4 Kathy Borlik NAMELY NEWS PET homewardboundawg.com. Email: homewardboundawg aol.com.

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Website: in a home that can help him burn off some of his energy. The shelter is having a St Pitty's and St. Catty's Day celebration, offering all dogs over 1 year for $70 and all cats over 1 year for $16 this week from Monday to Saturday. Pets are available for adoption through: Humane Society of St. Joseph County, 2506 Grape Road, Mishawaka.

Phone: 574-255-4726. Website: www.humane-societystjc.org. South Bend Animal Care and Control, 521 Eclipse Place, South Bend. Phone: 574-235-9303. Website: sbacc.petfinder.

org. Elkhart Humane Society, 54687 County Road 19, Bristol. Phone: 574-848-4225. Website: elkharthumanesociety.org. Second Chance Small Dog Rescue, Elkhart.

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