THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, September 4, 1995 TAG: 9509020039
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Column
SOURCE: Larry Maddry
LENGTH: Medium: 74 lines
CASE OF THE Prestoned Pointer. An alarmed Devall Downing phoned after reading a recent column saying dogs preferred toilet water 3 to 1.
Drinking from toilets can be deadly for dogs, he said. ``We lost our hunting dog, a pointer, that way,'' he confided.
He said the dog was taken each morning to Eagleton's Inc. on Boush Street where it inspected every nook and cranny for burglars and cats.
``One night, when a hard freeze was expected, we poured Prestone anti-freeze in the toilets,'' he explained.
The next morning, his wife, Mary Lena, arrived with the dog, who immediately began his search, disappearing up the store stairs.
Shortly afterward, they found the dog, collapsed on the floor, ill.
``He had drunk from water in one of the toilets that had Prestone in it,'' Devall said. The dog died at the veterinary clinic.
If They Could See Me Now Dept. Remember Mitzi Milius, the First Colonial High School product who was Miss Amity in the Miss Virginia Pageant of 1982?
After graduation from the University of Virginia, Mitzi and several of her friends from U.Va. moved to Aspen, Colo., in 1983 to live the good life.
Actually Mitzi is living the life of the rich and famous, judging by videotapes of her recent summer party at Aspen. Yes, they can see her now. . . friends have been trooping into her mother's home to view videotapes of the party.
Mother Martha Milius, who lives in Virginia Beach, said Mitzi co-hosted the party with her squeeze, mega-millionaire Jerry Hosier. Hosier might be the country's richest patent attorney.
The Milius-Hosier bash drew about 450 jet setters, including Marla Maples (yep, that's Donald's wife) and publisher Rupert Murdoch.
Martha said Hosier offered to send his private plane to fetch her for the Aug. 12 bash at his home atop Red Mountain, but she couldn't make it. The black tie dig made a big splash in the The Aspen Times society pages.
Martha said the videotapes show couples dancing at the party. ``I don't care for the kind of dancing they do,'' she confided.
I couldn't understand her next sentence. ``Did you say they were rapping with each other while dancing?'' I asked.
``No, I said they look like they are raping each other!'' she shouted.
Dragon Boat Beat. Remember the recent column about our women's dragon boat team? Dragon boats are 40 feet long with dragon heads on the bow. And tails on the stern. They are paddled while a drummer beats time on a barrel-shaped drum.
Both the men's and women's teams covered themselves with honors during the National Dragon Boat Racing Championships at Flushing Meadows in New York back in July. Both teams placed second in overall competition.
Harry Finley, who manages the women's team while paddling for the men, said he was astonished at how well they did. ``They had only been training for about three months,'' he said. ``And they placed second in the 250- meter sprint, which was open to men's and women's teams.''
The Hampton Roads men's team should have taken first place, but it lost the tail of its boat halfway through the 500-meter race. ``The stern was swamped with water, and half of us were paddling with water up to our chests,'' Finley reported. .
Nevertheless, the men placed second in that event, even though the boat was sinking as it crossed the finish line.
Hmmm. Sinking at the finish line. . . . I knew I had something in common with the dragon boat people. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo courtesy of Mitzi Milius
First colonial grad and ex-beauty queen Mitzi Milius is living the
good life in Aspen.
by CNB