Prize Specimens Featured in Annual Rat and Mice Show
The true test of a devoted parent is not whether you’ll spring for a drum set or bankroll a video-arcade addiction with endless quarters. It’s whether you’ll take the kids to the Annual Rat and Mice Show today at the Hacienda Heights Youth Science Center.
More than 100 exhibitors will enter their prize specimens in this American Fancy Rat and Mice Assn. show. The owners are mostly adults who breed generation after generation to achieve the perfect coloration. It will be a competition of Clairol-hued rodents: categories include champagne, fawn, dove, coffee, cream, chocolate and silver. The judges will be looking for the best longhair satin, frizzy, hairless, rex and other varieties.
Animals for Sale
The show is free and runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Wedgeworth Elementary School, 16949 Wedgeworth Drive, just west of the Puente Hills Mall. Some exhibitors will have rats and mice for sale. At noon, science teacher Mary MacDonald will give an everything-you-always-wanted-to-know talk on rats and mice.
The Youth Science Center is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to furthering interest and knowledge of science. The center has a hands-on museum, open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wedgeworth school, and offers year-round after school and weekend classes and field trips. Upcoming classes include beginning model rocketry, making a kaleidoscope and learning about microscopes. Classes are free with a small materials fee, $1 to $10. Information: (818) 965-1494.
