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By Deborah Crandail * it was a tragic day in the lives of the Pattersons â€" the fictiâ€" mn«aamummwww Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston. MMMUDMWMMMG- mm.r«m«m,mmtflm wumm.mmm&urmm she kill off Farley, the Patterson‘s lovable sheep dog? Mnmmhmfinfimbr&hytogo.kfi people, or any living thing for that matter, death is inevitable. Farley was 14, and in real life, Ca which her cartoon strips don‘t live that long. s "My sisterâ€"inâ€"daw, who‘s a veterinarian, called one day and said, "You know, old Engâ€" $ lish sheep dogs don‘t live that long â€" you‘re going to have :\ to deal with this. You either have the longest living dog in : ©. history, or you deal with his * . m.mnnm one who suggested, $ he‘s been such a wonderful ; _ character, to make him go a * . hero," Johnston says in a teleâ€". ;( phone interview from her MWMMM acrar M home. "So I wrote a story in which Farley was a hero. The esting thing about having a job like this is that you can do an mmmmumumuumu deity in that your characters bow and bend to your whims." eadline for applications for the Sports & Scholarships program is rapidly approaching. Applications must ved by TUESDAY, APRIL 30 to: . «.. Sports & Scholarships . _ 284 Whitmore Dr. uw Wilerdige, ON NK 2N5 ip Deadline Soon! :and very therapeutic. I also deal with personal things, like weight gain and being almost 50. To me, that‘s a shock â€" to me, I‘ll always be 17. So dealing with menopause and dealing with Hldfluflunmw are w~~“fififi-~qmu "People think that my own children are absolutely, down to the wire, the same as the characters in the strip. The other day, my daughter and i were at a craft fair, and a woman who was wuthnnmdfl‘ifim dlfl‘::flhfl:hfihmm Kate. Katie and | get extremely well. Elizabeth is me when 1 was 15. Kate was probably the easiest 15â€"yearâ€"old to live with fuml‘lnbmiokhflhhfi.&mwm m:-u- The Seagram speak at Museum April 25 at ammmuuq.mm and later she‘ll sign and doodle personalized cartoons in copies of her book for audience members. Mulflfiu“lMMMM 2665), at St. Mary‘s Hospital Foundation (749â€"6797), and at the door. Half of the proceeds will go to St. Mary‘s Hospital‘s intenâ€" sive Care/Coronary Care unit renovations. lost our dog, and though I was very emotional when we lost him, it doesn‘t come dose to some of these other people‘s stories of how badly they miss their pets. So I struck a chord there. mnnahpkdm'n-ubpqn' Johnston, who‘ll be in Waterloo next week to talk about her latest book and her career as a cartoonist; says Fariey was so identifiable to readers because "he was just a regular dog." %auwmmumuummm mammadua.m-numum and all the usual stuff," Johnston says. "He was not a Lassie by any stretch of the imagination. He was just your usual food, Kst 9 North American newspapers : for the past 17 years, are not _ entirely reflections of her perâ€" _ sonal life with her husband . * . and two children. But they are in that they deal with of the issues and situaâ€" faced by her and her "My parents, for example, ve both passed away, and | can show them again in the strip," she says. "For me, it‘s a â€"way to bring them back to life. So in that respect, it is personal Johnston‘s comic strips, good times, and sex kind of in Waterloo, the Lafayette Quartet will give two allâ€" dassical concerts. The first, held Apr. 21 at 8 p.m. in the Music Room (57 Young St.), will feature Mozart‘s K 428, £ K. 465, C and Hayar‘s Op. $5, #1. The second concert, held Apr. 21 at 8 p.m. in the Music Room, will feature Schubert‘s Quartettsatz, Beethoven‘s Op. 74 "Harp", and Mozart‘s Quintet, K. 614, E (with Yarm Aloni, viola). Tickets for the Apr. 21 concert are $19 for adutts, $14 for seniors and $12 for students, and tickets for the Apr. 22 concert are $23 for aduits, $18 for seiors and $15 for students. Call 886â€"1673 to reserve or purâ€" MWGWNMMMMa The Lafayette Quartet, one of America‘s most excitâ€" ing chamber ensemibles, willl give two concert this week for the KAN Chamiber Music Society Founded in 1984, the Detroitâ€"based quartet won the Grand Prize at the Fischoft NMational Chamber Music Competition in 1988, and subsequently recerved awards at the Portsmouth (England) international String Quartet Competition and the Chicago Discovery Competition. Its member have worked extensively with the Ceveâ€" land Quartet â€" a relationship that began after win ning the Cleveland Quartet Competition at the Eastman School of Music â€" and are now artists insessâ€" dence at the University of Victoria School of Musi in tenth adult recording, Daydream Me Home (she has also released several children‘s albums). Songs on the new allbum indude Bishop‘s unique rendftion of a number of highty respected Canadian pertormers‘ songs, induding Ann Mortifee‘s Bor to Live, Roy Forbes‘ Let Me Make it Up To You Tonight, as well as her own tunes such .-' +2k © as the tongueâ€"inâ€"cheek If You Leave Me Dartin‘ (Can | Come 3 Too?) and the compelling Tickets for Bishop‘s local concert are §14 in advance and $17 at the door, and are available in Waterioo 2t Readers‘ ink and the Waterioo Showstime box office Tickets may alkso be purchased by phone (with Visa or Mastercard) at (519) 886â€"2375, Monday through Saturâ€" day from 10 a m. to 1:30 pm. Lafayette Quartet to give KWCMS concert mance Apr. 20 at Tron UWrined Duxch. Since Bishop‘s last KAN appearance in 1994, the has reteased her