Mrs. Turner and her husband (Cal) wanted giraffes at the zoo and worked hard along with many others to get them here. Naming one after Margaret seemed right.

The habitat is absolutely gorgeous. It is much larger than I had anticipated. The giraffes have quite a bit of room to roam around in.

It's very hard. You see the score and you want to slack up. But you can't because Cal is on the sideline getting after you. He wants the intensity up at all times. I can see why, but it's pretty hard to stay focused.

We worked really hard with the doubles this year and we played better, we just couldn't get over the hump. Scott Conner moves on, and Blake Douglas set a school record for wins at the No. 2 spot, ... I'm pleased with the effort, we just couldn't get over the hump.

I have seen the Virgin
in an appletree at Chartres
And Saint Joan burn
at the Bella Union.
I have seen giraffes in junglejims
their necks like love
wound around the iron circumstances
of the world.
I have seen the Venus Aphrodite
armless in her drafty corridor.
I have heard a siren sing
at One Fifth Avenue.
I have seen the White Goddess dancing
in the Rue des Beaux Arts
on the Fourteenth of July
and the Beautiful Dame Without Mercy
picking her nose in Chumley's.

We're looking for one of those three to step up and fill that vacancy. They have worked real hard in the off-season. They will do a good job, but we'll have to give them support with our defense.