It's not often one sees a 65th birthday marked with a bounce house, and yet for celebrants at the Humane Society of Utah (4242 S. 300 West), the sight seemed appropriate. Surrounded by booths for balloons and games as well as food and face painting, an inflatable circus slide sprawled across the shelter's lawn on the morning of July 12, awaiting infusions of air to its shell.

Meanwhile, volunteers busied themselves with getting everything ready. Alexis Hertig, with HSU's cat program, arranged stickers at one booth in good spirits. Hertig is allergic to cats, and yet has no qualms about the work she does for the Humane Society.

"If I die, I'll die happily," she joked.

No less enthusiastic than Hertig was Haley Kroepfl, HSU's education manager. Why do Kroepfl and Hertig take such satisfac

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