Puzzle #356

[AmberLee]

Don't you hate waiting for someone else to submit a guess? When I'm working a puzzle, sometimes it drives me batty.

[Killearn Kitties]

N please.

[AmberLee]

-ets and -eo--e -as a-so trained Ab-ssinians and -ersians as t-era-ists. In addition to s-e-i-i- t-era-- sessions, -o--nteers a-so -ond--t -isitation and ed--ation -ro-ra-s in senior -iti-en -enters, s--oo-s, n-rsin- -o-es and -os-ita-s.

-ats at -or-: S-r-isin- TR-E ta-es o- t-e -e-ine -or--or-e
~~ S--anne S-it-er

Letters to guess:
CFGHJKLMPQUVWXYZ


sweetpotata6 A (23) = 46 points
Miss Z E (24) = 48 points
Killearn Kitties O (19); N (23) = 61 points
Karen T (21); I (26) = 73 points
Dr. Goodnow B (1); D (8) = 9 points
ilovemypup S (32) = 32 points
Catty1 R (15) = 15 points

[AmberLee]

Karen supplied this correct guess, and astounded me:

Pets and People has also trained Abyssinians and Persians as therapists. In addition to specific therapy sessions, volunteers also conduct visitation and education programs in senior citizen centers, schools, nursing homes and hospitals.

Cats at Work: Surprising TRUE tales of the feline workforce
~ Suzanne Smither


I was SURE no one would get it without a few more letters being guessed. Well done, Madam Mayor.

She pointed out that she's just completed a puzzle, so will pass on hosting the next. Here are the contestants in decreasing order of points:

Karen T (21); I (26) = 73 points [declined to host]
Killearn Kitties O (19); N (23) = 61 points Are you willing to host?
Miss Z E (24) = 48 points
sweetpotata6 A (23) = 46 points
ilovemypup S (32) = 32 points
Catty1 R (15) = 15 points
Dr. Goodnow B (1); D (8) = 9 points

[Killearn Kitties]

So the author's name was Smither was it? I was so hoping that it was not going to be Spitter, which was all I could get to fit.

Yes, I don't mind hosting the next puzzle. I will look for something appropriate this evening.