Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Dog Park News (July 3, 2011)

Port Orange dog park having party with patriotic theme
Daytona Beach News-Journal
On Sunday, Seemor Memorial Dog Park will take on a patriotic theme with Barks & Sparks. As with past events, about 300 to 400 dogs and their best friends are expected to participate in activities from 10 am until 3 pm They include a patriotic canine ...
LeBlanc declares Patteson Cres. dog park idea dead
Your Ottawa Region
CARLETON PLACE – The prospect of an off-leash dog park near the town's wastewater treatment plant on Patterson Crescent is effectively dead. “I would say that this is a dead issue,” said Carleton Place Mayor Wendy LeBlanc, during a debate at the ...
Volunteers sought for Silverton Dog Park
Statesman Journal
The city of Silverton is seeking volunteers to serve on a Project Advisory Committee to guide the planning and design of the future Silverton Dog Park. Members will be asked to attend three or four evening meetings this summer to develop goals and ...
July 9 dog event barking up the right tree
Brantford Expositor
"Outside of the dog park in Brantford, there's not really a lot going on for dog owners," said Stephens, a new dog owner. pet behaviourist Tawnya Casey, as well as demonstrations by the OPP canine unit. There also will be dog costume and lookalike ...
MLK Sculpture Relocation Plans Move Forward
Previously the members had been meeting for a number of months as a result of the controversy over a proposed dog park at Dr. Martin Luther King Park. When the park board voted to establish the council as a permanent group in May, they also allotted ...



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Dogs run free in new city park
The Union Leader
By DALE VINCENT MANCHESTER — When he began his campaign for a dog park, Phil Greazzo had two huskies and he thought they and other dogs in the city should have a place to run free and get to know one another. But when the off-leash dog park opened ...


Experts Suggest Ways to Deal With Heat
By Bill Norris | Email the author | 7:00am Christy Biancullo of Redlands gives her lab "Chanel" a cooling squirt and drink at the Hulda Crooks Dog Park in Loma Linda, Friday, July 1, 2011. (Eric Reed/Photographer/Patch) Eric Reed With the National ...
One quick fix found, more sought, on Tacoma's East Side
TheNewsTribune.com
The people building the community gardens adjacent to the Rogers Dog Park have noticed two young boys who are there all day, every day, with no parents, no food and no supervision. Representatives from the police, parks, school, housing authority and ...

Portsmouth postpones Sunday night fireworks
Seacoastonline.com
The city's dog park adjacent to South Mill Pond will be closed from 6 am Tuesday until 10 am Wednesday. Dogs are never allowed at Leary and Central Fields or South Playground. The tennis and basketball courts, playground and baseball areas will be ...
Teens from church group help spruce up Franklin
Milford Daily News
About 15 teens went to Dacey Field to clear a site for a future dog park, and about 20 went to an open space on Pleasant Street known as the Del Carte property, where they picked up litter. Three groups spread mulch at King Street Fields, Nason Street ...
Westminster Open Space buys small tract, completes huge area
Denver Post
Westminster will incorporate the 25-acre parcel into the Westminster Hills Open Space site — a 1000-acre recreational area with trails and an off-leash dog park — effectively shielding the land from ever being developed, said officials. ...
Arlington to sell Super Bowl, World Series items on city's online store
Fort Worth Star Telegram
... to the parks' Build A Dream Scholarship program, which provides dance and art classes and other summer recreational activities for children of low-income families; and for buying engraved paver bricks to help fund the Tails 'N Trails Dog Park...