Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Dog Park News (August 09, 2011)


Work on dog park slowly progressing; Aug. 13 fundraiser planned
Billings Gazette
City park planner Mark Jarvis, center, meets with Frontier Fence vice president Kimberly King and project manager Dustin Polak, and at left, Ed Bakken from the parks department as they discuss a new fence at the High Sierra Dog Park Friday morning, ...
Shirtless men punch, rob man at Beaumont dog park
Beaumont Enterprise
By Jessica Lipscomb Beaumont police are looking for two men who robbed another man at Ida Reed Dog Park Sunday afternoon. Just after 3:30 pm, officers who were dispatched to the park, 2348 Louisiana St., found a man lying in a gazebo and bleeding from ...
Montgomery ends in fourth place in Bark for your Park contest
Montgomery Advertiser
Final numbers show that Montgomery finished fourth in the Bark for Your Park contest to win a $100000 grant for a dog park. The good news is that Mayor Todd Strange announced during a recent media briefing that Montgomery would have a dog park ...
Our Opinion - New dog park meets the need
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
By Anonymous Roughly three months after its opening, it's clear that the Butch Heavilin Memorial Dog Park at Atwood Lake Park has met a need for animal owners. “It's been well-received,” said Darrin Lautenschleger, spokesperson for the Muskingum ...
Two parks, one city, and two celebrations
Waterloo Record
The 39-hectare site sits atop a former landfill and offers a leash-free dog park, splashpad, BMX course, skateboard park and more. The festivities will include sports demonstrations, children's activities, and a geocache hunt — a 21st century ...
Dog Aggression: How to recognize the early signs
Vancouver Sun (blog)
Just go to any dog park and you often see situations where dogs are playing nicely then suddenly a dog snaps. Taggart pointed out dog owners have to recognize the early signs of aggression in a dog and intervene earlier before that happy play turns ...
Finger-Pickin' Good at Leisure World
So, with Betsy Brandel and Raul Blacksten, he formed Busy Fingers and began holding events at Fountain Valley's Mile Square Park, the Long Beach Dog Park and, on Saturday, at Leisure World in Los Alamitos. Many of the musicians who attended didn't pick ...



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Escape the downtown bar scene; enjoy the outdoors
Red and Black
The park also has a playground, grills, a lake and dog park, all open daily during daylight hours and free to the public. More great trails that span over four miles can be found at the back of the University's Intramural Fields. ...

Opportunity knocks, and it is green
Buffalo News
Here's a sampling of projects that have been given the go-ahead: a dog park in Lewiston; a one-time shot of funding for summer programs in Artpark; money to celebrate the Boundary Waters Treaty. And there are at least five “comfort stations” — more ...

Happy Tails Dog Park to open
Windsor Star
The Windsor/Essex County Humane Society will be officially opening the Happy Tails Dog Park today. WINDSOR, Ont. -- Dogs barked and chased each other with glee at the inauguration Monday of the dog park at the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. ...
America's favorite park will win $100000
Clarksville Online
The grounds also feature an off-leash dog park, three pavilions, picnic tables, playground equipment and concession/restroom facilities. For complete details about this contest, please visit us online atwww.cityofclarksville.com/parks&rec/ or call ...
Contra Costa Times Aug. 8 Letters from our readers
Contra Costa Times
Development by a large retail chain, with good service-type jobs, was turned away in favor of using the land for a dog park. Chevron's retrofit project was halted, putting 1000 people out of work. The Point Molate casino project, offering hundreds of ...
Hundreds Of Trees Planted But Few Jobs Created In Clark County Federal ...
Nevada News Bureau
... and planting the trees includes the city of Mesquite, which received 150 trees, the city of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department which received 128 trees, and a nonprofit group See Spot Run, Inc., which created a dog park in Boulder City. ...
Fairhope company receives $1.8 million project in South Carolina
Gulf Coast Newspapers
The project also includes the construction of canoe and kayak launching docks as well as a picnic pavilion. Pathways throughout the park will be complimented with landscaping and irrigation. A new dog park is planned with perimeter fencing and gates.
A Colorful Addition to the Falmouth Bike Path
“A mosaic is everlasting”, he explains. “They never lose their color or their consistency. This will be up for hundreds and hundreds of years.” Bowen is already at work on his next project, a mural for the recently opened Falmouth Dog Park.
Santa Rosa Creek Road in Cambria offers breathtaking scenery
San Luis Obispo Tribune
When you're done, you'll head east, where travelers with canines can stop at Cambria Dog Park, near Scott Rock. The rock — a 200-foot favorite among rock climbers — was named after Greenup Scott, whose family owned a ranch there around the Civil War. ...

New Brickshire units coming to M'ville
nwitimes.com
Town leaders only would allow Edward Rose to remove a tennis court area from the plans and replace it with a dog park. Edward Rose also expressed interest in building a 252-unit apartment complex in the 8300 block of Whitcomb Street, but the company ...