Monday, October 24, 2011

The Dog Park News (October 24, 2011)

Beverly canines dressed their best for Howl-o-Ween dog park benefit
Wicked Local: Sally Mammen holds her dog Lily who is wearing a spider costume during the Beverly Dog Park Committee second annual Howl-o-ween dog costume contest held at the common gazebo. By Katrina Powell/ Wicked Local Beverly WHAT HAPPENED The Beverly Dog Park ...

First Tri-City dog park opens
KNDO/KNDU: First Tri-City dog park opens. Dozens of people showed up with their dogs to play in the new park. It's the first off-leash dog park in Tri-Cities. The Paws-abilities dog park is located at Badger Mountain Park in Richland. The Tri-City Dog Park ...

Wood carving of mayor's dog created for her support of Bow Wow Beach
Stow Sentry: Photo By Mike LeskoStow Mayor Karen Fritschel, from left, wood carver Joe Frohnapfel and Linda Stalnaker, a lead volunteer at Bow Wow BeacDog Park in Stow, stand next to Frohnapfel's wood carving of the mayor's former dog, Cindy, a female black ...

Dog Park Opens in Richland
KVEW: Published Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 A new dog park with 2.5 acres of space for dogs to play opened Saturday in Richland. Paws-abilities Place officially opened with speeches from organizers and a ribbon cutting Saturday morning. ...

Halloween Goes to the Dogs at Annual Howl-o-ween
Patch: Newtown Park and Bark throws a costume party for dogs and their people to raise money for a proposed off-leash dog park. By Benay Yaffe Newtown Park and Bark Howl-o-ween, October 22, 2011. Around 50 costumed dogs and their owners converged on Fairfield ...


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Around Redlands for Oct. 22
Redlands Daily Facts: Redlands Unleashed Fidos and Friends will sponsor a Howl'oween dog costume contest and festival noon to 3 pm Sunday at the Redlands Dog Park in Ford Park. Prizes will be awarded for most creative, scariest, funniest, cutest, best dog-person combo and ...
Canines turn out for tail-wagging, kissing and costuming
Brownsville Herald: Local dogs paraded in costumes as part of the animal center's annual event to draw people to the animal shelter and dog park. About 150 people brought their dogs to the dog park off FM 511 next to the Animal Regulation and Care Center for the afternoon ...
POLLS: Cats, Dogs, Millennium Park and Litterboxes
Patch: Community meeting about to discuss proposed dog park and options at Millennium Park is on Monday night at Roche Family Community Center. By David Ertischek How often do you clean out the litterbox? From meetings it appears there are two desires: one to ...
Volunteers come out to make a difference in Lompoc
Lompoc Record: Volunteers Bill Caldeira, left, and Bill Kaebler, both of Lompoc, work at Barkin' Dog Park in Lompoc as part of national Make A Difference Day. Volunteers worked to make a difference in Lompoc as they did projects at two parks Saturday. ...
Paw Print: Strut your mutt at two dog parades
NJ.com: In Montclair, registration begins at 9:15 am for the parade that will start at 10 am at the Brookdale Dog Park on Grove Street. In Maplewood, registration will start at 1:15 pm for the parade, which will begin at 2 pm at the South Mountain Dog Park on ...
Canines in costume carouse
The Columbian:Tucker, a 4-year-old Australian Terrier, waits for the judging of Dogtoberfest's Halloween costume contest Saturday morning at the Hazel Dell neighborhood dog park. Dogs dressed as frontiersmen, crustaceans and various food items raced, rolled and sang ...
Aesop's Park opens
Daily Commercial: There were dog training demonstrations in the dog park, complimentary photos, tennis instruction for children -- with extra large tennis balls and rackets -- and fitness demonstrations on the park's new exercise equipment and nature tours. ...

The question of dogs in the park
Pike County Courier: Why would you need a dog park in a rural township? " " What Dingmans does know is how to run a township. Parks are built for people not dogs, and when some one gets injured the first ones to be attcked will be the supervisors " " I have traveled the ...
Soldier Dog Comes Home
KKTV 11 News: Hope to run into you at the Rampart Dog Park some day. :) by Candice Location: CS on Oct 22, 2011 at 08:49 PM Welcome home, Rose! What a beautiful girl you are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being a true friend to those in need in such ...
Evans Town Center Park marks grand opening with concert, activities
The Augusta Chronicle: Hundreds gathered at Evans Town Center Park on Saturday to enjoy the day's festivities and check out the park's features, which include picnic pavilions, a large gazebo, a splash pad and a dog park. "This belongs to the people of Columbia County," said ...
Local middle school students volunteer at 'Barking Lot'
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News: The students donated their time at the shelter to plant trees in the new “Barking Lot” — an off-leash dog park. To celebrate Make Your Mark Week, young people from the Sault Area Middle School Jr. WOW club planted trees at ...
Nonprofit notebook
Winston-Salem Journal: The Dog Park at Tanglewood has been awarded a $30000 grant from the Winston-Salem Foundation. The grant is made from funds provided by the Edna B. Parkin Georges Animal Fund and the Lassiter Animal Welfare Fund to aid with the project's construction. ...
Quotes of the Week, Oct. 17 - Oct. 23
Patch: Background: There's a petition for a dog park circulating around town, and the resident who started it plans to present it to the Town Council soon. Between an online petition and a written one, Carissa Mason has solicited more than 500 signatures in ...
El Mitote, Oct. 23, 2011
Santa Fe New Mexican.com: Not long ago, someone we know was scurrying through Frank S. Ortiz Dog Park — sans cellphone — trying to find a lost set of car keys. He met a kind couple (with dog) who lent him their phone so he could ring a friend for a key replacement. ...
q Brian Tomlinson
The Olympian: She was a leader to build the fourth fire station, helped lead the effort to build the first dog park in the city, was instrumental in the creation of the transportation benefit area and on the social service side, was a supporter of finding a ...
Whitefish: Gifted child or spoiled brat?
Daily Inter Lake: What other town of its size has two performing arts centers, a skatepark, dog park, state-of-the-art fitness center, youth sports complex, community library, historic train depot and museum, indoor skating rink, world-class ski resort, manicured public ...
Agoura Hills City Council candidates have diverse backgrounds, engaged in ...
Ventura County Star: The grandfather of one who enjoys reading and traveling, he would like to see a dog park in the city, possibly at the city-purchased Heschel West Day School property, which he also envisions as a site for equestrian tourism. When she was in 10th grade ...
KTGY Principal Ken Ryan to Speak at ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles on ...
Free Press Release Center: “And by the way… if the public benefit is a dog park, then identify the nexus and find a way to get it built.” Overseeing KTG's Community Planning and Urban Design studios, Ken Ryan has served as leader on projects involving complex regeneration ...




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Off-leash dog park still under way in Melrose - Melrose ...
Dogs have legally been able to run free, sans leash, in a section of the Sheepfold's expansive meadow at the Middlesex Fells Reservation for almost a month ...
Dog lovers seek to expand local park
Efforts are underway by local dog-lovers to expand the dog park in Sugar Maple Park on Pleasant Ave.