The Dog Park News (December 27, 2011)

Dog park fundraiser features wine and beer tasting Shreveport Times: The bottles may bite back at an upcoming fundraiser for a Shreveport Dog Park. The Shreveport dog park Alliance will sponsor Wine and Beer Tasting with a Bite as its first fundraiser of 2012 to help raise the $150000 needed to construct a public park ...

Boy scout to create dog park in Lake Wales News Chief: By PHIL ATTINGER LAKE WALES - Dog lovers who have asked for a dog park for many years may finally get it. Boy Scout Ian Galloway has stepped forward to make plans, to raise funds and to develop the Ninth Street Park as a dog park for an Eagle Scout ...

Lower Macungie Township looking to create dog park Allentown Morning Call: That's why a push is under way to open a dog park in Lower Macungie Township. Dog parks have become the fastest-growing segment of city parks, according to a study released Dec. 8 by the nonprofit Trust for Public Land. Perkasie, Nazareth and Bethlehem ...

Willits dog park to be named after local vet Willits News: By The Willits News staff The new Willits dog park will be named after Frank Grasse, following action December 13 by the Willits City Council. The Willits Dog Park Association, which is raising funds to put up the fencing for the new dog park, ...

Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter raising funds to build dog park Austin American-Statesman: The Alexanders volunteer at the shelter, which is raising funds to landscape and build a dog park in the field directly behind their building. Shelter director Cheryl Schneider said she hopes to begin the project in March. ...

Bedford's Top Dog Names of 2011 Patch: The town of Bedford issued 96 resident dog park permits in 2011, according to Lisbeth "Boo" Fumagalli, town clerk. Of the new permits, 86 were issued to individuals or families getting their first dog and ten were to people brave enough to add a second ...

New pavilion an homage to 'ancient' construction techniques The Citizen.com: It took a matter of months, not weeks, for volunteers to build a simple shelter at the Peachtree City Dog Park. But this time it wasn'ta matter of having to tangle with government at length for the appropriate permit. It was a matter of old-time ...

Park's Tobico Towers to reopen Sunday Midland Daily News: ... hike and ribbon-cutting ceremony when participants gather for healthy snacks and refreshments. "This will give us an opportunity to talk about our new winter programs as well as get input about a possible dog park that's been proposed," Lauinger said.

Holiday Spotlight: Robert Timberlake Patch: Dog park a must, then family and friends for lots of college football. What stands out to you about 2011, either personally, professionally or in general? How fast 24 years in education has gone by. What is your New Year's Resolution? ...