BARKING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK $1,500 FROM FESTIVAL DONATED TO SHELTER.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - A volunteer committee that organized Lancaster's popular Bark at the Park dog festival last fall presented a check Tuesday for $1,500 to the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Animal Shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. in Lancaster. The donation came from proceeds from an auction and a raffle held during the Oct. 1 event at Lancaster City Park. The 2005 event was the first time money was raised for the benefit of the shelter. ``Hopefully we'll be able to donate more in the future,'' said Sean Ponso, recreation supervisor for the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. . The funds will go toward installing new visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. pens and repairing a pair of existing visitation pens. The pens are areas where people can interact with animals they are considering adopting, said Terry Eversull, the shelter's manager. Starting out 10 years ago as a Frisbee dog competition that attracted about 100 people, Bark at the Park has grown and now draws about 4,500 pet owners annually. ``It's a way for people to show off their dogs, have fun with their dogs, and learn to do more with their dogs,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The event still has a Frisbee competition, but it now includes other contests and attractions, including a costume contest, a canine canine or canid Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. ``good citizenship'' ring to test animals' obedience and manners, a best singing dog competition, agility competitions and ``splash'' dog contests to see how far an animal can jump into a pool of water. The 2006 Bark at the Park will be held Oct. 7. Information about the event can be found on the Web at lancasterbarkatthepark.org. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts visits dogs at the Lancaster animal shelter, which received $1,500 in proceeds from last fall's Bark in the Park Bark in the Park is an annual festival for dogs and their owners in the San Jose, California, Naglee Park neighborhood, held on the third Saturday in September. It is a fundraising event hosted by the Naglee Park neighborhood's Campus Community Association (CCA). festival. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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