STUDENTS ORGANIZE PET FAIR.Byline: MARK KELLAM Valley News Writer Need a dog or cat? Want to see a snake up close? You might want to visit a pet fair Saturday at Robert Frost Middle School Robert Frost Middle School may refer to one of the following:
The event is coordinated by a group of students in Noreen Castellani's service learning class. The class has produced a monthly school newsletter the past few years, but this year's students decided to expand their efforts. The students divided into six groups, each assigned various responsibilities in making the pet fair a reality, said Melanie Cramer, who heads up the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most committee for the class. The students have been working on the event since the beginning of the school year, she added. There will be 17 rescue groups, three food booths and 20 activities and information booths at the pet fair. There will also be an organization that will bring more exotic animals such as snakes Snake 1 n. pl. Snake or Snakes See Shoshone. snake n. 1. . The event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free. ``And you can bring your pets if they're well-behaved,'' Cramer said. Special events will include hamster hamster, Old World rodent, related to the voles, lemmings, and New World mice. There are many hamster species, classified in several genera. All are solitary, burrowing, nocturnal animals, with chunky bodies, short tails, soft, thick fur, and large external cheek races at 11 a.m., a pet fashion show at noon, a mini pet star contest featuring pet tricks at 1 p.m., and a pet/owner look-alike contest at 2 p.m. The school is located at 12314 Bradford Place in Granada Hills. For more information, call (818) 648-1129. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Bulldog bulldog, breed of thick-set nonsporting dog developed in the British Isles many centuries ago. It stands from 13 to 15 in. (33–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 50 lb (18.1–22.7 kg). ) |
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