EDITION OF THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 [PetPowellPress] Good morning, and, as we re-shape our daily schedule at home to accommodate appointments and tasks, we’ll just dive right into today’s report. Anybody else think they’ve got a cold? Well, never mind my personal burdens, achoo, here’s the report:
AND THEN THERE’S THIS
GARLAND DOG CHALLENGE
We’ve been writing for years about the rescue adventures of Deborah Verner. She’s got this challenge in Garland right now and needs some help. Email her at [email protected].
She writes, “I stumbled upon a group of five stray dogs recently, which includes 3 adults (2 males, 1 female), and 2 puppies. One male is a boxer mix, white with brown on ears, and the other male appears to be a large Newfoundland mix, with dark brown fur with white markings (white neck, neck, paws, and white tip on tail). The female and two puppies are German Shepherd mixes. The puppies appear to be around 4-5 months old. They are all skittish, but the puppies could probably be coaxed with food. They come up close when my friend puts their food down.
“Neighbors state that they have been in the neighborhood for about 6 months. If that's the case, the pups were born out there. And, Animal Control can't catch them. Duck Team 6 can help, but needs somewhere for them to go once caught. I, personally, cannot take any. We are desperate to get them caught, but a rescue is needed to take them. Neighborhood kids taunt them, and residents (one in particular) have been destroying the feeding station that was set up. Plus, a small church right there doesn’t want us or the dogs there.” Again, email [email protected].
And somebody remind those kids and the adult that there are laws that protect animals from idiot human behavior.
THEN THERE’S THE STORY
OF LUCKY AND FLASH
This is an upbeat ending to a downbeat opening. You may recall our note last week about Lucy and Flash. Amy Poskey, the volunteer monitor of appeals at the Denton McNatt Animal Shelter, had reported, “These two boys were surrendered by the son of a deceased man and he wanted them to be euthanized. Well, the shelter staff soon realized what WONDERFUL, SWEET, HEALTHY, HANDSOME boys they are and decided
they deserve a chance to find a loving family!
”
They’re still together, but they’ve gone to a good spot.
“Saved by Legacy Humane Society!!!,” Amy reports. She wrote, “These delightful boys have left the building!!! Once again, Legacy Humane Society has saved the day! THANK YOU LEGACY!!! Lucky & Flash will be in a WONDERFUL foster home while they wait for their furever home!”
UPDATING A NOTE
FROM OUT AT THE LAKE
The report from Gun Barrel City is that last-minute negotiations managed to arrange a contract result that pleases the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake and its supporters. The HSCCL shelter in Tool, down the lake from GBC, will continue to take in and attempt to adopt out the stray dogs from Gun Barrel
City. HSCCL proudly notes that it never euthanizes to make room for the next unwanted animal.
That little Min-Pin is “Rocky.” The cat is “Mrs. Whiskers.” You can see them and other HSCCL adorable adoptables HERE.
And when you click HERE you can see Buttercup, the last member of a litter — her siblings have been adopted and now she’s playing alone in a puppy pen. Needs a human.
MEANWHILE IN LANCASTER
The folks with 4-Legged Helpers report that this healthy 3-month-old tabby TJ is in the Lancaster Shelter because of an allergy event. The report is, “Sadly, the people that adopted him aid that one of their grandchildren broke out in hives due to allergies so they could not keep
him. They had named him Midnight originally…. the vet paperwork for the combo test can be supplied.”
Also waiting, according to the note 4-Legged Helpers report, this beautiful blonde German Shepherd Dog Ginger. She’s describe as a “very friendly and sweet girl.”
As you know by now, the Lancaster Shelter has little human traffic, so the newly-registered non-profit 4-Legged Helpers continues to try to help the animal in the city facility get some life-saving attention. To ask about these two animal or any critter in the Lancaster, Wilmer or Hutchins shelters, call or text Laura Macias at 214-949-2726 or email [email protected].
[Rescue groups: “Transport available for 5601c3 rescue — we will deliver any dog directly to you."]
4TH ANNUAL BIG TEX JOB FAIR
SET FOR FRIDAY AT FAIR PARK
That photo provided by the State Fair of Texas is of the most recognizable worker in the State of Texas who isn’t a politician or athlete, Big Tex, the symbol of the great autumn festival. He’s also the symbol of employment.
We got word from Karissa Condoianis, the Fair’s Senior VP for Public Relations, that the 4th Annual Big Tex Job Fair is scheduled from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday in the Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center — it’s sponsored by the Fair and Goodwill Industries of Dallas. The news release says — Get this! — “Forty-nine local companies will be taking applications and interviewing for employment positions across a broad range of skillsets.”
Go to Gate 2 at the Fair and you can get free parking for the Job Fair — it’s in the livestock center at 1403 Washington St. And “The State Fair will also be running free shuttles from the DART station at the front gate.”
If you want to apply for a job, you almost cannot find a way to NOT get to the Big Tex Job Fair. Private or public transportation. Just get there on time — a valuable employment requirement!
[LARRY ASIDE: Big Tex won’t be there. The 55-foot-tall Midway Cowboy has left Big Tex Circle Wednesday and is in his Fair Park condo — if I were him, after watching all those people eating corny dogs, I’d have my boots off, my big waist ornament unbuckled, get out of my Big Tex Spanx and I’d have myself a bowl of State Fair vegetarian chill with extra onions and a bottle of sparkling water, a Bavarian Waffle and a long nap while waiting for next September when the Texas Rangers are driving toward the American League Pennant and the World Series. Like Big Tex, my dreams are big and my sentences can be long.]
CONTEMPLATIONS
HALLOWEEN SEASON
Yeah, we’ve had black cats — Bob the Cat was the king, then, after he left us, my catladyofOakCliffspouse Martha chased a kitten off busy Zang Boulevard and grabbed her out of the bushes. She became “Annabelle Bob,” named in honor of the great Bob the Cat. Martha had Bob around 15 years and we had Annabelle Bob about that long, too. They were spectacular cats. But aren’t they all. [That's Annabelle Bob, about 5 pounds lighter than the original Bob, but in one of her most eerie poses a decade ago.] … I was at a meeting Tuesday night and missed both the start of the 2019 World Series and the annual broadcast of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Fortunately I can watch it on demand on our cable system — during our recent move I misplaced our dvd player and about 10,000 DVDs and videotapes, too, including the Charlie Brown Halloween. My technology lives in the past. Anyway, speaking of the past, the half-hour, animated It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, debuted October 27, 1966. I missed it — I was working the night shift at The Texarkana Gazette — a college freshman, a reporter, an intellectual… well, two out of three. Years passed in the pre-VCR era before I got to see this great cartoon. I’m going to watch it tonight if I don’t nod off. I have insomnia. I’ll probably watch the cartoon, then follow up with The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, the great Don Knotts film released in January 1966. Ah, 1966 — a great year for entertainment. … Any schools still have Halloween Carnivals? One year in the late '50s I played “The Man From Borneo” in the basement “fun house” at Highland Park Elementary School in Texarkana. The Man From Borneo was the most frightening thing in those days -- we hadn't yet seen the future of American politics (relax, Nixonians, that's a joke.) Ah, I DO look back, think of the stage and wonder “What could have been?” Note to Producers: I’m available to reprise The Man From Borneo on stage. Union pay, please.
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