Huron Expositor, 2016-06-08, Page 3A walk and
fundraiser to help
dogs in need
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
Thunder and rain could
not stop the IC9 companions
from strutting through Sea -
forth for the fourth annual
Bow Wow Rescue Dog Walk
June 5.
At the Optimist Park
somewhere in the range of
five to six owners accounted
for 13 dogs in a 45 -minute
harmonious journey to sup-
port the Clinton -based Bow
Wow Rescue.
Bow Wow is a completely
volunteer, not-for-profit
organization devoted to pro-
viding public education; vet-
erinary care and everlasting
homes for abused, neglected
and/or abandoned animals.
Given the fact that Rescue
does not receive financial
support from the govern-
ment, Dene Coombs, the
person who initially came up
with the idea to launch the
fundraiser more than four
year ago said these types of
events are influential to the
organization.
Last year the event gath-
ered about $2,000 and even
with a drop in attendance
from the previous year's,
Coombs expects this time
around to draw roughly
$1,200-$2,000. A good deed
that will go a long way
including the costs of micro
chipping, feeding, vet tech as
well as several other
necessities.
Michelle Layton, who
operates the Bow Wow Res-
cue in Clinton said her organ-
ization is responsible for
finding a new home to more
than 50 dogs yearly. Those
pooches are from the pound
or discovered from local vet-
erinary clinics where the
stray or abandoned dogs will
be euthanized after three
business days if they are not
spoken for.
"Sometimes the dogs are
lucky and we find them a
home in a week, sometimes
they stay for over a year.
According to the Bow Wow
Rescue website, they are cur-
rently not taking in any more
dogs due to the high numbers
of dogs desperately needing
out of the pound and owner
surrenders.
"We are hopeful that some
of the wonderful foster dogs
that need loving homes
move on," stated the website
At this time, Layton is
looking for someone to fos-
ter a four-year-old German
Shepherd named Angel.
They are also asking for the
community's help in dona-
tions for the dog to have hip
surgery. They have enough
funds for the first hip opera-
tion, but not for the second.
For information on how to
donate go to bowwowres-
cueontario.com
After about a 45 -minute
walk some local dogs take a
breather on the bleachers at
the Optimist Park in Seaforth.
Dene Coombs dogs take a
break at the Bow Wow Rescue
Dog Walk June 5.
The annual Bow Wow Rescue
Dog Walk attracted a lot of
people in hindsight of the
storm that soaked the town
for a short period of time last
Sunday.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 • Huron Expositor 3
Four St. James Catholic School students jump around on a hot
spring day.
Shaun Gregory
To the right are Emily Maloney and Ava Vanden Hengel playing
hopscotch. St. James Catholic School has recently painted
hopscotch designs in the schoolyard.
Cole Mcdermid and Carter Wolfe trying out the new hop scotch
last week.
The game known as Gaga is the newest fad around Huron County.
The kindergarten class at St. James Catholic School participating
in a friendly game of Gaga.
An inexpensive way to keep students active
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
Following the initiative
from a grade school in
Goderich, St. James Catholic
School has welcomed a new
piece of equipment to their
outdoor activities.
Surrounded by wooden
boards in an octagon, the
game known as Gaga is
played at a fast -pace.
Dubbed as a more moderate
type of dodge ball, the ulti-
mate goal of the game is to
be the last one left in the pit.
A ball is thrown inside the
octagon where children
attempt to hit the ball off
other people. They must hit
the ball because holding or
throwing the ball is not
allowed. And the ball must
hit the person below the
knee for it to count.
"It goes really quickly, the
game lasts about five min-
utes. We started doing it
because it just came out,
said the principal of St.
James," Jenny Ritsma.
"We started going through
the grades, we started Grade
8, they go in and play and
they are done five to seven
minutes, and than all the
Grade 7's, we go through
grades right now because its
so popular, than it'll die
down a little bit, we want to
make sure we don't have
kindergartens and Grade 8
students.
Ritsma said this specific
project is substantially
cheaper than standard out-
door gym equipment. With
all the wood and stone dust
the total cost to build the
Gaga project was approxi-
mately $1,000.
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