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A worthy walk for dog lovers
November 19th, 2010 at Fri, 19th, 2010 at 2:40 pm by markklaas
Andy Jones gets ready to take his friendly boy-girl Boxers, Harry Truman, left, and Abbie, for an important walk.
Auburn, like many suburban communities, keeps putting its best paws forward.
Dogs and their masters recently converged for the inaugural 2 Million Puppy Up! Walk at Auburn’s Roegner Park. The two-mile walk, which raised awareness and money for canine cancer and comparative oncology research, drew an estimated 100 walkers who basked in Sunday morning sunshine.
“It met every expectation,” said Ja Cee Crull, event organizer. “Even the weather cooperated.”
Auburn was one of 12 cities across the country to hold a Puppy Up! walk on Nov. 7, part of a national effort organized by 2 Million Dogs, a non-profit organization committed to discovering the common links between canine and human cancers and the causes of the cancers through comparative oncology research.
I enjoyed meeting the people, sharing stories about their beloved dogs and discussing the importance of the walk.
Such a walk may well be an annual event, based on its success.
You can read the complete story at http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/opinion/108793834.html.
markklaas Mark Klaas, editor of the Auburn Reporter, is an award-winning journalist who has worked in the newspaper industry for more than 25 years. He previously worked as a reporter and editor in Idaho, Oregon and California before moving to the Puget Sound in 1993. He lives in King County with his wife, Sara, and children, Derek and Elizabeth.
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