Lydia Hollo-

way is sharing

her many talents with ACARF by establishing a website that sells many

clever and custom-made items and

K.J., a beautiful Golden Retriever, was accepted by the Golden Re-triever Rescue in Nebraska (GRRIN). Rescue organizations have no shelter facilities, and all the animals are housed in private foster homes until they are adopted. Be-cause they are breed-specific, all

foster families are familiar with the breed and their behavior characteristics, but to be accepted there must be a home avail-able. Their adoption procedures are generally rather stringent and the requirements geared toward finding the perfect home to fit the specific needs of the dog. We can be assured that K.J. will be well cared for until he finds his Forever Family.

November 18, 2011

Stray intake 7

Born in shelter 9

Adopted 12

Foster 1

Dogs in Shelter 3/30/12 42

Stray intake 1

Adopted 5

Cats in Shelter 3/16/12 32

Rescued 1

Return to Owner 3

Euthanized 1

Two weeks ending March 30, 2012

Camero

Carol

Clint

Adoptions

Stats for

2 Weeks Ending 03/30/2012

Good News

For K.J.

The shelter hosted a group of children from the Humboldt Co-op Preschool last week. They toured the facility and viewed a video about ACARF. Their teacher is Danielle Smith.

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Doug

Fargo

Flynn

Goliath

It’s that time again! Thanks to Larry Macha for mowing the lawn and to Bud Jones for doing the trimming. And have you noticed that Jim Smith has planted some maple trees on the west side of the building where the Memorial Garden is planned? Keep watching as the garden begins to take shape!.

Elsa

Greg

Lady

Matilda

Olan

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Spring is the time we begin to shake off the dol-drums of the winter and begin to revitalize our sur-roundings. That’s what’s happening in the shelter lobby these days. Julie Payne purchased cabinets and a desk to place against the south wall, and with the assistance of Dawn Murray and Bob Haberland has been kept busy putting cabinets to-gether and rearranging computers, printers, and cables. Lots of things are being moved and im-proved! There will be more storage and better workstations for those at the front desk.

Thank you!

Reorganize! Rejuvenate!

Did you notice the number of adoptions the last two weeks? Wow!

Casey

Far

Available With No

Adoption Fee

Elle

Skip Els

Jimmer

Champ

As-

Connie

Godiva

Merle

Pepe

Reba

Redford

Smid

Tricia

Tug Tyler

Whisper

Moppett

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Sylvia

Teddy

Zap

Theo

Elsa

Molly

Olan

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Business Expo 2012

Fran Clay, Jeanne Cloud, and Dawn Murray (below) await the opening of the Expo doors on Fri-day afternoon.

Noelle

Frank Porter tends the ACARF booth on Friday afternoon

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Skip Becker has started training for work in the Second Chance. Many know Skip from her work at Thrive Allen County, but she’s a long-time resident who’s well-known to many. She had a booth in a flea market for a long time, so is well-versed in merchandising, and is anxious to again become active after having surgery. She will make a wonderful addition to our staff! Emily Clous, though, is a relative newcomer to the Iola area, having moved here with her husband from Michigan. She loves all animals and worked as a foster with the Southwest Michigan Humane Society. Although a Biologist by vocation, she has many talents to share—and we plan to take advantage of them all!

Thank you!

Welcome, New

Volunteers!

Akeva Wado

Yewo

Tav

Hvala

Musi

Grazas

Merci

!kaen se !tau

Ua tsaug ntau ntau

Go raibh mile maith agaibh

Multumesc There are 465 different languages in which to say “thank you”, but there are many more things for which to be thankful. The request for food items for the Expo food booth fundraiser brought all the requested items, thanks to Emy Platt and to Deanne Burris and to several uni-dentified donors. With all the help, the weekend was a big boon to the fundraising cof-fers to benefit the shelter. The number and quality of items donated to the Second Chance continues to astound, as do the number of customers. Please know that your support is appreciated in all 465 languages.

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Andi DePriest, Director Janice Porter, Front Desk

Robyn Porter, Photographer, Petfinders

Ginny Hawk, Fundraising Chair

305 East Highway 54 La Harpe KS 66751

620-496-3647 www.acarf.org

Hours

11:30 am—5:00 pm Tuesday thru Saturday

Closed Sunday and Monday

Look for us on

Look for pictures and descriptions of all available cats and dogs on our website

www.acarf.org

Robyn’s

Pet of the Week

Photograph by Robyn Porter

Bonnie

Pug + Beagle = Puggle! Bonnie is a delightful “designer dog”, a young female Puggle. She is sweet and friendly and has the loveliest big brown eyes you’ve ever seen. Bonnie has wonderful manners and is completely housebroken. Polite, happy, and fun; Bonnie is ready to be the best friend you’ve ever had!

Have a lovely Easter