January 19, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 3
Happy ending for shelter dogs
The Unexpected Happens
WHEN IT DOES, OUR CERTIFIED TECHS WILL BE THERE fOR YOU,
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Animal control officer
Phil Angell was pleased to
report this week that all of
the dogs mentioned or pic-
tured in the article that ap-
peared on the front page of
last week's Chronicle have
been adopted.
"I think the article
helped raise awareness,"
said Angell, "and it was nice
to find these dogs homes."
Angell received many
calls about the puppies, and
all were adopted out fairly
quickly. A truck driver who
was passing through town
and happened to see the ar-
ticle in the paper, adopted
one pup. The pup will have
a permanent home in West
Virginia, but will most like-
ly do a lot of traveling with
its new owner.
Karyn and Jim Felt of
Lovell adopted another pup-
py.
"I saw the picture of the
puppy that was in the pa-
per," explained Karyn. "By
the time we called Phil, it
had already been adopted.
We were so disappointed
until Phil told us that there
were two more puppies that
were siblings of that one."
Karyn sent Jim into
the shelter because she was
afraid that her "soft heart"
would lead her to adopt
all of the dogs that were
in there. So, sight-unseen
she requested the dark col-
ored one, which was black
and white with a little bit of
brown color.
They were told the pup
PATTI CARPENTER
Karyn Felt enjoys a moment with Izzy, the pup she
adopted from the shelter in Lovell last week.
was a male and decided to
name him "Ozzy." After a
day of calling him by that
name, they realized that
he was actually a she and
changed her name to "Izzy."
"We are so happy with
our new puppy," said Karyn.
"I think it's all going to work
out really well for us. So far,
Izzy has been really good
and she seems to learn fast."
"We're excited that so
many were adopted," said
Lovell Police Chief Nick
Lewis. "The last thing we
want is to have to eutha-
nize animals. We would
rather see them re-united
with their owners or in new
homes."
Lewis noted that it is
much easier to reunite lost
dogs with their owners if
they are wearing a collar
and tag as required by local
ordinance.
"The nice thing about
the tag is that we can look
up the owner of the dog by
looking at the number on
the tag and let them know
their lost dog has been
found," said Lewis. "When
the dog is registered and
receives a tag from us, we
are also keeping a history
of the dog's rabies shot in-
formation, so, if someone
is bitten they don't have to
go through painful rabies
shots." •
According to local or-
dinance, all dogs must be
current on their rabies vac-
cination and must wear a
collar and special license
in town. The license can
be purchased at the Police
Dept. in Lovell for a nomi-
nal fee of $2.50 for dogs
that are spayed/neutered
and $10 for intact animals.
Nearby towns have similar
ordinances.
For more information
about how to adopt animals
from the shelter, or to make
an appointment to view the
animals, contact the Lovell
Police Department at 548-
2215.
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The Lovell Chronicle
won multiple awards at the
l l3th annual Winter Cori-
vention of the Wyoming
Press Association over the
weekend in Laramie.
The paper won 14 indi-
vidual awards called Pace-
maker Awards, a total that
earned the Cl@onible the
Sweepstakes Award in the
small weekly category. The
Chronicle was also judged
second best in photographic
excellence.
Former Chronicle news
editor Brad Devereaux won
a first place photography
award in the feature pho-
to cagtegory for his 'lurtle
Patrol" photo that showed
Shriner Riley Cooke stick-
ing out his tongue during
the Mustang Days Parade to
seek a piece of candy from a
boy along the parade route.
Devereaux also won
second place in the sports
photo category for his pho-
to of the Rocky Mountain
Lady Grizzlies celebrating
following their state volley-
ball championship win over
Wright at the 2010 State
Tournament in Casper.
Chronicle reporter Pat-
ti Carpenter won a honor-
able mention photography
award in the portrait/per-
sonality category for her
photo of little Danika Crum-
rine sleeping on her grand-
father Pat Marchant's lap
during the Sept. 17 fund-
raiser for the Lovell-Kane
Museum.
In writing, Chronicle
Editor-Publisher David
Peck won the top two spots
in the spot news writing
category, winning a blue
ribbon for his Sept. 1 story
about the kayaking tragedy
that cost the Harder family
two young boys on Aug. 29.
Judges said the sto-
ry had "vivid descriptions
and a well-constructed nar-
rative" with a "good use of
quotes."
Peck won second place
in the spot news category
for his story about a drunk
driving striking and killing
two Pryor Mountain wild
mustangs north of Horse-
shoe Bend on July 24.
"Can you 'humanize' a
story about horses?" judges
wrote. "I was hooked after
the first two grafs. An ex-
cellent example of taking a
routine story and making it
memorable."
Peck also won a blue
ribbon in the sports news
category for his story about
the Lovell Lady Bull-
dogs beating Burns to win
the 2011 state basketball
championship last winter.
Judges said the story had
a "great lead" and had a
"good use of stats and pho-
tos to give a reader a com-
plete look at the team's ac-
complishment."
The Chronicle staff also
won the top prize for head-
line writing among small
weeklies.
Judges wrote that the
Chronicle was a "clear win-
ner in this category" and
noted that "strong, active
headlines draw readers in
without cheap clich6s."
Devereaux won second
place in the general news
category for his Jan. 27,
2011, "War on the West"
story about possible use of
a "Wild Lands" designation
by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement to set aside public
lands from multiple use.
Judges called the sto-
ry "a good scene-setter for
what will be a very contro-
versial issue."
Chronicle Production
Manager Pat Parmer won
three second-place awards
for graphics work. Parmer
won second in open page
design for her "back-to-back
track titles" page after the
Lovell Lady Bulldogs won
their second straight state
track championship in May.
Judges liked the "good,
solid graphic" and said the
"oval of photos" and the
"catchy 'back2back' art
make the top half of this
page very effective."
Parmer won two awards
in the merchandise ad cat-
egory. She won a second-
place award for her "Think
it...Print it" ad for Big Horn
Engraving. Judges wrote
that the ad had a "power-
ful use of photographs to
visually put 'proof in the
ad copy 'pudding,'" add-
ing, "That was a nice touch
working in the copy about
how the business supports
the community: a big deal
in small-town America."
Parmer also won an
honorable mention in the
same category for her Lovell
Drug Valentine's Day fea-
turing the words 'Tour Val-
entine will be Flying High"
above a dog with large ears
that appear to be flapping.
"On a page filled with
cute animals, this little gal
screams 'Look at me!' Nice
choice of font given the Val-
entine's Day theme," judges
wrote. "Nice use of white
space to set apart the dog
pic and thus give it more
impact."
Finally, Parmer won
second place in the "best de-
signed ad" category for her
"Gone in 90 Minutes" house
ad promoting the Chroni-
cle's full-page ad sale a year
ago.
"People can't miss this
one," judges wrote. "What
a super idea - makes ad-
vertisers act. Your switch-
board operator must've
been flooded with calls! All
the details spelled out thor-
oughly, and it was smart
to list the regular cost of a
full page ad so advertisers
could see what they'd be
saving. Good way to pick up
business during a slow time
of the year for newspapers."
The Chronicle was
judged to have the second-
best web page among small
weeklies, and judges not-
ed that the site "provides
a nice brisk read of top sto-
ries."
The Chronicle staffwon
honorable mention under
the plus business ad idea
category for last year's
Valentine's Day Pet Lover
Contest, and judges wrote,
"Boy, I'll bet this one gen-
erated plenty of 'table talk'
buzz in various kitchens
and restaurants when it
ran. Way cool twist on the
standard "Valentine's Day
Contest' theme. The cre-
ativity in the raw idea re-
ally makes this idea work."
Chronicle publisher Da-
vid Peck said he is pleased
to see members of his staff
rewarded for the hard work
and long hours they put in
every week to produce the
newspaper.
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