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10 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
A night for the animals at ‘Music in the Pines’
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BY FRANCESCA SAGALA
hen Petey the dog “He went home healthy - and he’s in first arrived at the his happy second chance forever home,” Michiana Humane she said. Society (MHS), he was During the Fund-a-Paws portion in trouble. of the event, guests could raise their “Petey was this sweet little dog that paddles to make a straight donation to came in and he was so, so sick - he was Petey’s Fund, which was created to treat so eaten up with mange and a host of special animals like Petey who come other problems that in the old days he into the shelter. would’ve just been euthanized,” Allison In the last year, Allison said those Goldberg, president of the MHS Board who work at the shelter discovered of Directors, that Petey’s said. Fund has Allison was taken on more speaking to importance. a crowd of During the animal lovers pandemic, who were owner gathered on surrenders the sprawling have been acres of “through her and her the roof.” husband, People who’ve Jeff’s, home, adopted pets Whispering during this Pine, hidden time have had away in the to give them up woods along because they Krueger Road were already in Union Pier hard hit from at Music in the effects of the pandemic the Pines, and couldn’t this year’s afford to signature care for their event for MHS, Clint and Cassandra Francis celebrate Clint’s 70th birthday at Whispering Pines animals when Saturday, Aug. they got sick. 28. Recently, Petey was a dog showed up with the highly not euthanized, Allison said. It’s one of contagious parvo virus, which resulted the many aspects of MHS that its board in everyone in the surgical unit being and staff members pride themselves in: isolated – which meant “we couldn’t It’s a no kill shelter. do our spays and neuters, because it’s “But one of the things we have the only space we have,” Allison said. accomplished is we send 98 percent An outbreak of ringworm that was of the animals that come through our caused by a cat that came in contagious doors out alive - so that’s quite an required animals to be isolated in accomplishment,” Allison said. the surgical unit the animals were Allison said everyone at the shelter healthy enough to return to the cat “put out a call” to their friends and neighbors. Soon, they had raised enough population. In addition, everything had to be disinfected. Allison credited funds to help Petey.
The Newports entertain at Music in the Pines
The crowd gathers on the lawn surrounding Whispering Pines
Paul and Kim Ballam with Jack and Barb Semens at their lawn set up
Mixing and mingling on the deck of Whispering Pines
William Gibson, Steve Jenkins, Tom Chiola and Harvey Tucker enjoy cheeses at their lawn set up
The crowd dances into the night to The Newports
Rich and Eileen Kochanny enjoy an Italian feast at their bistro-style set up
Mother and daughter Karen Joy Kelly and Caroline Horist relax at the lawn set up
