A perfectly glorious Sunday graced the Animal Shelter's 25th annual "Silver Anniversary" Paw n' Pole Celebration at the Sun Valley Gun Club.
Event co-chair Andrea Nelson, helped by Bobby Noyes and Doran Key, said, "We had a nice turnout, and the warm, sunny weather inspired some very creative costume contestants, both dog and human."
On Monday, Nelson added, "I just learned that Odin, the Shelter Dog who won the 2k Open Long with Robin Potts, got adopted by a nice family who met him at the event!
"All of the Shelter Dogs behaved like champs. I am hoping others who attended the Paw n' Pole will come adopt them. The 2010 Paw n' Pole Shelter dogs were: Odin, Shake, Flirt, Barney, Chato, Mo, Tucker."
CONTEST RESULTS
Grand Prize: Beth Byerley of Sun Valley won the raffle for the Blaine County Nordic Trails 2010-2011 season pass.
Best Family Theme: Anne-Marie, Fisher, West and Ruby Gardner with their dog, Quigley.
Funniest Group Costume: Sue Engelmann and Kelly Bird, "The Silver Bullets," with Pyper and Calvin.
Best Kid Costume: Jamie Graninger with Obo.
Emcee's Choice Kids' Costume: Layne Allison with her dog Bella.
Cutest Tot Costume: West and Ruby Gardner (twin brother and sister) with their dog Quigley.
Best Dog Costume: Joy Knoespel with Queenie.
Funniest Dog Costume: Doran Key with her dog Buddy.
Emcee's Choice Overall: Cindy Phelan and her pugs Lily and Sparky.
Big Ole Dog: Ted Stout's dog, Sponge Bob.
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Little Sweetheart: Emily Siegel's dog Abby.
Might as Well be a Cat: Peter Johnson's dog Lula.
The Itiderod Red Lantern (slowest dog): Joy Knoespel's dog Queenie.
Silly Pet Trick Winners: Cindy Phelan and Lily; Hilary Hayward and Abby; Kathy Clark and Roger; Becky Classen and Abby; and James Buchanan and Paddington.
RACE RESULTS
2 kilometer: 1—Robin Potts (Shelter Dog) 9:18. 2—Sue Engelmann (Calvin) 10:51. 3—Dawn Peterson (Kody) 11:54. 4—Kelly Bird (Piper) 11:57. 5—Bruce Norvell (Ziggy) 11:59. 6—John Johnston (Cosmo and Stan) 12:54. 7—Cheyanne Stopol (Taco) 13:31. 8—Ted Stout (Sponge Bob) 13:44. 9—Harry Wyeth (Inish) 14:22. 10—Ben Stout (Snowdrift) 14:39. 11—Shauna Thoreson (No Dog) 16:35. 12—Pamela Ridgway (No Dog) 18:12. 13—Cindy Phelan (Lili and Sparky) 18:58. 14—Joy Knoespel (Queenie) 20:13.
1 kilometer: 1—Doran Key (Buddy and Daisy) 4:05. 2—Kelly Allison (Bella) 4:33. 3—Mary Crofts (Jake) 4:54. 4—Kaz Thea (Banjo) 5:04. 5—Emily Siegel (Abby) 5:20. 6—Anne Marie Gardner, West and Ruby Gardner (Quigley) 6:37. 9—Harry Huffaker (Chester) 7:05. 10—Doug Hitchin (Cole) 7:10. 11—Doug Wilson (Smitty) 7:38. 12—Corina Hein (Bela and Owen) 8:47. 13—Nadia Novik (Stella) 8:58. 14—Joseph Begovich (Shalee) 11:47. 15—Cara 12:46. 16—Carol Aldred 12:50. 17—Caroline Slate (Lucy) 13:18. 18—Jennifer Harper (Hunter) 15:52.
1 kilometer kids' XC: 1—Laine Allison (Bella) 4:33. 2—Kai Nelson (Banjo) 5:04. 3—Jamie Graninger (Obo) 6:54. 4—Tayah Le-Hamilton (Behrol) 8:02. 5—Sofia (Lady) and Eva (Donner) 12:38. 7—Nora Drougas (Gretta) 12:42.
1 kilometer snowshoe: 1—Buck Drew (Tucker) 7:40. 2—Zach (Maggie) 7:42. 3—Becky Klassen (Annie) 7:49. 4—Wyatt (No Name) 7:57. 5—Bridget Cimino (Shelter Dog) 11:35. 6—Kaitlin (June Bug) 11:45. 7—Fisher Gardner (Blueberry) 14:01. 8—Zac Friedman (No Name) 15:04. 9—Hilary Hayward (Darlin) 16:01. 10—Chad Hayward (Abbey) 16:06. 11—Joanna Edwards and Ben Bradley (Batman) 16:16. 13—Karen and Keith (Lily) 30:26. 15—Corey Graham (Hailey) 31:08. 16—Linda Closner (Flirt) 31:10. 17—Mariann Begovich 34:35.
Fisher Gardner takes Blueberry for a fun run during Sunday’s Paw n’Pole.
