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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
from the editor’s desk<br />
COMMUNITY NEWS<br />
I’M A bit of a dog sort of person.<br />
Others might say I’m a dog of a bloke,<br />
and if they do, I’d probably take it as a<br />
compliment.<br />
That’s why I’ve featured the 2018<br />
Dogwatch calendar in today’s paper.<br />
The calendar is a fundraiser for this great organisation and<br />
the canines which feature in it are ones that they have rescued<br />
and rehomed.<br />
The system works like this: The dogs which end up in council<br />
pounds have seven days to be collected. The pounds then have<br />
the unenviable job of giving them the chop or rehoming them.<br />
This is where Dogwatch comes in. If there’s room, unwanted<br />
dogs are taken in and then the search for a suitable home begins.<br />
Hank, who features on page 1, has been at Dogwatch since late<br />
October. He has a few quirks but otherwise is a lovely dog, as<br />
most border collies are.<br />
Photographer Martin Hunter said he played ball for the pic.<br />
It would be nice for Hank to have a home.<br />
Give Dogwatch a call on 981 4708.<br />
Also, if you’re a bit confused by our masthead today –<br />
Nor’West <strong>News</strong>, Western <strong>News</strong>, Selwyn Times – it’s because we’ve<br />
rolled three of our community newspapers into one.<br />
It happens at this time of the year.<br />
But our stand alone communities will be back in your letter<br />
boxes on Tuesday, January 9.<br />
–Barry Clarke<br />
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