ARROYO SECO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

Letter about:
Councilman José Huizar's invitation to:
"Hermon Dog Days of Summer"


Councilman José Huizar's invitation to: "Hermon Dog Days of Summer"
Saturday, July 19 - 4:00pm to 7:00 pm


From: Marcella Cortez
marcella.cortez@lacity.org

July 11, 2008

Dear Neighbor,

Please feel free to distribute this invitation from Councilman José Huizar, CD14:
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Hermon Dog Days of Summer

Saturday, July 19, 2008
4:00PM to 7:00PM

* FREE ADMISSION *

Hermon Dog Park
5568 Via Marisol
Los Angeles, CA 9004

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For the third year, Hermon Park will be the site of a FREE pet event featuring fun for all the family, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., this time featuring pet adoptions, veterinary technicians providing low cost health check-ups and services, kids crafts, raffles, and dog agility demonstrations guaranteed to "wow" the audiences.

Top-level sponsors this year again include District 14 Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar and the area's city-certified Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, which serves the Hermon community and four other nearby Los Angeles neighborhoods in Northeast Los Angeles.

"Dog Days of Summer" will be held this year around the dog park inside Hermon Park. Enter at the far end of the park driveway, at 5568 Via Marisol, L.A. 90042 (between Monterey Road and the Anoyo Seco Parkway/110 Freeway).

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Marcella Cortez
marcella.cortez@lacity.org

José Huizar
Councilaman, CD14

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INVITATION from the community:

TAILS. . . from Hermon Dog Park (#27)

[Produced by Friends of Hermon Dog Park, Inc. - a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation]

IT'S FINALLY HERE! The "Dog Days of Summer" Festival is THIS Saturday, July 19 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hermon Dog Park, 5568 Via Marisol (Hermon) L.A. 90042. There will be something for everyone and every dog. There'll be cat and dog adoptions from L.A. City, L.A. County, and Pasadena Humane, dog agility demonstrations, a Puppy Party -- to help our young ones learn to socialize at the dog park, and Vet Care vaccination services. They offer vaccinations, de-worming, a physical exam for $20, nail clipping for $8 to $12. and HomeAgain microchipping, plus a lifetime registry for $45. They also offer treatments for eyes, ears, and skin; antibiotics; and flea and heartworm medications.

Then there'll be terrific raffles to raise funds for the Friends of Hermon Dog Park, and pet services and supplies. In addition to the three major pet shelters and Vet Care, confirmed attendees include: (of course) FHDP, Yappi Days Pet Sitting, LA Tails Magazine, Handle With Care Dog Training, the L.A. Stormwater Program, Guide Dogs of America, Aussie Pet Mobile groomers, Woof Dog Boutique and Barkery, and Paint Your Pooch with dog portrait artist Kristin Gilmartin. Also on hand will be: AJB leather collars and accessories, the Glendale Pet Resort, Dogs Gone Walking (just featured in Los Angeles Magazine), artist LisaAnn Sparks, Petagree Pet Sitting, Big Boned Dogs Collars & Leashes, and the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council -- which has helped financially to make this festival possible, along with Councilmember Jose Huizar, who is scheduled to attend.

Another interesting addition this year will be Los Angeles Animal Services Wilderness Officer Randall, who will be there to tell us about the wildlife we live by and how to keep our pets safe around them.

Invite your friends to come with you because it will be an exciting FREE admission event, (and Fritz has promised great weather). And, parking restrictions have been lifted for the event along Via Marisol, so there will be plenty of parking available nearby.
Again, that's THIS Saturday, July 19 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at our area's wonderful resource, the Hermon Dog Park.

See You There,
Wendi Riser
Co-President, Friends of Hermon Dog Park

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER" FESTIVAL BRINGS PET ADOPTIONS,
DOG-CENTRIC FAMILY FUN BACK TO HERMON PARK

Council member Jose Huizar,
Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council,
Friends of Hermon Dog Park
Again Sponsor Major Eastside Pet Festiva
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Low-cost Health Check-ups and
Services for Animal Companions Featured

Hermon (Los Angeles) -- If, as the saying goes, every dog is destined to "have its day" then this summer's "Dog Days of Summer" family festival on July 19, 2008, in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Hermon, may just be that day for dozens of dogs (and cats) -- along with the people who take them home.

For the third year, Sycamore-shaded Hermon Park will be the site of a FREE pet event featuring fun for all the family, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., this time featuring pet adoptions, a "Puppy Party" hosted by Handle With Care Dog Training (for young dogs new to the world of dog parks), veterinary technicians providing low cost health check-ups and services, raffles, and dog agility demonstrations guaranteed to "wow" the audiences hosted by Penny Scott-Fox.

The follow-on to the eastside's most unique pet adoption event -- first celebrated as the "Yappy Bark Day" anniversary of the 2005 opening of the dog park in Hermon -- this year's "Dog Days" event will features new and returning animal rescue organizations, including Los Angeles County Animal Care, City of Los Angeles Animal Services, and the Pasadena Humane Society. Each rescue organization will bring its most eager, adoptable animal companions along, all of them ready to steal hearts.

Top-level sponsors this year again include District 14 Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar and the area's city-certified Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, which serves the Hermon community and four other nearby Los Angeles neighborhoods in Northeast Los Angeles.

Animal service and care providers are expected to once again include pet sitters, groomers, and trainers, and -- for the first time at Hermon Park -- Vet Care pet check-up technicians offering low-cost animal vaccinations, nail trimming, micro-chipping, and other health services.

The jam-packed event has again been organized by Friends of Hermon Dog Park - the Arroyo Seco-area support organization for the Northeast only dog park facility, located inside Hermon Park.

"Dog Days of Summer" will be held this year around the dog park inside Hermon Park. Enter at the far end of the park driveway, at 5568 Via Marisol, L.A. 90042 (between Monterey Road and the Arroyo Seco Parkway/110 Freeway).

Friends of Hermon Dog Park, created to support the dog park and promotes its use, was established in 2006 as a non-profit organization by original members of the Hermon Dog Park Formation Committee and other local animal and community activists around the Arroyo Seco. The effort to create an off-leash dog park in Hermon traces back to the formation period of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in 2002.

Additional information on the organizers and updates on plans for the event will be available at www.hermondogpark. com -- as well as on the Websites of select participants.

"Because it's all about the dogs" (and cats).

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Contact: Lezle Stein
Co-President/ Friends of Hermon Dog Park