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Ya Gotta Get Your Duck! (or Bear or Llama!)
AZ Search Dogs Event raises $1062 for the 
Family of Fallen Glendale Officer Bradley Jones

By Bette Sharpe Glendale Daily Planet 2/25/2012-Prelim-Art.

"It's a Bear Hunt" held Saturday, February 25 in the Catliln Court area between 58th Drive and 58th Avenue from Myrtle and Palmaire was a fun event.  The purpose of the event was to raise money for fallen Glendale Police Officer Brad Jones. A total of $1062 was raised  from raffles, entry fees and donations.  John Dean of the Arizona Search Dogs said on Saturday that it was not about how much money that was raised, although the money is important .  It was to show the officer's family that the community cares.  The event started with registration at 7:30 a. m. and continued until 1:00 p. m.  This is the first time for this event.  Everyone seem to have fun.

Event sponsors included, Glendale Civic Pride Ambassadors, Cabela's, Glendale CVB, Arizona Search Dogs, and Bears & More. 

Arizona Search Dog PD barks an alarm.  He has found one of the volunteer victims in Saturday's fund raiser for fallen Glendale Officer Brad Jones family.  The event was called "It's a Bear Hunt".  Event sponsors included, Glendale Civic Pride Ambassadors, Cabela's, Glendale CVB, Arizona Search Dogs, and Bears & More.  Rob Bolvin, who works with PD was just a few feet away and he was ready to open the shed doors and let Melenie Widmer know that she had been found.  The loud barking gave her a clue, however.

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The Arizona Search Dogs just assume that work is really play.  Once they have located the "missing" person or persons in Saturday's practice training, what really was important for the dogs was getting the toy duck.  Getting to play with the toy duck, usually it is a duck, is reward in itself!  It is all about getting the duck for Arizona Search Dog PD.  The other rescuers, those on two legs, will attend to the injured or missing person and do what needs to be done.

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Melenie Widmer was found by Arizona Search Dog PD and steps out into the open.

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According to John Dean, the search dogs "see" with their noses.  Here Hoss 'Noses' in!

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Glenn Burnar is one of many referees in the area between Myrtle and 58th Avenue for Saturday's "It's a Bear Hunt".  He and others kept an eye on things, just to be sure everyone was following the rules and that property and people were OK.

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Gage Buchanan, age 11, hides but is quickly discovered!  The the toy duck becomes the reward for Arizona Search Dog Tropper.   The dogs are strong and healthy and would not harm anything other than a stuffed toy duck.  

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Gage Buchanan, age 11, plays tug of war the the toy duck Arizona Search Dog Tropper.  Tropper was the one who found Gage hiding in the shed.  The dogs are strong and healthy and would not harm anything other than a stuffed toy duck.  The volunteer victims were instructed to toss out their stuffed animal toy if they were concerned.  Tropper won this round, by-the-way.

 
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Roslyn Bryan hid in an alcove but was  found  by Moose!

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Finding the Llama was a thrill  for Moose!   

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Roslyn Bryan holds a "Drooley Llama"! She used this stuffed Llama as a reward for Moose finding her hiding spot. 
Animals can be retrieved  from the search dogs but are usually a bit 'moist'

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  Arizona Search Dogs is a nonprofit organization that trains, certifies, and develops Canine Search Specialist teams.  These teams are mobilized with Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Forces to assist state and local jurisdictions in urban and wilderness search and rescue.  Some of our team members have been deployed to the World Trade Center, The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, flooding in Houston, Texas, Dallas Fort Worth tornado, New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike in the Gulf Coast, and local searches for Valley residents. 

Each canine and handler team must be certified through FEMA in search and rescue.  The handler's certification includes written and verbal testing regarding search-and-rescue strategies briefing skills and canine handling skills.  The dog's certification includes proper command control, overcome innate fears of tunnels and wobbly surfaces under a handler's guidance.  Certification for each Canine Search Specialist Team (dog and handler) requires the canine and handler to pass a FEMA sanctioned evaluation process administered with USAR evaluators.  There are less than 200 such certified teams throughout the United States.

Only one in about 200 dogs will successfully complete their training and become certified.  Some dogs are puppies when they start, while others start training when they are one to two years old.

Each dog will study and practice for over 2,000 hours before an evaluation is made and possibly graduation.  Due to the high level of physical activity these animal athletes, retirement comes when they are between eight and ten years old.

For more information on Arizona Search Dogs please visit their web site at

http://www.arizonasearchdogs.com/

NEARLY 500 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED
IN GLENDALE SERVE DAY

            GLENDALE, Ariz. – Nearly 500 volunteers from various faith-based organizations completed several community service projects in Glendale recently. Projects included painting four homes, cleaning up empty lots, painting house numbers on the curbs, painting a retirement community clubhouse, cleaning up yards and the surrounding neighborhood and more.

            Glendale’s Serve Day is coordinated by the city of Glendale’s Neighborhood Partnership Office, which identified the various projects, coordinated the tools and worked with church leaders.  Volunteers came from four churches: Community Church of Joy, Faith Bible Church, The Vineyard Church and Christ’s Church of the Valley, along with several city employees and their families.

Participating churches see “Serve Day” as an opportunity to live their faith by offering service to those in need.  For the city, Serve Day – now in its sixth year – is an opportunity to address projects that would not be possible without volunteer support.

            For more information on the Neighborhood Partnership Office, call 623-930-2868 or visit www.glendaleaz.com/CommunityPartnerships.