Fundraiser planned for arson dog

OROVILLE A fundraiser to help cover the cost of training the Oroville Fire Department's new dog Roxy as an arson investigator will be held Tuesday night at two Oroville restaurants.

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A Dog’s Tale: Roxy moves from animal shelter to K-9 unit

It has all the elements of a fairy tale and Marguerite Mebane calls it a rags to riches story. What was once a starving homeless dog is now a trained K-9, expertly sniffing out narcotics and keeping drugs off the street. Passed over for...

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Meet Molly

We were ready. Our home has only been empty for two weeks, but after losing Roxy, we knew we would eventually get a new dog. My entire family either works, has worked, or volunteers at the Belleville Area Humane Society, so we knew that was where we would be headed to find our future family member. Scary thing was, we both felt for a while that we were trying to replace her. That is until we walked through the doors and followed my mother through a “tour de pooch” of some of the most lovey a

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Shay-Nay-Nay

Howdy! Welcome to another week of the insanity that is winter off-season training in Texas. SHOWNOTES! On the way to swim, driving like Dukes of Hazzard. I’ve reached workout Nirvana. Getting lots of sleep. Eating simple foods. PX90 is some crazy sh*t. Should hummus smell like dog farts? I’m so charged, I say it twice. Working out seven days a week. Be efficient on the Internet. Don’t navel gaze in triathlon. Morning run in the snow with Roxy. Made a Texas snowman. Out on a singlespeed ri

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