By Glynis Crawford Smith
The Highlander
The weather turned cold and rainy Saturday, March 4, putting a damper on the dual fundraisers for the Highland Lakes Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—the 5th Annual Walk-a-Dog-a-Thon and the Dingers for Dogs Co-Ed Softball Tournament.
“They are rain or shine events,” said Shannon Heep, one of the organizers. “The softball teams played right through the rain and SPCA volunteers stayed at the Johnson Park Pavilion with adoption dogs to the end. Will Duncan played his guitar and sang for us, compliments of On the Rocks.”
Typically, dogs were undaunted by a little rain, but the weather cut in to human attendance and to proceeds, Heep said. By a rough count, 150 people turned out for the 2.5 mile circuit of the walk but many were part of family groups, not individual donors.
