How about some good news?
Often, it’s hard to find good news about pit bulls - but we’ve managed to find some! Here are just a few recent positive articles regarding our favorite breed:
You gotta love Willie Nelson!
Dog’s Best: Friend: Willie Nelson
Saturday, November 24, 2007
ATLANTA - Willie Nelson is looking to become dog’s best friend. The country music star has filmed a television spot supporting an anti-dogfighting bill that is moving through the Georgia Legislature.
In the ad, Nelson looks into the camera while “Georgia on My Mind” plays in the background.
“Dogfighting is against the law in Georgia, but the laws are so weak, the beautiful state of Georgia has become a haven for dogfighters from around the country,” he says.
The bill would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting.
Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, produced the piece and asked Nelson to participate.
State Sen. Chip Rogers, the bill’s author, hopes to get the spot on TV and radio around the time of the Dec. 10 sentencing for suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge.
The bill has passed the state Senate and will go before a House committee in January.
That’s one lucky pit bull!
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071113/LOCAL/711130449
Family tells story of $54.5M jackpot
By Rob Schneider
rob.schneider@indystar.com
A family’s rush to confirm their winning $54.5 million Hoosier Lotto ticket caused a brief scare before they all realized the good news.
Retired steelworker Peter Gilbert, 62, East Chicago, appeared at Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Indianapolis today to claim his winnings. Gilbert said he would take the cash option instead of annual payments, meaning he will receive $40.4 million before taxes.
With Gilbert were his wife, Ann, and son, Tony Gilbert, a detective with the East Chicago Police Department.
The drawing was Wednesday. Tony said his mother called the next day and told him to come to their house right away.
“I jumped in my car and I’m flying over there,” he recalled today. “I was actually thinking something had happened to my dad, because my dad’s health hasn’t been that good.”
He was about halfway there when he called his mother to see if they had gone to a hospital emergency room.
“’No,’” she said. “’It’s good news. Hurry up and get over here.’”
The younger Gilbert arrived at his parent’s house, where they had him double-check the numbers.
“I looked at the ticket forward and backward, and I said, ‘We’re rich now.’”
Tony Gilbert plans to quit his job with the police department and join his parents on several trips. Las Vegas is their first stop, the family said. They’ve also talked about Hawaii and Jamaica.
Peter Gilbert bought the ticket at a Mobil gas station on Columbus Drive in East Chicago. Like other grandparents, he used his grandchildren’s ages to pick some of the numbers.
One other number on the ticket meant something special, Gilbert said – the age of his pit bull, Caesar.
There is also a wonderful article in the November issue of BARK Magazine on the Law Dogs program that takes rescue pit bulls and trains them to work in law enforcement.
For more info on Law Dogs visit www.lawdogsusa.org
For more info on BARK Magazine visit www.thebark.com
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