Lake Hiawatha ??? Look, but don???t touch???
From:
Casey Bowman
Date:
May 09 17:41 UTC
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Sorry about the formatting on my last message. I was (and
am) using a browser today for email, which I'm not used
to. Let me give it one more try on the formatting, using
plain text instead....
No way...
My 14-year-old labrador retriever passed away a couple of
years ago after many swims in that lake. It's one of the
reasons to live herewith a dog, particularly one with
webbed paws. I still remember the first time he swam
there, quite inadvertently. I was with my neighbors and
their lab, Rooney. Mine was only a tiny puppy (his name
was Valor). We were walking along the shore on the golf
course in winter (risking another fine?) when Rooney
appeared over a hill, but Valor was nowhere to be seen.
Running back we found the poor little pup had fallen
into the water where a pipe entered the lake and melted
the ice, his two front paws just hanging on the ice. He
loved that lake.
Let's get real. Why is there such a disconnect between
the law and common sense? Have we lost our sense of
something basic which mollifies the law? Have we lost our
will just to have a fun place to live?
Casey Bowman
Minnehaha Creek Mugwump
http://minnehaha-creek.blogspot.com
On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:43:41 -0500 "Kate Kampa"
<<email obscured>> wrote:
> I don't know how they are connected but it will result
>in a fine if you have your dog off lease and swimming in
>the lake. A friend of ours received a $280.00 fine as a
>result of letting their dog swim in the creek.
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