FIDO - Fairmont Interested Dog Owners: John Veasey's Notebook

DIRECTIONS, DONATIONS and CONTACT INFO

Directions to "FIDO's Backyard": From I-79 in Fairmont, West Virginia, use Exit 136. Follow signs to East Marion Park. Proceed into the park and look for Pavilion #5 signs across the parking lot and to the left. Follow that road to the end at the softball field parking lot. On the far left, a road will lead you around and down the hill behind the ball field. You will come to the parking area and the entrance to the dog park.

If you would like to make a donation, please send your check made payable to MCPARC with "FIDO" noted in the memo to MCPARC, 319 Monroe Street, Fairmont, WV, 26554.

Go to http://www.mcparc.com/ for more information about our park as well as other parks and activities available in Marion County, West Virginia. Check out the "virtual tour" of FIDO's Backyard!

If you would like to be added to our FIDO e-mailing list, please send your request to kellyjogarcia@yahoo.com

Monday, October 27, 2008

John Veasey's Notebook - 10/27/08

Received a call from David Garcia, who said that everything looks good thus far for the dog park following Tuesday evening’s meeting. “We had around 22 people attend the meeting,” he said, “including (commissioner) Randy Elliott and (city councilman) Bill Burdick. “There’s a lot of interest in this project, and I think it will make a difference for Fairmont,” David said. Arsena McIntire says she believes the dog park is a “great idea for Marion County.” She has a 3-year-old German shepherd named Hondo who enjoys playing with other dogs but says "our leash laws prohibit that."