Category: The Barker Blog

MINUTES – June 8, 2022

BOARD MEETING Present: Betty Chapman, Carol Dowd Kamalbake, Bill Pace, Patty Pace, Ellen Pfann, Ursula Walsh. 5:19 PM – Meeting called to order by Vice President Patty Pace (President Jane Hammett Bright was absent). PRESIDENTS REPORT – No Report TREASURERS REPORT – Betty Chapman MAY 2022 SHEET Currently have $82,667.16 in our combined accounts. Number […]

Corgi’s Featured During Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

From The National News UK: Nicky Harley London May 31, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II’s love of corgis is being celebrated as part of her platinum jubilee with a trail of giant statues of the dogs set up throughout London. The trail, called The Queen & Her Corgis, comprises 19 giant corgi statues located in public spaces, gardens, stations, […]

How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs

REPRINTED FROM NPR: SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France — It all started with a distressing photo of a man and his dog, trying to board a train out of Ukraine in the early days of the Russian invasion. The picture was posted on a Facebook group for Irish setter lovers of the world. “And there was really a crowd everywhere, […]