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PawsiTive News

Senior Dogs At The Pet Cottage

Fetch A Nonprofit Grant

Old dogs have something to wag about this summer as “Thanks to the
The Grey Muzzle Organization announces the recipients generosity of our
of its annual grants, and dogs at The Pet Cottage are donors, we’re delighted
among the winners. to help deserving
The Pet Cottage in Jupiter is one of 77 animal welfare organizations like The
groups chosen from 266 applicants nationwide to receive Pet Cottage make a
a grant to help local senior dogs and they were awarded difference in the lives
$5,000. The winning groups received a total of more than of dogs and people in
$616,000 in grants to help save or improve the lives of their communities,”
at-risk older dogs in their communities. Grey Muzzle’ s
“This grant will help us give senior dogs like 15-year- Executive Director
old Grover the veterinary and dental care he needs to live Lisa Lunghofer said.
out his best life,” said Wendy Derhak, executive director “Many senior dogs
of The Pet Cottage. “No one is more grateful or loving in Palm Beach and
than an old dog, and we’re looking forward to helping Martin counties are Grover, age 15, is one of many Wendy Derhak, executive director of The Pet Cottage, with
more senior dogs who lose their humans due to death, enjoying their golden wonderful senior dogs who are Grover and two other dogs. Photo by Sandra Effertz
disability, or deployment.” ye a rs i n l ovi ng residents at The Pet Cottage
Over the past 13 years, the national nonprofit Grey homes with ‘Furever Sanctuary. For more information, Pawsitive News on page 23
Muzzle Organization has provided more than $3.1 million Guardians’ thanks to please visit www.thepetcottage.
in grants to support its vision of “a world where no old the wonderful work of org/ or call (561) 818-5025. Photo
dog dies alone and afraid.” The Pet Cottage.” by Sandra Effertz

Travel

Canberra: The Meeting Place

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders

About 175 years ago, a
small settlement of squatters
gathered at a clearing some
185 miles southeast of Sydney
and 290 miles northeast of
Melbourne, Australia. The
place was called Canberry
or Canbury, derived from the
aboriginals in the area and
meaning “meeting place.” A
dozen years later the name
Canberra was settled upon.
Now an Aussie can quickly tell where you’re from by the way
you pronounce the name of their capital city; in Australia it’s
not Can-bear-ra, but rather it’s Can-bra. The name has been
“Aussie-ized,” like so many of their other city names such
as Cairn (Cans), Brisbane (Bris-bin) and others.
So why so much hype for this town that lies on a plain at
the foot of the 6,000-foot spur of the Australian Alps? Well, Australia’s striking Parliament House in Canberra
to put it simply, it was the compromise location between
Melbourne and Sydney when it was chosen for the site of So what had been happening on this site before this The new Commonwealth of Australia acquired the land
the national capital in 1909. This site was selected just eight time? Well, the earliest evidence of a settlement dates back for the city in 1911 in accordance with Section 125 of the
years after the inauguration of the Commonwealth. only 21,000 years. It was the aboriginal Wiradjuri tribe that Australian Constitution. A temporary capital was set up
It was the Australian Constitution that required the controlled the site when Europe was developing. This tribe in Melbourne, where it remained until 1927 when it was
establishment of a territory, and so the Australian Capital Territory used to visit the site in the late spring to feast on a mountain relocated to the new capital in Canberra.
was formed, much the same as Washington, D.C., which does not delicacy, the bogong moths. Charles Throsby is said to have At the same time as the land purchase, the Commonwealth
lie in any state. The 900 square miles of the territory lies within been the first European settler in the area, arriving on the launched an international architectural competition for the
the Southern Tablelands district of New South Wales. Canberra limestone plain in 1821. The land was divided into tracks
itself is located in the upper northeast corner of the territory. over the next 10 years. Travel on page 22