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September 26, 2009
Champlain Valley Search and Rescue K9 Unit raising money for their beloved injured canine By Jeremiah S. Papineau
injury occurred, she explained. “We noticed he had a slight limp, but we didn’t think much of it because that happens from time KEESEVILLE — Oakland is a to time on exercises,” she said. search dog who spends his days “Then, we noticed he would not training to save the lives of others. put any pressure on his leg whatNow, he’s the one who needs savsoever.” ing. Bresett and her husband took The 2-year-old German Shepherd Shannon Bresett Oakland to a veterinarian for furis part of the Champlain Valley K9 Unit Co-founder ther examination where it was Search and Rescue K9 Unit, an indefound Oakland had a severe tear in pendent, nonprofit organization his Achilles tendon. based in Keeseville. Recently, Oakland was perform“It’s not completely severed, because if it were, he’d ing advanced obstacle training when he fell and severely tore his Achilles tendon, said Shannon Bresett, have no control over it,” said Bresett. “He can keep it a dog handler and co-founder of the search and res- upright, but it’s hanging on by a thread.” Though Oakland hasn’t shown signs of being in cue unit. Bresett and her husband, Christopher, a fellow dog pain — as much as a dog can show, said Bresett — he will need surgery to correct his injury. Estimates rehandler and co-founder of the unit, were in the ceived show the surgery will cost approximately Adirondack Mountains with Oakland and other dogs
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Oakland, a two-yearold German Shepherd, was recently injured during a training exercise. The cost of his surgery and rehabilitation is estimated at as much as $5,000. Photo submitted by Shannon Bresett
“Maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s an important cause. I’ve just seen the difference that having dogs on searches makes.”
from the unit on a routine training exercise when the
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American Legion to host benefit Sunday for Redford woman By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com SARANAC — Linda M. Dupraw isn’t the sort of person who asks for help or the kind who easily accepts it. However, when the 60-year-old Redford woman was recently diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, family friend Jean Wilson didn’t give her much of a choice. Wilson immediately decided to organize a benefit in Dupraw’s honor to help her with her anticipated medical expenses — especially considering Dupraw has no insurance to cover her treatments. “We just want to help defray her costs,” said Wilson. “It took me a while to get used to it,” Dupraw said of Wilson hosting the benefit. “I’m usually the one helping out.” Dupraw, a mother of three and grandmother of two, has been ac-
tive in helping with local fundraisers and through her work with American Legion Post 1618. She reached a bump in the road, however, when she receive her diagnosis after going to the hospital with a pain in her side. Even though both her parents had cancer, Dupraw said she never expected to follow in their footsteps. “It still took me by surprise,” she said. Though her condition is serious, her doctors believe they have caught her cancer in its early stages, said Dupraw. “They’re pretty sure they can put it in remission,” she said. Dupraw is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments at CVPH Medical Center ’s Fitzpatrick Cancer Center, to which she said she is reacting well so far. The silver lining to her diagnosis, said Dupraw, is the disease has
Showing off the horse power Dave McNeil of Ellenburg Depot and his team lead horses Dusty and Shorty to the starting line during a horse pulling demonstration at the Sorrell-Woodward American Legion Post in Lyon Mountain Sept. 20. The day’s competition involved more than a dozen teams of horses pulling hundreds of pounds of weights, demonstrating their strength. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
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