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Hy-Vee Gas Pet Show drives awareness for JCARL

By Special to the Daily News
Created: Monday, October 8, 2012 1:53 p.m. CDT
Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012 1:59 p.m. CDT

The first annual Hy-Vee Gas Pet Show on Saturday brought in a piano-playing pig, a kissing kitty and about a dozen dogs in disguise.

Joel Jones, Hy-Vee Gas store manager, organized the event in an effort to help create awareness for the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society to help increase pet adoptions, generate important funding and encourage residents to consider volunteer opportunities at the shelter.

Pet show winners were determined by celebrity judge Chaz Allen, executive director of the Jasper County Economic Development Corporation and former Newton mayor. Pet show winners, all from Newton, were announced during a live remote radio broadcast by Energy 106.7. Category winners included:

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