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Black lab scares off little Harper

A week of intensive searching has failed to turn up any sign of two-year-old Harper -- a Soft Coated Wheaten mixed breed dog -- who has been missing since last Sunday morning when he bolted from his owner while walking on the boardwalk near Science North.[...]

Small pets are vanishing in Spring Hill

By Beth N. Gray, Times Correspondent Saturday, September 4, 2010 SPRING HILL — An unusually high number of small pets have gone missing from homes in Weeki Wachee Woodlands and Weeki Wachee Acres this summer. Most recently, a litter of four kittens, birthed by an unknown feline in a back yard, has disappeared. The culprit or culprits remain a mystery. Suspects range from coyotes to mammoth ...

Dave gigger

Some people tack up posters for their lost dog, others to advertise a yard sale, but a series of signs by Mike Cooney are on a campaign for rock stars. Cooney, who co-owns the Vogue in Chelan with his wife Janice, began gently pursuing Dave Matthews to play at his nightspot in 2008, with posters declaring “We Want Dave” beneath an artistic rendering of the bandleader masquerading as Uncle Sam.