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APD's K-9 Patrol "Name That Dog" Contest Winners (See further down for Honorable Mentions)

The winning name is Vuk (pronounced "Vook"), which is Croatian for wolf.  Nevil Easterling of Ms. Bush's 5th-grade class at Patton Elementary chose the name for the 7th Austin police dog. (click on pictures to enlarge)

The new name was placed in a cannister and thrown into a field.  Chase locates the name while performing an "evidence" search.

Officer Lahr opens the cannister to read the winning name to Ms. Bush's class.

The winner, Nevil Easterling, with Officer Eveleth and Vuk

All the students in Ms. Bush's class got their pictures taken with Officer Mierl and Chase and Vuk's handler, Officer Eveleth.

Ms. Bush's class enjoys the pizza the K-9 officers brought.

The following Honorable Mentions were chosen because of the interesting and original explanations for the names each student chose:

Angel Kelly Avant Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Oeltjen's Class Bull's Eye Juliet Daley Pleasant Hill Elementary Ms. Beardsley's Class Cerberus Jonathan Lindsey Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Oeltjen's Class Conrad Robert Zamora Langford Elementary Ms. Harris's Class Duke Joohwan Lee Patton Elementary Ms. Bush's Class Eagle Chris Daemmrich Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Kirkland's Class

Justice Zoe Drew Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Kirkland's Class Justice Katie Jokovich Mills Elementary Ms. Reese's Class Kaiser Jordan Ray Cunningham Elementary Ms. Werst's Class Kolya Stefan Hubner Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Kirkland's Class Ranger Kathryn Berlin Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Kirkland's Class Samuel Brianna Tobias Reilly Elementary Ms. Munoz's Class

Tsunami Divina Stennfeld Patton Elementary Ms. Van Hoose's Class Valiant Brandan Moore Barton Hills Elementary Ms. Kirkland's Class Willie the K-9 Laura Martinez Menchaca Elementary Ms. Holmes' Class Zeus Demetrius Hardy Langford Elementary Ms. Harris's Class

Last update April 29, 2005

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