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Media Contact: Zane Murfitt
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FETCH! Wine Tasting Walkabout Fundraiser, August 9, 2008

Dog Friendly Wine Tasting to Benefit Off- Leash Dog Parks

Who: FETCH! (Free Exercise Time for Canines and their Humans!)

What: 4th annual FETCH! Wine Tasting Walkabout Fundraiser

When: Saturday, August 9, 2008
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Where: The Buchanan Vineyard, a 3-acre pasture off of Bayview Road in Langley on Whidbey Island

Why: FETCH! is a grassroots not-for-profit organization that has established five leash less dog parks on Whidbey Island. It relies on membership and donation funding, as well as money raised from the FETCH! Wine Tasting Walkabout Fundraiser to maintain the dog parks.

Details: An afternoon of wine, food, live music in a canines friendly field.

Tasting tables will be set up around the pasture showcasing five different wines:
• Festival ’34 Collection Chardonnay
• Bohemian Highway Wine
• Rosenblum Cellars
• Goats do Roam Red
• Penfolds

Gourmet cheeses, breads, nuts, chocolate and fruit and homemade dog treats included.

Live blue grass rhythms by The Dog Gones, Steve Showell and Joanna Rouse.

Dogs on a leash are not only welcome but encouraged to join in the festivities.

Cost: $20 per person in advance, $25 per person at gate;
Includes five wine tastes and gourmet goodies.
Humans 21 or older only please.

Tickets available for purchase at:
• Chef’s Pantry (Langley)
• Open Door Gallery (Bayview)
• Vino d’ Amoré (Freeland)
• The Bayleaf (Coupeville & Oak Harbor)

Or by mailing a check at least a week prior to: Fetch!, P.O. Box 212, Langley, WA 98260 (ticket will be held at the gate)

FETCH! is a not-for-profit organization that is devoted to promoting safe, responsible off-leash play time for dogs and their owners. It was created in 1998 after 81-year-old Margaret Kuehn was not allowed to let her dog run off-leash at Double Bluff Beach. After much persistence and help from others supporting the cause, in 1999 a trial period was agreed to. It went so well that after a year the off-leash area became permanent. Since then, five off-leash parks have been scattered across Whidbey Island from North to South. For more information about FETCH!, please call (360) 321-4049 or visit the web site at www.fetchparks.org.

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Media Contact: Zane Murfitt
Randall PR / (206) 624-5757