POLAR, THIS YEAR’S LITTLE YELLOW DOG, HAS A NEW HOME AND MAY SOON HAVE A NEW NAME.
THE WHITE GOLDEN RETRIEVER LEFT THE HO-CHUNK CENTRE WITH HIS NEW FAMILY FOLLOWING SATURDAY’S AUCTION WHEN SHANE KEIZER SUBMITTED THE WINNING BID OF $15,750:
OC…….IT’S AWESOME. ;07
THE KEIZER’S HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD THREE OTHER GOLDEN RETRIEVERS, BUT SHANE SAYS HE DIDN’T NECESSARILY PLAN TO TAKE POLAR HOME WITH HIM:
OC…..WE LOVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS. ;14
BUT ONCE THE BIDDING BECAME SPIRITED, KEIZER DECIDED HE WAS ALL IN.
HIS DAUGHTER BROOKLYN AND SON KOLBY WERE AT A SCHOOL EVENT, AND WHEN THAT ENDED, HE TOLD HIS CHILDREN TO HURRY DOWN FOR THE END OF THE AUCTION.
BROOKLYN FOUND OUT SHE HAD A NEW PET:
OC…………AND SURPRISED. ;05
BROOKLYN AND KOLBY SAY THEY WILL LIKELY RENAME THEIR DOG “BOJI”.
DOZENS OF OTHERS AT SATURDAY’S AUCTION DONATED MONEY IN AMOUNTS FROM $5 TO $5000 TO SUPPORT THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL’S MR. GOODFELLOW CHILDREN’S TOY FUND.