Almost $1,500 in cash plus pet food and supplies worth several hundred dollars was donated at the Pound Partnership fundraiser Sept. 7-8 at Shady Orchard and Winery east of High Prairie for the Big Lakes County animal-control facility. “They’d like to make this an annual event,” Pat Olansky, executive director of community services and planning, told Big Lakes County council at its meeting Sept. 11. The event was initiated by Jessica Gordon to promote and support the Big Lakes service. “We appreciate all those who came out and donated, despite the smoky weather conditions,” Gordon says. In the photo, left-right, are Taneille Crooks of Big Lakes County community services and planning, event organizer Jessica Gordon, and photographer Angelique Tisserand, who took photos in the sunflower patch as part of the fundraiser. The dog’s name is Ginger Spice.