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Contest,,the City's:newest officer ' r A
finally has a name:Gunnar. 11". 1- r
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contestants:.Who all submitted the -6x
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Officer Dan Tocko, the dog's , �y11 ""`
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To,ko said that Gunnar was
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Eagan's:;new pohee dog; Gunnar,will soon begin training at the
Prior fo' getEing the dog, I
K-9 Tia nl g School'in 5t.Paul":�elovv are t�vo.exanipI of Maine
thought, `if' did get a dog,what sli x sf ` fr®iia lagan studetits'that'camp with c®lorfnl:hilus,
WOW, I Warne it?" ,he'sand:"I had tratioi>
three names in.:_
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Hund, and all three were on:the
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Tocko sand ie nituriat A chose _ ' ', `
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Gunnar because it1. is an oldr <t . � - � k,
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"He dust:looks;.like a Gunnar ,, w� �� � `y
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1. Ele11 .mentary;Brenna Steichexi, 5, r - ,
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l�athan O1.el ensbru�iis 5 of
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classroom visif`ff6 n,Toeko and over Eagan submitted. males Rascal, 1Zanger and the ub qui-
CTunnar and a tour of:the_police ranging from Astco to Zach and' tous Spot, several children took
station everything in between. II II creative license with theII ir choic-
K., altos 12 and younger all In addition to Mak k2ex, See:G x r, f.A
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Gu" 1A and ]Dipstick.
Some of the most unusual
es. nudes included Demon Shaper,
For.' instance, , her+e were 4 =9 to 5 and. Sunka, the Dakota
descriptive nares, such. as Indian word,,,meaning dog.
Grassy, pong , tkongy, The lagan Police
Mighty, spiky, Pnffy; So r, gels its . -9og
Fasty, Tap ,y; ,Ucl y- and ar r, from the fit. Paul Police
as=well as co1or--inspired ha .es, epartiuent -which Provides the
Beige, 'Bro vne, ld lhe, and animal and training for both the
Pinky. dog and the officer., Costs typi
ay namesvere. . oxe call .xa. ge from $4;50 to
related; shch as Cop ►og, Cufr, 5, 0o to acquire the,'-'an iaal
Pisto;l,;Buret, Jhstice and, 91 and
dArain both. the `dc�g attd'its
Somme celeraes were•honored handler.
in.t ie eontesincluding o a.ek,. c ck met Iii s :dog last week
% stein; EIVis, S +oo I og a�d�� and the tv�� will be-gin' training
Sting., . at the = `raining shoo in .
-+culture had definite` Paul o�n 1arci he mean
nflence orgy somefids' -eh - time; he said, the tiro sire spend=
espiclenced y the sn.brnission i�g t�mc bonding
o Teti s, mat x Tc� +dun, �- "it's pretty rnu� ,��st �nnar
H' : Falco, any; "Fr , and right no�v�� he ` Ti
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ongeo , . = cog, ekie, the first ume : vvcred: ith
Pepsi anc tic 'I�at; hce dc�g, s .his s a .new
one krds;chaseee it epeaenee i'or ane; too.''
local, vv4th Wescott, ,lagan, 'T' picaily the hrcller nutrias
11nnoe hl ) anc the : , oaid, anddoTnooas eag
Tien Pam has 1M., ,awllety , althul lie: ad the final pick of
wile others roust have had too nun o, the departtnent + e d
visas of lunch daneing in they edt'*oid be go
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held when they ,ease uvt1o`benvoled � e process:
Tacho ri ckers, `K alsa;.x ��The reason eve did. -it is
Eichilada= ('Tacko naht because part o being mice
uiiit ani mores weer is b in: invvolved _W.
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oxne kid s seemed to want the conunrt . kids
an entelydifrernt a, _what e do►:"' b`e
etter,• suniittin nines hke said.t"� giant belle how a
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Meo .` .fid offers didn't se worked out pretty
to wad rt o be an:anima.,,at All
*"iiiste"a'al preferred inarlin�ate r��..�o n,son q at
naives such as; uc�et machine �aga . Ts�uek ect �c ct�
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