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25 May

A Soggy Day in May

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in CA Native Plants, City of San Jose, Dog Parade, Dogs, Events, Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Johnny Khamis, MFPA, PRNS, SJPD, TJ Martin Park. Tagged: City Council, City of San Jose, Dog Parade, Dogs, Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Johnny Khamis, Martin-Fontana Parks Association, PRNS, TJ Martin Park. Leave a comment

A hearty round of applause and a big thanks to all the volunteers who braved the drizzle and rain to put on our ninth

Heart of the Park Celebration!

Thanks to the morning set up crew of: Robert Braunstein, Theresa Wellman, Dennis Abad, Rich Grialou, Kent Wilson, Chris Chen, Tami Demayo, Paul Dornell, Michelle, Dan and Grace Judd, Brandon Koehne, Sunny Wagstaff, Rosy Bowring, Stacey and Mike Winters, Patrick Pizzo, Kelly Shepherd, and Wayne and Linda Opp.

They set up the 21 canopies while waiting in the rain for the delivery of 21 tables and 130 chairs.

Linda Opp, District 10 Councilmember Johnny Khamis, Jean LaMarca, and Tami Demayo

Thank you to Linda Opp, Jean LaMarca, and Tami Demayo, who signed in new memberships at the Membership Booth.

The MFPA raffle items collected by our board members were labeled, arranged and readied for the raffle by Michelle Judd, Christine Noordam, Praneetha Vukkadala, Kathy Mulholland, Pat Burrow, and Rosy Bowing, with Kari Wilson once again announcing the winning draws.

Richard Grialou kept winning & winning

Kathy Mujlholland wins prize

Announcer Kari Wilson and another Raffle winner

Some more happy winners

The ever-popular “Strut Your Mutt” dogs paraded in the rain with a small but enthusiastic crowd, under the management of Stacey Winters, Dick and Joy Stevens, and the help of Sophia Snyder and Vince Piazzisi registering the playful pups. Councilmember Khamis let the judging team and prizes were awarded the winners.

1st & 2nd place winners

Vince Piazzisi, Dick Stevens, Johnny Khamis, and Stacy Winters

First place winner

Kathy Krenn and her daughter Hannah, braved the rain to take care of the refreshment booth, while free ice cream was given away at SJPD’s Operation Frozen Treats Patrol ice cream truck during the afternoon.

: Hannah Krenn taking care of refreshments

: SJPD’s Operation Frozen Treats Patrol Ice Cream Truck

Starting the day off, for the second year in a row, Lisa Myers of Los Gatos Bird Watchers, led another successful birding tour of Guadalupe Oak Grove Park with 15 intrepid bird watchers.

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Our photographer for the event was Wayne Opp, who captured the activities on film and preserved the rainy memories! Also providing photos were Johnny Khamis and Dave Poeschel.

6 Oct

When is Heart of the Park this year? I haven’t heard a thing!

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in Dog Parade, Dogs, Events, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park. Tagged: Dog Parade, Dogs, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Martin-Fontana Parks Association. Leave a comment

Last year’s Heart of the Park event

For those of you who have been wondering, the next Heart of the Park will be held in May of 2018. Once an exact date has been determined, we will be sure to let you know. We are hoping it will be a lot cooler in Spring and our parks should look their best at that time of the year. We will all be looking forward to seeing you there.

5 Oct

Here’s your Heart of the Park’s Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade winners

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in Dog Parade, Dogs, Events, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Membership Drive, MFPA. Tagged: Dog Parade, Dogs, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Martin-Fontana Parks Association. 1 comment

Pope Pup was there to bless the event. Popeye the Sailor Man had just got off the boat in San Francisco for Fleet Week. We even had Puppacatzi the Phodographer there to get all the photos. Last, but not least, we had an Alligator show up from Almaden lake looking for snacks. Luckily nobody was eaten.