Shasta’s birthday photo gallery!
Today, the Burbank Library celebrated the birthday of our favorite great dane, Shasta, the star of our popular Read to Shasta! program for children. (See this previous post for details.) Approximately 50 people attended the party, and everyone had a great time.
Richard Dickin, a photographer for the Tri-City Herald, stopped by and took some wonderful pictures, including this close-up of Shasta wearing her party hat (below). Fifteen of Mr. Dickin’s photos can be viewed in an online photo gallery on the Herald’s website.
We’d like to thank the Tri-City Herald for its interest in this event, and Walla Walla County Fire District 5 for bringing by a fire truck for the kids to check out. Thanks also to Shasta’s dog friends Angel, Tahoe, and Shreq (and their owners, of course) and to everyone who attended the party.
And finally, thanks to Shasta and her owner Krystal Ellingson for their wonderful support of the library, reading, and the children of Burbank. We hope you had a great birthday, Shasta!
Update: The Tri-City Herald put this photo on the front page of its Saturday (May 23) edition, with the heading “Sharing with Shasta” and the caption:
Jackson Yale, 10, of Burbank, reads Friday to Shasta, the star of the Burbank Public Library’s Read to Shasta program during her third birthday party. Shasta, owned by Krystal Ellingson, right, had a dozen or so human and dog friends to help her devour cake and dog treats. See photo gallery at tricityherald.com.
The Herald’s crowd estimate was off the mark, but the coverage was great!
