Prairie City’s 2nd Grade class in top 5 for OSP’s K-9 naming contest
By Logan Bagett on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
PRAIRIE CITY – Oregon State Police has a new 4-legged officer on the squad. The K-9 will be joining her handler on Oregon’s highways, but first, the new officer dog needs a name. Oregon’s youth, in kindergarten through 5th grade, were invited to send in name suggestions.
Prairie City’s 2nd Grade class sent in the name Mable, and now that name is in the final 5! Now it’s up to the public to vote on their favorite name out of the 5 choices, and Prairie City School encourages folks to vote for Mable. The winning entry will be recognized and given prizes, according to OSP.
Click the following link to enter your vote: https://bit.ly/OSP_K9Name
Find the original OSP news release below:
(Original release from Oregon State Police)
There’s a new furry recruit at Oregon State Police. She’s excited to join her handler on Oregon’s highways, and we need your help to give her an official name that is paw-some!
Oregon youth, kindergarten through 5th grade, send in your ulti-mutt name for our fur-ever friend. The winning entry will be recognized with a round of a-paws and other fun prizes.
Contest Rules:
Complete an entry form between Oct. 17-27, 2024.
The contest is open to Oregon youth from kindergarten through 5th grade.
One entry per student.
Five names from the submitted entries will be selected to move forward for statewide voting.
The student with the winning name entry will get to meet the K-9 and other recognition from OSP.
The school with the most participants will also be recognized by OSP.
Who’s ready fur some treats!
Learn more about our new K-9: https://youtu.be/3naO1tVKz2M
The K-9 is a two-year-old female Belgian Malinois from Blackwood Canine who is certified through the Oregon Police K-9 Association as a drug detection dog. She and her handler, Sr. Trooper Scott Show, are assigned to the Albany Patrol Office for drug detection along Interstate 5 and throughout the state.
Sr. Trooper Show said, “I’m excited to have Oregon youth involved in naming our K-9. Kids come up with the best animal names and I’ll be happy with whatever they choose.”
The contest opens at noon on Oct. 17, 2024, and closes at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2024.
