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Jupiter High School Students

Make Finals In National Competition

In April, two groups, the Jupiter High School Winter up of students playing
Guard and the Jupiter High School Winds, qualified for woodwind and brass
the 2021 WGI Virtual Finals. WGI Sport of the Arts is the instruments, has had much
world’s premier organization producing indoor color guard, success this winter, having
percussion, and winds competitions. As a nonprofit youth secured first place and a
organization, WGI also serves as the governing body for superior rating in the FFCC
the indoor color guard, percussion, and winds activities. It Championship school
is called the Sport of the Arts because it brings music to winds open category, also
life through performance in a competitive format. held in Daytona Beach.
Performing Beyond the Rainbow, the winter guard team, The Jupiter High School
competed in scholastic A class against other groups from Band is under the direction
across the country by submitting a video of their show. They of Ryan Ross. For high
learned their color guard team would progress to the WGI school students interested
Virtual Season Finals on April 17 to 18. The team, which in joining the band or color
competed in several in-person competitions in Florida this guard, visit jupiterbands.
year, placed third during the 2021 FFCC Championships com or follow Jupiter High
at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach on March 28. School Band on Facebook.
The Jupiter High School Winds performed I Will Also, find the groups on
Always Love You, in the scholastic open winds category Instagram at jupiterhsband
of the national WGI virtual competition. The group, made and jupiter_colorguard.

Pet Matters

by Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends Featured Adoptables
Adoption, Clinic & Ranch, May 2021
Ms. West
“For the Love of Animals” Sweet Ms. West is STILL
features real stories happening waiting for her forever home.
at Furry Friends in Jupiter. We
are The Humane Society of Ms. West is about 1.5 yrs. old
Greater Jupiter/Tequesta and the and has the most beautiful
only no-kill shelter open to the coloring. She was brought in
public in northern Palm Beach as a stray, so we don’t know
County. We’ve been rescuing, all too much about her. She is
rehabilitating, and re-homing
the homeless animals in our shy at first but can be sweet
community for more than 30 and loving with patience and
years. Our not for profit 501c3 understanding. Anyone would
organization consists of our be lucky to have this stunner
Jupiter based adoption center, join their family.
veterinary clinic (open to the It’s been about 6 months since that fateful day, and we are
public), thrift boutique, and happy to share a glimpse of the highly anticipated transformation.
Palm City Ranch. Sammy
Hope has been living with her new forever family, the Jacobs,
since the end of November. Her transformation is nothing short Abandoned at a boarding
of miraculous and is why we do what we do every day...so more facility... unbelievable! This
It was mid-October 2020, President Pat Deshong received a dogs will have “Hope” for a new, loving furever home. boy loves to be loved. Sammy
text she would not soon forget. As she opened her messages, she is a beautiful 5 year old terrier/
was horrified at the images of two emaciated dogs and immediately
agreed to help. She learned that an employee at a WalMart in St. chocolate lab mix, who weighs
Lucie County had witnessed two sweet and incredibly neglected 65 lbs. He loves his crate but
puppies being abandoned near the dumpster. One of our rescue doesn’t need to be crated. He
partners went out to the scene, after seeing the extensive medical likes to hide his food in his
care the pair would need, she called Furry Friends. They arrived favorite bowl so he knows
at our Jupiter facility too weak to stand and walk on their own,
so we carried them inside. They weighed 20 and 21 pounds and where it is for later. AND he
not the 45 - 50 they should. We gave them soft beds to rest on as knows basic commands! He’s lived in a home with cats
their entire bodies looked skeletal with a thin layer of fur covering and was fine with them. As for humans and dogs, he would
their protruding bones. We offered them their first meal in weeks thrive best if proper introductions are made.
to months. Their new names are Hope and Truman.

When considering adding a furry family member to your
family, please visit our Palm City Ranch at 4841 SW Zarrella
Street or our new Jupiter Adoption Center at 100 Capital Street in
the Jupiter Commerce Park. PLEASE CALL 561-747-5311 AND
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO VISITING EITHER
LOCATION DUE TO COVID-19.
Blessings to you for your support and faith in us… all for the
LOVE of animals!

Patricia Deshong, President

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