CAPRON'S GROUP WINS LITTLE YELLOW DOG

A GROUP LED BY CITY COUNCILWOMAN RHONDA CAPRON  WERE THE WINNING BIDDERS FOR THIS YEAR'S LITTLE YELLOW DOG.

TRUFFLES, A FEMALE AMERICAN WATER SPANIEL, WAS SOLD FOR $14,500 TO THE GROUP OF BIDDERS AT THE ANNUAL AUCTION TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL'S MR. GOODFELLOW CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS FUND.

CAPRON, WHO OWNS TWO DOGS OF HER OWN, SAYS SHE WAS THE FRONT PERSON FOR THE GROUP:



AND AS FOR WHO IN THE GROUP GETS THE DOG.....

THAT GRANDCHILD WAS PROUDLY SHOWING OFF TRUFFLES AT A VICTORY PARTY AT RHONDA'S PLACE AFTER THE AUCTION.

CAPRON SAYS THE OTHER BIDDERS OF THE GROUP ARE ALL FROM SIOUX CITY, BUT WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. SEVERAL OTHER BIDDERS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS OF UP TO $5000 TO THE MR. GOODFELLOW FUND AT THE AUCTION IN THE HO CHUNK CENTRE.

MORE DONATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO COME IN SO A TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED SATURDAY WASN'T AVAILABLE, BUT IT WAS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAR LAST YEAR'S TOTAL OF 45-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE AUCTION WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON KSCJ AND HOSTED BY RANDY RENSHAW AND GRAND GROWLER DAVE NIXON OF THE ANCIENT EFFERVESCENT ORDER OF THE LITTLE YELLOW DOG.