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Barktoberfest 2012

David Albers/Staff - Pastor Eric Cox gives a blessing at the beginning of the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.

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David Albers/Staff - Pastor Eric Cox gives a blessing at the beginning of the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.

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  • David Albers/Staff - Colleen Connolly, of Naples, enters her terrier-mix, Milo, as a squirrel in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - JoAnn La Fortune, of Naples, shows of her pumpkin-costumed French bulldog Phoebe, as she competes in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabowich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween and the sisters won first place with Phoebe in the Barktoberfest costume contest. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.
  • David Albers/Staff - Contestants and their dogs line up for the judging of the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Attendees gather with their animals before participating in the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.
  • David Albers/Staff - Attendees gather with their animals before participating in the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.
  • David Albers/Staff - Hershey, an 11-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, sports a fish outfit before competing in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.
  • David Albers/Staff - Costumed-dogs and their owners compete in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Shayle Berens, of Naples, walks her tea cup chihuahua, Lona, in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Judges Peter Apostle, Melea Pruskauer and Sherri Apostle, left to right, take in the canine contestants of the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Eleven-year-old Lola Torres, of Naples, holds Pico, a shi-tzu, during the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Pastor Eric Cox gives a blessing at the beginning of the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. The event celebrating canines and Halloween featured a blessings for all animals, costume and cutest dog competitions, animal portraiture and prizes.
  • David Albers/Staff - Marie Reese, of Naples, competes with her dog, Moxie, in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Judges Peter Apostle, Melea Pruskauer and Sherri Apostle, left to right, take in the canine contestants of the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.
  • David Albers/Staff - Sassy, a 2-year-old Australian Shepard, sports a princess costume as she competes with her owner, Naples resident Linda Stabell, in the costume contest at the second annual Barktoberfest at the Community Congregational Church on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in North Naples. La Fortune and her twin, Judy Shabovich, also of Naples, are twins who were born on Halloween. The sisters won firstplace in the costume contest.

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