Rocky Mounty, Wytheville dogs to be featured on Virginia Lottery scratcher game

    There are a couple of lucky dogs from our area.
    Today, the Virginia Lottery announced the 20 winners of the “Virginia’s Lucky Dog” contest.  The dogs will be featured on Virginia’s Lucky Dog II Tickets.  The game debuts September 15.
    Of the 20 winners, one is from Rocky Mount and the other is from Wytheville.

Sadie is from Rocky Mount.  Marty Mitchem is her owner.

Photo courtesy: Virginia Lottery

Chase is owned by Stacey Jones of Wytheville.  Jones says in a news release from the Virginia Lottery that Chase has been photographed so many times that he actually poses.

Photo courtesy: Virginia Lottery

    The winners were selected from more than 9,100 photos uploaded tothe Virginia Lottery’s “virtual dog park” by owners.  You can check out all of the winning photos at http://www.valottery.com/promotion/luckydog/drawings.asp.

Here’s a list of the 20 winners:

• Bella, owned by William DiCicco of Virginia Beach
• Brody, owned by Terry Umbenour of Winchester
• Chase, owned by Stacey Jones of Wytheville
• Comet, owned by Jennifer Youngberg of Alexandria
• Fred, owned by Mary Hileman of Coeburn
• Ginger, owned by Amy Atkinson of Mechanicsville
• Harley, owned by Luke Allen of Boyce
• Hunter, owned by April Payne of Richmond
• Isabelle, owned by Lindsay McLaurin of Chesterfield
• Lacy, owned by Jo Ann Carpinello of Thurmont, MD
• Pal, owned by Anthony Pocock of Portsmouth
• Pilot, owned by Sarah Babcock of Richmond
• Romulus, owned by Charles Johns of Bunker Hill, WV
• Roxy, owned by Agnes Vanek of Herndon
• Sadie, owned by Marty Mitchem of Rocky Mount
• Sam, owned by Andrea Bates of Richmond
• Sissy, owned by Margaret Lockwood of Poquoson
• Tank owned by Arlene Richardson of Ruckersville
• Vegas, owned by Tanya Larese of Ashburn
• Willow, owned by Paul Smiley and Beth Gavin of Herndon