"He's acting shy," said Fran Snavely about Templin, a lab mix during the Kootenai Humane Society pet portraits with Santa fund raiser at the Kootenai Humane Society Thrift Store today. Fran is a volunteer and Templin is available for adoption. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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