Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about \”Americans loving their dogs.\” I also shared the top 10 most popular male and female dog names in the United States and invited readers to submit their favorite dog names and why. Well, the votes are in for the Coulee Region’s unofficial \”Top Dog Name.\”

Drum roll, please.

Five names shared top honors. They are Lambeau, Charlie, Bandit, Chester and Remington.

Yet, what is most intriguing is how dogs acquire their names.

I received many responses. Some were touching. Others were downright funny.

Long before the magazine covers made his face a ubiquitous presence at newsstands nationwide and he could no longer eat at a restaurant without being noticed, one of his best friends, Steve Antonucci, predicted it would happen.

Seven years ago, in a moment of eerie prescience, Antonucci, the coach at Middletown High School South, told his precocious freshman running back, Knowshon Moreno, that life would never be normal.

Photo and caption ~Bill Cleary

CAMDEN, N.J., Aug 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The notion of \’tackling\’ is nothing new to a football mom, but the moms of 35 NFL players are giving tackling a whole new meaning this football season. The Professional Football Player\’s Mothers Association (PFPMA) is teaming up with the Campbell\’s Chunky/NFL Tackling Hunger(R) program and Feeding America, (formerly known as America\’s Second Harvest) the nation\’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, to tackle a big issue — the nation\’s hunger. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, hunger affects more than 38 million Americans. To help fight this national problem, 35 moms from the PFPMA are taking part in the \”NFL Moms Tackling Hunger with Chunky Soup\” program, a friendly competition among moms of NFL players, where they\’ll strive to raise as many food donations as possible for their local communities. Beginning in September, which is also Hunger Action Month, each mom will