Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Bessie Lovik got interested in dogs during the 1960s while she was living in Germany, where her husband Martin was stationed in the Army.
Sgt. Martin Lovik was the American team sergeant at a German Air Force NATO missile site about 45 minutes from Bonn. Unlike many military families overseas, the Loviks had developed relationships with Germans in their community. One of the local families raised German shepherds and…