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The North Shore’s Pet Rescuer
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State May Cut $3.7 Million From North Shore Schools
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orth Shore public schools will lose more than $3.7 million in state funding if the Illinois General Assembly approves a proposal by the Illinois State Board of Education to redistribute money. The board wants to pluck $305 million statewide from a fund designated for special education and re-allocate it for general education, with wealthier districts like those on the North Shore getting less and poorer areas receiving more. “Funding for children dollars are distributed to the rest of the state (outside of Chicago) using a formula based on a district’s average daily attendance and low-income student Continued on PG 12
stopped,” she said. Preusen is tapped into a network of other animal lovers ILLMET TE—On who send her nearly 50 emails any given week, Wil- a day or post notices on the inmette resident and ternet and social media informmother of three Appi Preusen is ing her of a pet that needs to be busy seeking permanent homes rescued. She only rescues cats or for up to five homeless dogs or dogs and is partial to older cats. Forget dog whisperer, this animals. “My heart goes out to woman is a true animal rescuer the older ones,” she said. When who estimates she has saved 700 she finds a good fit, Preusen sees to 800 dogs and cats over the if one of her reliable foster past 15 years. families is available to take the “These animals are so abused dog or cat, or she chooses to and neglected,” Preusen said. “It foster the animal herself. The hurts to see what happens to foster family will take care of the these animals.” pet until Preusen finds it a perHer love of animals and manent home. She typically animal rescuing appears to be in rescues no more than five dogs her blood. Preusen grew up in or cats at a time, limiting herself the rural town of Palmyra , Ill., to one pet that she fosters at her where her mother began rescu- own home. Before she places the animal ing local pets that had been abused and abandoned. As long with a foster family, the pet is as she can remember, her mother taken to a vet through one of the had rescued pets and Preusen animal rescue organizations that has found herself carrying on the family tradition. “It has never Continued on PG 12 BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
Appi Preusen with foster dogs (left to right) Mabel, Molly, Ava, and Budd. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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