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The Sanford Herald WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
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CARA ANIMAL DRIVE
VOLUNTEERING
THE UNADOPTABLES
Groups to gather for ‘Big Sweep’ litter pick-up
Effort under way to find homes for pets deemed ‘hard to adopt’ By ALEXA MILAN amilan@sanfordherald.com
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ou wouldn’t know it by looking at him, but a 5-year-old coonhound named Cisco hasn’t had an easy life. A large black and white dog with a brown splotch over his right eye and a lopsided smile on his face, Cisco is the picture of happiness. He’s laid back, friendly and gets along well with children and other animals, but for one reason or another, Cisco can’t find a home. He arrived at Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption as a stray in December 2009, but while younger, “prettier” dogs ONLINE have gone on to their perSee more manent homes, Cisco has photos of dogs remained at the shelter. and cats in “Now here it is Septemneed of good ber, and he’s ready for a homes at home and can’t find one,” sanfordherald. Abbey Lindauer of CARA com. To see all said. “He’s funny and adoptable pets friendly and outgoing, at Carolina but people just aren’t Animal Rescue attracted to big hound and Adoption, visit the dogs.” organization’s To help dogs like website at Cisco, CARA is procara-nc.org. moting national Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week from Sept. 19-25. Started by Petfinder.com, Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week raises awareness about shelter animals that have a difficult time finding homes. Petfinder provides a list showing how many page hits each of the CARA animals get on Petfinder.com. Lindauer said Cisco is almost always at the bottom. In addition to his breed, his age works against him. Most people who contact CARA are interested only in young animals. “The majority of our less adoptables are adults or strangely marked,” Angela Conway of CARA said. “People sometimes don’t take the time to get to know their personalities. They go straight for the puppies or kittens.” A strangely marked animal Conway has seen overlooked too many times is Maudie, a 4-year-old cat with a black and orange WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald speckled coat. She has been at CARA since (Above, top) Saphire is one of several CARA cats currently up for adoption. (Above, August 2009. bottom) Maestro is a nearly 6-year-old male coonhound. He was taken into CARA in December, 2009. See Pets, Page 3A
CCCC: PITTSBORO CAMPUS
College celebrates new ‘green’ buildings By KATHERINE McDONALD Special to The Herald
PITTSBORO — Chatham County and Central Carolina Community College celebrated “an exciting and momentous day” Sept. 20, as CCCC President Bud Marchant expressed it. A crowd estimated at more than 600 county residents, college and elected officials, and other dignitaries gathered at the college’s Chatham County Campus for the ribbon cutting and open house for the college’s new Sustain-
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able Technologies Center and the joint county-college Chatham Community Library. Marchant welcomed the crowd for the historic occasion. He credited the completion of the new buildings to the members of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, their willingness to provide the funding for them and their vision in seeing what the new facilities can mean to the county for education and economic development.
See CCCC, Page 3A
HAPPENING TODAY Sanford Jobseekers will meet at First Baptist Church from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. All those seeking employment are welcome. Park in the side lot if possible. This week’s program: “Handling Stress When Unemployed” by Linda Swann, Coordinator, LeeHarnett Family Support Program. CALENDAR, PAGE 2A
Cheers broke out as George Lucier (center) Chatham County commissioner and CCCC trustee, cut the ribbon at the open house for the college’s new 18,000-square-foot Sustainable Technologies Center and 25,000-square-foot joint library Tuesday
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By JENNIFER GENTILE jgentile@sanfordherald.com
SANFORD — At three locations next week, Lee County needs a volunteer force to take on litter, debris and all manner of trash in local parks. On Oct. 3, the county will participate in the North Carolina Big Sweep— an environmental initiative founded in 1987. “It’s basically a statewide program to clean up waterways throughout North Carolina,” said Joe Cherry, Lee County Solid Waste Superintendent. “We’ve been doing it for at least 10 years.” The big sweep is North Carolina’s portion of the International Coastal Cleanup — an initiative involving more than 90 countries. Locally, the non-profit North Carolina Big Sweep Inc. coordinates the annual cleanup and also conducts year-round education programs. Since the sweep’s inception, almost 290,000 volunteers have picked up more than 9.8 million pounds of trash in North Carolina, according to the Big Sweep website. In 2009, participants represented all 100 counties in the state and gave a combined 84,876 hours to the effort. In Lee County alone, Cherry said, “We picked up about
See Pick-up, Page 3A
CRIME
Police seek man who robbed motel SANFORD — Sanford police are searching for a man who robbed a local Days Inn late Monday. Police say a man walked into the Days Inn at 1217 N. Horner Blvd. after 11 p.m. wielding a handgun and demanding money. No one was hurt in the robbery, although the suspect left the hotel with an undisclosed amount of money. A hotel clerk described the robber as a black man, approximately 5 feet 8 inches, weighing 185 pounds and about 30 years old. The suspect was wearing a green shirt, blue pants and a stocking over his face. Police say the robber left the hotel in a light-colored sport utility vehicle. If you have any information on the case, contact the Sanford Police Department at 919-775-8255.
— by Billy Ball
INDEX
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OBITUARIES
R.V. HIGHT
Sanford: Mozelle Mitchell, 92; Charles Murphy, 79; Lula Pettus, 93; Eva Williams, 98; Rev. Leola Williams, 83 Cameron: Vera Joyner, 84
R.V. Hight’s been to a lot of Lee Regional Fairs ... and he liked this one particularly well
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Abby, Graham, Bridge, Sudoku............................. 8B Classifieds ....................... 9B Comics, Crosswords.......... 7B Community calendar .......... 2A Horoscope ........................ 8B Obituaries......................... 5A Opinion ............................ 4A Scoreboard ....................... 4B