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  • Secretary of Commerce J. Keith Crisco April 7th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Our Take Contact your state and local government representatives _ Do you not like how the current budget situation is un- folding at Western Carolina University? Or do you not like -a current law that is being proposed in the North Carolina or United States legislatures? Whatever your current beef may ie we encourage you to contact your state and local government representatives. To help you get a jump start, we have put many of the people you can contact below. Governor Bev Perdue Office of the Governor 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-0301. Bron: GY) 733-4240 - Fax: (919) 733-2120 U. S. Senator Richard Burr ~ Asheville Federal Building 4, Patton Avenue, Suite-204, Asheviite NC 28801 o Phone: (828) 350-2437 - Fax: (828) 350-2439 a U. S. Sehdtol Kay Hagan 310 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 856-4630 or toll free: 1-877-852-9462 5. S. House Representative Heath Shuler 422 Cannon House Building, Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6401 - Fax: (202) 226-6422 - NC Senator John Snow 16 W. Jones Street, Room 2111, Raleigh, NC 27601-2808 Sone (919) 733-5875 - Email: John. paoee lee net Representative R. Phillip Haire NC House of Representatives 300N. Salisbury Street, Room 639, Raleigh, NC 27603 Phone: (919) 715-3005 - Email: Phillip.Haire@ncleg.net. NC Department of Administration Britt Cobb, Secretary, NC Department of Administration {1301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1301 _ Phone: (019) 807-2425 - Fax: (919) 733-9571 North Carolina Department of Commerce , 4301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC ae 4301 Phone: (919) 733-4151 NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Secretary Dee Freeman 1601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1601 Phone: (919) 733-4984 - Fax (919) 715-3060 We _Justin Caudell, Editor-in-Chief 103 Old Student Union Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 wc@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2694 we Katherine Duff Smith, Advisor "409A Old Student Union } Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 - smithk@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2195 _ Lex Menz, News Editor : Shelby Harrell, Arts and Entertainment Editor Nathan Hunzaker, Lead Deslanier Lauren Gray, Staff Writer Ryan Alexander, Staff Writer Katelyn Cooper, Staff Writer Ryan Michaud, Staff Writer Mike Hill, Staff Writer Cory Radosevic, Distribution _ APPLY NOW FOR Features Editor, Sports Editor, Webmaster The Western Carolinian P.0. Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723. www.westerncarolinian.com QRUE2) PPEREREPER SPER RS ma Tae whee? | Heb When | wias in College, We Actually used our brains.) That WAS before the ron W APP. of Course... - Quotable T think the recount represented the votes that were cast for . each candidate and the win- ners reflected those votes. - Mike Corelli, advisor for SGA, on the election. Rumor Has. It: Local leash laws in Cullowhee. Lex Menz, WC Editor . Did you know that there is no leash law in Cullo- Pets are allowed to run free throughout the town _ and on Westerns campus, - and it is 100 percent legal for owners to allow them to do so. Unfortunately, this is a horrible idea on the own- ers part. With fast traffic on Highway 107, mountain wildlife including bears and foxes and perhaps a college kid pulling a prank, dogs and cats can be severely injured or die because of a lacking leash law. Lt. Kent Davis of patrol operations on. Westerns campus said, If it [the animal] is running around without a collar, we would contact the Jackson County ' Animal Shelter. That is only if the animal is being a -. bother like scaring students, running through construc- tion, or getting into the gar- bage. Because of the lacking leash law, if the dog does not have a collar where an own- er can be contacted, Davis said, We dont fool with it. If there. was an ordi- nance, Davis said about whether someone had a. dog running off a leash, ...wed tell theowner to obey them in order to be on campus. We have the right to ask them.to leave. Quite recently I ran into a situation with a healthy, friendly dog that had got- ten lost. There was a chain, around his neck, but no tag. It was pouring rain outside and quite cold, the worst day to be lost. A friend found the dog, and I was called be- _ cause I volunteer at the local animal shelter and know the staff on a personal level. When I arrived on the. scene, my. friend was talking with a campus polic officer. It was explained by the of- ficer that there are no leash laws. Allowing the dog to run free was legal, and when offered to take the dog back to my home and give him over to the Jackson County Animal Shelter (JCAS) the following morning, I was \ discouraged. The JCAS located near the Jackson County Airstrip is a kill shelter. Animals. given to the shelter have 72 hours before they are owned by the state and can be ad- opted. Euthanasia is deter- mined by which animals have been at the shelter the longest or which animals are too aggressive to make good, safe pets. The WCU police officer informed my friend and me that taking the animal to the shelter might lead to a court case. Because of no leash law, the owner could see my taking the dog not as a good Samaritan act but as. steal- ing or sue me for damages should he or she find the dog too late at the animal shelter. I was faced with the deci- sion of leaving a defenseless animal in the cold and rain or bringing an animal into my home which would upset my own pet and break my lease agreement. On top of that, if something went wrong, I would face felony charges should the owner. misinter- pret my actions. Josh James, an employee at JCAS, said however, this is incorrect information. __ If you find a dog, you need to report it to the shel- ter, said James, referring to picking up the dog and tak- ing it into your possession. A state ordinance says that an individual who picks up a lost dog has 72 hours to report the dog to the JCAS. Only then can charges be brought against the individ- ual. a The only way it could be considered theft is if you knew who the owner, was, James said. Going off what I was told , by the police officer that day, I decided to pack up the dog and drive him to a safer, less traffic congested area of campus. I left him in the rain at the graveyard of Reservoir , Ridge. Three minutes later I got a call from the police officer. He had found the owner! Overjoyed, I drove back to where I had left the dog. The owner and: officer met me there: However, the dog, whose named I learned was Ottie, was gone. He had taken off, hopefully for home: Devastated and upset that he was still out there, I went home and worried all night about Ottie being lost as the rain turned into a vi- cious thunderstorm. I never LETTERS POLICY % PHOTO COURTESY OF METRO GRAPHICS learned whether Ottie made it home. Otties situation is s differ ent in that he escaped from his chain. However, many Jackson County residents let their pets roam free. On several occasions, I have had a possible adoptive owner come into the shelter and tell me. they were looking for a new pet because theirs was killed by a wild animal or run over by a vehicle. While it is great they have decided to save one of the loving ani- mals at the shelter, it cannot replace the pet they lost. If you do decide to let your pets run free, there are some ordinances you want to remember. The city limit of Sylva does. have a leash law, which is enforced by the po- lice department. The town of Dillsboro also has a leash law. Pets are supposed to wear a collar and identifica- tion tags at all times. Rabies tags do not qualify as ID tags although the JCAS can use them to track down owners. If your pet does become lost, you should contact James and Chris Tyson at JCAS at 828-586-6138 from Mon. - Sat. from 8 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. We welcome letters from our readers. We urge brevity, both for the sake of effectiveness and the demands of space; letters should be no longer than 500 words. All letters are subject to the same editing for clarity applied to our staff contributions. We will not publish anonymous letters; letters praising or criticizing professors by name; letters mak- ing personal attacks or personally hurtful statements; endorsements of or letters from political candidates; or copies of letters to other publications. Because we want to provide access to a variety of viewpoints, each letter writer will be limited to one letter every four weeks. All letters. should besigned, and writers should enclose their addresses and daytime phone numbers. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published but will be used to verify letters. We reserve the right not to print any letter.
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