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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
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Awards continued from 1A
Animal Control continued from 1A
Norman in this year's state competi
tion won two first-place writing awards
— one for Investigative Reporting and
the other for Feature Writing. It was her
second award for investigative report
ing.
“Barrow Journal and reporter Susan
Norman really keep tabs on local gov
ernments,” the judges said of the inves
tigative stories about Winder’s closed
process for land purchases in 2012.
‘‘Great watchdog for the community.”
The winning feature entry was a
package of stories about otherworldly
encounters at the former Granite Hotel
in downtown Winder.
‘‘Well-written, well-sourced stories
made reading about this historic (haunt
ed?) Granite Hotel and the people of
Winder a blast.” a judge wrote.
Journal editor Chris Bridges won a
first-place writing award in the cat
egory of Serious Columns. His entry
included a column about the death of
Andy Griffith.
‘‘Andy Taylor represented what's good
about this country,” a judge wrote. “The
author agrees with me in ‘Andy Griffith
Represented Good in Life,'”
Also to Bridges’ credit, the Journal
placed third in Layout and Design.
The judges noted that his page layouts
were “well-designed” and featured “lots
of colorful community photographs.”
The Barrow Journal is based in
Winder and is owned by Mainstreet
Newspapers Inc. Four other Mainstreet
publications around Northeast Georgia
also received recognition last Friday.
The Jackson Herald placed in five cat
egories, taking a first-place award for its
Sports Pages. The Banks County News
won six awards, and The Braselton
News and The Commerce News each
won three.
On Sunday, the Barrow Journal sports
section was named the best in its divi
sion by the Georgia Sports Writers
Association (see story on page IB in
today's edition.) The GSWA annual con
vention was held at The Marietta Daily
Journal. Brown also won additional
sports photography awards for the 2012
calendar year from the GSWA.
AWARD-WINNING PICTURES
These photographs by Jessica Brown won
first for Best News Photo (TOP) and Best
Sports Photo (BELOW). The news picture
was from a SWAT training session with the
sports picture from a Winder-Barrow High
School freshman football game.
“They bring a lot of experience and knowledge
to the table,” Terrell said. “We have agreed to
disagree on some issues, but we have agreed to
work toward common solutions in every area.
They understand we have a responsibility to the
taxpayer, and they understand that our facility is
not designed to save every animal that comes in;
but we all think we can improve the numbers.”
At the first meeting with the core group, two
volunteered to work on the content for the shel
ter’s Web site in order to promote animal rescues
and adoptions.
Terrell also has jumpstarted a volunteer pro
gram that was announced a couple of months
ago but had not gotten off the ground. Registered
volunteers now are to be utilized not only for
administrative tasks such as answering phones
and filling out adoption papers, but also to
provide direct care — walking, bathing, nail
clipping and even wound care — of the animals.
“Last week we had three volunteers in the
facility at various times,” he said. "All three were
there Saturday morning observing and assist
ing. Our plan is to open the second and fourth
Saturday of each month during the summer from
9 a.m. until noon. We will keep a sign-in sheet
and see what the public response is.”
In addition, Dr. Richard Duffey, a veterinar
ian at Winder Animal Hospital, has agreed to
Terrell’s request for help in teaching the shelter’s
staff how to recognize when animals are in dis
tress and how to identify possible causes.
Terrell sought the help after a rescue volunteer
— rather than the shelter’s certified staff — on
June 4 recognized that a dog was seriously ill,
rescued it that day anyway, and immediately
took it to a vet who found the dog was in organ
failure. A similar discovery by a visitor in
January led to the destruction of 10 dogs.
Accounts of both incidents were posted on
Facebook, but the latest case really went viral.
"I got one email Friday from people in the
Netherlands,” Felts said. “It was an advocate
group in the Netherlands...”
Terrell said some of that disseminated infor
mation — that the dog’s decline was due to
severe dehydration caused by the shelter’s use
of a bottled watering system rather than water
bowls — was not true.
But both he and Felts did acknowledge to a
reporter, however, that the abandoned dog had
appeared healthy when it entered the shelter on
May 7 and that prior to its June 4 rescue, no
member of the staff had noticed its seriously
deteriorated condition.
"One of the rescue reps was at the facility and
observed the dog and recognized it was in seri
ous distress before we did.” Terrell said. "She
immediately got the ball rolling to get help for
the dog. I have not seen the vet report yet, but
I now understand the dog may have had heart-
worms. We don’t have a way to test for that."
He added: "I can’t say exactly at this point
what happened. We all regret the dog getting
sick.”
A volunteer over the past several days also has
obtained donated water bowls for the shelter. So
every dog now has access to both the bottling
system and to a water bowl, Felts said.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Georgia
Department of Agriculture twice since Burrell’s
departure have visited the shelter and have found
no problems.
Mark Murrah, the state’s animal protection
manager, said in response to numerous com
plaints he received about the Barrow shelter, that
he sent a "companion animal supervisor” to the
shelter on May 29. State inspectors returned on
June 5.
"We have seen no vet reports or other docu
mentation that show that any animal at this shel
ter suffered from lack of water or dehydration,”
he wrote in an email obtained by the newspaper.
"All of the animals are receiving adequate
care," the email states.
The job posting for the new director indicates
that the new volunteer program will be a perma
nent part of the shelter’s operations.
The ad says the county is looking for a "highly
motivated professional” who will oversee the
paid employees as well as the volunteer program.
The minimum qualifiations are an associate’s
degree with 6-9 years of experience supplement
ed by formal wildlife training, special wildlife
courses, or a closely related field — or an equiv
alent combination of training and experience.
The salary range for the position is from
$42,895-$63,162.65.
Summer events scheduled at Statham Library
Readers of all ages will dig into adventures
of all kinds this summer as the Statham Public
Library presents "Dig Into Reading” during
its Summer Reading Program. Children will
explore the world through stories and special
performances each Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
The program is open to young readers pre
school through young adult with prizes for each
reading level completed. Gift cards from Target
will be given to the top three readers in the juve
nile category and money will be given to the top
three readers in the young adult category. All
programs are free of charge. For more informa
tion, call 770-725-4785.
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