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Wednesday, November 3, aoxo j The Red a Black
Changes
coming
for cat
shelter
By KATHRYN INGALL
The Red & Black
Athens residents will
soon have a place to bring
unwanted and stray cats.
Anew shelter renova
tion on Beaverdam Road
should be finished by the
middle of November, said
Patrick Rives, the animal
control superintendent.
In July, the Athens Area
Humane Society decided
not to renew its contract
with the city to provide a
cat shelter.
The Athens-Clarke
Commission voted in
September to spend
$150,000 to renovate the
facility that will contain 28
cages as well as hire three
fUll-time staff members.
“We needed a way to
take in and shelter cats,”
mayor Heidi Davison said.
“Sometimes good people
move and they need a place
to surrender their ani
mals.”
Three of the 10 commis
sioners voted against the
measure. Commissioner
Doug Lowry said the money
for the project should have
come from the regular bud
get instead of the contin
gency fund.
“The cat shelter is not
an emergency. The contin
gency fund is for emergen
cies or maybe not emer
gencies, but unforeseen
issues,” Lowry said.
Clarke County residents
may bring cats they can no
longer care for or strays to
the shelter.
The Athens Area
Humane Society was
receiving about 1,000 cats a
year, Rives said.
Suspected feral cats will
be held overnight for obser
vation. Since there is no
clear test, the animal con
trol staff will observe the
behavior of the cat.
Feral cats found to be
part of a registered colony
will be returned to the
caretaker, Reeve said.
Caretakers are responsible
for the sterilization and
vaccination of cats tagged
in their colony.
Feral cats found not to
be part of a registered colo
ny are euthanized. Reeve
said.
“The fact that UQA is
here means there are a lot
of new people coming into
Athens every year,” Rives
said. “That’s one of the
things we caution students
about when a student
comes to adopt a dog. ‘Do
you know where you’ll be
living in one, two, three
years?’”
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Elections
Tuesday was midterm Election Day, and voters lined up in Athens on a cloudy day to have their voices heard.
Athens citizens were able to cast their votes for governor, mayor and other officials, exercising one of the most
important American freedoms. Two years ago, we elected our nation’s president, but today’s vote is just as impor
tant. The Red & Black asked some voters fresh out of the booth why they came out to vote during the midterms.
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Faculty goes green with carpools
By TIFFANY STEVENS
The Red & Buck
University faculty who take steps
to reduce their carbon footprints
may expand their wallets in the pro
cess, officials say.
The University is in the process
of offering two new programs that
will give offices and staff incentives
to improve sustainability on cam
pus. Rewards include cash prizes
and hinds allowing offices to replace
equipment.
Don Walter, director of Parking
Services, said the University is con
sidering a partnership with the
Clean Air Campaign.
If the partnership is finalized,
participants would be matched with
others looking to- carpool through a
program called Rideshare
“It's part of our alternative trans
portation program. We already give
out free parking passes to people
who want to clean-commute,” he
said. “We already have a pretty
robust transportation program, so
this would just be the icing on the
cake.”
University staff participating in
Rideshare would receive S3 per day
for up to SIOO. Walter said the Clean
Air Campaign would provide funds.
“[The prizes are] only for employ
ees. It’s not for students,” he said.
“And the funds are only an incentive
to get started carpooling.”
Carpooling will not be the only
way staff can earn prizes.
The Office of Sustainability is
finalizing the details of another pro
gram. Offices that participate in the
program may receive the ability to
advertise themselves as a green
friendly office.
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MAN ON THE STREET:
KATIE WEISER
student from Seattle
“You need to vote just so
your voice is heard in the
local elections. Midterm
elections do count tor
something."
CLAIRE BUSH
preschool teacher from
Athens
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“It’s a voluntary certification pro
gram," said TVra Byers, sustainabili
ty coordinator at the Office of
Sustainability. “What we’ve included
is a toolkit that offices can use to
reduce their energy impact. They
can choose items under each of
those categories that they can
implement. And if they agree to do a
certain number out of the available
categories they would be a certified
UOA sustainable office. So they
would get a plaque on their wall,
they would get to display the logo,
and they would get additional
resources."
Participants may also receive
funds that allow them to replace
outdated equipment with green
friendly technology. Byers said.
“But we’re still working through
the details of that," she said.
One method offices could use
would be to acquire a small attach
able trash can called a “side saddle”
trash can. The side saddle would
work by acting as the main trash
can, turning the larger, original trash
can into the recycling bin.
“Hopefully people will take more
responsibility for their trash and
produce less waste,” Byers said.
Both Walter and Byers said many
staff members and offices have
expressed interest. However, many
University employees were already
participating in environmentally
friendly practices, they said.
“There’s a lot of office managers
and people at UQA who are imple
menting sustainable practices
already,” Byers said. “We just want
to provide them with more support
and allow them to connect with
other offices that are doing the
same.”
CRIME NOTEBOOK
Student reports harassing
phone calls
A student at Oglethorpe
House dorm reported
receiving multiple unwant
ed texts and calls from a
person known to the stu
dent Monday, according to
University Police reports.
The student said the
individual was sending
rude texts and leaving
unwanted voice mail mes
sages, according to the
report.
Vehicles entered in Hull
Street Parking Deck
Two vehicles parked in
the Hull Street Parking
Deck were unlawfully
entered Monday, according
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professor from Athens
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time because I just
became a citizen. I'm
going to take part in the
political process."
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lawyer from Athens
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vote. We have too much
complacency and no one
votes. It’s one of our rights
we shouldn't give up. By
not voting you are not
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▲ The last voters cast their ballots at the Memorial
Parte Voting Precinct Tuesday. In addition to the state
wide elections, such as the governor’s race, Athens
residents could also vote for several amendments and
referendums, the mayor and county commissioners.
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Police Documents
to University Police
reports.
The owner of a silver
Honda Civic reported the
car was entered by way of
an unsecured trunk lid
between noon and 3 p.m.
A portable Toshiba DVD
player was reported miss
ing.
A black purse and a
white iPod adapter were
reported stolen from a
green Oldsmobile at about
9 p.m., according to the
reports.
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ELECTION DAY 2010
LAURA FEDER
student front North
Carolina
‘lt is important because
it’s one of the only ways
you can have your voice
be heard and it’s an
obligation to your
country and citizenship.'
LAURA KAGEL *.
Clemton University
lecturer from Athens
"I care about the
outcome. It makes a
difference to me who
wins, so I’d do my part."
CORRECTIONS
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