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TENT CITY Woods Humane Society Breaks Ground By Heather Young | Nonprofits North County to open new spay and neuter clinic Woods Humane Society broke ground on a North County spay and neuter clinic in May. The prefabricated house was delivered in mid-June and is planned to be operational by mid-July. According to the nonprofit, the clinic will enable Woods Humane Society to meet the pressing needs of dogs and cats in North County. In 2017, the clinic in San Luis Obispo performed 4,264 spay and neuter surgeries. “Really, what this is going to do is rise to meet the need [in the North County],” Woods Humane Society Director of Marketing & Community Programs Steve Kragenbrink said. “Two-thirds of the animals going into animal services are from North County.” Kragenbrink contributes the distance of driving to the clinic in San Luis Obispo and the cost of getting animals spayed or neutered at a vet’s office as barriers to North County residents getting those surgeries done for animals in the area. With fewer animals, particularly cats, being spayed or neutered, the number of cats being born without a home is higher. Those animals often end up at SLO County Animal Services. “It’s going to make a large dent in the feline over-population in the North County,” Kragenbrink said. “[It’s] creating the opportunity for people to get their animals spayed or neutered.” The idea behind opening the clinic in Atascadero, next to the existing adoption center, is to create accessibility to those in the North County with it being closer and low cost. With that, he said, it should help reduce the number of animals in shelters around the entire county. When it’s complete, the new clinic will include a fully functional spay and neuter surgery suite that can accommodate up to 20 surgeries per day, possibly more. Additionally, the new clinic will alleviate surgery space at Woods’ San Luis Obispo surgery center. “We are thrilled to be on our way to opening SLO County’s first public high-volume, high-quality spay/neuter clinic,” Woods Humane Society Executive Director Jill Tucker said. “Ensuring that spay/neuter services are both accessible and affordable, is a critical component to creating a humane community. This new clinic will positively impact thousands of animals and the residents who care for them for years to come.” The Woods Humane Society North County Spay and Neuter Clinic will be dedicated in memory of Daphne Fahsing. For more information about Woods Humane Society or to find out when appointments can be scheduled for surgeries in Atascadero, go to Woodshumanesociety.org or follow the organization on social media. Heather Young can be reached at heather@colonymagazine.com Founded in 1955, Woods Humane Society has served the homeless animals of San Luis Obispo County for 63 years. Woods Humane Society is an animal sheltering and welfare organization based in San Luis Obispo that annually places more than 2,500 dogs and cats into loving homes. The Mission of Woods Humane Society is: To serve, protect, and shelter homeless companion animals; To place animals in humane environments; To promote responsible pet ownership, provide humane education, and reduce pet overpopulation; To celebrate the human/ animal bond. 24 | colonymagazine.com COLONY Magazine, July 2018
BUILDING COMMUNITY SUMMIT Education | TENT CITY “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King – By Jim Brescia, SLO County Superintendent North County is a wonderful place to work, live, play, and raise a family. Our schools and society have many linguistic, cultural, religious, ethnic, and racial issues. Small rural communities like ours are experiencing changing demographics just like large cities, and our leaders must confront these needs, perspectives, and challenges. How do we collectively address everyone and build up our community? Violence across the United States was the topic of my March Superintendent’s Council which included Atascadero school leadership, law enforcement, STAND UP STAND OUT! By Weston Hooten, Kid Reporter Reprinted from his final article as the AMS Kid Sports Reporter. I had many ideas about what my final article would be about-all sports related of course. However, in light of my recent experience at AMS I decided I wouldn’t write an article for you all to read, rather I would write an article that speaks to my fellow AMS students. I am making a decision to Stand-Up and Stand Out-I want to talk about bullying and things we can do as students to ensure that it doesn’t happen to our friends, the person that sits next to us in home room, the person we pass everyday in the hall, and to make sure we are reporting things we see, things we read on social media, and even when things happen to ourselves. I was recently in a situation where I didn’t Stand- Up for the most important person of all-Me. I want to make sure my fellow students know it is o.k. to mental health professionals and social services. Multi-agency discussions from my March meeting served as a springboard for the May summit. The goal of our summit was to facilitate multi-agency communication and collaboration, present positive strategies for engagement, and to build community. Summit participants included students, parents, non-profit agencies, religious leaders, city & county officials, school leaders, elected officials, and law enforcement. Over 120 participants joined the afternoon summit held at the Vina Robles Signature Room. Twelve table workgroups of 8-10 were formed consisting of multi-agency representation. Participants left with both short-term and long-term actions to proactively find your voice. No one should be made to feel bad about themselves. Although, it is true that we can’t like everyone, we can be kind-even if we don’t feel like it. I want to challenge my fellow students to Stand-Up-for themselves and others. Take a firm stand against bullying so we can make this campus a safe place to learn and a safe place to hang out at lunch and break. After all, we are all just confused and crazy teenagers trying to get through this thing called “middle school.” It’s a trying time, we are learning to grow-up and manage ourselves as students, friends, leaders, and athletes, where we are constantly hammered with the lure of social media, peer pressure, and the urge to fit in. But, in this crazy stage known as “the teen-age years” no one knows better what your going through then the person you sit next to in home room, the person you pass in the hall, and the person in line behind you at the cafeteria. The student body needs to Stand-Up and support each other. address community and school tragedies. Sheriff Ian Parkinson stated in his comments that “We can address our issues proactively, one relationship at a time.” I opened the “Building Community Summit” reflecting on my initial student teaching experiences in San Diego just after the 1984 San Ysidro Massacre. Our Sheriff explained current practices in place to ensure student and community safety. He highlighted the high levels of collaboration between law enforcement and our schools, the digital mapping of every campus, and plans for testing of a mobile school safety App. Our county is one of the first in the state to digitally map every campus and to collectively prepare for disasters. Student speakers from North County, San Luis Obispo, and Nipomo stressed Lend a hand, lend an ear, and use words of encouragement. You never know when a kind word might make a difference in a fellow student’s day. I encourage you to think about a time that a fellow student put you down, used words that hurt. Think about the way you felt on the inside. Now tell yourself you do not ever want another student to feel the way you did. Instead, lets Stand-Up to bullies. Let us send the message that AMS is a campus where bullies are not welcome, and that we are no longer unwilling or unable to Stand-Up. You have all heard the saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day” and neither will a bully free campus. However, if students unite towards a common goal of safe school campuses it can be achieved. I encourage my fellow students to Stand-Out. Be you, don’t follow-be a leader. We will spend three years in middle school and four years in high school. Stand-Out, carve your niche, make a difference, leave your mark, make sure on the day you graduate someone remembers you were there, the importance of working together. Tony Milano, a local graduate, and owner of RadHuman, was joined by representatives from Atascadero detailing Bank of America’s “Rachel’s Challenge” resources. Participants focused on examples of disconnect that have preceded conflict, concern, or crisis. Each workgroup presented at least one proactive suggestion that might mitigate disconnect. My office is now planning with the Children’s Services Network, the Sheriff, the Chief of Probation, and the Family Care Network to host a fall summit. I believe that together we can invest in our future by facilitating multi-agency communications, working collectively, and acknowledging that we are all part of a community. It is an honor to serve as your County Superintendent of Schools. Kid Reporter Weston Hooten leave a legacy you can look back on with pride. Most of all, leave the school campus a better place than before you got there. So, my fellow Saints and future Greyhounds find the courage to Stand-up, look out for others, stand for something, and know we are all trying to grow-up the best we can, and finally Stand- Out, find your interests and make the world a better place. I hope I have made AMS a better place for having been here. This is your Kid Sports Reporter signing off one last time at AMS. July 2018, COLONY Magazine colonymagazine.com | 25
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