The Coast News, July 16, 2010_web

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THE COAST NEWS

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VOL. 24, NO. 27

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.com JULY 16, 2010

Funds go to farm worker housing

RISKY BUSINESS? A local activist takes on the wireless industry regarding the purported dangers of cell phone B1 towers

By Alyx Sariol

CARLSBAD — On July 13, City Council members approved to release $1.9 million in funding to Catholic Charities to begin construction of a farm worker housing facility in Carlsbad. With the funding now available, Catholic Charities is one step closer to constructing two proposed buildings at its property on Impala Drive. This will allow the charitable organization to continue providing services to Carlsbad’s farm workers and homeless population. “We will continue for the

SAMOA SPIRIT

Samoan Americans celebrate their traditional culture in A3 Oceanside

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TURN TO HOUSING ON A25

CATCH OF THE DAY Encinitas resident Isaiah M. Ruczewski launched his kayak in front of the Chart House at 9 a.m. July 10 and soon found himself in a two-and-a-half hour battle with a 100-pound thresher shark, which he had hooked in the tail. Photo by Zach Jones

Many hands work together to save local animals in need By Lillian Cox

OCEANSIDE — An adoption fair hosted by Mission Animal and Bird Hospital will take place at 3 p.m. July 18. The event is being held to make room for dogs confiscated from Alice Via of Boxer Rescue San Diego that are being temporarily housed at San Diego County Animal Control’s Central Shelter. Pets that will be available for adoption include 12 toy-sized dogs such as a Pomeranian mix, a poodle mix, a Chihuahua and an 8-month-old Yorkie. Also looking for permanent homes are an adult lab mix, a partially deaf white boxer, two cats, a kitten, three parakeets and a dove. Adoptions are handled through Boxers N Birds Rescue, which is operated by Linda Hamilton, who is also hospital administrator. Hamilton reports that she has collaborated with Via on rescues for more than seven years. “Alice is a dear, sweet lady,” Hamilton said. “She’s dedicated her life to helping animals. Most of the time she was sending dogs our way. It was a very cooperative relationship.”

In March, Via was arrested on suspicion of felony animal neglect, along with misdemeanor counts of failing to provide veterinary care, poor sanitation and having an illegal kennel which housed 60 boxers and Chihuahuas. Upon hearing the news, Hamilton said her initial concern was to help exit dogs from the county shelter. She reports having space for 40 dogs in a vacant building that housed the hospital until operations moved into a new state-of-theart facility seven months ago. “We are on a wait list for six Chihuahuas and two boxers from the county shelter,” Hamilton said. “They will be the first to be transferred because they need medical care. If there are more, we can take them.” On July 10, animal trainer and behaviorist Randy Abbott, and his wife Anya, recruited a team of men from the Fellowship Center in Escondido to help prepare the older building for the arrival of new dogs. “They scrubbed down the walls and floors with deck and brushes,” Hamilton

Humane Society looks into cat deaths By Randy Kalp

PUPPY LOVE Linda Hamilton is hospital

administrator at the Mission Animal & Bird Hospital in Oceanside. Hamilton is holding C.B., a Chihuahua who is recuperating from a broken leg, and Mighty Mouse, an 8-month-old Yorkie. Both dogs will be available for adoption July 18 at 3 p.m. at the hospital, which is located at 655 Benet Rd., the southwest corner of Highway 76 and Benet Rd. The event is being held in order to make room for dogs temporarily housed at San Diego County Animal Control’s Central Shelter who were confiscated from Alice Via, founder, Boxer Rescue San Diego. TURN TO ANIMALS ON A24 Photo by Lillian Cox

OCEANSIDE — The San Diego Humane Society launched an investigation recently into the death of two cats that occurred on the same Oceanside street within weeks of one another, a spokesperson with the organization said July 12. At the prompting of a North County veterinarian, the San Diego Humane Society has teamed with the Oceanside Police Department to investigate the suspicious death of two cats that occurred in June on Morningside Drive, said Candice Eley, a public relations coordinator at the organization. “Our investigators’ initial thoughts are that it is a TURN TO CAT ON A25


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