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Abused dog recovering at vet’s office Good Samaritans helped a young woman take care of a pit bull suffering from stab wounds STOKESDALE – Oak Ridge Parks and Rec Director Terry Lannon was on his way up to Hanging Rock State Park on Sept. 25 when he stopped at a convenience store near Kings Crossing Shopping Center in Stokesdale for a snack.
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As he came out of the store, he noticed a woman who was on her cellphone and crying.
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The woman and Robert Gray were trying to reach Guilford County Animal Control because they had found a stray dog with some apparent stab wounds. “This dog had two knife wounds in its back,” Lannon said. “She was flea-ridden. But, she was just wagging her tail the whole time.”
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Staff at Kings Crossing Animal Hospital in Stokesdale have treated and are boarding a dog found with stab wounds at a Stokesdale convenience store.
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Northwest Guilford High School football players enjoyed dousing Coach Parker Frazier (above left), Principal Ralph Kitley (above right) and Mrs. Dana Hilliard, human geography teacher, on Oct. 12. The three staff members agreed to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge as their reward for raising the highest amount of donations for ALS research among the staff members who participated. The challenge was organized by the players as a way of showing support for Frazier, whose mother was diagnosed with ALS in April.
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