Volume One

Fall, 2014

Expanding Direction: Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) has been busy since our last newsletter. As you know, we decided to help with spay and neuter for dogs and cats, as well as continuing to support the Animal Shelter. We see a vital spay and neuter program as the main way to reduce the exploding population of stray and neglected animals and, consequently, as a way of reducing needless euthanasia. Under the new program, FOTAS will give vouchers to the Animal Shel-ter and to selected veterinarians who, in turn, will distribute them to residents who truly need financial assistance. The vouchers will be redeemed at Noah’s ARC to offset a portion of the fee to spay/neuter Transylvania county residents’ pets. The program has already started and as of this newsletter printing there are 24 animals spayed or neutered thereby reducing the future number of unwanted puppies and kittens. In light of our new mission, FOTAS is phasing in a new name, “Friends Of Transylvania Ani-mals,” that matches the acronym FOTAS and better reflects our new programs. We thank you for your support for the shelter and the new spay and neuter program. FOTAS Board of Directors, William Briggs, Clyde Brooks, DVM, Sandy Briggs, Susan Miller, and Susan Zelle with Noah’s ARC staff Judy Rothe and Sandy Thompson look at the new spay/neuter vouchers.

Sonny and Robin Aldy

George and Jan Bauer

Janet and John Boelte

Peggy Bogardus

Stephen and Sybil Stuart Butter

Charles and Linda Butz

W.A. and Chloe Coger

Deborah Marie Cook

Stanley and Elizabeth Darby

Betty Dziedzic

David Ebenhack

Ted and Connie Fuhrer

Richard and Janet Grey

Catherine and Kent Heuser

Martin and Linda Hodgkins

Ronald and Susan Howard

William and Josephine Howard

Christina Howle

Mark and Janine Isabelli

Mark and Barbara Jackson

JoAnne Keen

Terry and Laura Knight

Barbara Kopp

Melvin and Mildred LaBree

Joyce Mastny

Richard and Martha Mayberry

Patricia McCahill

Mary Meseck

Our Honored Donors (Since the April 2014 Newsletter)

Raymond and Marie Miller

Lemuel and Marilyn

Miller, IIII

Peter and Eleanor

Mockridge

Mildred Murray

John and Lorraine Orr

Robert and Inez Parsell

Theresa Purcell

Josephine Quillen

Edmund and Karen

Ramsaur

Judith Roberts

Arthur and Judith

Schreiber

Mary Ellen Shoemaker

Jean Z. Simpson

McLoughlin Spagle

Lowell and Linda

Steinfield

Sheila Swancara

Christopher and Jane

Totten

Barbara Troyer

Carolyn Van Ness

Linda Voll

Harold and Helen Voris

Claire Waller

James Wells

Sheila White

Lake Toxaway Charities

Brevard Yoga

Broad Street Wines

For the Animals,

Thank you for your

Support !

FOTAS

Board of Directors

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Honors and Celebrations In honor of William and Sandy Briggs by Derek and Alicia Briggs

In honor of Beverly Robert by Gail Muldoon

In honor of beloved pet Poodle, Precious by Doris Tinsley

In honor of Mrs. Judy Turner and Mrs. Hariett Vanderschaaf by Melvin and Mildred LaBree

In honor of Sugar by Susan and Wesley Dickman

Memorials Mrs. Geraldine McCain by Gregory McCain

Gerry McCain by Katherine Bland

Jerre and Jane Kennedy’s KOBY by James and Martha Legere

Gerry McCain by Mary Buhring

Larry abd Susan Kruse’s Freckles by Jerre and Jane Kennedy

Bella, and English Springer by Paul and Margaret Jacques

Skooter by Vernon McMinn

Larry and Susan Kruse’s Freckles by James and Martha Legere

Shiloh and Savannah by Michael and Robin Carter

Muffin, Molly, Maagie and Woodie by Susan and Wesley Dickman

Jerre and Jane Kennedy’s KOBY by Larry and Susan Kruse

Mrs. James McCain by Susan Scott

Geraldine McCain by Esther Marsh

Mary Fisher’s Oscar by William and Bonnie Gainey

Steve Jones by Laurey Walbert

Sweet Nugget Trieber by John and Eileen Hart

Bob Denninger by Bergen Medical Center

Charles Andy by Richard and Nancy Senneff

Mickey and Smokey by Hugh Cathey, Jr.

Bob Denninger by Robert and Lucy Rodes

Bob Denninger by Cleveland Camilla Brown

Bob Denninger by Cindy Dennis

Gerry McCain by Leslie Tiffany

Daisy by Jane Silver

Bob Denninger by Robert Frank

Bob Denninger by Constance Williams

Suki by Jack and Raili Scott

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Memorials, Continued

Bob Denninger by Lorraine Ambrosi - Agostnelli Bob Denninger by Eva Denninger

Gerry McCain by Kansas City Community Foundation

Jill’s Little Miss Mini by Roger and Millie Gallaway Bob Denninger by Renee Lang-Schantz

Brockway’s Beautiful Cat by Nancy Carson

Steele’s beloved Poodle, Channel by Nancy Carson

Channel by Richard and Martha Mayberry

Eileen Orisak’s cat Elvis by Karla Atkinson

Simba by Bruce and Monica Williams

Chihahhaus Luli and Lola Dickman by Danita Dickman

Ruth Paul and Becky Fanz-Paul’s Kayla Grace by Stephen and Judith McKown

Don and Tara Ledbetter’s Rambo and Lexie by Jerry and Margaret Tinsley

Yashka by Paul Onnink

Many by James and Carole Pohl

Gerry McCain by Beth Ritorto

Gerry McCain by Joseph & Florence Ritorto

If you would like to honor an individual or pet please write a

note of thirty words or less to be printed in the next news-

letter. If you would like to publish a memorial for a departed

friend or pet, please write a note of thirty words or less to be

printed in the next newsletter. The donation for either of

these is $25.00. If you choose to include a 1 inch x 1 1/2

inch color photo of a friend or pet with the note, the dona-

tion is $150.00.

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FOTAS volunteers joined in Brevard’s Halloween fun to distrib-

ute information on our newest initiative: increasing aware-

ness of the need to spay and neuter animals in our county.

Many old friends stopped by the booth to congratulate us on

the new shelter and learn how we will help the county edu-

cate county residents on spaying and neutering. Animals who

are spayed and neutered live longer, healthier lives, are less

aggressive, and are not a nuisance to our community.

Volunteers distributed the new spay-neuter brochures and en-

couraged folks who are interested in a pet to stop by “the

county jewel” and see what our community was able to do

when we pulled together to help animals in need.

For information about the spay/neuter program, please con-

tact the county animal shelter at 883-3713.

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FOTAS Outreach at Halloweenfest

FOTAS

Members

Meet! On November 6,

2014 the FOTAS

members met to

learn of the new

programs designed

by the FOTAS Board

of Directors to con-

tinue support of the

animal shelter by helping to reduce the number of unwanted animals surrendered to

the animal shelter each year. This is an exciting time for FOTAS and we invite you to

join us as a supporting member. Family membership is $60.00 and single member-

ship is $35.00. The membership dues is fully deductible and provides a member the

opportunity to share in the successes of the Friends as we continue to support our

beautiful new shelter ! Please Join Us Now!

One of the benefits of membership is attending meetings several times a year to hear

speakers present discussions of timely topics

such as spay/neutering. On November 6th,

Noah’s ARC’s Sandy Thompson talked about

the low cost spay/neuter clinic, and their

commitment to a smooth running operation

with high standards established by the Hu-

mane Alliance. Funding comes from fee for

services, grants, and donations, and FOTAS

is delighted to be an additional source of

funding for this critical community program.

We Need Your Help…

As the end of 2014

draws near we are reminded of the blessings that we have enjoyed re-

sulting from the community effort to provide the balance of the need-

ed funding for construction of the new animal shelter for Transylvania

County! We thank all who contributed to this effort and congratulate

each and every donor whose gifts made that possible. We raised more

than $440,000 during our campaign and have spent or reserved more

than $379,000 for the capital projects at the shelter. Our cost of fund

raising and general expenses was less than 10%. Now we are dedi-

cating our new fund raising and the remaining dollars from the original

campaign, to support the shelter through our spay/neuter voucher

program designed to reduce the number of unwanted pets that are

surrendered to the shelter. This is where you can help!!!

For every $35.00 donated one voucher is provided to a Transylva-

nia County resident to spay or neuter one pet who would otherwise be

subjected to giving birth to unlimited litters of puppies and kittens. To

put it into prospective, one female cat and a litter of seven, according

to the United States Humane Society can produce over 400,000 cats

over a period of time, if there is no intervention. The great thing about

this program is that the pet owners must also take responsibility for

their animals by paying the balance of the cost not funded by FOTAS.

Please help us by donating to support one, three, or more

vouchers during your 2014 year end giving!

Thank you,

Bill Briggs, President

When I was young I decided to have a tattoo. Now this took some real work, not being able to

speak human. However, after a little while I was able to communicate to my human parents that

I wanted a tattoo. So one day they took me to a veterinarian, and I got my tattoo on my tummy

or something like that. Anyway, they said the tattoo was a bonus badge for being a good canine

citizen. Sometimes the translation from the human language to dog gets muddled.

Now I have this beautiful tummy tattoo, and because I got mine many of my female friends de-

cided to get theirs. It is really in style, even more so than a pedicure or a new hairstyle (for poo-

dles). For some reason not all my male friends have a tattoo. Male dogs are funny. I’m spreading

the word that the tattoo comes as a special “one-time” bonus and that the girls like it.

A little advice: If your dog or cat has not been spayed or neutered, please look into it. Spaying or

neutering is really not all that expensive, and it stops unwanted puppies and kittens. By the way, I

am really proud of my tattoo and your dog can have one too. One of my cat friends told me that

tattoos are very popular among the felines. Please talk to your veterinarian or make an appoint-

ment at Noah’s ARC in Pisgah Forest to have your pet

spayed or neutered. It too can have a beautiful tattoo.

Love as always, Shelley

Shelley’s Corner—My Tattoo

FOTAS Board of Directors

William Briggs, Chairman

Sandy Briggs, Secretary

Susan Miller, Treasurer

Dr. Clyde Brooks, Board Member

Susan Zelle, Board Member

Financial information about this

organization and a copy of its li-

cense are available from the State

Solicitation Licensing Branch at

(919) 807-2212. This license is not

an endorsement by the State.

NONPROFIT U.S.POSTAGE

PAID BREVARD, NC PERMIT NO.12

Friends of the Animal Shelter

d/b/a Friends of Transylvania

Animals

P.O. Box 1425

Brevard, NC 28712