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CityViewNC.com | 21 COLLECTION Recipes Recipes THE 2020 1 • CityView 2020 Recipes Collection CityView INFORM. INVOLVE . INSPIRE . INFORM. INVOLVE . INSPIRE . w w w.city viewnc.com w w w.city viewnc.com BY KIM HASTY PHOTOGRAPHY BY CINDY BURNHAM KATIE CRENSHAW MELISSA NELSON MATTHEW WONDERLY COLLECTION Recipes Recipes THE 2020 ----------–––– Our 2020 recipe collection of submissions from our readers, along with submissions from publisher Tony Chavonne, editor Kim Hasty, columnists Bill Kirby Jr. and Bill McFadyen and others, is now available as a keepsake copy. Get your copy delivered in the mail for $10, which includes tax and shipping! Our 2020 recipe collection would make a great Valentine's Day gift for the favorite cooks in your life, so consider giving something sweet (& savory) to your loved ones this season. Order at w w w.CityViewNC.com A welcoming home for people and pooches i Fayetteville's best insurance agents i The incredible journey of Ivan Castro COMING IN MARCH adopted Gunny through a greyhound rescue organization. "What struck us is that it was his own personal dog," Pickett Smith said. "What vet would do that?" Well, it turns out that greyhounds are prime blood donor candidates. Similar to humans with O blood types, they are regarded as universal donors. e Barkmans' other greyhound, Super, also serves as a donor for the practice, as do other dogs. Both Gunny and Super were adopted out of the family's love of the breed's sweet nature. "Better than 85 percent of greyhounds have a blood type that other dogs tolerate," Barkman said. "ey have a higher percentage of red blood cells. But most dogs bodies will accept blood from any donor dog the first time." Ember is happy at home with the Smith's other Aussie. Sure enough, once the transfusion was complete, Ember perked up. "She was eating, wagging her tail," Barkman said. e next day, Christmas Day, Ember was able to go home with the Smiths. "To do all of that over the Christmas holiday and keeping us updated throughout it all is pretty amazing," Pickett Smith said. "ank you certainly doesn't seem sufficient." Ember, now fluffy and alert, recently returned to Highland Animal Hospital for a reunion with Gunny and Dr. Josh. "She's a completely different dog," Truett Smith said. "Josh is just awesome." Ember isn't really an Australian Shepherd, but the organization regularly steps in anyway. It also doesn't look as if Ember is a foster dog any longer. e Smiths said she's right at home with their other dogs. And that's where they plan for her to stay. Next page, read Dr. Barkman's own happy ending story.

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