2. Objective
To obtain an entry-level position that allows me to use my communication and writing
skills along with my creativity as a reporter and journalist.
Skills
Writing Skills
• Wrote for the Louisiana Tech
newspaper (The Tech Talk) for
two quarters.
• Essay was chosen by professor to
be entered into university-wide
writing contest.
• Have taken 40 credits in English
and 22 credits in journalism.
Communication Skills
• Gained experience in retail for
three years, working with
costumers to increase sales.
• Conducted several interviews for
the Louisiana Tech newspaper
and other courses.
• Experienced with computers and
social media.
• Completed public relations
courses.
Education
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
BS in English, technical writing / Journalism minor
2014-2016
Expected date of graduation: November 2016
Current GPA: 3.3
Related course work
• Journalism 101, 102 News
Writing
• Journalism 210 Feature Writing
• Journalism 220 Copy Editing
• Journalism 350 Practical
Reporting
• Journalism 450 Public Relations
• English 303 Technical Writing
• English 460 Advanced Technical
Writing
• English 461 Technical Writing
for Publication
• English 462 Technical Editing
Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA
2012-2014
Haley Register
3504 Woodvine Circle
Haughton, LA 71270
(318) 780-1740
har005@latech.edu
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3. Employment
Charming Charlie’s, Shreveport, LA
Seasonal Sales Associate
Summer 2015
• Worked with team members to promote sales and complete marketing tasks.
• Provided team members and managers with status reports and store updates.
• Handled transactions, counted cash, balanced cash drawers.
• Completed daily paper work and store-opening tasks.
Wet Seal, Bossier City, LA
Sales Associate
February 2012-September 2014
• Communicated with customers to provide them with an easy, enjoyable
experience and optimize sales opportunities.
• Participated in performance competition against co-workers for average daily sale
numbers and average items per sale.
• Handled cash, balanced drawers, completed paperwork.
• Completed daily marketing tasks.
• Helped customers to activate store memberships.
Honors
Dean’s list- 2013 (BPCC)
President’s list- 2014, 2015 (LA Tech)
Activities
• Bossier Parish Community College Ladies in Gold- 2012-2013
• The Tech Talk staff reporter- 2016
References
Available upon request
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4. Darwyn Cooke, the award-winning
writer, artist and animator known for such
celebrated works as “DC: The New Fron-
tier,” “Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter”
and “Catwoman,” passed away overnight.
He was 53.
Friday, his wife Marsha Cooke an-
nounced he was receiving palliative care
following an aggressive bout with cancer.
“We regret to inform you that Darwyn lost
his battle with cancer early this morning at
1:30 AM ET,” Cooke’s family said in a state-
ment released this morning. “We read all of
your messages of support to him through-
out the day yesterday.”
CELBRATING THE LIFE OF DARWYN COOKE
WRITER, ARTIST, AND ANIMATOR DIES OF CANCER
“
He was filled
with your love
and surround-
ed by friends
and family . . .
”
BY ALBERT CHING
PAINT POPPYPAINT POPPYThe magazine for artists.
May 2016
CELEBRATING
THE LIFE OF
DARWYN COOKE
STEPHEN KALTENBACH MAKES A COMEBACK
Comic Artist Dies at 53
THE BASICS OF WATERCOLOR
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5. Darwyn Cooke, the award-winning
writer, artist and animator known for such
celebrated works as “DC: The New Fron-
tier,” “Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter”
and “Catwoman,” passed away overnight.
He was 53.
Friday, his wife Marsha Cooke an-
nounced he was receiving palliative care
following an aggressive bout with cancer.
“We regret to inform you that Darwyn lost
his battle with cancer early this morning at
1:30 AM ET,” Cooke’s family said in a state-
ment released this morning. “We read all of
your messages of support to him through-
out the day yesterday.”
CELBRATING THE LIFE OF DARWYN COOKE
WRITER, ARTIST, AND ANIMATOR DIES OF CANCER
“
He was filled
with your love
and surround-
ed by friends
and family . . .
”
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BY ALBERT CHING
PHOTO: DARWYN CHARLES
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6. As an artist, Cooke was
known for a distinct
visual style, evocative of
a different era -- as seen in
comics like “New Frontier,” set during
the 1950s -- yet still uniquely modern.
His work varied from the retro super-
heroes of “New Frontier” to the hard-
boiled crime fiction of his adaptations
of Richard Stark’s “Parker” novels and
more esoteric projects like the recent
Vertigo series “The Twilight Children.”
Cooke made his comic book debut in
1985 with DC Comics’ “Talent Show-
case” #19, but it was another 15 years
before he began to receive industry
attention with the one-shot “Batman:
Ego,” which he wrote and drew. In the
interim, he worked as a storyboard
artist for multiple DC-based animated
series, including “Batman Beyond,”
“Superman” and “The New Batman
Adventures.” n 2001, Cooke teamed
with writer Ed Brubaker for a stylish
update of “Catwoman,” with Cooke
illustrating the first four issues and
redesigning the famous character,
creating a look that defined Selina Kyle
for years to come. He then wrote and
drew the original graphic novel “Seli-
na’s Big Score,” a prequel to his run on
“Catwoman.”
Cooke also worked for Marvel during
that period, contributing to the ac-
claimed “X-Force” run by Peter Milli-
gan and Mike Allred with interior art
on “X-Force” #124 and the “Wolver-
ine/Doop” miniseries. He also wrote
and illustrated two issues of anthology
series “Spider-Man’s Tangled Web.”
However, 2004’s “DC: The New Fron-
tier” likely stands as the most signifi-
cant single work of Cooke’s career. He
wrote and illustrated the nearly 400-
page story, which starred many of DC’s
iconic heroes.The miniseries earned
multiple Eisner and Harvey awards
and inspired an animated adapta-
tion, released in 2008. In 2007, Cooke
helmed a DC Comics revival of “The
Spirit,” the legendary Will Eisner’s
COOKE’S WORKS
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ART BY DARWYN COOKE
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7. In the late ’60s, the artist Stephen
Kaltenbach spent three manic, productive
years in New York City before decamping to
California, where he still lives and operates
as a “regional artist” of sorts. In his three
New York years, Kaltenbach produced a
diverse body of work that traced the con-
tours of the city’s emerging Conceptual and
Post-Minimalist art movements, all carried
out with an enigmatic prankster spirit that
has continued to govern his practice. Un-
til June 18, Marlborough Chelsea’s small
Viewing Room sub-gallery is exhibiting a
mini-retrospective from the artist, focusing
primarily on the work he made during his
concentrated time in the city. The day be-
fore the show’s opening, Kaltenbach gave
me a tour of the exhibition alongside the
space’s director, the artist and actor Leo
Fitzpatrick.
“I had a number of issues when I
came to New York that I wanted to investi-
gate, one them was Minimalism, and I had
been doing simple objects pretty much like
Donald Judd and felt that I could go a lot
further than that,” Kaltenbach told me. A
text written by the artist called A Short Ar-
ticle on Expression 1969–2016 could be a
seen as a centerpiece of the exhibition. The
writing contains a series of abstract proc-
lamations and questions, things like “the
manipulation of perception is a valid goal
of art expression” and “is it important for
an artist to be able to distinguish between
manipulation of perception as a means for
art expression from its manipulation as a
result?”
A sprightly 76, Kaltenbach has short
hair and a gray beard. He wore a light-
blue hoodie with a shirt under it that was
an even lighter shade of blue. He took me
through a thorny, conceptual body of work
that at times yielded more questions than
answers. At one point he told me that he
had converted to Christianity from Bud-
dhism, telling me it was “one of the most
counterintuitive things that can happen to
a person. I was a Zen Buddhist because I
didn’t have to deal with the God reality at
all, that’s not what they do. So, I’m in the
position of saying things that people don’t
believe and I think it’s a logical extension of
my work.” I asked him if he expected people
to take him at face value. “Some do, some
don’t. It’s all interesting to me,” he said. “I’m
not your boss, you are.”
STEPHEN KALTENBACH
A FORGOTTEN CONCEPTUAL MASTER,
MAKES A COMEBACK IN NEW YORK
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9. CALHOUN COUNTY
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BY HALEY REGISTER
Staff Reporter
JACKSONVILLE — In
a cinder block room devoid
of windows and sunshine, six
women sat behind stacked
computer monitors Friday. The
only peak into life outside of
the room, known as “the pit,”
comes from a wall-mounted
screen show- ing a live feed
from an external camera.
“Calhoun County 911,” a
trainee said, adjusting her head-
set with legs crossed in a red-
and-black swivel chair.
Each day, around the clock, at
least three emergency call-tak-
ers remain on standby to an-
swer all calls to 911 in Calhoun
County, Kevin Jenkins, the di-
rector of Calhoun County 911,
said Friday sitting in his office
on Francis Street West.
Working as a 911 operator
and dispatcher has become an
extremely specialized profes-
sion, Jenkins said. Since 2014,
Calhoun County 911 has been
slowly implementing a new
system that increases informa-
tion sharing between operators
and departments. Through this
system, operators are able to im-
mediately put the caller’s infor-
mation out for all officers to see.
“The legacy system was built
on less accessibility,” Jen- kins
said. “Now, when some- one
calls we immediately see their
number and address, and first
responders can access that in-
formation on a laptop or mobile
device. We’ve been able to tear
down this wall of information
gathering and immediately push
that info out.”
Police in Anniston and fire-
fighters there and in Jackson-
ville all use Calhoun County
911 for their dispatching needs,
Jenkins said.
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BY HALEY REGISTER
Staff Reporter
JACKSONVILLE — The city has a
plan to fill the sinkholes that have de-
stroyed a section of the Chief Ladiga
Trail, but not in the way recommended
by experts.
The City Council on Monday ap-
proved a project to excavate and sys-
tematically use rock, clay and synthetic
material to fill collapsed portions along
the closed-off trail near Warren Drive
in Weaver.
Excavating and backfilling was in-
cluded as an option in a report the city
received earlier this month from Build-
ing & Earth Sciences, the Birming-
ham-based geological engineering firm
the city committed $8,000 to for an
analysis of the site and a recommenda-
tion for restoring it. Of the four options
listed in Building & Earth’s report, the
firm reported “the most feasible” was a
concrete-filling process — a job it esti-
mated would cost the city upwards of
$100,000 to contract out.
City officials on Monday expressed
concerns about spending that, consid-
ering the report’s insistence that no
option guaranteed the sinkholes would
not sink again. By keeping its labor
in-house, and with the county lend-
ing workers and equipment, the city is
planning to spend $45,000 on the proj-
ect approved during the City Council
meeting.
Spending less on a project that might
not work was better than spending
more, officials reasoned. They didn’t
dismiss the possibility of the con-
crete-filling job if the excavating and
filling failed.
“This is a much more cost effective
approach, if it works,” said Mark Ste-
phens, Jacksonville’s planning and
development manager and supervisor
over the project. “I think this is the best
use of taxpayer money to try to get this
fixed.”
He anticipates work will begin next
week and the sinkholes will be filled by
the start of May. From there, the trail
will have to be repaved. And that, Ste-
phens explained, could be an extensive
project in itself: He said paving could
stretch from the site of the sinkholes
back a half-mile to Warren Drive,
where track hoes and dump trucks and
other heavy equipment will enter the
trail.
Repaving almost 3,000 feet of trail,
Stephens said, could cost another
$45,000. Building & Earth’s $100,000-
plus recommendation did not account
for paving.
“It’d be great if we don’t have to redo
it all,” Mayor Johnny Smith said. “But
I’d be surprised if we don’t.”
Building & Earth’s report raises ques-
tions about the feasibility of excavating
and filling the sinkholes. It indicates
that excavating could cause a deeper
sink, and that the trail’s narrow path
and side slopes
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BY HALEY REGISTER
Staff Reporter
NEWYORK — Dear Wall Street:
Stop complaining about your pay.
Five years after Occupy Wall
Street protesters took over Zuccot-
ti Park in downtown Manhattan,
spawning a national discussion
about the divide between America’s
highest and lowest earners, the pay
gap has only gotten wider. Now,
even as bankers bemoan their de-
clining bonuses and job prospects,
it’s helping fuel the campaigns of
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
The spread is even more pro-
nounced during the past 25 years.
When adjusted for inflation, wages
for investment bankers and securi-
ties-industry employees, including
salary and bonuses, increased 117
percent from 1990 through 2014,
according to U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics data. During the same pe-
riod, wages for all other industries
rose 21 percent, to $51,029 in 2014,
about one-fifth of the $264,357 that
bankersandbrokersearnedthatyear.
Presidential candidates have
been quick to capitalize on the
gap. Front-runners for both parties
— Democrat Hillary Clinton and
Trump, the billionaire Republican
— have targeted a law that allows
financial managers to have their in-
come taxed at a lower rate. Sanders,
a Vermont senator, has proposed
taxing Wall Street speculators to
pay for his proposal to make public
colleges free. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
has mocked Manhattan money and
said he’d let big banks go bankrupt.
Please see PAY GAP | Page 7A
HALEY REGISTER
Staff Reporter
Alpacas get annual trim ahead of
Alabama heat
Hershey the alpaca gets his hair cut
just once a year. Monday was the big
day for Hershey and the rest of his
kind in Saks.
“This is only their second haircut,”
Debbi Merrill, his owner, said that
morn- ing at her farm, as the nervous
alpaca’s back legs were tied to a fence
post, his front to a tractor.
Pete Connelly, who owns a
shearing service based in Mon-
tana, turned on his electric shears
and went to work, removing the al-
paca’s fleece in less than five minutes.
It came off like a thick brown blanket,
as Hershey squealed in protest, reveal-
ing the skinny animal beneath.
Merrill’s alpacas — all 15 of them —
were shorn Monday of the valuable
fiber they grow all year. Judging by
their reactions, it’s not a particularly
pleasant experience for the animals,
but Merrill and her husband say a
few moments of fear probably beat
an entire Alabama summer cloaked in
thick fleece.
Peggy Gamblin watched as Connelly
and his crew sheared through the rest
of Merrill’s herd with practiced effi-
ciency. The remaining alpacas seemed
as happy about it as Hershey was.
“It’s a kind of panic sound,” Gamblin,
who keeps 60 alpacas at her farm near
Glencoe, said of the squeals. “They
think something’s happening to them.
They have this done every year, but
they don’t like it.”
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BY HALEY REGISTER
Staff Reporter
As the news rippled across the web
last week that a Long Island student
had won admission to all eight Ivy
League universities, thousands of
peo- ple reacted with messages of
praise.
But when Peter Kang, a high school
senior in Chantilly, Va., saw a New
York Times article last week about
the student, Augusta Uwamanzu-
Nna, on his Facebook feed, he grum-
bled.
“This is exactly what is driving
down college acceptance rates and
making university that much hard-
er to get into,” he wrote on the site,
setting off a lively discussion in the
comment thread.
The crux of Kang’s complaint, one
shared by many other students, is
that he and his peers are applying to
too many colleges, driving down ad-
mission rates and elevating the pres-
tige of selective universities, which
leads more students to apply.
“It just seems like a vicious cycle,”
said Kang, 17.
Kang blamed the Common Appli-
cation, the standardized form that
has risen in popularity and is now
accepted by more than 600 colleges,
including all the Ivy League univer-
sities. The ease of using the form has
led many students to decide almost
on a whim to add one, two or even 10
more universities to their list.
Despite his critique of Common
Application, Kang said he, too,
chose to “blast send” his applica-
tions. He felt as if he had to.
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JACKSONVILLE
Council OKs
alternative
plan to fix
trail sinkholes
Wall Street
pay gap
continues
to grow
911 dispatchers handle calls for 3 emergency departments
SHEAR CUTENESS
Critics: Too
many students
spamming
bids for college
Alpacas get annual trim
ahead of Alabama heat
Photo by Haley Register
Monday was shearing day for the herd at Blackberry Hill Alpacas, a farm
in Saks. First commercially imported to the United States in the 1980s,
alpacas, related to llamas and camels, are native to South America.
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10. Haley Register
Journalism 102
Another Culture
Louisiana Tech University has an Islamic center right on the campus. Many
students feel that they do not know much about the religion. “As a Jewish person, I know
that many people don’t take the time to understand other cultures,” said D’nyelle Katz.
“It is important to be knowledgeable about other cultures and religions, rather than
maintain ignorance.” Katz explained that she feels Muslims are often misunderstood and
that students should take time to learn about them, especially since many students pass
the Islamic center daily.
Muslim Americans face a lot of prejudices, especially since recent media
coverage has portrayed them negatively. “Once, I was in the Bossier Mall and, long story
short, an officer illegally detained me, violated my rights, and insulted me several times,
all because someone was offended by my niqab,” said Fatima Rutledge, a 22 year old
Muslim woman. “I encounter prejudices daily but I think it's because people are so
misinformed about Islam.”
“There are many misconceptions that I'd like to clear up,” said Rutledge. “Arabs
and Muslims are different things. So many people think they're the same. Arabs come
from the Middle East. It's an ethnicity. Muslims are people in Islam, which is the
equivalent to Christians in Christianity,” she explained. “Muslims do not hate people of
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11. other religions,” she said. She explained that as in every religion, there are some that
would be considered radical, but for the most part Muslims are an exceptionally loving
group of people.
Rutledge spoke about another common misconception, saying, “Our religion does
not really promote male superiority. Women have a lot of strength via Islam.” Rutledge
explained that she never has to work if she does not want to and that her husband must
support her in any education she wishes to pursue.
Many people do not understand that Muslims and Christians believe in the same
God, they just refer to Him by different names. Muslims refer to Him as Allah. “Maybe
the biggest misperception that people have, I think, is that we believe in a different God
than Christians,” Rutledge said. Muslims do have different views on Jesus Christ,
however. While Christians believe Christ is the son of God, Muslims believe he was only
prophet.
said that she believes the biggest misconception of Islam is that it isAreej Jordan
a “false religion.” “I challenge anyone to read the Quran, but I must warn you, your life
will never be the same.”
Rutledge then began to explain some of Muslim’s practices. “As far as daily
routines, we pray 5 times a day: Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha.” Rutledge also
mentioned a couple of optional prayers. “For the mandatory prayers we recite, from
memory, Al Fatihah Sura, first sura of the Qur'an, and then we recite another sura during
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12. the prayer.” Rutledge said that while reading the Qur’an daily is not mandatory, it is
recommended. She explained that when the Qur’an is recited, it is done so like a song.
“One should attend the Mosque for prayer (salat) at least once a day, Fajr or Isha
being the most important” Rutledge said. “Women and children are an exception to this.
Women may pray at home but if they find more peace in the Mosque, they should pray in
the Mosque.” She discussed the Jumaya, or similar to Christian’s church days. On this
day, Fridays, they go to the Mosque for prayer and to listen to the Sheikh, which
Rutledge compared to a preacher.
Rutledge then went on to discuss the clothing requirements of the religion. One of
the most commonly recognized garments worn by Muslim women is the hijab. “The hijab
is the head covering that leaves the face open. Also, we are commanded to wear clothes
that are modest which is why we wear abaya, which is a robe or dress,” she said. “Men
should always dress modestly as well… not quite as extreme as women but it is stated
that men should always be covered and in less form fitting clothing and if a man can
grow a beard, he should.” She also spoke about the “niqab” which is the head covering
that only exposes the eyes. She explained that the niqab is not a mandatory, but can a
woman can chose to wear it “for Allah—modesty, or to cover for only your husband to
see.”
Most importantly Rutledge wanted to make it clear that Islam is not what people
believe it to be. “ Islam is about tolerance, respect, love, and compassion,” she said.
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13. “Extremist groups and people that do evil deeds are not really Muslim. If they were, they
would fear the results of their actions,” she said, touching on recent events in our country.
“Islam calls to love, not hate.”
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• Guaranteed Nutrition Analysis
o Crude Protein (min) 30.0%
o Crude Fat (min) 17.0%
o Crude Fiber (max) 3.0%
o Moisture (max) 12.0%
o Linoleic Acid (min) 1.6%
o Calcium (min) 1.0%
o Phosphorus (min) 0.8%
o Zinc (min) 150mg/kg
o Selenium (min) 0.35mg/kg
o Vitamin A (min) 15,000 IU/kg
o Vitamin E (min) 460 IU/kg
o Glucosamine* (min) 400 ppm
o Omega-6 Fatty Acids* (min) 1.7%
• Daily serving recommendation
o 21-35 lbs. – 1 2/3 to 2 ½ cups
• Calories
o 360 kcal/cup
• Price at PetSmart-
o 27.5 lb bag = $33.99
o About $1.24 per pound
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Science Diet Perfect Weight Adult
• First 5 ingredients
o Chicken
o Cracked Pearled Barley
o Brown Rice
o Pea Fiber
o Corn Gluten Meal
• Guaranteed Nutrition Analysis
o Crude Protein (min) 24%
o Crude Fat (min) 9.5%
o Crude Fiber (max) 13%
o Moisture (max) 10%
• Daily serving recommendation:
o 30 lbs. – 2 ¾ cups
• Calories:
o 291 kcals/cup
• Price at PetSmart
o 28.5 lb. bag=$49.99
o About $1.75 per pound
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Iams Proactive Health Adult dog food
• First 5 Ingredients
o Lamb meal
o Brewers Rice
o Corn Meal
o Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
o Corn Grits
• Guaranteed Nutrition Analysis
o Crude Protein (min) 22.0%
o Crude Fat (min) 12.0%
o Crude Fiber (max) 5.0%
o Moisture (max) 10.0%
o Omega-6 Fatty Acids (min) 2.0%
o Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min) 0.13%
• Daily Serving Recommendation
o 30 lbs. –1 ¾ - 2 cups
• Calories
o 319.99 kcal/cup
• Price at PetSmart
o 26.2 lb=$31.99
o About $1.22 per pound
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Pedigree Complete Nutrition Adult Food
• First 5 ingredients
o Ground Whole Corn,
o Meat and Bone Meal
o Corn Gluten Meal
o Animal Fat (preserved with BHA/Citric Acid)
o Soybean Meal
• Guaranteed Nutrition Analysis
o Crude Protein Min 21.0%
o Crude Fat Min 10.0%
o Crude Fiber Max 4.0%
o Moisture Max 12.0%
o Linoleic Acid (OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID) Min 2.5%
o Calcium Min 1.0%
o Phosphorus Min 0.8%
o Copper Min 10 Mg/kg
o Zinc Min 200 Mg/kg
o Vitamin E Min 200 Iu/kg
o Niacin Min 200 mg/kg
o Pyridoxine Min 30 mg/kg
• Daily serving recommendation
o 25-50 lbs. –1 ¾ to 3 cups
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• Calories
o 316 kcal/cup
• Price at PetSmart
o 30 lb. bag= $19.99
o About .67 per pound
Comparing the Foods
Each of the foods evaluated have benefits that would make these foods a smart
choice for an Animal Shelter to feed to the dogs. However, it is most beneficial to
choose a food that provides plenty of nutrition, has small serving recommendations,
and is sold at an affordable price. Each of the foods has been compared (see Figure
3).
Figure 3: A Comparison of Foods
Purina One
True Instinct
Science Diet Iams Proactive
Health
Pedigree
Complete
Nutrition
First Ingredient Turkey Chicken Lamb Meal Ground whole
corn
Crude Protein 30% 24% 22% 21%
Crude Fat 17% 9.4% 12% 10%
Serving Size for
30 lb. dog
(cups)
1 2/3 to 2 ½ 2 ¾ 1 ¾ to 2 1 ¾ to 3
K Calories per
cup
360 291 319 316
Price per
pound
$1.24 $1.75 $1.22 $0.67
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