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No Ordinary Day » Veterinary student Morgan Farrell, right, sutures a leg rupture in Hobbs, as his owner, 7-year-old Jacob Chabra, helps hold the teddy steady. Second-year veterinary students took shifts stitching up dozens of toys during a teddy bear suture clinic, one of the most popular attractions at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s 20th anniversary open house. ‘For a little kid, a stuffed animal is their companion,” said Farrell, 32, who left a career as a legal assistant and a tax escrow analyst to pursue veterinary medicine. “It’s very important to them. It can be the same as a pet or best friend.”

Veterinary student Morgan Farrell, right, sutures a leg rupture in Hobbs, as his owner, 7-year-old Jacob Chabra, helps hold the teddy steady. Second-year veterinary students took shifts stitching up dozens of toys during a teddy bear suture clinic, one of the most popular attractions at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine's 20th anniversary open house. 'For a little kid, a stuffed animal is their companion," said Farrell, 32, who left a career as a legal assistant and a tax escrow analyst to pursue veterinary medicine. "It's very important to them. It can be the same as a pet or best friend."

Veterinary student Morgan Farrell, right, sutures a leg rupture in Hobbs, as his owner, 7-year-old Jacob Chabra, helps hold the teddy steady. Second-year veterinary students took shifts stitching up dozens of toys during a teddy bear suture clinic, one of the most popular attractions at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s 20th anniversary open house. ‘For a little kid, a stuffed animal is their companion,” said Farrell, 32, who left a career as a legal assistant and a tax escrow analyst to pursue veterinary medicine. “It’s very important to them. It can be the same as a pet or best friend.”

Lidis Owens of Delco, left, and Lloyd Webb, a friend from church, wait late into the night for Owens' son, Sgt. Lidis Owens Jr., as Shirley Turrentine waits for her son, Spc. Charles Turrentine Jr., of the 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Separate Brigade to arrive for a homecoming in Lee Field House at Fort Bragg. The National Guard unit had been serving in Iraq since since February 2004. 'We embraced one another, and he said to me, "You're just the one I want to see," ' said the elder Owens of their father and son reunion. 'I just kept thanking God. After 10 months, I finally got to see him.'
Kristi Mitchell, 24, tries to keep her wedding gown out of a puddle as her husband, David, not pictured, washes their SUV at the Family Car Wash in Raleigh, after their wedding reception. As a joke, friends covered the truck in shaving cream during the reception. 'Everyone knows how he is about his car,' Kristi says. 'They were all taking bets to see how long it would be before he washed it off.' The Mitchells were high school sweethearts who met at Rocky Mount High School.

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