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Eagle release set Saturday

By Steve Lyttle
slyttle@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009

Local and state officials are expected to join the public Saturday morning when the Carolina Raptor Center releases a bald eagle into freedom, to honor North Carolina's veterans and fallen service members.

The Independence Day ceremony is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. at the McGuire Nuclear Station's Explorium, 13339 Hagers Ferry Road in Huntersville. Among local officials expected to attend are N.C. Reps. Daniel Clodfelter of Charlotte and Jim Gulley of Matthews; mayors Pat McCrory of Charlotte, Jill Swain of Huntersville and John Woods of Davidson; and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Karen Bentley.

Keynote speaker will be Col. Charles Dunn II, of Pope Air Force Base. And Woods will release the eagle.

The bird was brought to the Carolina Raptor Center on Memorial Day, having been hurt in a fight over territory. Specialists have nursed the eagle back to health and prepared the bird, named Liberty, for release.

The ceremony is open to the public. The actual release of the bird is planned for about 9:15 a.m.

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