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Valerie Broadway, owner of Canine Coaching Services, in Siler City, takes a stroll on a sunny day at Central Carolina Community College’s Chatham County Campus with her dog, Pip (left), and two of her client dogs, Frizz (center), and Harley (right). Broadway, who was laid off from a bioprocessing job in 2008, turned an interest in dog training into a thriving small business with the help of the college’s Chatham Small Business Center and its director, Gary Kibler. For counseling services, business seminars or other information related to starting or running a small business, contact Kibler at (919) 542-6495, ext. 215. In Lee County, call SBC director Jim Felton, (919) 718-7545; and in Harnett County, SBC director Nancy Blackman, (910) 892-2884.