Crystal Singleton, DVM, has come a full circle at Canton Animal Hospital.

Singleton, a Canton native, worked at the business during her college days and now she's the new veterinarian there.

Singleton, who is the daughter of Canton residents Charles and Carolyn Lester, graduated from Pisgah High School in 1999. After her undergraduate work at Western Carolina University, she  went to N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 2008. She spent her internship at N.C. State Small Animal Hospital, and then worked in a small animal practice in Charlotte.

"I missed family, the beautiful mountains and our way of life where neighbors know one another and Sundays are spent at church and visiting family and friends," she said. "Here people  wave at you in traffic and smile as they ...