Animal Shelter

One might guess that ending up at the pound was the worse thing that could happen to a puppy. Guess again. “We heard whimpering,” Wes Enderlin, 17, from Danville said. “My friend and I were walking by McDonald's and we heard this sound and it was coming from the Dumpster. It was a puppy. We wrapped it up, but it was shivering so bad ... It was having a hard time breathing, too. It was nearly dead.” Enderlin called animal control about 4 p.m. Monday after rescuing the puppy from the Dumpster.

LANCASTER - Garrard County officials are investigating uses for a recently purchased 5-acre plot of land in Lancaster. The Fiscal Court approved the $20,000 purchase of the land off Baker Avenue and Doty Lane in a 4-1 vote this week, in which Magistrate Doan Adkinson was the sole dissenting vote. Now, a new animal shelter, emergency operations center and road department storage are all being discussed as possible future fixtures on the property. Judge-Executive John Wilson said county officials discovered the land was for sale while looking for potential locations for the new animal shelter for which they recently received a $100,000 grant.

Students at Hannah McClure Elementary are shown with the dog and cat food they recently collected and donated to the Clark County Animal Shelter. The students shown are in Mrs. Franklin's and Mrs. Durbin's fifth-grade classes. Photo submitted

Despite dealing with some rainy weather, work for the new Jessamine County Animal Shelter is on pace for a February completion, Animal Shelter advisory-council chairman Mike Cassidy said. “(The rain) has given us some trouble, but as far as construction, there hasn't been any problems,” he said. Project manager John Dalton of Dalton Construction Management Consultants said now that the roof is on, it's only a matter of time before the shelter is ready to house animals.

LANCASTER - Garrard County officials are still looking for a place to build a new county animal shelter after the Fiscal Court rejected a plan Monday to move it to the fairgrounds. The Garrard County Fair Board preliminarily agreed to give the county land for the shelter at the back of the fairgrounds if the county would provide funds to pay off the fair board's $183,600 loan with Whitaker Bank, then accept repayment from the fair board at 0 percent interest. Part of the money to pay off the bank would have to come from the county's hospital debt-service fund.

After its annual April plant sale at the Clark County Library, the Clark County Garden Club donated $500 of the proceeds to the Clark County Animal Shelter. Presenting the check to the shelter's director, Beth Bowman, third from left, are members, left to right, Deloris Segress, Maxine Shearer and Peggy Moody. The club plans to develop a community garden between the old community swimming pool and the apartments behind the Generations Center. Photo submitted by Jae Alexander

New animal control officer hired for animal shelter The Jessamine County Fiscal Court approved the hiring of a new animal control officer at its meeting Tuesday. The court unanimously approved the hiring of William Taylor Bourne at a rate of $11 per hour based on a recommendation from animal-control director Sherman Jett. Bourne will replace Earl Hatter, who moved over to work at the Nicholasville Police Depart-ment, magistrate George Dean said.   Arts association hosting auditions for 'A Christmas Carol' The Bluegrass Arts Association is hosting open auditions for Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” musical, scheduled to go on stage Dec. 9-11 and Dec. 16-18 in McKenna Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore.

New hours and spay and neuter rates announced for shelter County animal shelter advisory committee chairman Mike Cassidy told the fiscal court at its meeting Tuesday that the committee has established new hours for the shelter in an effort to make it more accessible to residents who work full days. As of Friday, Sept. 23, the shelter will adhere to the following hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the shelter will be open from noon until 6 p.m. On Fridays, the shelter will be open from noon until 8 p.m. The shelter will remain closed on Wednesdays and Sundays.

City not wasting money Dear Editor, If Debbie Rose would do more homework on payroll taxes, she would find that some workers pay both the county and city. Here are a few other communities that have both: Versailles/Woodford County; Georgetown/Scott County; Frankfort/Franklin County and Paris/Bourbon County. The city did not buy the land from David Cantrell for the school board. The school board bought the land for the new high school. Some people say we wasted money building the indoor pool.

Beth Bowman, third from left, director of the Clark County Animal Shelter, accepts a $300 donation from the Winchester Rotary Club presented by, from left, Chuck Morgan, treasurer; Amy Turner, president; and Martha Ladson, Rotary Foundation board member. The money will be used to purchase a cat cage for the new shelter, which is currently under construction. The shelter needs additional donations to purchase more dog and cat cages and to pay for construction of the new shelter. James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com