Dog Warden

LIBERTY - The Casey County dog warden has been certified as an animal control officer. Ricky Luttrell, who has been picking up and housing stray dogs and cats for the past several years, attended training last week, Judge-Executive Ronald Wright told Fiscal Court on Monday night. After the certification was announced, Wright's suggestion to increase Luttrell's salary by $200 per month to $9,683 per year was approved by the court. Luttrell is responsible for picking up strays and housing them for a five-day period before they are adopted or destroyed.

CRAB ORCHARD - If Crab Orchard ever had a stray-dog issue, it may have a bigger one now. City Commissioners have voted to discontinue their service with Lincoln County's dog warden, Ellis Whitis. "Just recently he hasn't been responding," said Crab Orchard Mayor Michael Ramey. "Why are we paying $50 a month for a service that we are not getting?" Ramey said the city had the service with Whitis for about a year, but according to the minutes of the June 1 meeting, citizens have complained of unanswered calls to the dog warden.

LANCASTER - Garrard County's dog warden, Sharon Graham, is waiting patiently for the Fiscal Court to vote on adding an employee to the shelter's roster. The move has been tabled for two months. "My daughter does the job, she's just not paid for it," Graham told the court in April meeting, referring to volunteer Jessica Isaacs. The shelter must stay open 24 hours a week to meet a condition of a $1,000 grant it receives from the state. Graham told the court that state audits will be conducted during surprise visits.

STANFORD - Lincoln County Fiscal Court will vote on a dog ordinance Tuesday that will recognize certain behavior as a nuisance and possibly fine owners for those offenses. One Lincoln County man says it's about time. "It won't affect me to have to keep (my dog) tied up," said Jerry Bailey of Maywood Road. "If that's what it takes to get rid of the mess down there. There needs to be an ordinance. " A nearby neighbor of Bailey's has outside dogs he feels need to be better controlled.

Dog warden isn’t doing his job well To the Sun: As Clark County approaches case after case of animal abuse, the public is growing immune to hearing about them. The last person I would expect to neglect these cases has. I don’t know the dog warden’s name, but I don’t think he is aware of his title. On Feb. 16 at nearly 10 p.m., I was sitting in my house when I heard a howling noise coming from my backyard. When I walked out there, a white dog was lying on the other side of my fence, kicking his legs and vomiting.

Joe Biden's clumsy attempt last week at complimenting fellow U.S. Sen. Barak Obama grabbed headlines around the country. In one chew on an already well-chawed wingtip, the Delaware Dem with chronic foot-in-mouth disease turned a shoe bite into a sound bite and went from a presidential wannabe to a presidential neverwillbe. You would've thought that was the first time a white guy had ever played the old "black but clean" and "African-American but articulate" cards in a feeble attempt at trying to praise a black guy. No, Biden is hardly the first liberal caucasian who has used those cards in an effort to sound approving of blacks but ended up coming across as condescending and patronizing and, yes, racist.

LIBERTY - A temporary fix to solve Casey County's stray cat and dog problems was put in place Monday by the Fiscal Court. The court agreed to contract with Taylor County Animal Shelter in Campbellsville to take stray animals at a cost of $7,500 per year. The action came after several people voiced their views on why the county needs an animal shelter and animal control officer and why Fiscal Court should not pay $70,000 for the project. Gary Daugherty, a local resident, questioned Kirk Kelly, executive director of Casey County Animal Rescue Enforcement, about the proposed shelter that would cost the county more than $70,000.

LIBERTY - The leader of a newly formed organization says Casey County is in violation of state laws pertaining to the care of cats and dogs and has offered his group's assistance in getting an animal shelter. Kirk Kelly, executive director of Casey Animal Rescue Enforcement, came before City Council on Wednesday and plans to be at the Monday session of Casey Fiscal Court seeking support for an animal shelter and enforcement of current state laws pertaining to the care of domestic animals.

LIBERTY - If plans go as anticipated, Casey County may soon have an animal shelter. Casey Fiscal Court talked about the need for a place for stray dogs and may put the shelter on a back lot of the former Green River Rest Home property on Campbellsville Street. "A dog shelter in Casey County is a problem that needs to be addressed," county Judge-Executive Ronald Wright told the court. Wright said plans for a facility to house state female inmates are progressing for the old rest home, but the decision is subject to Fiscal Court and state approval.

Dear Editor: I am a homeowner and spend a lot of time and money keeping my yard and grounds looking nice. I have a problem with cats. They are overrunning the neighborhood. Nobody wants to claim them and nobody seems to care about them or they wouldn't let them be so destructive. My car has scratches from them jumping on it. I have a clothtop car, and cat hair is stuck in it and won't come out. My garden is used for a litter box. They dig my flowers up in the spring. I can't walk in my yard without getting cat manure on my shoes.

100 years ago - 1912  Just as soon as the necessary equipment arrives our City Hospital will be ready to receive patients. Many of the things can be purchased in Danville, and so far as possible, everything is being bought here. If you haven't done so yet, you can still give to the hospital. No mater how small the article, it will be gratefully received. Items still needed include mops and brooms, coal buckets, biscuit boards, rolling pin, ice-cream freezer, water cooler and any kitchen article.

A representative of Kentuckians Vote for Animals, a non-profit group that lobbies for humane treatment laws, and representatives from a non-profit group that helps abused or neglected animals, again spoke at the Winchester Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, urging city officials to pass a no-chaining law for animals. “I'm here today on behalf of voters in your city who are very concerned about the chaining neglect and abuse problem in Winchester,” said Marianne Fox, president of Kentuckians Vote for Animals and a volunteer for Speak Out and Rescue, the organization that spoke at a meeting about a month ago. “There are no chaining restrictions.

After receiving “many calls” about abused animals in Winchester, representatives from a non-profit group that helps abused or neglected animals asked the Winchester Board of Commissioners Tuesday to consider an ordinance they believe would reduce the problem. Tracy Miller, president of Speak Out and Rescue, said SOAR volunteers have found dogs chained to trees, barrels and vehicles in Winchester. “Most have no food, water or proper shelter,” she said while giving a slide show presentation of abused animals found in the city.

Charged - Quan Doe, 20, no age or address given, was charged Monday with first-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and alcohol intoxication. - David M. Patrick, 61, of 130 Jefferson St., was charged Tuesday with first-degree fleeing or evading police and unlawful imprisonment. Reports - At 4:30 p.m. Monday, officers were called to 114 Gary Court concerning the theft of a camera. -  At 4:32 p.m. Monday, a woman reported that someone used her credit card at Walmart.

Dog warden isn’t doing his job well To the Sun: As Clark County approaches case after case of animal abuse, the public is growing immune to hearing about them. The last person I would expect to neglect these cases has. I don’t know the dog warden’s name, but I don’t think he is aware of his title. On Feb. 16 at nearly 10 p.m., I was sitting in my house when I heard a howling noise coming from my backyard. When I walked out there, a white dog was lying on the other side of my fence, kicking his legs and vomiting.

Witnesses say a horse under the control of the county dog warden Ellis Whitis was dragged to its death Wednesday behind a trailer driven by Willie Bishop of Stanford. Preachersville Road dairy farmer Harold Nicely, whose son witnessed the horse being pulled behind the trailer, said after the horse collapsed "anyone could see where they dragged it. " Wednesday, two horses belonging to William and Anna Ford of Swope Road, Stanford, strayed into a nearby pasture on Preachersville Road belonging to Gabriel Gabriel.

STANFORD - Lincoln County Fiscal Court will vote on a dog ordinance Tuesday that will recognize certain behavior as a nuisance and possibly fine owners for those offenses. One Lincoln County man says it's about time. "It won't affect me to have to keep (my dog) tied up," said Jerry Bailey of Maywood Road. "If that's what it takes to get rid of the mess down there. There needs to be an ordinance. " A nearby neighbor of Bailey's has outside dogs he feels need to be better controlled.

STANFORD - With the new animal shelter coming along, Lincoln County is working on a dog control ordinance to coincide with that facility. Fiscal Court held first reading of the ordinance Tuesday. It basically states that all dogs must be kept under control of their owners and be licensed through the county or risk being impounded. If the ordinance is passed on its second reading, all dogs must be properly licensed and have proof of rabies shots. Dogs cannot be a public nuisance, either.

CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF Accidents: - At 7:06 p.m. Saturday on Paris Road, a vehicle driven by Jose A. Rodriguez, 315 Cherry St., dropped off the shoulder of the roadway and struck a utility pole, breaking the pole in . The vehicle then struck and damaged a fence before coming to a stop. Rodriguez and his two passengers - Kazar M. Rodriguez and Paulino Garcia, both of 315 Cherry St. - exited the vehicle and ran from the scene. All three were located by Winchester Police. Jose A. Rodriguez was charged with no operator's license and leaving the scene of an accident.

LIBERTY - The Casey County dog warden has been certified as an animal control officer. Ricky Luttrell, who has been picking up and housing stray dogs and cats for the past several years, attended training last week, Judge-Executive Ronald Wright told Fiscal Court on Monday night. After the certification was announced, Wright's suggestion to increase Luttrell's salary by $200 per month to $9,683 per year was approved by the court. Luttrell is responsible for picking up strays and housing them for a five-day period before they are adopted or destroyed.