Inspections

The following restaurants and food services were routinely inspected by the Clark County Health Department and graded on a scale of 1 to 100 for sanitary and other health conditions. — Animal Krackers Discovery Center, Canary Lane, 92. Cottage cheese held after “use by” date. Follow-up inspection, 96. — B-Kwik Gas, Hubbard Drive, 84. No available sanitizer. Hot dogs held at 125 degrees. Follow-up inspection, 99. — Burger King, W. Lexington Avenue, 91. Insects present.

Shakespeare’s midsummer dream will take the stage in Nicholasville a little closer to midwinter than originally planned. West Jessamine High School was supposed to put on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last weekend, Nov. 10-13, but a routine fire inspection by a state official revealed parts of the set constituted a fire hazard and had to be removed from the school’s auditorium. The play has been postponed until Dec. 8-11 while students and staff work to make felled trees flame retardant.

Protecting the health and safety of all who eat at Boyle County’s food-service establishments is a top priority of the Boyle County Health Department. The health department routinely provides food safety training for the county’s restaurant personnel, in addition to conducting at least two unannounced inspections each year. Key items of concern during inspections include employee practices and cleanliness, food protection during storage and preparation, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils, insect and rodent control, and the storage and use of toxic materials.

If all goes to according to plan, package alcohol will be legally sold today in Danville, the result of a local option election passed in March. Local Alcoholic Beverage Control administrator Bridgette Milby said two retail beer licenses were issued Monday to Chill’s Quick Stop on Lexington Road and Man-O-War BP station across from the Boyle County Fairgrounds, which means distributors can start delivery today. An employee at Chill’s said trucks would start arriving between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and customers could get beer later this morning.