Leukemia

These kittens are available for adoption at the Danville-Boyle County Humane Society. We also have several adults available. Puppies at the shelter include Lab mix, beagle mix, Australian shepherd mix, and border collie mix. Adult dogs include a Great Pyrenees mix and a female basset hound mix who has been spayed. Shelter hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The adoption fee of $60 includes spay/neuter surgery, first vaccinations, de-worming, rabies vaccination, Boyle County license tag for dogs and feline leukemia test for cats.

Frosty, a beautiful long-haired kitten, is among the many kittens available for adoption this week from the Danville-Boyle County Humane Society. Puppies at the shelter include Lab mix, husky mix, rat terrier mix and many others. Adults include a male yellow Lab mix, a female beagle, and a Doberman mix. Shelter hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The adoption fee of $60 includes spay/neuter surgery, first vaccinations, de-worming, rabies vaccination, Boyle County license tag for dogs and feline leukemia test for cats.

The Great American Smoke Out was Thursday, Nov. 16. Smokers who took advantage of this event tried to quit smoking for one day, then they were encouraged to quit for good. Each day, about 3,000 teens smoke their first cigarette. Of every 100,000 15-year-old smokers, tobacco will kill about 20,000 before the age of 70. More than 90 percent of adult smokers started when they were teens. Each year, 1,700 college students ages 18 to 24 die from alcohol-related injuries. Smoking also increases the risk for lung, mouth, larynx, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, cervix and stomach cancers and some forms of leukemia, lung diseases such as pneumonia and emphysema, heart attacks, strokes, blood vessel diseases and blindness.

Abigail Victoria Mullins, 13, daughter of Christy and William Sexton, of John Sutherland Drive, died April 24, 2008 after a brave battle with leukemia. She was a 7th grade student at West Jessamine Middle School. Additional survivors include her maternal grandparents, Jimmy and Diana Mullins, of Paintsville, a step brother, Jonathan Sexton, a step sister, Abagail Sexton, step grandparents, William and Sandra Sexton, aunts and uncles, Lynda and Mike Bennett, Ginger and Calvin Ray and Samantha Yates, cousins, Hannah, Jimmy, Olivia, Lyndsay and Austin.

Former Advocate staffer named Oldham editor LA GRANGE (AP) - Julie Nelson Satterly, a former staff writer for The Advocate-Messenger, has been named editor of The Oldham Era, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 7,330 in Oldham County. Satterly's appointment was effective Friday. Satterly was most recently the news editor for The Richmond Register and the assistant editor for Kentucky Woman Magazine, both in Richmond. Before that, she was the copy editor, news graphic designer and online editor for The Jessamine Journal in Nicholasville.

Citizenship is an important even if often overlooked quality in young people today. One award is dedicated to honoring this trait in young citizens: The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award. The four qualities of a DAR Good Citizen are dependability, leadership, service and patriotism. The 2007 award winners representative of the St. Asaph Chapter are deserving on all of these levels with active participation in their high schools, community and nation. Patrick Barsotti , son of Mark and Mary Ellen Barsotti and student at Boyle County High School, takes his good citizenship "beyond what most high school students could only imagine" according to his letter of recommendation submitted by Debbie Wagner.

The Pets of the Week are Hank and Fabian. Hank is a beautiful tri-colored border collie mix and he is 4 months old. He loves to play with the other puppies in his kennel and gets along well with all his kennel mates. Hank is a little shy but warms up quickly. He is black and white with tan legs. Fabian is a 10-week-old black and white long-haired kitten. He, his mom and his littermates are at the shelter, surrendered by their owner. With pretty, angelic faces and cute, little pink noses, Fabian and his brothers and sisters are old enough to go home.