Pets in Need Society (PINS) a vital, nonprofit organization that has since 2000 promoted the public awareness and improvement of animal welfare in Meade County, was recently selected as the recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Foundation.
New Fiscal Court meets, no discussion necessary
Meade County Judge Executive Harry Craycroft conducted his first regular business meeting of Fiscal Court Jan. 9. All magistrates were in attendance. The Court sped through its published agenda without questions or discussion from magistrates, voting unanimously in favor of each item. Minutes of past meetings, the planning and zoning report, the county government’s FY 2005 audit, and the county’s official annual holiday schedule adhering to the state holiday schedule each received quick, unanimous approval.
Muldraugh rings in new year with new council
Muldraugh City Council began the new year with its first official meeting held Jan. 8. Present at the meeting were returning council members Curtis Kelley, Ron Heschke and Donnie Basham, along with newly-elected council members Brenda Carlberg, John Haynes and Ralph Lee. Mayor Danny Joe Tate begins his third term as mayor.
Meade County Conservation District – for whom, what, and why it serves
In 1935, U.S. Congress created the Soil Conservation Service to work with landowners to correct the erosion and sedimentation caused by wind and water on America’s farmland. At first the program was administered by a federal agency; however, this format proved to be a poor choice. In 1938 the idea of a conservation district governed by local individuals was developed and proved to make better sense.
Ethics Commission plods forward
Meade County Ethics Commission chair Joanne Fitzgibbon and members Gloria Brady, Tara Powers, Tim Gossett and Lamar Jones met Jan. 8. Members Harold Fackler and Joe Bewley were not in attendance. Among agenda items was the consideration of a three-plus-year-old complaint, held over because of the lack of an Ethics Commission for so long. During a closed session, the commission emerged to announce no action taken. When later quizzed about the meaning of “no action taken,” members were not specific.
Meade County High School inducted four individuals into its Athletic Hall of Fame between games of the boy-girl doubleheader against John Hardin on Jan. 12.