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Place for paws Maintenance needs, animal overpopulation put strain on Clarke County Animal Shelter By AMY HANSEN
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Clarke County Animal Shelter needs help, and on two different fronts — maintenance on the building to pass inspections to stay open and dealing with an influx of cats and dogs. The animal shelter’s building needs to have the dog floors sandblasted and cleaned. The lowest bid they’ve received for this project is $4,000. That needs to be done before inspection in March. “That’s going to be a huge chunk of change we’re not used to coming up with,” said Joy Durham, manager of Clarke County Animal Shelter. Another problem is gravel needs to be put around
the outside of the building again. Gravel can wear over time, but it’s important because it holds heat in and keeps rodents out. Inside the building, the office needs to be repainted and other parts need to be “freshened” up. Supply donations have been good, which is important so extra money can go toward paying regular bills. Adding it up Durham said, during the summer, the air conditioning bill for the cat rooms and office was more than $600 a month. Trash service is $275 a month. Durham said the only guaranteed monthly funding the shelter gets is $2,000 from the city. Please see ANIMAL SHELTER, Page 4
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A kitten plays in its cage at Clarke County Animal Shelter.
This is the outside of the new Osceola Farm and Home store.
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Welcome ‘Home’ Osceola Farm and Home opens in new location after last year’s fire By AMY HANSEN
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Like a phoenix, Osceola Farm and Home is rising from the ashes. After a fire destroyed the longstanding business last fall, which had been located on West McLane Street in the center of town, a new building is opening in a new location. “It’s like having a new home when you’ve been turned out of your home because, for all of us, our daily lives were turned completely upside down and inside out,” said Jeff Edwards, who owns the business with his brother Patrick Edwards. “You know, the first few days after the fire, we were just all wondering, ‘Where do we go and what do we do now?’ So, it was a real blessing to be able to get something started and get a place going where we can get back in operation.” The street address for the new store is 2550 College Drive. It’s west of Walmart and Southwestern Commu-
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Items are hung on the walls at the new Osceola Farm and Home store.
nity College’s Osceola Center. Soft opening A soft opening was planned for Monday, Nov. 16. The plan is to have an official grand opening after the first of the new year. However, the business is still planning to have their Black
Friday sales promotions. Hours of the new store are similar to the old location’s hours. They are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. For the past year, temporary offices for Osceola Farm and Home were locat-
ed at Salford, which is situated between Subway and McDonald’s. As of Thursday, Nov. 12, they were moved out and getting ready to go for their new location. The new place has many Please see FARM AND HOME, Page 4
Osceola Children’s Theatre presents ‘A Christmas Peter Pan’ It’s time for a magical, holiday adventure. The 26-member Osceola Children’s Theatre will present the musical production “A Christmas Peter Pan” 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21, at Clarke Community High School’s auditorium. Director Kathy Kooiker has been working with these four through 10-year-old children for 10 weeks in a story that tells the tale of Peter Pan trying to rescue a kidnapped Santa Claus from the wicked Captain Hook and his band of rowdy pirates. The toys have escaped Santa’s workshop, the elves SINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢
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are trying to find them and the Darling children have followed Tinkerbell and Peter Pan to Neverland to try and help save Christmas. Kooiker said the show is appropriate for all ages, from toddlers to grandparents. “If you have never brought your child to a live theatre production, this would be a great first experience,” she said. “We keep things very child-friendly and children love watching other children on stage. The is even a little audience participation that will allow you Please see PETER PAN, Page 4
Pictured is the cast for Osceola Children’s Theatre’s production of “A Peter Pan Christmas.”
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