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1. Local man arrested for brandishing the 1st Amendment at politics-free market2. Nelsonville bypass may be ready as early as July3. Economics, health habits and stress are factors in high southeastern Ohio diabetes rates4. Poster highlights Athens’ pub scene5. Patterson, Knisely and Cochran win Dem nod for Athens City Council6. If you have video games you’d like to donate, contact library7. Ex-con, former gang-banger tells his cautionary tale8. Two loan funds have money tied up in struggling restaurant9. Don’t lose track of the fundamental mission of the Athens Farmers Market – local food10. Inmates decry alleged discrimination based on religion11. Free-speech protest at market not met with vendor applause12. Escalating the war on hunger 13. County Engineer: Missing records from predecessor mean $300K in federal reimbursement on hold14. Don’t believe the natural global warming stuff; it’s global elites15. Appeal: Denying student public defender was plain legal error16. Glass Harp ruled NE Ohio once upon a time17. Youngstown voters shoot down anti-fracking ballot measure18. Lenders unaware of business buyer’s out-of-state drug case19. New local summer street bash to help feed hungry20. City backs statewide injection-well ban
Sunday, February 10,2013
Local pet advocate right about tighter dog adoption policy
To the Editor:
Pauline Giannaras brings a lot of common sense to the epidemic of unwanted or unhealthy dogs in Athens County. A public agency like the Athens County Dog Shelter need not contribute to the problem by adopting out dogs that have not been spayed or neutered. As Ms. Giannaras describes, one unaltered dog adopted from the shelter can produce multiple litters in a short period of time, which then reproduce again, with the puppies and dogs too often abandoned or euthanized in shelters.
This cycle needs to be broken. Franklin County established such a spay/neuter policy over a decade ago when I was a county commissioner, and while it has not totally solved the overpopulation problem, shelter statistics show it has had a major impact. I am glad that Athens County is debating this progressive step that will help make it a safer and more humane community.
Mary Jo Kilroy
Midgard Road
Columbus
(Franklin County
Commissioner, 2001-2009, former Member of Congress, 15th C.D., 111th
Congress)
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Speech controversy at Market may be over, but issue sure isn’tVillage may finally become accountable for its actionsLocal man explains his reasons for one-man protest at MarketThis is the month to celebrate foster parents and familesProtester was a distraction from real issue about nature of Farmers MarketFriends Meeting affirms its welcome of LGBT worshippersNews media seem to have a bias when it comes to tea partyShelter Friends could use helpWithholding vital sex info from teens shows poor judgment, bad policyDon’t lose track of the fundamental mission of the Athens Farmers Market – local food
