Letters to the Editor 02-17-1998
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Optimists Say Thanks - Animal Welfare League
Optimists Say Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club would like to thank all of our customers and donors for another very successful Optimist Christmas Tree Sales project. Because of your support, we are able to donate our proceeds directly to many diverse youth projects.
The tradition of Optimist Christmas Tree Sales have produced close to $100,000 that have funded such projects as Youth in Government, Art in the Park, Teacher of the Year, YMCA expansion project, WCHS Step One Program, Warsaw Little League, WCHS Band, Respect for Law Camp, KCSL and many other group and individual academic, fine arts and athletic endeavors.
Also, a heartfelt thank you to Joe Prout and Owens Grocery for providing our location this year. We very much appreciate them working with us, and at times, around us. Through their generosity, we were able to offer our customers a very convenient location to purchase our very nice Scotch pine and white pine Christmas trees.
Finally, we would like to thank all of our faithful patrons. Your support is most appreciated and allows us to continue helping our youth succeed.
Joe Thallemer
Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club
Animal Welfare League
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing to clear up some confusion which seems to exist concerning three separate entities relating to animals in Kosciusko County: 1. The Kosciusko County Animal Shelter 2. The Humane Society of Kosciusko County and 3. The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.
The Kosciusko County Animal Shelter is an animal control facility, located in Warsaw, owned and funded by the county and operated by the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners. Stray animals are picked up by an animal control officer or taken in by their owners, kept a certain number of days, and if they're not adopted, euthanized. Last month 195 animals were taken in, 136 were put to death.
The Humane Society of Kosciusko County Inc. today consists of three individuals. Membership is closed to the public. The total extent of their activities is passing coloring books out to children.
The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County reorganized last year, has a membership of over 100 people who have monthly meetings and openly invite anyone who is interested and cares about animals to join. Fund-raisers are always in progress, all proceeds go directly to spay/neuter assistance to help reduce the overpopulation which results in the necessity for the mass euthanasia of thousands of innocent animals that is going on at the animal control shelter each year. All AWL financial reports on income/disbursements are open to the public.
The goal is to open a humane facility where unwanted pets can be housed and cared for until they are adopted.
I feel that it is important that people understand about these separate groups and what they do. I believe that only if people know the facts can they make intelligent choices about which group they choose to support.
Last week, a substantial amount of money was left in an estate to be given to an animal welfare organization. I didn't know Mr. Putt personally - I wish I had. Anyone who was thoughtful enough to leave their money to lessen the suffering of animals must have been a kind, compassionate individual.
I wonder if he meant for that money to be put into a trust fund in a cold bank vault - cold, like the animals who have been put to death and will continue to be put to death for lack of funds to stop it.
Linda Mullins
Warsaw
President, Animal Welfare League
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- Optimists Say Thanks - Animal Welfare League
Optimists Say Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club would like to thank all of our customers and donors for another very successful Optimist Christmas Tree Sales project. Because of your support, we are able to donate our proceeds directly to many diverse youth projects.
The tradition of Optimist Christmas Tree Sales have produced close to $100,000 that have funded such projects as Youth in Government, Art in the Park, Teacher of the Year, YMCA expansion project, WCHS Step One Program, Warsaw Little League, WCHS Band, Respect for Law Camp, KCSL and many other group and individual academic, fine arts and athletic endeavors.
Also, a heartfelt thank you to Joe Prout and Owens Grocery for providing our location this year. We very much appreciate them working with us, and at times, around us. Through their generosity, we were able to offer our customers a very convenient location to purchase our very nice Scotch pine and white pine Christmas trees.
Finally, we would like to thank all of our faithful patrons. Your support is most appreciated and allows us to continue helping our youth succeed.
Joe Thallemer
Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club
Animal Welfare League
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing to clear up some confusion which seems to exist concerning three separate entities relating to animals in Kosciusko County: 1. The Kosciusko County Animal Shelter 2. The Humane Society of Kosciusko County and 3. The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.
The Kosciusko County Animal Shelter is an animal control facility, located in Warsaw, owned and funded by the county and operated by the Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners. Stray animals are picked up by an animal control officer or taken in by their owners, kept a certain number of days, and if they're not adopted, euthanized. Last month 195 animals were taken in, 136 were put to death.
The Humane Society of Kosciusko County Inc. today consists of three individuals. Membership is closed to the public. The total extent of their activities is passing coloring books out to children.
The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County reorganized last year, has a membership of over 100 people who have monthly meetings and openly invite anyone who is interested and cares about animals to join. Fund-raisers are always in progress, all proceeds go directly to spay/neuter assistance to help reduce the overpopulation which results in the necessity for the mass euthanasia of thousands of innocent animals that is going on at the animal control shelter each year. All AWL financial reports on income/disbursements are open to the public.
The goal is to open a humane facility where unwanted pets can be housed and cared for until they are adopted.
I feel that it is important that people understand about these separate groups and what they do. I believe that only if people know the facts can they make intelligent choices about which group they choose to support.
Last week, a substantial amount of money was left in an estate to be given to an animal welfare organization. I didn't know Mr. Putt personally - I wish I had. Anyone who was thoughtful enough to leave their money to lessen the suffering of animals must have been a kind, compassionate individual.
I wonder if he meant for that money to be put into a trust fund in a cold bank vault - cold, like the animals who have been put to death and will continue to be put to death for lack of funds to stop it.
Linda Mullins
Warsaw
President, Animal Welfare League
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