The Tallassee Tribune
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 • Page A3
Humane Society of Elmore County News
Shelter is thankful for all its supporters
officers who work to protect the public and help animals in need. We have a most wonderful It seems we were all just group of dog exercisers who lamenting the long hot summer show up daily to help our dogs and now here we are at Thanksspend fun time out of their kengiving week. We hope everyone nels for their physical and mental is able to spend some time this health. And to our foster families week with family and friends who open their hearts and homes and reflect on all we have to be to help us save even more lives grateful for. we are incredibly grateful. So We ask that you please thank our pets can be posted online and our extremely dedicated staff be seen, we are indebted to our who are there 365 days per year intrepid volunteer photographers caring for 300+ pets/day and and so appreciate their time and doing all they can to give them talent every week taking photos. better and brighter futures. Of course, as a nonprofit we Our volunteer board members are incredibly grateful to our give tirelessly of themselves to donors and supporters as it cerensure the present and future of tainly takes money, food, supour shelter. Our Tail’s End Thrift plies and more to keep our doors Store is 100% volunteer run and open and care for 300 animals on we cannot thank them enough for any given day. We are indebted their dedication and hard work as to all the individuals, businesses all of our store’s proceeds go to and civic groups who help us our shelter and the animals in our through donations, sponsorships care. Of course, all who donate and event support and we truly and shop at the Tail’s End Thrift appreciate how your efforts help Store contribute greatly, and we us be the best shelter we can be hope everyone continues their as we all work together to save wonderful patronage. lives. We so appreciate all veterinarSpecial thanks to our adoptians and their staff for helping ers for opening their homes and pets and educating their owners hearts to our shelter pets and to help those pets live healthgiving them time to adapt to their ier and longer lives. And an new lives. We are indebted to often-unsung group that deserves the public who supports our misour thanks are the animal control sion directly and indirectly; your By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director
moral support for the welfare of animals is important to all of us in the sheltering community. For those we may never meet but who love and care for your pets, keep them safe at home, make sure they are a part of your family and cherish them, you have our utmost thanks as you are the homes we strive for every day as we do adoptions. Our final and most heartfelt thanks go to all the wonderful animals that ask so little of us but give so much in return. Our pets enhance our human lives in so many ways and we are grateful for the selfless love, joy and companionship they bring to our homes and families. We hope everyone has a family filled Thanksgiving. So our staff can also enjoy some time with family, the shelter will be closed Thursday and Friday but will be back on Saturday. Tail’s End Thrift Store, however, will be open for Black Friday sales so stop by for great deals throughout the store (remember all Christmas décor is half off this month). We hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving! Rea Cord is the executive director of the Humane Society of Elmore County.
Pet of the Week - Ryder Ryder is an 11-monthold Catahoula/Husky mix who weighs about 50 pounds. He is a super dog and he does have lots of energy so he needs to go to an active family/owner. Ryder is good with children. He loves playing fetch, knows sit and shake, and loves toys. We were told he was good with cats but his higher energy play might not be well-liked by many cats. Ryder would be an outstanding running/hiking buddy. The Humane Society of Elmore County’s adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under 1 year old. Cats over 1 can be adopted by approved adopters for
a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, deworming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough and a free health exam with your participating veterinarian. If you are interested in meeting Cola or any of the pets at HSEC, the first step is to fill out an adoption application online. Once approved, you will be contacted by someone from the humane society. HSEC is located at 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. The phone number is 334-567-3377 and the website is www. elmorehumane.org.
Council approves nonprofit appropriations, still no police pay increase By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Some nonprofits will get a little funding from the City of Tallassee. At the same time, the discussion of pay for certified police officers to increase retention and recruitment is still being considered. At last week’s Tallassee City Council meeting, councilmembers followed Mayor Sarah Hill’s recommendation to appropriate $4,500 to local nonprofits. “We did our job and passed a budget; we appropriated funds,” Hill said. “We need to clean up a few things for appropriations for nonprofits. We received a lot of different requests. We can’t give at the level we would like to.” The nonprofits were allotted $6,300 in the budgeting process. The council approved giving $2,000 to the House of Love and Mercy, $1,000 to the Butterfly Child
Advocacy Center in Elmore County, $500 to the Tri-County Child Advocacy Center in Tallapoosa County, $500 to Star Seeds and $500 to Tigernation. The action left about $1,700 for the council to appropriate at a future date in fiscal year 2024. “We always leave a little bit of money to help our sports teams that might have to travel in and out of the state,” Hill said. The council approved amending the fiscal year 2024 budget increasing funding for the Tallassee Redevelopment Authority. The agency has received $3,780 per year
for the last several years mainly to go toward grass cutting at the west side mill. The council action increases TRA’s funding to $10,000 for the year with the idea about $4,000 is spent on grass cutting and $6,000 is to be used as seed money to help with fundraising. “They made a request of additional funding to help in recruitment of retail efforts of the city,” Hill said. “I thought it was great they were willing to hit the ground running.” Hill said the city wasn’t in a position to fund the TRA’s full request.
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