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Taylorville Kiwanis Hears From New County Animal Control Officer, Honors Community Hero of the Month, Hears Report on Bike Rodeo at Weekly Meeting

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the new Christian County Animal Control Officer, honored its Community Hero of the Month, and heard a report on this month’s Bike Rodeo co-sponsored by the Club, at their weekly meeting at the Taylorville Moose Lodge on Tuesday.

 

Sherri Craggs of Taylorville has been on the job as the county’s new Animal Control Officer, for just a few months.  She outlined the many duties of her office and what her office has done for Christian County residents this year.  Craggs told Kiwanis members that the county Animal Control facility is a no-kill shelter, and has adopted 84 dogs and 83 cats to date this year.  

 

She added the current facility is full, especially with the influx of additional animals this time of year, and shows Kiwanis members architectural drawings of a proposed addition to the building to handle more animals and in a better atmosphere for them.  

 

 

 

 

She’s hopeful that between county funding and private donations, she and her volunteers will be able to raise the estimated 200-thousand dollar cost.

 

 

Sarah Van Huss (right), who was president of the Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce president from May 2020 thru May 2022, was named the Kiwanis Community Hero of the Month for leading the local Chamber thru the pandemic and the change in its Executive Director.  Kiwanis member Randal J. "Randy" Miller (left), who nominated Van Huss, presented her certificate.

 

Kiwanis Club Priority One committee chair Bruce Blanshan reported that some 22 children attended the recent Bike Rodeo at Taylorville Memorial Hospital co-sponsored by the Club, with 19 of them going away with a new bicycle thanks to the sponsors.  Every child received instruction on proper bike riding, and were also given a bike helmet.

 

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.   

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