| Dedication ceremony for Franklin County Jail set for Tuesday
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - From the outside, it could pass for a high school, and it does have classroom spaces and plenty of high technology inside, but when it opens this summer, the Franklin County Jail will be home to the more than 300 men and women who, on any given day, are serving local sentences or awaiting trial. The dedication ceremony for the $30 million jail, on Opportunity Avenue in the Cumberland Valley Business Park, will be Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. A regimented life Unlike Franklin County Prison, this new lockup has air conditioning, but inmates might find it less comfortable, with more regimentation than at the old prison complex, Warden John Wetzel said. Prisoners' schedules will be tight to keep them occupied, he said. "We know that idle inmates equal headaches," Wetzel said.
Agility exercises keep canines mentally and physically fit
Lynne and Pete Stephens moved to Statesville from England in 2004 with dreams of expanding their favorite sport and promoting socialization and confidence — for dogs, that is. View a photo gallery The sport is dog agility, made popular in England and growing in popularity in the United States. It tests the speed and accuracy with which a dog, directed by a handler, can run through tunnels, jump over bars and weave around poles. The couple has been involved with dog agility for 20 years and represented the British team in the 2003 Agility World Championships in France. Lynne Stephens competed in the American Kennel Club National Agility Championship in Sunbury, Ohio, from March 30 to April 1, and placed 24th out of 233 participants. Her dog Quiz was named top in his breed at the competition.
The winner's guide to kids' soccer
WELCOME TO Win At All Costs, the training camp for coaches and parents who like to take things seriously when kicking off the soccer season. Often we see coaches and parents getting the simplest things wrong. Only the other day I saw a coach standing in front of a five-year-old bellowing at him for missing a goal. I couldn't believe it. He should, of course, have popped down to that kid's level and yelled straight into his face. That way the kid could have really seen the contempt in his coach's eyes. Some people say this is too tough on young children. But come on, people, we're not talking about teeny-weenies. Some of these kids are aged five, six, even seven years old. There's no reason their coach should be expecting any less than complete professionalism and a blind hunger for victory.
Teach Fido to mind
COOKEVILLE -- Ever wished you could break your dog of jumping on your guests, or do you just want to be able to walk him without being dragged all over your neighborhood? The Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter's Bite-Free Putnam County program is teaming up with the Cookeville Leisure Services Department to offer dog obedience classes beginning May 17. The six-week course will be held every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Cane Creek Recreation Center next to Cane Creek Park. The cost is $50 and is limited to the first 25 dogs and their owners. Cookeville-Putnam County Animal Shelter Director Laurie Green said she wanted to offer the dog obedience classes as part of Bite-Free Putnam County in an attempt to encourage responsible dog ownership and better relationships between dogs and their owners.
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