Around Town

A little late for this notification, but better late than never. This is “City-Wide Clean Up Week”. This annual event usually happens around the first part of spring. All this week, city residents can place items at the curb and Waste Management will pick them up. There will also be dumpsters downtown for residents and business owners in the downtown …

Hi, just call me good time Charlie.  I love to be active,  I am about 5 months old, a male, tabby.  I will need my neuter surgery.  I love kids and grown people around me as I snuggle, and investigate. My docket number is BIO18-000074, at the St. Joseph County Animal Control Shelter located at 652 E. Main St., Centreville, …

I’ve always thought it would be nice to learn sign language. This would come in handy, especially when attending a social function with your significant other and wanting to share a thought or two without speaking out loud. Of course, this would only work if you both could communicate using sign. I mention this because I recently gave a presentation …

Just call me Boone.  I am about ten months old, a male.  I’m just a puppy with a lot of energy, but I am learning sit.  I would like someone who would work with me as I am so interested in learning new things.  I am still learning leash manners.  I have the sweetest look and will love a new …

Every April we have a rendezvous with destiny. This rendezvous involves the taxman. Oops, I’m sorry, the “Tax Person”. Some have already filed returns for 2017, and some have even received money back, if they managed their finances properly. If you owe the IRS, you have until April 17, because the fifteenth falls on a Sunday. I wish you all …

Hi, I am called May.  I was wandering around for a bit.  I am only 39 pounds.  The ladies at Animal Control say I have the saddest face!  I never potty in my unit.  When I walk on leash I like to take the leash in my mouth and walk myself.  The ladies think I seem to like other dogs.  …

I mention this every year, because I think it’s interesting that I’ve never run out of something to say every week for the past twelve years. There have been many changes over the years. Some were good and some not so good, but like everyone else, I’ve done what I can to adapt to them. I have a nicer office. …

Well how did I get in here at Animal Control?  The lady that took my picture said “I am the nicest hound she has dealt with.  I am nice on leash, and I love attention.”  The staff think I am housebroken.  I am a red hound, about four years old, male.  I’m not as uncontrolled as some of the previous …

At one time, there were municipalities where your vehicle had to have a village or city sticker displayed on a corner of your windshield. In order to be issued a sticker, your vehicle had to pass a safety inspection. The inspection included having a working horn, headlights that weren’t broken or burned out, a working license plate light, and tires …

Well, hello out there.  They call me “Tick” cause I am while with flecks of black.  The ladies say I am a boxer mix cause I have that cute pushed in nose.  I will brag that I am housebroken, I know sit, and I like to play fetch.  I think I am about four years old,  I am an intact …