Voice of the people

No kill shelter works hard to help

This letter is for the person who thought the Little Victories shelter looked "unkept" and was hard to find. I don't know how you could just see mud, when there is a very colorful sign that reads "Puppy Town" around the huge play area for a whole bunch of great, loving dogs waiting for new homes.

Didn't you see all the great doghouses that look like mountain cabins, green in color? Our wonderful caretakers, Twaina and Rick, are there 24/7. Mud is a fact of life in a construction site. It also is a fact of life when dogs have fun, run and play. Sometimes it rains. Sometimes they get muddy.

Little Victories is trying to provide an option to the euthanasia that takes place in our state's shelters due to the irresponsibility of people who do not spay and neuter their animals. The effort takes a monumental amount of time, energy, patience, volunteers and just plain hard work. Sometimes, people expect perfection and cookie-cutter pets. What we at Little Victories live for is seeing a dog smile when he finds his new family.

Don Alexander

Ona

City should crack down on fraternities

I would like to know about all the fraternity houses on 5th Avenue.

We travel to Huntington to attend church, and every Sunday morning you can see all the drinking that had gone on the night before.

Most of these people are not 21 and cannot buy alcohol yet, so why is the city not doing something? If it was anyone else they would be arrested for public intoxication in their front yard.

Charles Mills

Flatwoods, Ky.

School board must address issues

As a concerned parent interested in my son's education, I am speaking for dozens of parents who drive their children to school.

The traffic situation on Hal Greer Boulevard during the road work is terrible. Worse than terrible. The back way, Norwood Road, is even worse. It was backed up past Norwood Road.

Yet the Cabell County school system will not cut the kids any slack on being tardy. What happened to "no child left behind"?

Also, they change handbook rules when ever it suits them, which I guess is allowed. Before, when your child gets sent to in-house, you (the parent) could take your child. Now you can't. We have to take them up to the high school, in the traffic, and miss the bus, only to have to take them back home if they miss the bus. While at in-house it's near to impossible to get teachers to send work. Any attempts to talk to the school board results in excuses for teachers. Yet there is no excuse for the children. Since when did the board become so self-righteous? Please see what can be done about this situation.

Maxine Adkins

Huntington