In an effort to bring another K-9 unit to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, Christian County Judge-Executives assistants Erica Miller and Nicole Gentry have devised a fundraising effort — selling designed T-shirts for the cause.
During Tuesday’s Christian County Fiscal Court meeting, Miller showcased a black T-shirt that on the front left says “Christian County K-9,” and on the back says “Jaws & Paws Enforcing The Laws,” with a large paw print filled with an American flag and a signature blue stripe showing support for police.
On the right sleeve: the American flag again. On the left sleeve: the symbol for the Christian County Sheriff’s Office.
Shirts sized small to extra large are $25, and anything larger is $30. With this first order due by April 4, Miller said she could be contacted by her email, emiller@christiancountyky.gov, or by phone at 815-677-3803. Orders can also be turned in at the Judge Executive’s Office at 216 West 7th Street in Hopkinsville.
Canines of this magnitude and talent, Miller added, come from overseas, and typically have higher costs.
Cash, checks and CashApp will all be accepted.
Miller also confirmed that the Christian County Sheriff’s Office can be handcuffed by state laws and statutes, meaning any fundraising done needs to come from other means.
She noted that she has “blown up Sheriff Tyler DeArmond’s phone” with design choices and questions over the last few weeks, just to make sure everything goes accordingly.
In other court news:
— Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library Executive Director Tiffany Luna gave magistrates a thorough update of ongoing renovations to the main campus, which are now six months in the works. First floor restrooms, she said, are completed, while second floor restrooms are mid-demolition with framing up and plumbing replaced.
The estimated time of completion for all ongoing efforts, she added, is May 12, and in the mean time, all services have been running as close to smoothly as possible, including the addition of notary requests.
Over the last six months, Luna added that Mari-Alice Jasper has been a key cog for improving the library’s community outreach, going as far as to establish a library revitalization for Western State Hospital, and increasing literacy programming at Trace Industries.
— Museums of Hopkinsville’s Alissa Keller and Brett Pritchett said their inaugural Third Grade Civics Program was a “big hit,” as more than 600 Christian County Public Schools students rolled through their doors, and the doors of the Christian Court House, for lessons on community and government. This first-ever run took seven days, and it’s a program they hope to continue.
— Magistrates also approved a quartet of key measures for the community, including:
1) A change order for an alternate door attached to the coming Sheriff’s Evidence Building
2) More than $88,000 in spending for new bullet-proof windows and glass for the Christian Count Jail, a 30-year-old facility that’s apparently never had those replaced
3) A property tax incentive for Bypass Warehouse LLC, which plans to create 25 new jobs at the location near the Whayne Supply Company
4) And an interlocal agreement between the county and the city, as it relates to ECC operations in the area
