>> KENTUCKY'S HOOIEST PEAK AT
BLACK MOUNTAIN AND A MAN
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SAVING
ABANDONED ANIMALS.
PLUS A PHOTO MONTAGE FROM THE
SCENERY OF ONE END OF KENTUCKY
TO THE OTHER FROM PHOTOGRAPHER
STEVE SCHAFER, ALL COMING UP.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE
SCHUFFETT.
WELL WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE.
UP FRONT.
WE ARE HEADED TO KENTUCKY'S
HIGHEST PEAK.
BACK IN THE 1960S, THE KENTUCKY
CHAPTER OF THE STATE NATURE
CONSERVANCY WAS FOUND THE,
PUTTING TWO PLACES AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST FOR CONSERVATION.
ONE WILL BE FEATURED IN AN
UPCOMING SHOW, THE OTHER ONE IS
BLACK'S PEAK, AND YOU WILL SEE
WHY THIS AMAZING PLACE SHOULD
ALWAYS BE PROTECTED.
I VISITED BLAKE MOUNTAIN SEVERAL
YEARS AGO DURING THE TAPING OF
"KENTUCKY'S LAST GREAT PLACES"
AND BLACK MOUNTAIN WASN'T
FEATURED ON THAT SHOW, BUT IT
COULD HAVE BEEN.
IT HAS ASTONISHING BEAUTY WITH
SHARP, DEEP SLOPES AND VALLEYS,
THE CARPET OF LUSH VEGETATION,
MOSTLY WILDFLOWERS.
AND THE GREAT MASSIVE TREES
STRETCHING INTO THE SKY.
IT IS SAID THE MOUNTAIN, BECAUSE
OF ITS HE WILL ADVICE, HAS ITS
OWN UNIQUE WEATHER PATTERNS.
WHILE MARC HE HAVE CANS IS WITH
THE STATE NATURE PRESERVES, THIS
MOUNTAIN IS NOT A PRESERVE.
EVEN SO, HE WILL SHOW US RARE
PLANT SPECIES OCCURRING NOWHERE
ELSE THAN ON BIG BLACK MOUNTAIN.
>> WE ARE ON BLACK MOUNTAIN, AN
INCREDIBLE PLACE IN KENTUCKY.
WE ARE SEARCHING FOR RARE
PLANTS.
WE HAVE COME TO SEE SEVERAL OF
THESE RARE PLANTS.
ONE IS RIGHT HERE, ONE OF MY
FAVORITE WILDFLOWERS, THE
PAINTED TRILLIUM, AND WE HAVE A
NUMBER WHICH OCCUR IN KENTUCKY.
THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE MOST
RARE.
THE PAINTED KIND YOU CAN TELL BY
THREE WHITE PETALS, LIKE MANY
OTHERS, BUT IN THE CENTER IS A
CHEVRON, THESE RED MARKINGS.
IT ISN'T BEAUTIFUL FOR HUMANS,
IT IS THERE FOR INSECTS TO LAND
AND POLLINATE THE FLOWERS.
BLACK MOUNTAIN IS IN HARLAN
COUNTY, ONLY ABOUT A MILE FROM
THE VIRGINIA LINE.
THIS MOUNTAIN IS THE TALLEST
MOUNTAIN IN KENTUCKY, ELEVATION
OVER 4,500 FEET.
BLACK MOUNTAIN IS UNLIKE ANY
OTHER PLACE IN KENTUCKY, KIND OF
LIKE AN ISLAND STICKING UP IN
THE SKY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER COMPARABLE
PEAKS WITH REGARD TO ALTITUDE IN
THIS PART OF KENTUCKY.
BLACK MOUNTAIN IS A PART OF THE
CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.
ALL OF THOSE MOUNTAINS ARE VERY
RICH AND UNIQUE IN KENTUCKY.
AS A BIOLOGIST, THE CUMBERLAND
MOUNTAINS HOLD THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF BIODIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY OF
SPECIES WE HAVE IN THE STATE.
BLACK MOUNTAIN IS THE ICING ON
THE CAKE FOR THE CUMBERLAND
MOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH
ELEVATION, SUPPORTING MORE GREAT
RARE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE
UNIQUE NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST
THAT OCCURS HERE.
AS A FOREST ECOLOGIST, IT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE
ONLY PLACE IN KENTUCKY WHERE
THIS FOREST OCCURS.
THIS SMALL TREE IS ANOTHER VERY
UNUSUAL TREE ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.
THIS IS THE STRIPED MAPLE.
IT IS A TREE THAT DOESN'T GET
VERY LARGE, NOT A CANOPY TREE.
IT IS UNDERSTORY TREE,
RESTRICTED IN RANGE.
IT LIKES THE COOL SLIME ITS,
HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND HAS THESE
PRETTY MAPLE-SHAPED LEAVES SO
YOU CAN TELL IT IS A MAPLE.
HERE ARE THE FLOWERS: HERE IS A
BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWER TROUT LILY,
YOU CAN SEE IT IS PRETTY YELLOW
FLOWERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS MOST
INTERESTING ABOUT IT ARE THE
LEAVES.
THEY ARE REALLY THICK AND SUCK
LENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE
ORCHIDS AT FIRST SIGHT.
54 SPECIES OF RARE PLANTS
CURRENTLY KNOWN FOR BLACK
MOUNTAIN.
THAT IS WITHOUT EVER HAVING DONE
THOROUGH INVENTORY.
WE HOPE SOMEDAY TO DO A
COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY BUT EVEN
54 IS A HIGH NUMBER.
SOME OF THE RARE PLANTS INCLUDE
A REALLY INCREDIBLE ORCHID,
PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID, OCCURRING
NOWHERE ELSE IN KENTUCKY.
THE RED ELDERBERRY ALSO ONLY
OCCURS AT BLACK MOUNTAIN.
TURK'S CAP LILY, A BEAUTIFUL
LILY MEMBER, HUGE POPULATIONS
OVER THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SUMMER.
THERE IS A WILD LILY OF THE
VALLEY TOO, WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE
TO SEE THAT TODAY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SPECIES OF
BIRDS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSS-BEAK
ONLY REST ON THIS MOUNTAIN.
THIS BIRD SPENDS ITS WINTERS IN
BRAZIL AND FLIES ALL THE WAY
HERE TO NEST IN KENTUCKY.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE
REALLY COOL RARE PLANTS
OCCURRING ONLY ON BLACK MOUNTAIN
AND NOWHERE ELSE IN KENTUCKY.
SOME MAY RECOGNIZE IT OR THINK
IT LOOKS FAMILIAR.
THIS IS AN ELDERBERRY, BUT
OPPOSED TO THE COMMON ONE WE SEE
ALL OVER KENTUCKY, THIS IS THE
RED ELDERBERRY.
THIS FLOWER CLUSTER PRODUCES A
CLUSTER OF RED BERRIES, WHICH IS
HOW IT GETS ITS NAME.
THIS PLANT, A SHRUB, ONLY GROWS
ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.
YOU CAN TELL MY ABOUT CONICAL
INFLOURESCENCE HERE.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE THIS
PLANT, IT EVEN HAS A WONDERFUL
AROMA.
WE WILL SEARCH FOR SOME MORE.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE RARE
PLANTS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN.
THIS IS A REALLY KILL PLANT.
IT ISN'T QUITE IN FLOWER.
THIS LITTLE PLANT RIGHT HERE IS
WILD LILY OF THE VALLEY.
IT ONLY OCCURS IN A COUPLE
PLACES IN KENTUCKY.
THIS IS CLOSELY RELATED TO A
PLANT MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH, THE WILD LILY OF THE
VALLEY, BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
POWER PLANT.
IT PUTS UP A SPIKE OF BEAUTIFUL
BELL-SHAPED DANGLING WHITE
FLOWERS.
HERE WE HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE
TREE.
THIS IS A YELLOW BIRCH.
WHAT IS SO INCREDIBLE ABOUT IT,
BESIDES IT BEING A CO-DOMINANT
OF THE FOREST ON THE TOP OF THE
MOUNTAIN, THIS IS THE STATE
RECORD YELLOW BIRCH TREE FOR ALL
OF KENTUCKY.
WHAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE, YELLOW
BIRCH ARE NORMALLY MUCH SMALLER
AT NORMAL ELEVATIONS.
I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN ONE THIS
SIZE IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
LOOK AT THIS.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE ANCIENT
YELLOW BIRCH IS ANOTHER ONE OF
KENTUCKY'S INCREDIBLY RARE
WILDFLOWERS.
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PLANT
RIGHT HERE IS THE VERY RARE
ROSY-TWISTED STALK OR STRIPTOTIS
LANCIOLATIS WITH BEAUTIFUL
DANGLING FLOWERS IN THE AXILS OF
THE LEAVES.
THIS PLANT OCCURS NOWHERE ELSE
IN KENTUCKY EXCEPT RIGHT HERE ON
BLACK MOUNTAIN.
SO MANY INDIVIDUAL PLANTS UP
HERE CARPETING THE GROUND IN A
SOLID AREA OF WILDFLOWERS, WHICH
IS VERY UNUSUAL IN MOST PLACES.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
>> TO THINK WE'VE SEEN LESS THAN
TEN OF THE 50-PLUS RARE SPECIES
KNOWN ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.
THAT IS JUST A SMALL PART OF THE
MANY THINGS THAT MAKE THIS
MOUNTAIN SO UNIQUE.
IT IS TRULY A NATURAL WONDER OF
INCREDIBLE SIGNIFICANCE.
ONCE YOU HAVE SEEN IT AND
EXPERIENCED IT, YOU NEVER FORGET
IT.
REMEMBER BLACK MOUNTAIN IS NOT
PROTECTED BY THE STATE NATURE
PRESERVE COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER
LAND CONSERVATION GROUP.
RIGHT NOW IT IS PRIVATELY OWN.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THE
SUMMIT, JUST SIGN A WAIVER AT
THE COAL MINING MUSEUM IN
BENTON.
NEXT ANOTHER PART OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY IN ELLIOT COUNTY.
THE DEVOTION AND HARD WORK OF
ONE MAN MAKES A SAFE HAVEN FOR
ABANDONED AND MISTREATED
ANIMALS.
AND A NEW AWARENESS IN
KENTUCKY'S STRAY ANIMAL
POPULATION.
>> ABANDONED ANIMAL, THAT IS ONE
OF THE MOST CRUEL FATES YOU CAN
IMPOSE.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE I WOULD
FIND THEM STANDING ALONGSIDE THE
ROAD, LOOKING AROUND WONDERING
WHERE THEY ARE, WHY WAS MOM OR
DAD, THE PEOPLE THAT JUST
DROPPED ME OFF, WHAT DID IT DO
WRONG TO BE ABANDONED IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
I JUST COULDN'T GO HOME THINKING
THEY WERE GOING TO BE STANDING
THERE WITHOUT ANYTHING.
TRIXIE IS MY LITTLE NORWEGIAN
ELKHOUND.
SHE'S BEEN WITH ME FIVE YEARS,
AND SHE DIED IN MY ARMS ON
JANUARY 15TH OF 1998.
ONE WEEK LATER TO THE VERY HOUR
OF HER DEATH, I STARTED TO HELP
OTHER MAN MALLS LIKE I HELPED
HER, IN HER MEMORY.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT ALL LIFE
IS PRECIOUS.
I DON'T DISTINGUISH A PURE BRED
OR AN OLD DOG OR A YOUNG DOG,
THEY ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE
AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME FEARS
AS YOU AND I.
THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION IS LOCATED
IN ELLIOT COUNTY.
THEY TELL ME WE ARE THE LARGEST
NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER IN
KENTUCKY, QUITE POSSIBLY
APPALACHIA.
WE ACCEPT ANIMALS GIVEN THE ROOM
WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM.
WE STARTED OFF WITH THE SEVEN
THAT WERE HERE WHEN TRIXIE WAS
HERE.
SINCE THEN WE'VE GROWN
SUBSTANTIALLY AND HAVE OVER 200
DOGS, SOME CATS AND SOME
CHICKENS.
MOST ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
LAST SPRING WE HAD SIX FERREL
CATS WE COULDN'T CATCH, THEY HAD
KITTENS.
WE MADE A BIG POLICY TO BEFRIEND
THEM TO GET THEM SPAYED.
THE TRIXIE OBJECTIVE FOUNDATION
IS TO HELP ALL SPECIES OF
ANIMALS, NOT JUST DOGS OR CATS.
ANY LIVING CREATURE WITHOUT A
PLACE TO GO IS A CANDIDATE FOR
THIS PLACE.
OUR FUTURE HOPES ARE TO BE A
FARM FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE BOUT ANOTHER 30 ACRES ON
THE HILL BEHIND ME.
ORIGINALLY WE WERE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTY WHICH
AJOINS THIS PROPERTY WITH THE 30
ACRES WE HAD.
IF WE COULD ACQUIRE THE MONEY TO
BUY THE PROPERTY WE WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH LAND TOE EXPAND AND
INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE
COMPOUNDS, EXPAND THE AREAS
WHERE ANIMALS CAN GO.
WE ARE GAUGELESS, DON'T KEEP
THEM CONFINED.
WE ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO PICK
THEIR OWN FRIENDS, JUST LIKE YOU
HAVE FRIENDS YOU PARTICULARLY
LIKE, SO DO THEY.
THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHO THEY
PARTICULARLY WANT TO BE WITH.
WE ARE THE ONLY PACK-ORIENTED
FACILITY I KNOW OF IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THAT MEANS WE ARE BROKEN DOWN TO
VARIOUS COMPOUNDS WHERE ANIMALS
CAN INTERMINGLE, GO VISIT THEIR
FRIEND IN THE NEXT COMPOUND, BUT
THEY STAY WITH THEIR OWN PACK.
THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN PACKS HERE
NOW.
EVERY ANIMAL IS UNIQUE IN ITS
STORY.
EVERYBODY HAS A REASON FOR BEING
HERE.
BUT THEY ARE ALL JUST AS
PRECIOUS TO ME AS THE ONE THAT
WILL COME NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE ALL MY BABIES.
THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
I GIVE THEM THE BEST FOOD AND
THEY GET THE BEST MEDICAL
ATTENTION ON AND A PLACE THEY
CAN CALL HOME FOREVER, GIVING
THEM THE SENSE THEY ARE
IMPORTANT, THEY HAVE SECURITY IN
THEIR LIFE NOW, THEY ARE NOT
TRASH, THEY HAVE A PLACE THEY
CAN BE COMFORTABLE IN AND KNOW
THEY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR.
THE ANIMAL ABUSE IN APPALACHIA
IS REALLY, REALLY BAD.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS FOR IT, BUT I
THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE, IT ISN'T
THAT THEY AREN'T GOOD PEOPLE,
BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT IT
IS WRONG TO NOT SHOW COMPASSION.
THERE IS NO EDUCATIONAL TEACHING
THAT SAYS "THIS IS WRONG" SO YOU
GROW UP IN A FAMILY THAT HAS
ALWAYS DONE THIS OR WITNESSED
THIS TYPE OF ABUSE AND NEVER
BEEN REPRIMANDED OR TOLD
DIFFERENTLY THAT IT IS NOT THE
RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, YOU DON'T
TIE A DOG TO A TREE STUMP, FEED
IT ONCE A WEEK AND THINK YOU ARE
TAKING CARE OF IT.
THEN IT MOVES UP TO THE NEXT
LEVEL, THOSE CHARGED WITH
ENFORCEMENT.
IF A COUNTY ATTORNEY OR STATE
LEGISLATOR COMES FROM A CURL
AREA, HE HAS GROWN UP THINKING
THAT WAS THE NORM AND IT IS OKAY
BECAUSE IT IS THE WAY IT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN.
IT'S NOT ALL RIGHT.
THESE ANIMALS ARE DOING ALL THE
SUFFERING.
WHEN YOU GO HOME AND HAVE A HOT
MEAL TONIGHT AND THESE ABANDONED
DOGS DOWN HERE ARE STANDING IN
THE RAIN WONDERING WHERE THE
HECK THEY'RE GOING TO GO, THAT'S
NOT RIGHT.
THE TRIXIE FOUNDATIONS EFFORT
BACK IN THE '90S WAS TO FLUSH
OUT THE TRUTH OF THE LAW AS IT
IS.
RIGHT NOW IT SAYS EACH COUNTY
MUST PROVIDE AN ANIMAL SHELTER
OR CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER COUNTY
TO PROVIDE AN ANIMAL SHELTER
SERVICES, AND THEY MUST HAVE AN
CALL CONTROL OFFICERS.
THE REALITY IS, IT'S A JOKE, A
LOT OF COUNTIES STILL DON'T,
INCLUDING MINE, HAVE A REAL
FACILITY.
PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A HEART.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE
ANIMALS DIE AND THEY DON'T WANT
TO HAVE TO ABANDON THEM BUT
THERE IS NO PLACE TO TAKE THEM.
WHEN I FOUND OUT MY COUNTY
DIDN'T HAVE A SHELTER, I STARTED
RESEARCHING THE LAW THROUGH AN
ATTORNEY AND I DID THE RESEARCH
ON THE RECORDS, WHAT NEEDED TO
BE DONE.
AND NOW I AM EDUCATING THE
GENERAL PUBLIC BY EDUCATING THE
LEGISLATORS AND THE COUNTY AND
STATE OFFICIALS BY FILING
LAWSUITS AND MAKING OPEN RECORDS
REQUESTS, DOING WHAT IT TAKES TO
FORCE OUT THE TRUTH, WHICH IS
EDUCATING LOTS OF PEOPLE.
IT IS UP TO THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE
THE INFORMATION AND SPREAD IT
AROUND.
ANIMAL CONTROL HAS TAKEN THE
KNOWLEDGE, AND IT HAS RESULTED
IN ENDING EUTHANASIA BY GUNSHOT.
THAT WAS THE LEGAL WAY UP UNTIL
I EXPOSED IT A FEW YEARS BACK
THROUGH THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST
IN SEVEN COUNTIES, BLOWING AWAY
LITTLE PUPPIES WITH SHOTGUNS.
SINCE WE STARTED EXPOSING THE
BARBARITY AND THE FACT THE
SHELTERS AREN'T AVAILABLE IN
SOME COUNTIES, PEOPLE ARE NOW
STARTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY
CAN DO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP THE
ANIMALS, AND ALSO BE MORE AWARE
OF THEIR RIGHTS AT A CITIZEN.
ANIMAL ABUSE ISN'T TOLERABLE,
ALLOWABLE.
NOW IT IS UP TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I SEE THE LOVE THE ANIMALS HAVE,
I SEE THEIR DEFENSELESSNESS AND
HOW MUCH THEY DEPEND ON US.
THIS IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND, FOR
GOD'S SAKE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE
CAN HELP, DEPENDING ON THE
INDIVIDUAL.
THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION IS A
NONPROFIT CORPORATION, ALWAYS IN
NEED OF MONEY.
WE CAN MAKE A PENNY GO A LONG
WAY AT THIS PLACE.
THE OTHER WAY PEOPLE CAN HELP IS
BY GETTING INVOLVED AT YOUR
LOCAL LEVEL, BY GETTING INVOLVED
WITH THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION,
HELPING ME EXPOSE WHAT IS GOING
ON.
COME HERE AND GET INVOLVED.
COME HERE AND WALK THE DOGS, PET
THEM, HELP GIVE THEM A BATH,
TAKE THEM TO THE VET IF THEY
NEED TO GO.
BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION, WE ARE
A GOOD DISTANCE FROM ANY MAJOR
METROPOLITAN AREA, IT SEEMS TO
STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO
GET INVOLVED AT THAT LEVEL.
THEY CAN ALSO BECOME A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HELP
US DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THIS.
IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS, WE CAN USE
YOU.
WE HAVE THOROUGHBRED HORSE
FARMS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, COLLEGE
PROFESSORS, LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE
ME WHICH BELIEVE IN WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS
BRINGING ABOUT A BETTER WAY TO
TREAT ANIMALS WITH RESPECT AND
DIGNITY.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE
TRIXIE FOUNDATION BECAUSE WE
STAND UP FOR THE ANIMALS.
>> CHARLIE CAME FROM A BREEDER.
BUT TOBY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD IN THE BUSHES WHERE
A COUPLE HAD BEEN WATCHING HIM
FOR TWO DAYS.
THEY FINALLY GOT HIM OUT OF
THERE AND GAVE HIM TO ME.
LOOK HOW HE TURNED OUT.
HE IS GORGEOUS, WELL-BE HAFD,
VERY TRAINABLE.
I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE.
NEXT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
SPECIALS IN THIS SERIES WAS
CALLED "KENTUCKY'S LAST GREAT
PLACES" AND ON THAT JOURNEY FROM
ONE END OF KENTUCKY TO THE OTHER
WE HAD A STILL PHOTOGRAPHER WITH
US.
WE HAVE A MONTAGE OF STEVE
SCHAFER'S GREAT WORK.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> NOW TIME FOR "PAW PALS" WHERE
WE ASK YOU TO SEND IN YOUR
FAVORITE PET PICTURE.
WE HAVE ONE FROM BETTY AND KIRK
HOWARD, A PICTURE OF THEIR
FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHOCOLATE LAB,
BAILEY.
THE LETTER SAYS BAILEY HAS A BOX
FULL OF TOYS AND HIS FAVORITE
ONE IS A SOFT FRISBEE.
THE THINGS WE HUMANS DO FOR
THESE GUYS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
WELL YOU'VE GOT IT MADE.
WE WOULD LIKE YOUR PICTURE IN
THE MAIL PAW PALK 600 COOPER
DRIVE LEXINGTON 40502 OR E-MAIL
IT IN TO US.
IF YOU GO TO THE WENT SITE, YOU
CAN SEE ALL OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED
FRIENDS FROM THE EIGHT-STATE
REGION, THEY ARE POSTED THERE
FOR YOU.
AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL
THE STORIES WE DO HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.