Rotarians create handmade Valentines for Special Hearts
In Hendersonville, Rotarians from Four Seasons Rotary hosted a Valentines crafting event for Special Needs Sports participants. About 50 to 75 children and adults joined a no-score, no-foul basketball league in a school gym. Members distributed hand-made cards at a breakfast meeting and delivered them to a recent Valentines dance, aiming to make meetings interactive and fun while supporting 67,000 Rotarians nationwide.
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Lightning
Hendersonville
Donnie Jones
Rotary
United States
Caribbean
Lynn Marks
Tiffany Ervin
Sheriff No Animal Backup Sparks Regional Finance Debate
Fletcher officials questioned a new county animal control policy at a Local Government Council for Cooperative Action meeting last fall. Flat Rock and nearby towns floated sharing a two-officer unit, estimated at 320000, to cover calls across four municipalities, but no funding formula was established and Mills River was excluded.
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Fletcher
Local Government Council For Cooperative Action
Biberdorf
County Board of Commissioners
Nick Weedman
Flat Rock
Laurel Park
Hendersonville
Mills River
Weedman
County eyes shared animal control unit with sheriffs office
Chief Deputy Jason Brown provided a cost spreadsheet showing salaries benefits and a 30000 Dodge Ram with police package plus gear for two deputies. Other listed items include a 600 Glock a 350 Remington 870 shotgun and animal control tools totaling about 700. Calls show few incidents in Flat Rock but countywide need appears for trained personnel and equipment. Laurel Park and Fletcher note current officer responses and liability. towns weigh opting to hire own officers or maintain sheriff’s shared duties.
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Jason Brown
Flat Rock
Weedman
Conner
Mills River
Henderson County
Hendersonville
Fletcher
Laurel Park
Biberdorf
Robbie Trotter
Melnikova
Sheriff’s Department
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Coor
Sgt
Kenny Hipps
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