Before 8 a.m., there is a 100% chance that I and at least two of the rest of our staff have gotten a dozen text messages, a couple of emails or phone calls, Facebook messages; all about a lost or found dog or cat, a sick foster animal, or an animal or a litter to be surrendered. They could also be a confirmation on a rescue transport, a volunteer transporter we’ve been hoping to reach, a foster finally found for a litter of sick kittens, or pups getting transported in two-weeks, or a foster for a medical case. Still before 10 a.m., we’ll have fosters come in for supplies, bring in a stool sample, pick up meds, food, litter, bedding, etc. Stool samples read, treatment sheets made, more meds administered, and communication boards updated.

C APITAL Highlights DPS Director Won’t Resign Early voting for the general election ends on Friday, Nov. 4, with the closely watched governor’s race pitting incumbent Gov.

Nov. 3, 1972 A second attempt to break into DA rash of drug store burglaries occurred over a recent 10-day period in the general area. Burglars broke into Voelkel’s West End Pharmacy in Columbus Tuesday night and got away with about $30 in cash from the register and a number of syringes. However, the narcotics were locked in a safe. The thieves pried open the north door facing the Youens Eye Clinic. In Smithville, vandals broke a window on the north side of Crow’s Pharmacy to gain entry sometime around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Only small items were taken. Two burglaries had taken place earlier in Fayette County: Dyer’s Pharmacy in La Grange and W.J. Neese Pharmacy in Carmine. Entrance at Neese’s was gained by prying loose the ends of two protective bars across a rear window and raising the window up with a sharp, heavy instrument. Taken were 500 Valium 500-mg. tranquilizer tablets. After forcing open a locked cabinet, burglars also got away with a quantity of Biphetamine, Dexamyl and Dexedrine capsules. In other old news, The First National Bank of La Grange moved its operations into a brand spanking new facility on the corner of N. Washington and W. Colorado Streets. The modernistic interior decorated in an off-brown color had a lobby running the full length of the building with management’s offices on the far side. Eight teller cages took up the rest of the space. A large modernistic tapestry made in Spain adorned the wall in back of the tellers. The interior of the bank’s former headquarters was undergoing extensive modernization to house the accounting department, directors and conference rooms, stationery department and lounge. The accounting department was located in the adjoining building, the former location of La Grange Utilities, which the bank also owned. The time and temperature clock mounted in front of the bank’s former bank headquarters was being remodeled and serviced before it could be installed on the corner of the new structure.

This issue of The Fayette County Record marks the finish line of our 100th year of continuous publication. Next week’s Tuesday edition begins Year No.

To The Editor: Contrary to the false premise upon which David McCall based his letter “You Reap What You Sow” in last Friday’s Record, the Christian faith is NOT “constantly evolving as the Bible’s message undergoes different interpretations.” The author of the Book of Hebrews wrote that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever,” and all of Scripture from Genesis to The Revelation emphasizes this sacred truth. Jesus, when He “became flesh and dwelt among men” met (and still meets!) all kinds of sinners right where they (we) live, with His love, His mercy, and His empathy – but Jesus never changes Himself to accommodate their (our) sin.

To The Editor: There are conservative alternatives to Trump. There are Republicans who have not jumped on his bandwagon.

That Little Voice “My husband just died,” she announced when we met on the street. The confused look she gave me was sad, and her voice sounded perplexed.

It’s been a tough year for gardening. At my place, we battled drought, weeks of 100-degreeplus weather, and grasshoppers galore.

Here they came. In van and pickup, in Benz and BMW, peopling our streets and stores and cafes with strangers.

C APITAL Highlights Early voting in this year’s midterm elections began Monday and continues through Friday, Nov. 4.