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Two female Beagles found on Hwy 60 at sinking creek hill

Male Lab mix found on Sunset Dr. in Hardinsburg

Female Lab mix found on Hornback Mills Lane

Male Shepherd mix found in Harned next to the Harned Fire House

Male Lab mix found on Hornback Mills Lane

Male black Lab found on Hwy 333 in Webster area

Female Shepherd mix found on Hwy 110 near Falls of Rough

Female Lab mix found on Sunset Dr. in Hardinsburg

Continued from Page 1the lives of our loved ones or claim another year of any-one’s life.

The Breckinridge County Relay for Life is June 8-9 at the Breckinridge County High School Stadium. If you would like information on being a participant, please call Shirley Bennett, Relay Chairperson at 547-9938. For assistance in forming a team, contact Pam Bennett, Team Chairperson at 257-8654.

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ty Relay for Life Kickoff is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 6:00 p.m. at the Hardinsburg United Meth-odist Church Hall. The guest speakers, Sandy Board and her son, Kyle Haynes, will their stories of how cancer affected their lives & how Relay assisted in winning their battle. Come join the fi ght as a life saver, partici-pate in the Relay for Life.

Most Kentuckians unsafely dispose of prescription medicationsLOUISVILLE—Prescrip-

tion drug misuse is a real problem in Kentucky. Health care providers, policymakers and law enforcement offi cials are working hard to ensure that prescription drugs don’t fall into the wrong hands. Yet lawfully prescribed medica-tions also have the potential for misuse or abuse. Ken-tuckians may not realize that keeping unused or expired prescription medications in a medicine cabinet raises the

risk of misuse or abuse of those drugs.

The majority of Kentucky adults dispose of unused or expired prescription medica-tions in unsafe ways, accord-ing to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, released recently by the Founda-tion for a Healthy Kentucky. More than 6 in 10 Kentucky adults (65 percent) dispose of prescription drugs by throw-ing them away or fl ushing them down the drainage sys-

tem, where chemicals from the medication can leech in to the water supply or harm the environment.

The Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) recom-mends the use of take-back programs as the safest way to remove expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from the home, and to reduce the chance of accidental poison-ings and overdoses. Just 1 in 10 Kentucky adults (10 per-cent) dispose of prescription drugs in a manner that com-plies with FDA recommenda-tions.

“We can all do our part to address prescription drug abuse in Kentucky,” noted Susan Zepeda, CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy

Kentucky, “We commend the local substance abuse advo-cates and law enforcement offi cials who are working to make prescription drug dis-posal convenient.”

“I believe Kentuckians want to do the right thing with unused medications. In the fi rst seven (7) months since collections boxes were installed in Madison County, the Prescription Drug Dis-posal program collected nearly 455 pounds of drugs,” said Ruth Hawkins, RN, Health Education Director at the Madison County Health Department. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky fund-ed the installation of two pre-scription drug collection box-es at the Berea and Richmond

police departments. Local law enforcement agencies across the state are participat-ing in take-back programs; contact your local offi cials to learn more about drug dis-posal in your community.

The annual Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, is jointly fund-ed by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. The poll identifi es what residents think about various health issues that af-fect communities, the state and the nation.

A random sample of more than 1,600 Kentuckians com-pleted the survey; 308 cell

phone users are included in this number to ensure the re-sults are representative of all Kentuckians. In 95 of 100 cases, the statewide estimates will be accurate to ±2.5 per-cent. The Foundations will release additional fi ndings from the Poll as they become available.

The “Kentucky Health Is-sues Poll–Disposal of Pre-scription Pain Relievers in Kentucky” and other reports from the Poll, can be found online at healthy-ky.org. The Foundation also spon-sors kentuckyhealthfacts.org which provides key health data for Kentucky commu-nities by county, by area de-velopment district and state-wide.

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