Ms. Carol Hein

Carol Hein, executive director of the Lincoln County Humane Society, said there are many stray cats.People often provide her office with unwanted cats, including seven Monday, she said."They just keep coming in steady," she said."There's lots of them out there."Owners often let their pets wander, thinking they are safe outdoors unsupervised, Hein said."Anybody can just pick them up," she said."They're readily available."May 2000

Washington PostFeline Haven

Carol Hein , executive director of the Lincoln County Humane Society , said there are many stray cats.People often provide her office with unwanted cats , including seven Monday , she said.They just keep coming in steady , she said.There's lots of them out there.Owners often let their pets wander , thinking they are safe outdoors unsupervised , Hein said.Anybody can just pick them up , she said.They're readily available..May 2000

Washington PostFeline HavenHer family , as Kristin Kierig calls her 115 cats , includes strays , victims of divorced families , and even a cat abandoned when his owner , a police officer , was killed in the line of duty.

County Sheriff Paul Proulx or Carol Hein of Lincoln Humane Society

The Merrill Police Department announced Monday that there was no evidence of wrongdoing by former Humane Society director Carol Hein, who ran the nonprofit organization for 25 years.Hein resigned as director in October.
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According to Mutter,s report, Hein wrote two checks out to herself in the amount of about $36,000 during her final days of employment.
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The Humane Society has no formal written employment policy, so it was typical for Hein to write out her own paychecks, Mutter determined.

"Ms. Hein asked the (Humane Society) board to adopt an employee handbook, but the board never did," she wrote."If the board had written policies in effect, (it) would have been made aware of banked hours, vacation pay and sick pay of employees.I see no criminal wrongdoing by Ms. Hein."Hein never received the money because former Humane Society treasurer Ken Pickett stopped payment of the two checks so that the issue could be resolved without dispute.
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Pickett said Monday that Hein is entitled to the money.
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Hein said Monday that she was unsure whether she would file a claim."I don,t know exactly what my plan is, I have to talk that over with my husband," Hein said.

As for why she resigned, Hein said her 25-year struggle to keep the shelter financially afloat topped off by criticism from some members of the Humane Society board, simply wore her down.

"I guess I just finally had enough of it after that long of a time," she said.

Carol Hein, Humane Society director, said there were 70 Tomahawk dogs at the shelter in 2001 and 30 so far in 2002.

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Tomahawk is about one-third the size of Merrill, so a $5,000 contribution would roughly mirror what Merrill has done, Hein said.

Operational costs for 2001 were $107,000, Hein said.Income from dog licenses, the city of Merrill and Lincoln County cover about half of that, she said, and the Humane Society has to raise the rest.

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Carol Hein, Humane Society director, said there were 70 Tomahawk dogs at the shelter in 2001 and 30 so far in 2002.

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Tomahawk is about one-third the size of Merrill, so a $5,000 contribution would roughly mirror what Merrill has done, Hein said.

Operational costs for 2001 were $107,000, Hein said.Income from dog licenses, the city of Merrill and Lincoln County cover about half of that, she said, and the Humane Society has to raise the rest.

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