Oddly enough

Oddly enough

Parking problems? Pay tickets in canned food instead of cash

LEXINGTON, Ky.

Parking tickets can be paid with donations of canned food instead of cash during a monthlong “Food for Fines” program in Lexington, Ky.

The city’s parking authority will accept cans for citations from Monday to Dec. 18, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

Those who donate 10 canned food items will receive a $15 credit on citations. Customers with multiple citations may bring in 10 cans per citation for the credits.

God’s Pantry Food Bank will use the food to stock shelves at its four Lexington locations.

“One expired parking meter ticket could mean two meals for hungry Fayette County families,” God’s Pantry CEO Marian Guinn said.

Campers kill, grill snake but get an unexpected side – fines

CUMBERLAND, Md.

Four young men got more than a meal when they killed and grilled a timber rattlesnake in western Maryland – they were hit with fines of $200 each in court.

Online court records show the men from Glen Burnie pleaded guilty Tuesday in district court in Cumberland to possessing or destroying the rattlesnake. It’s a state-protected species.

Each was fined $500, with $300 suspended. All received probation before judgment, meaning their convictions can be expunged after probationary periods ranging from 14 to 28 months.

Maryland Natural Resources Police say the men were camping in the Green Ridge State Forest in August when they killed the snake with a BB gun and grilled it.

The defendants are 18-year-olds Austin Golas and Travis Luedtke and 19-year-olds Paul Lafon and Erick Reffitt.

Deer makes surprise visit to Michigan collision repair shop

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

A collision repair shop in western Michigan that fixes cars after crashes involving deer got a surprise visitor from one of the animals.

Star Collision CARSTAR general manager Terry VandenToorn told The Grand Rapids Press that the buck was spotted running down the sidewalk in Grand Rapids before it went into the business Tuesday afternoon. It came in through a delivery door and got stuck inside.

The buck ran round inside the shop before employees corralled it at the bottom of a set of stairs. While they were watching it, they took photos and video of the deer. Authorities responded, safely tranquilized the deer and took it away to be released.

VandenToorn joked that with hunters waiting in the woods for deer, “They should have just come here.”

Associated Press