ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Man sues to get license to wed Kentucky prison inmate

LEXINGTON, Ky.

To get a Kentucky marriage license, Bradley Jones just has to bring his fiancee to the clerk’s office, but there’s a problem: She’s in prison and can’t make the trip.

Now the Louisville man is suing after he was denied a license to marry Kathryn Brooke Sauer, who’s scheduled for another decade behind bars on robbery and other charges.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Jones filed a federal lawsuit July 28 against Shelby County Clerk Sue Carole Perry.

Perry has refused to issue the license, saying she believes the law prevents her from doing so unless both people come to her office.

Since Sauer can’t do that, the lawsuit says the in-person marriage application law infringes on Jones’ constitutional right to marry. It seeks to bar Perry from enforcing the law.

Alaska whale-watchers aid swimming deer in distress

JUNEAU, Alaska

An Alaska whale-watching cruise turned into a rescue mission for an unusual aquatic species – a distressed, swimming deer.

The 18-passenger tour vessel from Gastineau Guiding Co. lassoed the struggling deer July 27, pulled it on board and gave it a ride to an island, Juneau radio station KTOO reported.

Naturalist Audrey Benson said visitors and crew were watching whales when the boat received a radio transmission that deer were swimming in the saltwater on the west side of Shelter Island.

“We heard that there were two deer that were swimming across in the water,” Benson said. “So after we watched the whales for a bit, our passengers were curious and wanted to see the deer, and so we motored over to them, and it turns out there was only one.”

The deer appeared to be in distress. It was struggling to keep its head above water.

Benson, other crew members and passengers moved in, and with a rope, pulled the deer on board.

The crew motored to Shelter Island and released the deer.

“It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen on any of my tours,” Benson said. “I mean, you never know what’s going to happen but for a deer rescue – I’ve never even been that close to a deer, I’ve never touched one – and to have an opportunity to assist this struggling animal, it was very intense.”

They never saw the other deer and presume it drowned.

Associated Press