Carson City Animal Shelter starts with thanks, dirt-slinging

Breaking into sobs of gratitude, Lisa Schuette thanked everyone imaginable at Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Carson City’s $4 million animal shelter.Schuette, founder and driving force behind Carson Animal Services Initiative (CASI), was joined by Mayor Robert Crowell, Krys Bart of the Nevada Humane Society, which handles animal services here, and Mark Beauchamp of Shaheen Beauchamp Builders, the general contractor, in making brief remarks before a host of dignitaries turned