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Jake A. Thompson has joined the law firm of Crawford & Baxter, P.S.C., in Carrollton, Ky.

A Carroll County native, he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in May 2015. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Northern Kentucky University where he received his bachelors of arts in criminal justice, after completing preliminary college classes at the Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Carrollton Campus.

The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, Center Manager, Mitzie Williams (502) 732-7026; e-mail: carrollcty@twcbc.com. Breakfast is served Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., call to make a reservation.

Friday, Oct. 23: Health rhythm drumming, 10:30 a.m.;  lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Rummy, 12:30 p.m.

Friends of Butler held its second annual celebrity golf scramble Saturday, Oct. 3, at General Butler State Resort Park. Former University of Kentucky basketball

players Kenny “Sky” Walker and Jack “Goose” Givens played in the scramble. Proceeds from the event benefited the Backyard Concert Series, operational funds for the historic Butler-Turpin House, the Governors/Commonwealth Garden, the annual history scholarship and other events and community projects.

Circuit Court Judge R. Leslie Knight, who serves Carroll, Grant and Owen counties, recently had the opportunity to visit a prison, observe at autopsy, shoot a simulated police firearm and more as part of an education program for the state’s circuit judges. The 2015 Circuit Judges Fall College took place Sept. 27-30, and offered field studies and classroom presentations. 

The Division of Judicial Branch Education at the Administrative Office of the courts worked with the Education Committee of the Kentucky Circuit Judges Association to provide the college.