Carrollton Rotary Club and Down on Main Street restaurant will co-sponsor a pancake breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 with all proceeds going to Carroll County Food Pantry. Club members will cook and serve at the restaurant and have invited local “celebrities” to join in.
The Caby M. Froman Club gathered at the Burley Room of General Butler State Resort Park for their October meeting. Mrs. Lonnie Sundermeyer served as hostess for the event. Fall decorations and fine china decorated the tables.
President Sandra Thomas paid tribute to fall with two readings. The first was “The Great Harvest” by M. Cox followed by “October Smiles at You” by Garnett Shultz.
Premiere Antique, Coin and Currency Buyers will be at General Butler State Resort Park, 1608 US Hwy. 227 in Carrollton, Tuesday Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For further information call 217-523-4225.
Carroll County Public Library will display quilts during the month of October. Other events planned are:
Wednesday, Oct. 26, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Creative Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 27, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; music makers, age 18 months and up, 11 a.m.; story hour, age 4-6, 1:30 p.m.; Ghost Stories, Bill Watson, Storyteller, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 28, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; computer basics, 10:30 a.m.
The Carrolton Rotary Club asks local residents to donate clean and gently used or new coats for their neighbors who are in need as the winter months approach.
Drop-off points are Carroll County Memorial Hospital administration office Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; First Baptist Church back entrance, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Relevant Church, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon; and Carrollton United Methodist Church back entrance, Monday-Thursday, noon-3 p.m.
A team from Dow Corning, Carrollton helped winterize homes for seniors to support “Project Comfort,” an annual effort to help those in need, organized by the Ministerial Association of Carroll County and coordinated by Bill Welty.
Activities included caulking storm windows, installing weather stripping, repairing gutters, trimming trees and shrubs, as well as building a new crawl space door and repairing a garden gate.
Jamie and Danielle Kinman would like to announce the birth of their son, Kolt Charles Kinman, born Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.
Big sister, Kylee Kinman, age four, helped welcome Kolt home.
Maternal grandparents are Charlie and Dru Maiden of Carrollton.
Paternal grandparents are Ronnie and Margaret Kinman of Carrollton.