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The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees.

White flowering dogwoods will add beauty to your home throughout the year, they are known for their showy spring flowers, scarlet autumn foliage and red berries that attract song birds during winter.

 Everyone who joins the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

The Carroll County Circuit Clerk’s Office will be closed on Tuesday, March 17, for an infrastructure upgrade.

The Administrative Office of the Courts launched the infrastructure project months ago as part of the Kentucky eCourt Program. The eCourt infrastructure upgrade will encompass networks, servers and end-user devices with the goal to replace the courts system’s aging infrastructure and facilitate the expansion of eFiling statewide.

Gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin will speak at 7 p.m. March 18, at the Carroll County Republican Party’s next meeting, held in the community room at 1208 Highland Ave. “This is your opportunity to meet and greet another candidate for governor,” Chairman John Glauber said. “We urge everyone to attend regardless of their party affiliation.”

Carroll County 4-H, in partnership with Carroll County Schools and Champions for a Drug Free Carroll County, will host “Truth and Consequences,” a program geared toward eighth-graders to show the harsh truth of making poor choices and getting involved with drugs and alcohol.

A parent night will be held at 7 p.m. March 19, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, with special guest Mike Bosse. This event is open to the public.