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Today's Features

  • HAVE YOU MET ...?

    Sometimes, you gotta look that gift horse in the mouth.

    While the legal profession has given Carrollton resident Stan Billingsley plenty of “gifts” – including a stint in the Kentucky Legislature and a career as a lawyer and a judge in district and circuit courts – he has taken a critical look at the state’s legal ethics system through a thinly veiled parody of an existing case in his new book, “Alice vs. Wonderland: A Chilling Tale of the Abuse of Power in the Name of Lawyers’ Ethics.”

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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    Wednesday, April 13

    Family Community Pharmacy Program will screen potential clients from 9-11 a.m. at the Northern Ky. Community Action Center, Highland Avenue. Call (502) 732-5253.

    Carrollton Rotary Club meets at noon at General Butler State Resort Park.

    SNIP registration is held at Carroll County Public Library for spaying/neutering, 6-7:30 p.m.

    Carroll County Tobacco Festival Committee meets 6:30 p.m. at Welch’s Riverside Restaurant.

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  • New guidelines recommend foods for a healthy diet

    The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides recommendations of foods to increase and decrease in our daily diets.

    These guidelines come out every five years and serve as recommendations for what the average Ameri-can should be eating. If we can follow them for healthier eating, we are on our way to better health.

    Foods to increase in your diet:

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  • Poisonous hemlock should be controlled early in season

    Controlling poison hemlock in pastures in early spring could help keep pastures and livestock healthy, said J.D. Green, extension weeds specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agricul-ture.

    “Poison hemlock is potentially poisonous to livestock, particularly when animals may graze when other forages are limited, or if large quantities of hay containing poison hemlock are consumed by animals,” Green said. “In addition, poison hemlock can crowd out desirable plants in areas where it becomes established.”

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  • Grace is the difference between Christianity and other religions

    I read recently of an incident that happened many years ago during a British conference on the different world religions.

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  • Carroll County Community Calendar - Week of April 6, 2011

    Wednesday, April 6

    SNIP registration is held at Carroll County Public Library for spaying neutering, 10 a.m.-noon.

    Carrollton Rotary Club meets at noon at General Butler State Resort Park.

    Alcoholics Anonymous meets 8 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church.

    Thursday, April 7

    Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Carrollton Christian Church.

    Friday, April 8

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  • Carroll County Senior Center - April 6, 2011

    The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, (502) 732-7026.

    Wednesday, April 6, Rummy, pool, Wii games, 9:30 a.m.; rummy tournament, 9:30 a.m.; euchre, 9:30 a.m.

    Thursday, April 7, Rummy, pool, Wii games, 9:30 a.m.; Bunk-O, 10:30 a.m.; euchre, 12:15 p.m.

    Friday, April 8, Rummy, pool, Wii games, 9:30 a.m.; advocacy calls, 9:30 a.m.; euchre, 9:30 a.m.; Nutrition with Grace, 10 a.m.

    Monday, April 11, Rummy, pool, Wii games, 9:30 a.m.; euchre, 9:30 a.m.

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  • Carroll County Public Library - April 6, 2011

    The following events will be held at Carroll County Public Library in downtown Carrollton this week:

    Wednesday, April 6: 9:30 a.m., Walk-away the Pounds; 10 a.m.-noon, Creative Wednesdays.

    Thursday, April 7: 9:30 a.m. Walk-away the Pounds; 11 a.m., Music Makers, ages 18 months and up; 1:30 p.m., Story Hour, ages 4-6 years; 4 p.m., GED help; 5 p.m., homework help; 6 p.m., ESL class.

    Friday, April 8: 9:30 a.m., Walk-away the Pounds.

    Saturday, April 9: 9:30 a.m., Walk-away the Pounds; 2 p.m., family movie, “Tangled.”

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  • Relay for Life pageant set for April 23 at CCMS

    Relay for Life Pageant will be held Saturday, April 23 and open to everyone fitting the age requirements.

    Age categories are: pre-teen, 8-11; teen: 12-15; and miss, 16-21. The entry fee is $25 for pre-teen and teen, and $30 for miss. All proceeds go to Relay for Life.

    The pageant will be held in the auditorium at  Carroll County Middle School. Admission is $3 and  free for children 5 and under.

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  • Kemper, Stafford to wed April 16

    David and Debbie Kemper of Carrollton announce the wedding of their daughter, Norma Lee Ann Kemper to Roy Lawson Stafford Jr., son of Roy and Elizabeth Stafford of Wheatley, Ky.

    The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Carroll County High School, and employed as a site-supervisor for United Security.

    The groom-to-be is a 1991 graduate of Owen County High School in Owenton, Ky. and is employed as an assistant manager for Hometown Pizza.

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