Today's Features

Jana Lynn Brocious and Rob Moore would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Lily Harper Brocious-Moore born, Jan. 6, 2011, at Suburban Hospital in Louisville, Ky. She weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Proud uncle Kory B. Brocious welcomed Lilly home. Maternal grandmother is Kathleen Brocious of Campbellsburg, Ky. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Dianne Moore of Los Angeles, Calif.

Multi-talented Sharon Graves is like the Martha Stewart of Carroll County: She can paint, take pictures, sew, quilt, cross-stitch, create jewelry and is currently learning how to cut maps and make picture frames. “For me, to see something come out of nothing is so exciting,” she said.

Graves’ landscape acrylic paintings and photography will be on display at the Carroll County Public Library during the month of April. There will also be an artist’s reception for her on Monday, April 4 from 6-8 p.m. at the library.

More than 100 sewing enthusiasts will convene at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13 to take part in the fifth annual “It’s Sew Fine: for Home and Family” Sewing Expo.

Grace Angotti, Carroll County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences and co-chairman of the expo, said sewing is making a big comeback as women return to quilting, sewing for the home, and even sewing for themselves and their families. 

Applications are currently available at the Carroll County Extension Office for Phase I funds.

You have until 4:30 p.m. on Wed-nesday, March 30 to complete the application. The sign-up this time has a 25 percent to 75 percent match up to $2,500.

We will be able to take receipts that are dated from Sept. 21, 2010 through the end of the program. 

The applications will be scored the evening of March 30 and letters will go out by April 1 notifying you if you have been  approved for the cost-share program.