Today's Features

Peace is fleeting these days. We can hardly count on two days in a row without heartbreaking reporting of conflict and death. The next you know we’ll be reading about vipers invading our playgrounds.

Actually, that is a good sign.

As the prophet Isaiah tells it, there is an age of peace coming, and one of the signs of this age is the absence of age-old conflicts and fears. Like snakes.

The Carroll County Public Library will be presenting Sign-Up for Summer Reading 2015. June 1-5. Children of all ages are welcome to sign-up to begin your reading logs. Weekly prizes will be awarded for progress and all logs will be turned in by July 24. For more information call the library, (502) 732-7020.

Thursday, June 4:  Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; summer reading program sign-up, 9:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.; Music Makers, 11 a.m.

Gardening season is in full force.

And gardening season is a good time to think about the soil in our garden plots and beds. Soil compaction creates an unfriendly growing environment for plants and is a serious problem.  We see this issue not only in large crop operations with conventional tillage (tobacco, for example) but it is also a common issue for many home gardeners.

Compaction transforms soil into a difficult environment for plant growth by making it harder for roots and water to penetrate the soil.

Thursday, June 4

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce meets at noon at General Butler State Resort Park.

Life Beyond Abuse, a substance abuse class/group meeting, meets at 6 p.m. at The Pentecostals of Carrollton, 102 Park Lane Shopping Center. For more information, contact Life in Carrollton Ministries Director Donnie Dawes, (502) 732-0709.

Gamblers Anonymous host an open meeting for family members every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Port Royal United Methodist Church, 8230 Port Royal Road.