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Today's Features

  • Adults must help foster leadership skills in youth

    All young people need opportunities to develop leadership skills. By learning to interact with others and becoming engaged members of their communities, they learn they can make a difference. 

    In order for youth to be prepared to work in partnership with adults, they need to develop and/or enhance their leadership skills. Leadership education prepares youth to:

    l Manage time

    l Work as a team

    l Set goals

    l Start conversations

    l Facilitate meetings

    l Solve problems

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  • FDA clears up label rules on what is really ‘gluten free’

    The Food and Drug Administration recently finalized the definition of the term “gluten-free” on food labels. All manufacturers that want to use the gluten-free wording on their products must adhere to strict guidelines.

    According to the FDA, the term gluten-free now refers to foods that are either inherently gluten-free or foods that do not contain any ingredient that is:

    • A gluten-containing grain (e.g., spelt or wheat)

    • Derived from a gluten-containing grain that has not been processed to remove gluten (e.g., wheat flour)

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  • Carroll County Senior Center | Week of Sept. 11, 2013

    The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, Center Manager, Mitzie Williams (502) 732-7026; e-mail: carrollcty@insightbb.com

     

    Wednesday, Sept. 11: Chair volleyball, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10 a.m.; Farmer Field Day at Fairview Place, 10 a.m.

    Thursday, Sept. 12: Bunk-O, 10:30 a.m.; advisory meeting, noon; deuce’s wild rummy, noon; Senior Event, “We’ve been Working on the Railroad”,  4 p.m.; sign up for ride the ducks at Newport, Ky., $15 fee due today.

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  • CCHS Class of 1993 sets its 20-year reunion for Oct. 26 in Carrollton

    The Carroll County High School class of 1993 will hold its 20 year reunion at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Down on Main (upstairs). If interested in attending, please contact Amy Booth Campbell, amoslee24@gmail.com; Jeaneen McGuire Crutcher, k.crutcher@insightbb.com; or Stewart G. Washburn, stufu22@hotmail.com. A Facebook page titled “1993 20 Year Class Reunion” has also been created.

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  • Taylor, Snow to wed Oct. 8

    Donnie and Maggie Ball of Carrollton announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Chasity Taylor to Travis Snow, son of Bobby Snow of Carrollton and the late Alice Snow.

    The bride-elect is a teacher for Carroll County Schools. She is the granddaughter of Harriett Sharp Johnson of Carrollton and the late Owen “Billie” Sharp.

    The groom-to-be works at PMC Organometallix as a chemical operator. He is the grandson of Margaret Smoot of Carrollton and the late David Smoot, and Margaret Abbott of Hanover, Ind. and the late Norman Abbott.

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  • Chadwell, Chamalian to wed Nov. 15

    Lenny and Cindy Chadwell of Carrollton, Ky. announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter,  Lyndsey Marie Chadwell of Richmond, Ky., to Brandon Xavier Chamalian of Richmond, Ky., son of Karen Svatos and John Chamalian of Kinnelon, N.J.

    The bride-elect graduated from Carroll County High School in 2011. She works at University of Kentucky as a patient care technician.

    The groom-to-be graduated from Kinnelon High School in 2010 and works at Kenwood Health and Rehabilitation.

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  • Carroll County Public Library Calendar | Sept. 11, 2013

    Wednesday, Sept. 11: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Lego Mania, 3:30 p.m.; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.

    Thursday, Sept. 12: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; music makers, (birth to 5 years old),11 a.m.; help with computer: resumes, job applications or bring your computer for a one-on-one tutoring, 2-4 p.m.; GED help, 4 p.m.; homework help, 5 p.m.; ESL class, 6 p.m.

    Friday, Sept. 13: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; help with computer: resumes, job applications or bring your computer for a one-on-one tutoring, 2-4 p.m.

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  • Church News | Sept. 11, 2013

    Church to hold open house on Sept. 24

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Carrollton branch, 501 Main Street in Carrollton invite all to an open house, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

     

    Church set yard sale

    Worthville United Pentecostal Church, on old Hwy. 227 in Worthville is holding a Man’s Yard Sale, Friday and Saturday Sept. 13-14 starting at 8:30 a.m.

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  • Learn to face all of life’s challenges as Paul did

    Think about the times when you have felt truly satisfied in your life. What caused you to feel that way at that moment? 

    For most people, a sense of well-being comes when their surroundings and personal life are just the way they want it, all at the same time. But that wasn’t the case with Paul as recorded in the New Testament. He learned to be content in every circumstance, good or bad.

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  • Carroll County Conservation District to hold field day

    The Carroll County Conservation District will hold a field day at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19.

    The field day will be held at Christman Farms on Hwy. 55 in Prestonville, one-fourth mile south of the intersection of U.S. 42 and Hwy. 55.

    This field day will spotlight grain bin storage and drying, as well as conservation practices related to that topic. Paul Veech, district conservationist, will speak on filter strips and soil quality.

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